Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue to be with me already for three days and have nothing to eat.

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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, there was again a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

3If I send them away to their home without eating, they may faint on the way. Some of them have come a long way.”

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, 1 so Yahweh has compassion on those who honor him. 1

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for you; 1 you give them their food at the right time. 1

Matthew 4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were troubled and discouraged. They were like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34Then Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Mark 5:19But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go to your house and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, and how he has shown you mercy.”

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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