A moment in scripture
Mark 8:5
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And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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The surrounding passage
- Mark 8:3
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
- Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- Mark 8:6
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
- Mark 8:7
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.