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35 When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late;
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By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late.
36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."
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Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They said to him, "Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?"
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But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages ! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 And he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." When they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."
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“How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
39 Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.
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Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
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So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.
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Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
42 And all ate and were filled;
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They all ate and were satisfied,
43 and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
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and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44 Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.
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