“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
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“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
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I have compassion on this people because they have nowe bene with me.iii. dayes and have nothinge to eate:
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I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with mee three dayes, and haue nothing to eate.
Cross-references (20)
Passages linked to Mark 8:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Psalms 103:13 Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
- Psalms 145:15 The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
- Matthew 14:14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matthew 20:34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
- Mark 5:19 He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”
- Mark 6:34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
- Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Don’t cry.”
- Hebrews 4:15 For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Hebrews 5:2 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
- Psalms 145:8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
- Matthew 4:2-4 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”
- Matthew 6:32-33 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Mark 1:41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”
- Mark 9:22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”
- Luke 15:20 “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- John 4:6-8 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
- John 4:30-34 They went out of the city, and were coming to him. In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they…
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
Ver. 2. I have compassion, &c.] {See Trapp on "Mat 15:32"} {See Trapp on "Mat 15:33"} {See Trapp on "Mat 15:34"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have compassion on the multitude,.... Christ is a…
I have compassion on the multitude,.... Christ is a compassionate Saviour both of the bodies and souls of men: he had compassion on the souls of this multitude, and therefore had been teaching them sound doctrine and he had compassion on the bodies of many of them, and had healed them of their diseases; and his bowels yearned towards them all;
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they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; for if they brought any food with them, it was all spent, and they were in a wilderness, where nothing was to be got; where they had no house to go into, nor bed to lie upon, and no provisions to be bought; and in this case they had been two nights and three days; which showed great affection and zeal in these people, and a close attachment to Christ, in exposing themselves to all these difficulties and hardships, which they seemed to bear with much patience and unconcernedness. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions prefix the word "behold" to this clause, as expressing admiration at their stay with him so long in such a place.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Having nothing to eat] If they had…
Verse 2. Having nothing to eat] If they had brought any provisions with them, they were now entirely expended; and they stood in immediate need of a supply.
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