KJV ORIGINAL
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jesus told them seriously — don't tell anyone what just happened here. Then he said to make sure she gets something to eat.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even after performing miracles, Jesus cared about the practical stuff like making sure a little girl got fed.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Mark was likely written by John Mark for a Gentile Christian audience, possibly in Rome, around the mid-to-late first century CE. It
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