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Mark 8:3

Mercy and compassion

1 In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

2 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

4 His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
KJV
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
WEB
If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
ASV
and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.
DARBY
and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.
BLB
And if I shall dismiss them hungry to their house, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from afar.”
ÅB
og lar jeg dem fare fastende hjem, vil de vansmekte på veien; noen av dem er jo kommet langveisfra.
OTB
Hvis jeg sender dem sultne hjem, vil de besvime på veien, for noen av dem har kommet langveisfra."
B1930
og lar jeg dem fare fastende hjem, vil de vansmekte på veien; nogen av dem er jo kommet langveisfra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

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  • Judges 8:4–6

    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:28–31

    Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

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  • 1 Samuel 30:10–12

    because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

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