Mark 6:36

You should tell the people to go and buy themselves something to eat in the villages and countryside nearby.”

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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

35It was getting late in the day and Jesus' disciples came to him. They told him, “We're miles from anywhere, and it's really late.

37But Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” “What? We'd need more than six month's pay to buy bread to feed all these people,” the disciples replied.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:23But Jesus didn't reply at all. His disciples came to him and told him, “Tell her to stop following us. All her shouting is really annoying!”

Mark 3:21When Jesus' family heard about it, they came to take him away, saying, “He's lost his senses!”

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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