Mark 8:1-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

8 In those days when [again] an immense crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and told them,

² I have pity and sympathy for the people and My heart goes out to them, for they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat;

³ And if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will be feeble through exhaustion and faint along the road; and some of them have come a long way.

⁴ And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region?

⁵ And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven.

⁶ And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [the people], and they placed them before the crowd.

⁷ And they had a few small fish; and when He had ^[a]praised God and given thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use], He ordered that these also should be set before [them].

⁸ And they ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven [^[b]large provision] baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

⁹ And there were about 4,000 people. And He dismissed them,