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And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
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And the people, when they knew
it, followed him, and he received them and spoke unto them of the kingdom of God and healed those that had need of healing.
12
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve and said unto him, Send the multitude away that they may go into the towns and country round about and lodge and get victuals, for we are here in a desert place.
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But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.
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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies of fifty.
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And they did so and made them all sit down.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
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And they ate and were all filled, and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
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And it came to pass as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the people say that I am?
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They answering said, John the Baptist; but some
say, Elijah; and others
say that one of the old prophets is risen again.
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He said unto them, But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.