Mark 6:31

While they were talking, a lot of other people were coming to see Jesus too. Jesus and his followers were so busy that they did not get a chance to eat anything, so Jesus said, “Let's go away from everyone to a quiet place, and have a rest.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30Some time later, Jesus' 12 close followers came back from teaching people in the towns they visited. They were standing around him and they told him all the things they had done.

32So they got into a boat and started to go across the lake to that quiet place. But a lot of people saw them leave, and they knew where they were going. The people ran around the side of the lake, and got there first.

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Cross References

Mark 3:7Jesus and his followers left the town and walked down to Lake Galilee, and a big crowd of people went with them.

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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