Mark 8:9

There were about four thousand people. Then Jesus dismissed them.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

In Context

8The people had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left.

10Immediately afterward, getting into the boat with his disciples, Jesus went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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Cross References

Luke 18:31Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.

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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