Mark 8:3

and if I will let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

2“I have compassion on the multitude, because now three days they continue with Me, and they have not what they may eat;

4And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to feed these here in a wilderness with bread?”

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Cross References

Judges 8:4And Gideon comes to the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him—wearied, yet pursuing—

1 Samuel 30:10and David pursues, he and four hundred men (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the Brook of Besor),

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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