Mark 8:4

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

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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

3If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come a long way."

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

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Cross References

Numbers 11:21Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.'

2 Kings 7:2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if the Lord made windows in heaven, could this thing be?"He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

Matthew 15:33Then the disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

Mark 6:52for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts were 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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