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Mark 6:39

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And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

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  1. Mark 6:37

    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?

  2. Mark 6:38

    He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

  3. Mark 6:40

    And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

  4. Mark 6:41

    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.

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