Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 6:36

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According to Mark, Jesus's friends suggested sending the hungry people away to buy food because they had nothing to eat. They thought it was the best way to help the crowd get something to eat.

Mark 6:36: 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.

Contradiction with Matthew 14:16

Jesus says the crowd does not need to go away, but to give them food, contrasting with the disciples' request to send them away.

Matthew 14:16: But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

Contradiction with John 6:10

Jesus instructs the people to sit down in preparation to feed them, rather than sending them away as suggested in Mark 6:36.

John 6:10: And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Contradiction with Luke 9:13

Jesus challenges the disciples to give the crowd something to eat themselves, opposing the idea of sending them away.

Luke 9:13: But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:32

Jesus has compassion and doesn't want to send people away hungry, which contrasts with the disciples' suggestion in Mark 6:36.

Matthew 15:32: Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Contradiction with John 6:5-6

Jesus proactively addresses the need to feed the crowd and tests his disciples, which contrasts with the passivity of sending them away.

John 6:5-6: When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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