Mark 8
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Mark 8:2-9

2“I have compassionG4697 forG1909 this crowdG3793, becauseG3754 they have already beenG4357G2235 with MeG1473 threeG5140 daysG2250 andG2532 haveG2192 nothingG3756 to eatG5101G5315. 3IfG1437 I sendG630 themG846 homeG1519G846G3624 hungryG3523, they will faintG1590 alongG1722 theG3588 wayG3598. ForG2532 someG5100 of themG846 have comeG2240 a great distanceG575G3113.”

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HisG846 disciplesG3101 repliedG611, “WhereG4159 inG1909 this desolate placeG2047G5602 couldG1410 anyoneG5100 find enough breadG740 to feedG5526 all theseG3778 people?”

5“How manyG4214 loavesG740 do you haveG2192?” Jesus askedG2065.

“SevenG2033,” they repliedG2036.

6AndG2532 He instructedG3853 theG3588 crowdG3793 to sit downG377 onG1909 theG3588 groundG1093. ThenG2532 He tookG2983 theG3588 sevenG2033 loavesG740, gave thanksG2168 and brokeG2806 them, andG2532 gaveG1325 them toG3588 HisG846 disciplesG3101 to set beforeG3908 the people. AndG2532 they distributedG3908 them to theG3588 crowdG3793. 7They also hadG2192G2532 a fewG3641 small fishG2485, andG2532 Jesus blessedG2127 themG846 and ordered thatG2036 theseG3778 be set beforeG3908 them as wellG2532.

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The people ateG5315 andG2532 were satisfiedG5526, andG2532 the disciples picked upG142 sevenG2033 basketfulsG4711 of broken piecesG2801 that were left overG4051. 9AndG1161 aboutG5613 four thousandG5070 men1 wereG1510 present.

And whenG2532 Jesus had dismissedG630 the crowd,

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Notes

  1. 1. Mark 8:9 Men is implied here, that is, in addition to women and children; see Matthew 15:38. ↩

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