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And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and gave
them to his disciples to set before them, and the two fishes he divided among them all.
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And they all ate and were filled.
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And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
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And those that ate were five thousand men.
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And straightway he told his disciples to get quickly into the ship and to go to the other side before him unto Bethsaida while he dispatched the people.
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And when he had dispatched them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
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And when night was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
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And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them; and about the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
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But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a ghost and cried out,