Mark 8:5

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

Nyangumarta (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4His 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.”

6They also had a few small fish. Jesus said to them, “Tell them to sit on the ground.” After that he picked up the dampers, the fish also, he said to God, “You are the one who gave us this food. Thank you! You have helped us! You are good!” Then he broke the dampers into pieces, he gave them to his men, he gave them the fish also, the said to them, “Give this food and meat to them.” That's what they did.

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Cross References

Mark 6:38In reply he said to them, “How much damper do you have? Look.” After looking they said to him, “Five dampers and two small 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 →

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