Mark 8:4

His men said to him, “This countryside has no food. Who will search here and get food for all those people? They are truly very many.”

Nyangumarta (portions)

In The King James Version

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

In Context

3I will not send them away to their countries hungry. When they go they would fall down with hunger. They have come from a long way.”

5Jesus asked them, “How many dampers do you have?” They replied, “7 small dampers.”

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Cross References

Mark 6:52They did not understand. Earlier they saw him give food to 5,000 men from a little fish and damper. They didn't keep it in their minds. They were still thinking to themselves, “He is just a person like us.”

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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