Matthew 15:32
Then Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: I pity this multitude; for lo, these three days they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat: and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint by the way.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
33His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?
Cross References
Matthew 9:36And when Jesus looked on the multitudes, he pitied them; because they were wearied and dispersed, like sheep that have no shepherd.
Matthew 14:14And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
Matthew 27:63and said to him: Our Lord, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was alive, After three days, I shall arise.
Mark 9:22And many times it hath thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But, if thou canst do any thing, aid me and have compassion on me.
Luke 12:29And inquire not, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor let your mind wander upon these things.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:30-39
Four Thousand Men Fed. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his… Read the whole commentary →