“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:32 They continue with me now three days - It was now the third day since they came. #Mark 8:1|.
Mt 15:32 I have compassion on the multitude. Because while seeking him in his mountain solitude many of them had been for three days without regular food.