Mark 8:2

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

Revised King James 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 another great multitude gathered, and as they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,

3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint on the way: for some of them came from afar.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately they received their sight, and they followed him.

Mark 5:19Yet Jesus did not let him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he has had compassion on 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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