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After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.
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A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick.
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Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples.
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Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
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When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?"
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He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.
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Philip answered him, "Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
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"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?"
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Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all.
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Then Jesus 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.