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For there were about five thousand men there. "Just tell them to sit down on the ground in groups of about fifty each," Jesus replied.
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So the people all sat down.
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Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God's blessing on the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples to give to the people.
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They all ate as much as they wanted, and they picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation)
