12 As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.” 13 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” 14 (There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Luke 9:12–14
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Matthew 14:14–16
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Mark 6:36–38
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Matthew 15:32–34
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Matthew 14:18–20
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Mark 6:43–45
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John 6:4–6
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