Mark 8:2 — Meaning and Application

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“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:”

Mark 8:2

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In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples {unto him}, and saith unto them,

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these {men} with bread here in the wilderness?

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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 8:3

"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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