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But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."
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For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
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They did so and made them all sit down.
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
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And all ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
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Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
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They answered, "John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen."
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He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Messiah of God."
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He sternly ordered and commanded them not to tell anyone,
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saying, "The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
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Then he said to them all, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.