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- Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),
- and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.
- Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.
- The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
- When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
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- He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
- Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
- Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,
- "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
- Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
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- Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
- When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."
- So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
- After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."
- Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
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- When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,
- where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.
- A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough.
- When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified.
- But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid."
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- Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
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