Mark 8:5

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

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

6Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15In the evening the disciples came up to him, and said, “This is a lonely spot, and the day is now far advanced; send the crowds away so that they can go to the villages, and buy themselves food.”

Mark 6:38“How many loaves have you?” he asked, “Go, and see.” When they had found out, they told him, “Five, and two 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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