Luke 9:14

(For the men among them were about five thousand.) "Get them seated in companies," was his reply, "about fifty in each."

Mark 6:39-40

Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;

Mark 8:6

Jesus told the crowd to sit down upon the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.

1 Corinthians 14:40

Let everything be done in a proper and orderly manner.

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Summary

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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Mark 6:35
When it grew late, his disciples came up to him, and said: "This is a lonely spot, and it is already late.