KJV King James Version
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 6:36
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
WEB World English Bible
Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
ASV American Standard Version
send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.’
Surrounding context — Mark 6
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
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.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time [is] far passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
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?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀπόλυσονG630 · apoluōto release: releaseαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toἀπελθόντεςG565 · aperchomaito go awayεἰςG1519 · eistowardτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύκλῳG2945 · kuklōsurroundingἀγροὺςG68 · agrosField ofκαὶG2532 · kaiandκώμαςG2968 · kōmēvillageἀγοράσωσινG59 · agorazōto buyἑαυτοῖςG1438 · heautouthemselfτίG5101 · tiswhich?φάγωσινG5315 · phageinto eat
Cross-references
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.Mark 5:31And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?Mark 3:21And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
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