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Mark 8:2

“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing left to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

In Context

1During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. After they had been there a couple days, they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples to come closer and then he said to them,

3Furthermore, if I send them home while they are still hungry, some of them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him.

Psalms 145:15All of the creatures that you made expect that you will provide food for them, and you give them food when they need it.

Matthew 4:2After he did not eat food for 40 days, and 40 nights. he was hungry.

Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. They were like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].

Matthew 20:34Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they went with Jesus.

Mark 5:19But Jesus did not let him go with him. On the contrary, he said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord God has done for you, and tell them how God was kind to you.”

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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