Mark 8:5

He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

6So He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, He broke them and was giving them to His disciples, so that they might set them before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15Now when evening came, His disciples came to Him, saying, “The place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds, that they may go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Mark 6:38But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they found out they said, “Five, and two 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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