Mark 1:41 uses the same Greek word for compassion when Jesus heals a leper, showing this is a consistent trait of Jesus.

Mark 6:34 also records Jesus feeling compassion for a crowd before a feeding miracle, using the same word as 8:2.

Mark 6:37 records the earlier feeding of 5000 where scarcity was also highlighted, showing a repeated pattern of Jesus' provision.

Psalm 103:13 declares God's fatherly compassion, which Jesus embodies in 8:2 when he has compassion on the crowd.

Matthew 9:36 uses the same word for Jesus's compassion on crowds, reinforcing the theme from Mark 8:2.

In Matthew 14:14, Jesus again has compassion on a large crowd and heals — same verb and setting, linking the feeding miracles.

Matthew 15:32 is the parallel account of this same event, recording Jesus' identical words about compassion for the crowd.

John 6:5 introduces the feeding of the 5000 with Jesus testing Philip, another instance of Jesus caring for the crowd's hunger.

Hebrews 2:17 describes Jesus as a merciful high priest — connects his compassion here to his atoning role.

Psalm 107:5 describes the hungry and faint, the very condition of the crowd here that moves Jesus to compassion and provision.

Luke 15:20 pictures the father's compassion — the same word illustrates God's mercy that Jesus embodies.

John 4:34 reveals Jesus' own priority on spiritual food over physical, contrasting with his care for the crowd's physical hunger.

Hebrews 4:15 says Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses — echoes his compassion for the hungry crowd.

Hebrews 5:2 says the high priest can have compassion on the ignorant — relates to Jesus' compassion here.