Mark 8:2

“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

Berean Standard Bible

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 the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

3If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

Matthew 9:36When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

Mark 5:19But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

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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