The Twelve Return, And Jesus Retires With
Them Across The Lake. Five Thousand Are
Fed
64. Mark 6:30-44
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus,
and told him all things, both what they had done, and what
they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye
yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for
there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure
so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place
by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and
many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and
outwent them, and came together unto him. 34 And Jesus,
when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not
having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came
unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time
is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the
country round about, and into the villages, and buy
themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 37 He
answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they
say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth
of bread, and give them to eat? 38 He saith unto them, How
many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew,
they say, Five, and two fishes. 39 And he commanded them
to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he
looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and
gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two
fishes divided he among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and
were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the
fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the
loaves were about five thousand men.
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