Mark 8:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
  • Ps 145:15 : 15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.
  • Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
  • Matt 4:2-4 : 2 And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it. 3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread. 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 6:32-33 : 32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Mark 6:34 : 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.
  • Mark 9:22 : 22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.
  • Luke 7:13 : 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
  • John 4:6-8 : 6 Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water. 8 For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
  • John 4:30-34 : 30 So they went out of the town and came to him. 31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food. 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge. 33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food? 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.
  • Heb 5:2 : 2 He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;
  • Matt 14:14 : 14 And 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.
  • Matt 20:34 : 34 And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.
  • Mark 1:41 : 41 And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.
  • Mark 5:19 : 19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.
  • Ps 103:13 : 13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

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  • Matt 15:32-38
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    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.

  • Mark 8:1
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    1 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,

  • Mark 8:3-9
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    3 If 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.

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

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

    6 And 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.

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

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

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

  • Mark 6:34-38
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    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.

  • Luke 9:12-13
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    12 And 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.

    13 But 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.

  • Matt 9:36
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    36 But 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 14:14-21
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    14 And 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.

    15 And 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.

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

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

    18 And he said, Give them to me.

    19 And 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.

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

    21 And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

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    5 Lifting 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?

  • Luke 9:17
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    17 And they all took the food and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits which were over, twelve baskets full.

  • Mark 3:20
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    20 And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

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    31 And 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.

  • Matt 16:8-10
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    8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

    9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

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

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

  • John 6:9
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    9 There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

  • John 4:33
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    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • Mark 8:19-20
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    19 When 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.

    20 And 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 8:16
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    16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

  • Luke 6:3
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    3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

  • John 6:11-12
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    11 Then 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.

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

  • John 21:5
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    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • Mark 6:42
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    42 And they all took of the food and had enough.

  • Mark 3:9
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