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Mark 8:4

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.

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.

6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

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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
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
KJV
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
WEB
His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
ASV
And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?
DARBY
And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
BLB
And His disciples answered Him, “From where will anyone be able to satisfy these with loaves here in a wilderness?”
ÅB
Og hans disipler svarte ham: Hvorfra kan noen få brød nok til å mette disse her i ørkenen?
OTB
Hans disipler svarte ham: "Hvor kan noen finne nok brød her i denne øde stedet til å mette dem?"
B1930
Og hans disipler svarte ham: Hvorfra kan nogen få brød nok til å mette disse her i ørkenen?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 6:52

    For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

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  • Matthew 15:33

    And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

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  • Psalms 78:19–20

    Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

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  • Mark 6:36–37

    Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

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  • Numbers 11:21–23

    And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

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  • John 6:7–9

    Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

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  • 2 Kings 7:2

    Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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  • 2 Kings 4:42–44

    And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

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