Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now 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, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,

3If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

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

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

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

Mark 5:19He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”

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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