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Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."
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But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
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He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
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He commanded those that all should sit down by companies on the green grass.
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They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
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He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.
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They all ate, and were filled.
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They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
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Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
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Immediately he made his disciples enter into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
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After he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.