Mark 8:2

"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

1About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

3If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.

Matthew 9:36And when He saw the crowds He was touched with pity for them, because they were distressed and were fainting on the ground like sheep which have no shepherd.

Matthew 20:34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

Mark 5:19But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown 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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