Mark 8:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ The number [who ate] was about four thousand men [besides women and children. See Matt. 15:38]. Then Jesus sent them away.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And there were about 4,000 people. And He dismissed them,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

Common English Bible

⁹ This was a crowd of about four thousand people! Jesus sent them away,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And those who ate were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.

Mark 8:9 Cross References

Mark 8:8

And they [all] ate until they were full, then gathered up seven baskets of broken pieces which were left over.

Mark 8:10

Immediately He boarded a boat with His disciples and crossed [to the west side of the lake], to the region of Dalmanutha. [Note: Matt. 15:39 says “Magadan,” which was probably in the same vicinity as Dalmanutha].

Matthew 13:36

He then left the crowds and went into the house. [While there] His disciples came to Him, and said, “Explain to us [the meaning of] the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Luke 18:31

Then Jesus took the twelve apostles with Him, saying to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem and [while there] everything written in [the writings of] the prophets will be fulfilled concerning the Son of man.