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It was during that time that another large crowd gathered, and they had nothing to eat. Yeshua called his talmidim to him and said to them,
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"I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me three days, and now they have nothing to eat.
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If I send them off to their homes hungry, they will collapse on the way; some of them have come a long distance."
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His talmidim said to him, "How can anyone find enough bread to satisfy these people in a remote place like this?"
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"How many loaves do you have?" he asked them. They answered, "Seven."
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He then told the crowd to sit down on the ground, took the seven loaves, made a b'rakhah, broke the loaves and gave them to his talmidim to serve to the people.
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They also had a few fish; making a b'rakhah over them he also ordered these to be served.
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The people ate their fill; and the talmidim took up the leftover pieces, seven large basketsful.
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About four thousand were there.