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And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John had risen from the dead;
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And by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the ancient prophets had risen again.
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And Herod said, John have I beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
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And the apostles, when they had returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place, belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
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And the people, when they knew [it], followed him: and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
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And when the day began to decline, then came the twelve, and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country around, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
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But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy provisions for all this people.
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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
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And they did so, and made them all sit down.
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Then he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.