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In those days, as before, there was a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat; Jesus called his disciples unto him and said unto them,
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I have mercy on the multitude because they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat;
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And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way, for some of them came from afar.
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And his disciples answered him, From where can anyone satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
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And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and having given thanks, he broke them and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
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And they also had a few small fishes; and he blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.