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Mark 8:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. "
Mark 8:16
Verse in Context
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14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
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Mark 8:1
"In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,"
Mark 8:2
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:"
Mark 8:3
"And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far."
Mark 8:4
"And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?"
Mark 8:5
"And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven."
Mark 8:6
"And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people."
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