Mark 8:6
And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them; and they set them before the people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
7And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:13As soon as you come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat till he come: because he blesseth the victim, and afterwards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go up, for to day you shall find him.
Matthew 15:35And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
Mark 6:39And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them.
John 2:5His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
John 6:23But other ships came in from Tiberias; nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks.
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 →