Mark 8:4

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

Montgomery New Testament

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

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

5He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

Mark 6:52for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was 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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