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In those days, there being again a great crowd, and they having nothing that they could eat, having called his disciples to [him], he says to them,
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I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,
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and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.
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And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
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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 crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.
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And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].
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And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up of fragments that remained seven baskets.