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10 On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.
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When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,
11 When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.
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but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
12 Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place."
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Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."
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He replied, “You give them something to eat.”They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”
14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
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(About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
15 And they did so, and had them all sit down.
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The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.
16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
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Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.
17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
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They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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