Mark 6:36

Dismiss them, so that they may go into the surrounding farms and villages and may buy themselves food; for they have nothing to eat.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

In Context

35And when it grew late, His disciples came to Him and said, “The place is deserted, and already the hour is late.

37But answering, He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

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Cross References

Matthew 15:23But He answered her not a word. And His disciples approached and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”

Mark 3:21But when His relatives heard, they came out to seize Him, for they were saying, “He has lost His mind.”

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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