Mark 8:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ Then He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks to God [for them], He divided the food and gave it to His disciples to set in front of them. They [in turn] set it in front of the crowd.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [the people], and they placed them before the crowd.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

Common English Bible

⁶ He told the crowd to sit on the ground. He took the seven loaves, gave thanks, broke them apart, and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they gave the bread to the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And he instructed the crowd to sit down to eat on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave it to his disciples in order to place before them. And they placed these before the crowd.

Mark 8:6 Cross References

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, whether in [your] words or actions, do everything in the name [i.e., by the authority] of Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Romans 14:6

The person who observes a certain day [as specially sacred], does so out of devotion to the Lord. And the person who eats [only certain foods] does so out of devotion to the Lord, for he is thankful to God [for what he eats]. And the person who refuses to eat [certain foods], does so out of devotion to the Lord and he is thankful to God [for what he does eat].

John 6:23

(However, meanwhile, some other [small] boats had come from Tiberias [i.e., a small town on the west side of the lake] near where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks).

John 2:5

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you to do.”

Luke 24:30

And it happened when Jesus had reclined at the dinner table with them [Note: See Matt. 23:6], that He took a [small] loaf of bread, asked God’s blessing on it, then broke it and gave [pieces] to the two men.

Luke 12:37

Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them.

Matthew 26:26

And as they were eating, Jesus took a [small] loaf of bread, asked God’s blessing on it, then broke it and gave pieces to His disciples and said, “Take some and eat it; this is [i.e., represents] my [physical] body.”

Mark 8:5

And He asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” And they answered, “We have seven loaves.”

Mark 8:7

They [also] had a few small fish and after asking God’s blessing on them, He ordered these also to be set in front of them.

Mark 8:20

He again asked, “And when the seven loaves were divided among the four thousand persons, how many large basketfuls of broken pieces did you gather up?” And they said to Him, “Seven large basketfuls.”