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Hesaith unto them,How manyloaves have ye? goandsee.And when they knew, they say, Five,andtwofishes.
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And he commandedthem to makeall sit down by companies*upon the greengrass.
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And they sat down in ranks*, byhundreds,andbyfifties.
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And when he had taken the fiveloavesand the twofishes, he looked uptoheaven, and blessed, andbrake the loaves,andgave them to hisdisciplesto set beforethem;and the twofishes divided he among them all.
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And they took uptwelvebasketsfull of the fragments,andof the fishes.
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And they that did eat of the loaveswereabout five thousandmen.
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Andstraightway he constrainedhisdisciples to getinto the ship,and to goto the other sidebeforeunto[a]Bethsaida,whilehe sent away the people.
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And when he had sentthemaway, he departedinto a mountain to pray.
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And when even was come, the shipwasin the midst of the sea,andhealoneon the land.
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And he sawthemtoilinginrowing; for the windwascontrary unto them:andabout the fourthwatch of the night he comethuntothem,walkingupon the sea,andwould have passed bythem.