Mark 8:2

and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, for they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

1770 John Worsley NT

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, there being again a very great multitude, and they having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to Him,

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

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2and when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, at last He was very hungry.

Matthew 9:36And when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion towards them; because they were dispersed and scattered like sheep that have no shepherd:

Matthew 20:34And Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and straightway their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

Mark 5:19but Jesus did not permit him; but saith to him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion 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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