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And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
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And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
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And they all ate, and were filled.
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And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.
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And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
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And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before [him] unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away.
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And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
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And when even was come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
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And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them:
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but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;