Mark 8:16

8:16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. ¹ 

Mark 8:2

8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

Mark 4:17

4:17 But ²  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ³  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 2:17

2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ⁴  I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 2:19

2:19 Jesus ⁵  said to them, “The wedding guests ⁶  cannot fast while the bridegroom ⁷  is with them, can they? ⁸  As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

[8:16]  ¹ tn Grk “And they were discussing with one another that they had no bread.”

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[4:17]  ³ tn Grk “are temporary.”

[2:17]  ³ sn Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is healthy (or who thinks mistakenly that he is) will not seek treatment.

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “And Jesus.”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).

[2:19]  ⁶ sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).

[2:19]  ⁷ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “can they?”).