Mark 8:5

5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

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 away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way—and some of them have come from a great distance."

4 His disciples replied, "How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?"

5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

6 Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them to the crowd.

7 They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed.