Mark 8:8
They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
In Context
7They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
9Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:14For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’”
2 Kings 4:42A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
Psalms 145:16You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Mark 8:19When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
John 6:11Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
John 6:32Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
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 →