Mark 8:9
And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
In Context
8And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.
10And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.
Cross References
Luke 18:31And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.
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 →