Mark 8:5

And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

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

6And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

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.

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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