Mark 8:1–10

Jesus Feeds Four Thousand

¹In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, ^aJesus called His disciples and ^*said to them,

²“^aI feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

³“And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.”

⁴And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough ¹bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

⁵And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

⁶And He ^*directed the crowd to ¹sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them. And He kept giving them to His disciples to ²serve to them, and they served them to the crowd.

⁷And they also had a few small fish; and ^aafter He blessed them, He ordered these to be ¹served as well.

⁸And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large ^abaskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.

⁹Now about four thousand were there, and He sent them away.

¹⁰And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of ^aDalmanutha.