Mark 8:2

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

Bible in Basic English

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 again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

3If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.

Matthew 4:2And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

Matthew 20:34And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.

Mark 5:19And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

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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