Mark 8:19

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

In Context

18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

20And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

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Cross References

Mark 6:38And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

Luke 9:12And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:11-22

The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to… Read the whole commentary →

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