32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. …
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.
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. …
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-39)Here is, I. A general account of Christ’s cures, his curing by wholesale. The tokens of Christ’s power and goodness are neither scarce nor scanty; for there is in him an overflowing fulness. Now observe, 1. The place where these cures were wrought; it was near the sea of Galilee , a part of the country Christ was much conversant with. We read not of any thing he did in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon…
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