Mark 6:37

Jesus said to them, “No. I want you to give them something to eat.” But they said, “What? We would have to work for more than half a year to feed this mob!”

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In The King James Version

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

In Context

36We think you should send the people away so that they can go to a farm or to a town, to buy some food.”

38Jesus said to them, “Go and see how much food you've got.” They came back and said, “We have 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish.”

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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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