“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 8:2 in context
Mark 8:1–5
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In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,
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“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
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If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
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His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
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He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven.”
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