Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
13 Now when Jesus heard this,
1he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
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When he went ashore he
2saw a great crowd, and
3he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
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Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over;
4send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves. ”
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But Jesus said, “They need not go away;
5you give them something to eat. ”
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They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish. ”
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And he said, “Bring them here to me. ”
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Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish,
6he looked up to heaven and
7said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
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And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
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And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.