Mark 6:36

Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

In Context

35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:23But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

Mark 3:21And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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