Feeding 4,000
1 In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,
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"I have compassion on the crowd, because they've already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
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If I send them home famished, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance."
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His disciples answered Him, "Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?"
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"How many loaves do you have?" He asked them. "Seven," they said.
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Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the [loaves], and kept on giving [them] to His disciples to set before [the people]. So they served the [loaves] to the crowd.
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They also had a few small fish, and when He had blessed them, He said these were to be served as well.
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They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.
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About 4,000 [men] were there. He dismissed them
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and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.