Mark 8:3

and if I leave them fasting into their houses, they shall fail in the way; for some of them came from (a)far. (and if I let them go fasting unto their houses, they shall faint on the way; for some of them came from afar.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

In Context

2I have ruth on the people, for lo! now the third day they abide me, and they have not what to eat; (I have compassion for the people, for behold! now it is the third day that they be with me, and they have nothing to eat;)

4And his disciples answered to him, Whereof shall a man be able to fill them with loaves here in (the) wilderness?

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Cross References

Judges 8:4And when Gideon had come to (the) Jordan, he passed it with three hundred men, that were with him; and for weariness they might not pursue them that fled. (And when Gideon had come to the Jordan River, he crossed over it with the three hundred men who were with him; and for weariness they might not pursue those who had fled before them.)

1 Samuel 30:10Forsooth David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred abided (behind), that were weary, and might not pass [over] the strand of Besor.

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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