Mark 6:36

Dismiss them, that they may go away into the surrounding fields and villages, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

In Context

35And the day being now far spent, his disciples come to him, and say: The place is desert, and the time is now far passed.

37He answering said to them: Give ye them to eat. And they say to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denaries worth of bread, and give them to eat?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Dismiss her; because she cries after us.

Mark 3:21And hearing of it, his kinsmen went out to lay hold of him; for they said: He is beside himself.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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