The Feeding of Four Thousand

In those days there was[a] again a large crowd, and they did not have[b] anything they could eat. Summoning the disciples, he said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away.” And his disciples answered him, “Where is anyone able to feed these people with bread here in the desert?” And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven.” And he commanded the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground, and taking the seven loaves, after he[c] had given thanks he broke them[d] and began giving[e] them[f] to his disciples so that they could set them[g] before them.[h] And they set them[i] before the crowd. And they had a few small fish, and after[j] giving thanks for them, he said to set these before them also. And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets full. Now there were about four thousand. And he sent them away. 10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and[k] went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:1 Here the participle (“was”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style
  2. Mark 8:1 Here the participle (“have”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style
  3. Mark 8:6 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given thanks”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Mark 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Mark 8:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began giving”)
  6. Mark 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Mark 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Mark 8:6 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  9. Mark 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  10. Mark 8:7 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“giving thanks”) which is understood as temporal
  11. Mark 8:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got”) has been translated as a finite verb

In en those ekeinos · ho days hēmera, when once again palin a large polys crowd ochlos had gathered eimi, and kai not having echō anything tis to eat esthiō, Jesus called proskaleō his ho disciples mathētēs and said legō to them autos, I have compassion splanchnizomai on epi the ho crowd ochlos, because hoti they have stayed prosmenō with me egō three treis days hēmera already ēdē and kai they do not ou have echō anything tis to eat esthiō. · kai If ean I send apolyō them autos to eis their autos homes oikos without food nēstis, they will faint eklyō from exhaustion on en the ho way hodos; and kai some tis of them autos have come hēkō from apo a distance makrothen.” And kai his autos disciples mathētēs answered apokrinomai him autos, · ho From what pothen source can dynamai anyone tis feed chortazō these houtos people with bread artos here hōde in epi this desolate erēmia place ?” And kai he asked erōtaō them autos, “ How posos many loaves artos do you have echō?” They ho · de said legō, “ Seven hepta.” So kai he directed parangellō the ho crowd ochlos to sit anapiptō down on epi the ho ground . · kai Taking lambanō the ho seven hepta loaves artos and giving thanks eucharisteō, he broke klaō them and kai gave didōmi them to ho his autos disciples mathētēs to hina distribute paratithēmi. So kai they distributed paratithēmi the bread to the ho crowd ochlos. They also kai had echō a few oligos small fish ichthudion. · kai Blessing eulogeō these autos, Jesus told legō them to distribute paratithēmi these houtos as kai well . And kai they ate esthiō and kai were filled chortazō. And kai they picked airō up seven hepta baskets spyris of leftover perisseuma pieces klasma. There were eimi · de about hōs four thousand tetrakischilioi present , and kai he sent apolyō them autos on their way .

10 And kai immediately he got embainō into eis the ho boat ploion with meta · ho his autos disciples mathētēs and went erchomai to eis the ho district meros of Dalmanutha Dalmanoutha.

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