Mark 8:3

And if I dismiss them hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from a great distance.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been remaining with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

4Then His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these people with bread here in this deserted place?”

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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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