The Conditions of Increase
Mark 8:1-9
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,…


The condition of increase is diffusion. To impart to others is to gain for oneself. Every honest effort to bring some other human heart into conscious possession of Christ's love deepens my own sense of its preciousness. If you would learn, teach. You will catch new gleams of His gracious heart in the very act of commending it to others. Work for God if you would live with God. Give the bread to the hungry, if you would have it for the food of your own souls.

(A. Maclaren, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

WEB: 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,




So They Did Eat, and Were Filled
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