20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
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And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. …
But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)In these verses, we have, I. The choice Christ made of the twelve apostles to be his constant followers and attendants, and to be sent abroad as there was occasion, to preach the gospel. Observe, 1. The introduction to this call or promotion of disciples; He goes up into a mountain , and his errand thither was to pray . Ministers must be set apart with solemn prayer for the pouring out of the Spir…
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