Mark 8:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

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  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen `are' the people in whose midst I `am'; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days! 22 Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? -- are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them -- that one hath found for them?' 23 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'
  • 2 Kgs 4:42-44 : 42 And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.' 43 And his minister saith, `What -- do I give this before a hundred men?' and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat, for thus said Jehovah, Eat and leave;' 44 and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, `Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be?' and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.'
  • Ps 78:19-20 : 19 And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?' 20 Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
  • Matt 15:33 : 33 And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'
  • Mark 6:36-37 : 36 let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.' 37 And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'
  • Mark 6:52 : 52 for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.
  • John 6:7-9 : 7 Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;' 8 one of his disciples -- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter -- saith to him, 9 `There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?'

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    32And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

    33And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

    34And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.'

  • Mark 8:5-9
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    5And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven.'

    6And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before `them'; and they did set before the multitude.

    7And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before `them';

    8and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces -- seven baskets;

    9and those eating were about four thousand. And he let them away,

  • Mark 8:1-3
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    1In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

    2`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

    3and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

  • Luke 9:12-14
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    12And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

    13And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;' and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

    14for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, `Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

  • Mark 6:35-38
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    35And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

    36let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

    37And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

    38And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

  • Mark 8:19-21
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    19When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, `Twelve.'

    20`And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' and they said, `Seven.'

    21And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

  • Matt 16:8-10
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    8And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?

    9do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?

    10nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

  • John 6:5
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    5Jesus then having lifted up `his' eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --

  • Matt 14:15-20
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    15and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

    16And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

    17And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

    18And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'

    19And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

    20and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

  • John 6:7-13
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    7Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'

    8one of his disciples -- Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter -- saith to him,

    9`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these -- what are they to so many?'

    10And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

    11and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

    12And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

    13they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

  • John 4:33
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    33The disciples then said one to another, `Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

  • Matt 15:36-38
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    36and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

    37And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

    38and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.

  • Mark 6:44
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    44and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

  • Luke 9:16-17
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    16and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

    17and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

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    16and they were reasoning with one another, saying -- `Because we have no loaves.'

  • Matt 16:5
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    5And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,

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    5Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `Lads, have ye any meat?'

  • Mark 8:14
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    14and they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat,

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    31And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'