Mark 8:1

Jesus kept on teaching the people in that country. A big mob of people stayed there and listened to him for 3 days. And in that time, they finished up all their food.

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In The King James Version

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

In Context

2Jesus called to his followers to come to him, and he said, “I feel really sorry for this mob. They are hungry, and they haven’t got anything to eat.

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Cross References

Mark 6:34Then Jesus and his special workers got to that place, and they got out of the boat. Jesus looked at the mob of people waiting for him, and he felt sad for them. They didn’t have anyone looking after them. They were like a mob of sheep that had nobody to take care of them. So Jesus started to teach them lots of things.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:1

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's miraculous feeding of four thousand with seven loaves and a few small fishes, ver. 1-9 . II. His refusing to give the Pharisees a sign from heaven, ver. 10-13 . III. His cautioning his disciples to take heed of the leaven of Pharisaism and Herodianism, ver. 14-21 . IV. His giving of sight to a blind man at Bethsaida, ver. 22-26 . V. Peter's confession of him, ver. 27-30 . VI. The notice he gave his disciples of his own approaching sufferings ( ver. 31-33 ), and the warning he… Read the whole commentary →

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