Mark 8:5

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

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

6So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said. "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

Mark 6:38"How many loaves have you?" he answered. "Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fishes."

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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