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New Living Translation

Mark 8:8

They ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lord's Supper, the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Basket;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Wilderness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Basket;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Basket;   Basket (2);   Blessing (2);   Feeding the Multitudes;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Manuscripts;   Numbers (2);   Wilderness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Basket;   New Testament;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Basket;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.
King James Version (1611)
So they did eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp, of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets.
King James Version
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
English Standard Version
And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
New American Standard Bible
And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.
New Century Version
All the people ate and were satisfied. Then his followers filled seven baskets with the leftover pieces of food.
Amplified Bible
And the people ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.
Berean Standard Bible
The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Contemporary English Version
The crowd of about four thousand people ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets. As soon as Jesus had sent the people away,
Complete Jewish Bible
The people ate their fill; and the talmidim took up the leftover pieces, seven large basketsful.
Darby Translation
And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up of fragments that remained seven baskets.
Easy-to-Read Version
They all ate until they were full. Then the followers filled seven baskets with the pieces of food that were left.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they did eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.
George Lamsa Translation
So they ate and were satisfied, and they took up seven baskets of fragments which were left over.
Good News Translation
Everybody ate and had enough—there were about four thousand people. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. Jesus sent the people away
Lexham English Bible
And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets full.
Literal Translation
And they ate, and were satisfied. And they took up over and above seven lunch-baskets of fragments.
American Standard Version
And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets.
Bible in Basic English
And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.
Hebrew Names Version
They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And they all ate and were satisfied, and took up the abundancies of the fragments, seven panniers.
Murdock Translation
And they ate, and were satisfied: and they took up seven baskets of the remaining fragments.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So they dyd eate, and were suffised: And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskettes full.
English Revised Version
And they did eat, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets.
World English Bible
They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So they did eat and were satisfied; and they took up of the fragments that were left, seven baskets.
Weymouth's New Testament
So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away--seven hampers of broken pieces.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei eten, and weren fulfillid; and thei token vp that that lefte of relifs, seuene lepis.
Update Bible Version
And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they ate, and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that were left, seven baskets.
New English Translation
Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
New King James Version
So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments.
New Life Bible
They all ate and were filled. They picked up seven baskets full of pieces of bread and fish after the people were finished eating.
New Revised Standard
They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they did eat, and were filled, and took up remainders of broken pieces, seven hampers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they did eat and were filled: and they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets.
Revised Standard Version
And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they ate and were suffysed: And they toke vp yf the broken meate that was lefte .vii. baskettes full.
Young's Literal Translation
and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces -- seven baskets;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They ate, and were satisfied, & toke vp seue basskettes full of ye broke meate that was left.
Mace New Testament (1729)
so they all eat and were satisfied, the broken meat that was left amounting to seven baskets.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Everyone that was there had plenty of tortillas and enough beef jerky to satisfy the lot of 'em.

Contextual Overview

1 About this time another large crowd had gathered, and the people ran out of food again. Jesus called his disciples and told them, 2 "I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance." 4 His disciples replied, "How are we supposed to find enough food to feed them out here in the wilderness?" 5 Jesus asked, "How much bread do you have?" "Seven loaves," they replied. 6 So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to his disciples, who distributed the bread to the crowd. 7 A few small fish were found, too, so Jesus also blessed these and told the disciples to distribute them. 8 They ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food. 9 There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and were: This was another incontestable miracle - four thousand men, besides women and children - Matthew 15:28, fed with seven loaves - or rather cakes and a few small fishes! Here there must have been a manifest creation of substance - for, they all ate, and were filled. Mark 8:19, Mark 8:20, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 107:9, Psalms 145:16, Matthew 16:10, Luke 1:53, John 6:11-13, John 6:27, John 6:32-35, John 6:47-58, Revelation 7:16, Revelation 7:17

they took: 1 Kings 17:14-16, 2 Kings 4:2-7, 2 Kings 4:42-44

Reciprocal: Matthew 14:20 - and they took Matthew 15:37 - seven Mark 6:42 - General Luke 9:17 - eat John 6:12 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.
Genesis 8:11
This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.
Genesis 8:12
He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
Song of Solomon 1:15

Young Man

How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Song of Solomon 2:14

Young Man

My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.
Matthew 10:16
"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they did eat, and were filled,.... Christ and his disciples, and the whole multitude: they not only had some, but they had all enough, a full meal. It was surprising that it could be divided so, is that every one should have a bit; but that they should all be satisfied to the full, is amazing:

and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets; as many as there were loaves; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Mark 8:1

In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man.

Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought.

Mark 8:2

I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them.

Mark 8:9

Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.


 
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