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What does Mark 8:2 mean?

"“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat."

— Mark 8:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

2

“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

3

If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”

4

His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”

5

He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”

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