Mark 8:5

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?

6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

Mark 6:38And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew they say, Five, 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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