Mark 8:5

And he questioned them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

4And his disciples answered him, From where will anyone be able to fill these men of loaves here in a desolate place?

6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And after taking the seven loaves, having given thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to his disciples so that they might place before them. And they place before the crowd.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15And having become evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate, and the hour is now past. Send the multitudes away, so that having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves.

Mark 6:38And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

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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