Marcos 8

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

1 In those days, when there was *8:1 a very 95.5% ¦ again a ANT CT 3.4%a very large crowd that had nothing to eat, Jesus called *8:1 his ¦ the ECM† NA SBL TH WHhis disciples over and said to them, 2 "I have compassion on the crowd because they have stayed with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away to their homes without having eaten, they will faint on the way, *8:3 for ¦ and CTfor some of them *8:3 have come ¦ are WHhave come from far away." 4 His disciples answered him, "How can anyone feed these people with bread here in the wilderness?" 5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven." 6 So he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they set them before the crowd. 7 They also had a few small fish. After blessing the fish, Jesus told the disciples to set them before the crowd as well. 8 The people ate and were filled, and the disciples picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. 9 There were about four thousand men *8:9 who had eaten ¦ --- ANT CTwho had eaten. After sending them away,