Mark 8:2

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

In Context

1In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,

3and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season.

Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.

Mark 5:19And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and [how] he had mercy on thee.

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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