321And Jesuscalled His disciples to Him, and said, "2I feelcompassion for the apeople, because they bhave remained with Me nowthreedays and havenothing to eat ; and I do not want to send them awayhungry, for they might faint on the way."33
The disciplessaid to Him, "Where would we get somanyloaves in this desolateplace to satisfysuch a largecrowd ?"
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And Jesussaid to them, "Howmanyloaves do you have ?" And they said, "Seven, and a fewsmallfish."
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And He directed the cpeople to dsitdown on the ground ;
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and He took the sevenloaves and the fish ; and 3givingthanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
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And they allate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was leftover of the brokenpieces, sevenlarge4basketsfull.
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And those who ate were fourthousandmen, besideswomen and children.
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And sendingaway the crowds, Jesus got into 5the boat and came to the region of 6Magadan.