Mark 8:20
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Mark 8:20 in other translations
| BSB | “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said. |
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| WEB | “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.” |
| ASV | And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven. |
| YLT | ‘And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' and they said, ‘Seven.' |
| DARBY | And when the seven for the four thousand, the filling of how many baskets of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. |
| BBE | And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven. |
| Webster | And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. |
What does Mark 8:20 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 8:11-21
Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lament for those around us, who destroy themselves and others by their perverse and obstinate unbelief, and enmity to the gospel! When we forget the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely, as Christ…
Mark 8:20 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 8:20
- Matthew 15:34-38
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. …
- Mark 8:1-9
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? …
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Context
- Mark 8:19
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Mark 8:20
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
- Mark 8:21
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Mark 8:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando los siete panes entre cuatro mil, ¿cuántas espuertas llenas de los pedazos alzasteis? Y ellos dijeron: Siete. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand je rompis les sept aux 4 000, combien avez-vous recueilli de corbeilles pleines de morceaux? Et ils dirent: Sept. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als aber die sieben unter die viertausend, wie viele Körbe, mit Brocken gefüllt, hobet ihr auf? Sie aber sagten: Sieben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quando et septem panes in quatuor millia: quot sportas fragmentorum tulistis? Et dicunt ei: Septem. |