Mark 8:16
So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
BSB
ASV
And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread.
KJV
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
For when the Lord said that they should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, that is, the teaching of the Pharisees, they thought that the Lord was reminding them about the leaven of bread. And so He rightly reproaches them as not understanding the …
And they reasoned among themselves,.... Upon Christ's giving this caution, and recollecting with themselves, that they had forgot to buy any provisions, and take with them: saying, it is because we have no bread; that he says these words; tacitly chiding and reproving us, for our want of thought and care; See Gill on Mat 16:7.
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread--But a little while ago He was tried with the obduracy of the Pharisees; now He is tried with the obtuseness of His own disciples.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Luke 9:46Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
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Luke 20:5They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
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I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
