Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the crowd because they have stayed with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.

Text-Critical English NT

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

1In those days, when there was a very large crowd that had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples over and said to them,

3If I send them away to their homes without having eaten, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come from far away.”

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Mark 5:19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to yoʋr house and to yoʋr people, and report to them all that the Lord has done for yoʋ and how he has had mercy on yoʋ.”

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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