Mark 8:2

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

Revised Version 1895

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, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,

3and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; and some of them are come from far.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

Matthew 20:34And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes: and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.

Mark 5:19And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.

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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