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1The 2apostlesgatheredtogether with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.
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And He said to them, "Comeaway by yourselves* to a secludedplace and rest a while." (For there were many people coming and going, and 3they did not evenhavetime to eat.)
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4They wentaway in 5the boat to a secludedplace by themselves.
Five Thousand Fed
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 6saw a largecrowd, and He feltcompassion for them because7they 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!"8And they said to Him, "Shall we go and spendtwohundred9denarii 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 10blessed 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 twelvefull11baskets of the brokenpieces, and also of the fish.
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There were 12fivethousandmen who ate the loaves.
Jesus Walks on the Water
4513Immediately Jesus made His disciplesget into 14the boat and goahead of Him to the otherside to 15Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowdaway.
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After 16bidding them farewell, He left17for 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 18fourthwatch 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, "19Takecourage; it is I, 20do not be afraid."
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Then He got into 21the boat with them, and the windstopped; and they were utterly**astonished,
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for 22they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart23was hardened.
Healing at Gennesaret
5324When 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 just25touch26the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.