Mark 8:4

His disciples answered him, “Where can we get enough loaves of bread in such a deserted place to satisfy these people?”

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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 home without eating, they may faint on the way. Some of them have come a long way.”

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

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Cross References

Numbers 11:21Then Moses said, “I am with 600,000 people, and you have said, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month.'

2 Kings 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha replied, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”

Matthew 15:33The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough loaves of bread in such a deserted place to satisfy so large a crowd?”

Mark 6:52For they had not understood what the loaves meant. Instead, 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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