Mark 8:3

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

World Messianic Bible

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

2“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat.

4His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”

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Cross References

Judges 8:4Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

1 Samuel 30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

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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