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And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,
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and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.
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And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves, and was giving to his disciples, that they may set before them, and the two fishes divided he to all,
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and they did all eat, and were filled,
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and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,
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and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.
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And immediately he constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before to the other side, unto Bethsaida, till he may let the multitude away,
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and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.
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And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land;
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and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.
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And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,