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Mark 8:2

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I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
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  1. Matthew 9:36Rank 1 from verse 2
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    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.

  2. Micah 7:19Rank 2 from verse 2
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    19He 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.

  3. Psalms 103:13Rank 3 from verse 2
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    13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

  4. Psalms 145:15Rank 4 from verse 2
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    15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

  5. Hebrews 4:15Rank 5 from verse 2
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    15For 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.

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Mark 8:2

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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1IN those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

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3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

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