Mark 8:2

I feel compassion toward the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and do not have what they might eat.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1In those days, the multitude being very great, and not having what they might eat, Jesus having summoned his disciples, he says to them,

3And if I send them away without food to their house, they will faint on the way, for some of them come from afar.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like as a father pities his sons, So LORD pities those who fear him.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for thee, and thou give them their food in due season.

Matthew 4:2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 20:34And having felt compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and straightaway they received their sight, and followed him.

Mark 5:19But Jesus did not allow him, but says to him, Go to thy house to thy men, and report to them how much the Lord has done for thee, and was merciful to thee.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10

Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 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. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →

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