Mark 8:4

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

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

In Context

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.”

5He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33His disciples said to him, “Where can we get so many loaves in such a desolate place to fill such a large crowd?”

Mark 6:52for they did not understand the significance of what had happened with the loaves, because their hearts were hardened.

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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