Mark 8:5

Jesus said, “How much bread have you got?” They said, “7 loaves.”

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In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

4His followers said, “No-one lives in this country. Where can we get food for all these people?”

6Then Jesus told the people to sit down on the ground. He picked up the 7 loaves of bread and said to God, “Thank you for this bread.” Then he broke it up and gave it to his followers, and they gave the bread to all the people.

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Cross References

Mark 6:38Jesus 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.”

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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