Mark 8:4

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

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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

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.”

5“How many loaves have you?” he asked. “Seven,” they answered.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33“Where can we,” his disciples asked, “in a lonely place find enough bread for such a crowd as this?”

Mark 6:52for they had not understood about the loaves, their minds being slow to learn.

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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