36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
36 Pronounce a benediction and send these folks off so they can get some supper."
36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat."
36 Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 6:36
Commentary on Mark 6:30-44
(Read Mark 6:30-44)
Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely we may. And this miracle shows that Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to preserve and nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come. None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches us not to waste any of God's bounties, remembering how many are in want. We may, some time, need the fragments that we now throw away.