Contradiction with Matthew 15:38
Mark 8:9 mentions about four thousand being fed, whereas Matthew 15:38 also mentions the same event, creating a potential confusion with the separate event in Mark 6:44 where it talks about five thousand, not four thousand.
Matthew 15:38: And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Contradiction with Mark 6:44
Mark 8:9 discusses the feeding of four thousand, while Mark 6:44 describes the feeding of five thousand, which can cause confusion about the numbers involved.
Mark 6:44: And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
Contradiction with Matthew 14:21
Mark 8:9 talks about four thousand men being fed, contrasting with Matthew 14:21 which mentions about five thousand men.
Matthew 14:21: And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Contradiction with Luke 9:14
Mark 8:9 feeds four thousand, while Luke 9:14, like other gospels, discusses feeding five thousand.
Luke 9:14: For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Contradiction with John 6:10
The feeding of four thousand reported in Mark 8:9 appears contradictory with John 6:10, which notes the feeding of five thousand instead.
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.