Mark 8:3

and 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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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“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;

4“Where will it be possible,” his disciples answered, “to get sufficient bread for these people in this lonely place?”

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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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