33 The people saw them going, and manyrecognized them and rantheretogether on foot from all the cities, and gotthereahead of them.
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When Jesus wentashore, He 1saw a largecrowd, and He feltcompassion for them because2they were likesheepwithout* a shepherd; and He began to teach them manythings.
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When it was alreadyquitelate*, His disciplescame to Him and said, "Thisplace is desolate and it is alreadyquitelate*;
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send them awayso that they may go into the surroundingcountryside and villages and buythemselvessomething to eat."
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But He answered them, "You give them something to eat!"3And they said to Him, "Shall we go and spendtwohundred4denarii on bread and give them something to eat?"
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And He said to them, "Howmanyloaves do you have? Golook!" And when they found out, they said, "Five, and twofish."
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And He commanded them all to sitdown by groups on the greengrass.
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They satdown in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
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And He took the fiveloaves and the twofish, and looking up towardheaven, He 5blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to setbefore them; and He divided up the twofish among them all.
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and they picked up twelvefull6baskets of the brokenpieces, and also of the fish.
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There were 7fivethousandmen who ate the loaves.
Jesus Walks on the Water
458Immediately Jesus made His disciplesget into 9the boat and goahead of Him to the otherside to 10Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowdaway.
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After 11bidding them farewell, He left12for the mountain to pray.
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When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.
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Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the 13fourthwatch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.
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But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
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for they allsaw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, "14Takecourage; it is I, 15do not be afraid."
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Then He got into 16the boat with them, and the windstopped; and they were utterly**astonished,
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for 17they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart18was hardened.
Healing at Gennesaret
5319When they had crossedover they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
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When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
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and ranabout that wholecountry and began to carryhere and there on their palletsthose who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
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Wherever He enteredvillages, orcities, orcountryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and imploring Him that they might just20touch21the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.