Mark 8:5

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

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4His disciples answered Him, “From what source could anyone satisfy these people with bread here in a wilderness?”

6So He told the crowd to sit down on the ground; then taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before the crowd, and they did.

Read all of Mark 8

Cross References

Matthew 14:15Now with evening coming on His disciples approached Him saying: “The place is uninhabited and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”

Mark 6:38So He says to them: “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they knew 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Mark 8:5