Mark 8:5

And he was questioning them, 'How many loaves have ye?' and they said, 'Seven.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And his disciples answered him, 'Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

6And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before [them]; and they did set before the multitude.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:15and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

Mark 6:38And he saith to them, 'How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, 'Five, and two fishes.'

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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