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Mark 8:3

Mercy and compassion

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:

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

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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.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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  • Judges 8:4–6

    And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:28–31

    Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:10–12

    But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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