Bible Cross References
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Mark 8:1-9
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In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples [to Him] and said to them,
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"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
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"And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar."
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Then His disciples answered Him, "How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?"
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He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
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So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke [them] and gave [them] to His disciples to set before [them;] and they set [them] before the multitude.
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They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before [them.]
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So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments.
9
Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away,
Matthew 15:34-38
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Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."
35
So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke [them] and gave [them] to His disciples; and the disciples [gave] to the multitude.
37
So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.
38
Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.