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39 Then He commanded them to make them
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all sit down in groups on the green grass. So
they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in
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28:9 Your inheritance. God amazingly con- fifties. And when He had taken the five loaves
siders His people a most precious possession and the two fish, He looked up to heaven,
(see Deut. 7:6–16; 9:29; 1 Sam 10:1; Pss. 33:12; blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them
94:5; Eph. 1:18). to His disciples to set before them; and the
two fish He divided among them all. So they
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all ate and were filled. And they took up
8 The LORD is their strength, twelve baskets full of fragments and of the
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And He is the saving refuge fish. Now those who had eaten the loaves
of His anointed. were about five thousand men.
Save Your people,
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And bless Your inheritance;
Shepherd them also,
And bear them up forever.
6:44 five thousand men. The Greek word for
Proverbs 10:19–21 “men” means strictly males, so the numerical
estimate did not include women and children
In the multitude of words sin (see Matt. 14:21). The women and children
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is not lacking, were traditionally seated separately from the
But he who restrains his lips is wise. men for meals. When everyone was added,
The tongue of the righteous there could have been at least 20,000.
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is choice silver;
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many, 45 Immediately He made His disciples get
But fools die for lack of wisdom. into the boat and go before Him to the other
Mark 6:30–56 side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multi-
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tude away. And when He had sent them
Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and away, He departed to the mountain to pray.
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told Him all things, both what they had done 47 Now when evening came, the boat was in the
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and what they had taught. And He said to middle of the sea; and He was alone on the
them, “Come aside by yourselves to a desert- land. Then He saw them straining at rowing,
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ed place and rest a while.” For there were for the wind was against them. Now about the
many coming and going, and they did not fourth watch of the night He came to them,
even have time to eat. So they departed to a walking on the sea, and would have passed
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deserted place in the boat by themselves. 49
33 But the multitudes saw them departing, them by. And when they saw Him walking on
and many knew Him and ran there on foot the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried
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out; for they all saw Him and were troubled.
from all the cities. They arrived before them
and came together to Him. And Jesus, when But immediately He talked with them and said
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He came out, saw a great multitude and was to them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be
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moved with compassion for them, because afraid.” Then He went up into the boat to
they were like sheep not having a shepherd. them, and the wind ceased. And they were
So He began to teach them many things. greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure,
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When the day was now far spent, His disci-
35 and marveled. For they had not understood
ples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted
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place, and already the hour is late. Send them
away, that they may go into the surrounding
country and villages and buy themselves
bread; for they have nothing to eat.” 6:50 Be of good cheer! This command,always
37 But He answered and said to them, “You linked in the Gospels to a situation of fear and
give them something to eat.” apprehension (see 10:49; Matt. 9:2,22; 14:27;
Luke 8:48; John 16:33; Acts 23:11), urged the
And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy
two hundred denarii worth of bread and give disciples to have a continuing attitude of
courage. It is I. Literally,“I AM.”This statement
them something to eat?”
38 But He said to them, “How many loaves do clearly identified the figure as the Lord Jesus,
you have? Go and see.” not some phantom. It echoed the Old
Testament self-revelation of God (see Ex.3:14).
And when they found out they said, “Five,
and two fish.”
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