Mark 8:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

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  • Matt 15:32-39 : 32 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey. 33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people? 34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes. 35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth, 36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people. 37 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full. 38 And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children. 39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
  • Mark 6:34-44 : 34 And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things. 35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late: 36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves. 37 But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them? 38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes. 39 And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass. 40 And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all. 42 And they all took of the food and had enough. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes. 44 And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

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  • Mark 8:2-9
    8 verses
    89%

    2I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

    3If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

    4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

    5And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

    6And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

    7And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

    8And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

    9And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.

  • Matt 15:32-38
    7 verses
    83%

    32And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

    33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

    34And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

    35Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

    36And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

    37And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

    38And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

  • Luke 9:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

    13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

    14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.

  • Mark 6:34-38
    5 verses
    80%

    34And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

    35And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

    36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

    37But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

    38And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • Matt 14:14-20
    7 verses
    79%

    14And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

    15And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

    16But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

    17And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

    18And he said, Give them to me.

    19And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

    20And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

  • John 6:5
    79%

    5Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • Mark 3:20
    77%

    20And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

  • John 6:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

    10Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

    11Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

    12And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

  • Luke 9:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

    17And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

  • Mark 6:31
    76%

    31And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

  • John 4:31
    75%

    31While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

    20And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

  • Mark 3:9
    75%

    9And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

  • John 4:33
    75%

    33So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • Mark 6:44
    75%

    44And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

  • John 21:5
    75%

    5So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • Mark 8:14
    74%

    14And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

  • Matt 9:36
    74%

    36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

  • Matt 8:18
    74%

    18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

  • Matt 16:10
    74%

    10Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?