Mark 8:3 “If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of…”

Mark 8:3

If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

World English Bible

If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”

American Standard Version

and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses, they woulde faint by the way: for some of them came from farre.

Darby Translation

and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.

Young's Literal Translation

and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

Bible in Basic English

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

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Cross references

“And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.”

Isaiah 40:31 Judges 8:4–6 1 Samuel 14:28–31 1 Samuel 30:10–12

Isaiah 40:31 · BSB

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Judges 8:4–6 · BSB

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

1 Samuel 14:28–31 · BSB

Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

1 Samuel 30:10–12 · BSB

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

4His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

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