Mark 8:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

In those days, the crowd being very large, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,

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  • Matt 15:32-39 : 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way. 33 And his disciples said to him, Where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full. 38 And those that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
  • Mark 6:34-44 : 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far spent: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 37 He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them to eat? 38 He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish. 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups on the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fish he divided among them all. 42 And they all ate and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were about five thousand men.

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  • Mark 8:2-9
    8 verses
    89%

    2I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

    3And if I send them away fasting to their own homes, they will faint on the way, for many of them came from far.

    4And his disciples answered him, From where can anyone satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?

    5And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

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

    7And they had a few small fish, and he blessed them, and commanded to set them also before them.

    8So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven baskets of the leftover fragments.

    9And those who had eaten were about four thousand, and he sent them away.

  • Matt 15:32-38
    7 verses
    83%

    32Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way.

    33And his disciples said to him, Where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

    34And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.

    35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

    36And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

    37And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.

    38And those that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

  • Luke 9:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12And when the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country around and lodge, and get provisions; for we are here in a desert place.

    13But he said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we go and buy food for all these people.

    14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty.

  • Mark 6:34-38
    5 verses
    80%

    34And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

    35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far spent:

    36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

    37He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them to eat?

    38He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.

  • Matt 14:14-20
    7 verses
    79%

    14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

    15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a deserted place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.

    16But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.

    17And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.

    18He said, Bring them here to me.

    19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude.

    20And they all ate and were filled: and they took up twelve baskets full of the leftover fragments.

  • John 6:5
    79%

    5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company coming to him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread, so these may eat?

  • Mark 3:20
    77%

    20And the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

  • John 6:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish: but what are they among so many?

    10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

    11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting; and likewise of the fish as much as they wanted.

    12When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.

  • Luke 9:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

    17And they ate, and were all filled, and twelve baskets of leftover fragments were taken up by them.

  • Mark 6:31
    76%

    31And he said to them, Come apart by yourselves into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

  • John 4:31
    75%

    31In the meantime his disciples urged him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

  • Mark 8:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

    20And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? And they said, Seven.

  • Mark 3:9
    75%

    9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait for him because of the multitude, lest they should crush him.

  • John 4:33
    75%

    33Therefore the disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought him anything to eat?

  • Mark 6:44
    75%

    44And those who ate the loaves were about five thousand men.

  • John 21:5
    75%

    5Then Jesus said to them, Children, do you have any fish? They answered him, No.

  • Mark 8:14
    74%

    14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.

  • Matt 9:36
    74%

    36But when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

  • Matt 8:18
    74%

    18Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave the command to depart to the other side.

  • Matt 16:10
    74%

    10Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?