Thematic Bible: Miracle of the five
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Loaves » Miracle of the five
As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food." "They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat." "We have nothing here," they replied, "except five loaves and two fishes." read more.
"Bring them here to me," said Jesus. Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
"Bring them here to me," said Jesus. Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said: "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place." "Do you yourselves give them food," he answered. "We have nothing," they replied "Except five loaves, and a couple fish, unless you mean for us to go and buy provisions for all the crowd." (For there were about five thousand men.) "Make them sit down in table-companies, of about fifty each," he said to his disciples. read more.
This they did, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up in heaven, he blessed them, broke them in pieces, and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd. So they ate and were filled, all of them. And there was picked up that which remained over to them, of broken pieces, twelve basketfuls.
This they did, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up in heaven, he blessed them, broke them in pieces, and began to giving to his disciples to apportion among the crowd. So they ate and were filled, all of them. And there was picked up that which remained over to them, of broken pieces, twelve basketfuls.
"Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many large basketfuls you took up?
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