Mark 8:3

If 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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In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

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

4His disciples answered him, “How can anyone feed these people with bread here in the wilderness?”

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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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