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Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign

Mark 8:1-13

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Chapter 8
1 In those days, again, when a large crowd was present and had nothing they might eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them: 2 I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and they do not have anything to eat. 3 If I send them away fasting to their houses, they will collapse on the way; and some of them have come from far away. 4 His disciples answered him, "How can anyone feed these people here with loaves in a wilderness?" 5 And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven." 6 And he commanded the crowd to recline on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the crowd, and they set them before the crowd. 7 And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said for these also to be set alongside. 8 They ate and were satisfied, and they took up the remnants of the fragments—seven baskets. 9 There were four thousand. And he sent them away. 10 Immediately embarking in the boat with his disciples, he came to the region of Dalmanutha. 11 The Pharisees came out and began to dispute with him, seeking a sign from heaven from him, tempting him. 12 And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation." 13 Leaving them again, he got into the boat and went away to the other side.