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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.
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So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken
food that was left seven baskets.
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And those that had eaten were about four thousand; and he dispatched them.
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And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.