Mark 8:5

"How many loaves have you?" He asked. "Seven," they said.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

In Context

4"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

6So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy something to eat."

Mark 6:38"How many loaves have you?" He inquired; "go and see." So they found out, and said, "Five; and a couple of fish."

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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