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1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
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1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),
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2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.
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2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.
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3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.
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3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
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4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
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4 The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
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5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"
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5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
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6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
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6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
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7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
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7 Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
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8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
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8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,
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9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"
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9 "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
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10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
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10 Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
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11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.
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11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
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12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost."
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12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."
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13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
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13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
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14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
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14 After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."
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15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
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15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
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