Mark 3:20
Jesus went into a house, and a big mob of people came there to see him. They were a really big mob of people, so Jesus and his followers were really busy, and they couldn’t even stop and eat some food.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 3:7Jesus and his followers went away to the big lake, called Lake Galilee, and a big mob of people followed them.
Mark 6:31While they were talking, lots of other people kept on coming up to Jesus, and Jesus and his followers didn’t have time to eat any food. So Jesus said to his followers, “Let’s go to a quiet place out bush, so that we can rest for a while.”
Mark 9:28After that, Jesus and his followers went into a house, and his followers asked him quietly, “Why couldn’t we force the bad spirit out of that boy?”
John 4:31While the woman was in the town talking to the people there, Jesus’s followers said to him, “Teacher, you have to eat something.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22
The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →