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Mark 8:2

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

KJV

σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν.

Greek NT

Misereor super turbam : quia ecce jam triduo sustinent me, nec habent quod manducent :

Vulgate

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

ASV

I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσμένω
prosmeno
verb · 7×
σπλαγχνίζομαι
splagchnizomai
verb · 12×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἤδη
ede
adverb · 58×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:34 — Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
  • Heb 4:15 — For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
  • Heb 5:2 — Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
  • Luke 7:13 — And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
  • Luke 7:13 — And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
  • Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
  • Mark 1:41 — And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
  • Mark 5:19 — Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
  • Mark 6:32 — And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
  • Mark 6:34 — And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
  • Mark 6:37 — He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
  • Mark 9:22 — And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
  • Matt 4:2 — And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
  • Matt 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
  • Matt 9:36 — But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  • Matt 14:14 — And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
  • Matt 20:34 — So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
  • Mic 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Ps 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
  • Ps 107:5 — Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
  • Ps 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
  • Ps 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.