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Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, and they all had as much as they wanted.
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When they were all full, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces left over; let us not waste a bit."
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So they gathered them all and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left over from the five barley loaves which the people had eaten.
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Seeing this miracle that Jesus had performed, the people there said, "Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!"
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Jesus knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make him king by force; so he went off again to the hills by himself.
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When evening came, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake,
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got into a boat, and went back across the lake toward Capernaum. Night came on, and Jesus still had not come to them.
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By then a strong wind was blowing and stirring up the water.
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The disciples had rowed about three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the water, coming near the boat, and they were terrified.
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"Don't be afraid," Jesus told them, "it is I!"
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Then they willingly took him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached land at the place they were heading for.