Mark 8:2

“My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat;

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In The King James Version

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

In Context

1About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said,

3and if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will break down on the way; and some of them have come a long distance.”

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who revere him;

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look in hope to you, and you give them their food in due season.

Matthew 4:2And, after he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he became hungry.

Matthew 9:36But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, like sheep without a shepherd;

Matthew 20:34So Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight, and followed him.

Mark 5:19But Jesus refused. “Go back to your home, to your own people,” he said, “and tell them of all that the Lord has done for you, and how he took pity on you.”

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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