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Philip answered, "We would need about a year's wages to buy enough bread for each of them to have a piece."
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One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, told him,
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"A boy who has five loaves of barley bread and two small fish is here. But they won't go very far for so many people."
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Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." The people had plenty of grass to sit on. (There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.)
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Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same thing with the fish. All the people ate as much as they wanted.
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When the people were full, Jesus told his disciples, "Gather the leftover pieces so that nothing will be wasted."
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The disciples gathered the leftover pieces of bread and filled twelve baskets.
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When the people saw the miracle Jesus performed, they said, "This man is certainly the prophet who is to come into the world."
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Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned to the mountain by himself.
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When evening came, his disciples went to the sea.
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They got into a boat and started to cross the sea to the city of Capernaum. By this time it was dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.