Mark 8:3

If 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.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

2I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

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Cross References

Judges 8:4Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

1 Samuel 30:10And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.

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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