Mark 8:1-5

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

8:1 In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So ¹  Jesus ²  called his disciples and said to them, 8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat. 8:3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.” 8:4 His disciples answered him, “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” 8:5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.”

[8:1]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:1]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.