The Feeding of Five Thousand
30 And the apostles regathered to Jesus and reported to him everything that they had done and that they had taught.
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And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.
32
And they went away in the boat to an isolated place by themselves.
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And many [people] saw them leaving and recognized [them], and ran there together by land from all the towns, and arrived ahead of them.
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And getting out [of the boat] he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep {without} a shepherd, and he began to teach them many [things].
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And the hour had already become late [when] his disciples came up to him, saying, "The place is desolate and the hour [is] already late.
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Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages [and] purchase something to eat for themselves."
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But he answered [and] said to them, "You give them [something] to eat." And they said to him, "Should we go [and] purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give [it] to them to eat?"
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And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And [when they] found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."
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And he ordered them all to recline in groups on the green grass.
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And they reclined in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves and gave [them] to his disciples so that they could set [them] before them. And he distributed the two fish to [them] all.
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And they all ate and were satisfied.
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And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.
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And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.