Mark 8:9

Now those having eaten were about four thousand. And He dismissed them.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

In Context

8So they ate and were filled, and they took up an abundance of fragments, seven hampers full.

10And immediately stepping into the boat with His disciples, He came to the region of Dalmanutha. 1 The Pharisees Seek a Sign

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Cross References

Luke 18:31Then taking the twelve aside, He said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.

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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