Mark 8:9
There were four thousand people there. After sending them on their way,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
In Context
8They ate until they were full, and then collected up seven baskets of leftovers.
10Jesus climbed into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
Cross References
Luke 18:31Jesus took the twelve disciples aside, and told them, “We're going to Jerusalem, and all that the prophets wrote about the Son of man will be fulfilled.
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 →