The Feeding of the Five Thousand

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Those who had been sent out rejoined Yeshua and reported to him all they had done and taught.

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There were so many people coming and going that they couldn't even take time to eat, so he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a place where we can be alone, and you can get some rest."

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They went off by themselves to an isolated spot;

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but many people, seeing them leave and recognizing them, ran ahead on foot from all the towns and got there first.

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When Yeshua came ashore, he saw a huge crowd. Filled with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, he began teaching them many things.

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By this time, the hour was late. The talmidim came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's getting late.

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Send the people away, so that they can go and buy food for themselves in the farms and towns around here."

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But he answered them, "Give them something to eat, yourselves!" They replied, "We are to go and spend thousands on bread, and give it to them to eat?"

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He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and check." When they had found out, they said, "Five. And two fish."

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Then he ordered all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.

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They sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.

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Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah. Next he broke up the loaves and began giving them to the talmidim to distribute. He also divided up the two fish among them all.

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They all ate as much as they wanted,

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and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.

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Those who ate the loaves numbered five thousand men.

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