Mark 8:2

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

Montgomery New Testament

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 a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them.

3and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2And after he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he became hungry,

Matthew 9:36And when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were distressed and fainting, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and they saw at once, and followed him.

Mark 5:19"Go home to your own people, and tell them what great things God has done for you, and has had mercy upon 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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