Mark 8:7

And they had a few small fishes. And having blessed them, he said to also place before them.

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In The King James Version

And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

In Context

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.

8And they ate and were filled. And they took up seven hampers of surplus fragments.

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Cross References

Luke 6:41And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam in thine own eye?

John 21:5Therefore Jesus says to them, Children, have ye anything eatable? They answered him, No.

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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