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Mark 8:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. "
Mark 8:7
Verse in Context
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5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
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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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