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Matthew 14:17

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And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

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  1. Matthew 14:15

    And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

  2. Matthew 14:16

    But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

  3. Matthew 14:18

    He said, Bring them hither to me.

  4. Matthew 14:19

    And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

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