Mark 8:5

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

Mark 8:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 And he asked them,How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
ESV
5 And he asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
NLT
5 Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?” “Seven loaves,” they replied.
MSG
5 He asked, "How much bread do you have?" "Seven loaves," they said.
CSB
5 "How many loaves do you have?" He asked them. "Seven," they said.

Mark 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:5

And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?
&c.] (See Gill on Matthew 15:34);

and they said, seven.
Matthew adds, "and a few little fishes", which are here afterwards mentioned.

Mark 8:5 In-Context

3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”
5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.
7 They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.
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