Mark:8:1-21

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* In those days , as before , there was a great multitude , and they had nothing to eat ; Jesus called his disciples [unto him ] and said unto them , * I have mercy on the multitude because they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat ; * And if I send them away fasting to their own houses , they will faint by the way , for some of them came from afar . * And his disciples answered him , From where can anyone satisfy these [men ] with bread here in the wilderness ? * And he asked them , How many loaves have ye ? And they said , Seven . * And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground ; and taking the seven loaves and having given thanks , he broke [them ] and gave to his disciples to set before [them ]; and they set [them ] before the multitude . * And they also had a few small fishes ; and he blessed them and commanded to set them also before [them ]. * So they ate and were filled ; and they took up of the broken [food ] that was left seven baskets . * And those that had eaten were about four thousand ; and he dispatched them . * And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha . * And the Pharisees came forth and began to argue with him , demanding of him a sign from heaven , tempting him . * And crying out in his spirit , he said , Why does this generation seek after a sign ? verily I say unto you , There shall no sign be given unto this generation . * And he left them and , entering into the ship again , departed to the other side . * Now [the disciples ] had forgotten to take bread , neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf . * And he commanded them , saying , Take heed , beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and [of ] the leaven of Herod . * And they argued among themselves , saying , [It is ] because we have no bread . * And as Jesus understood it , he said unto them , Why argue ye because ye have no bread ? Do ye not consider nor understand ? is your heart yet blind ? * Having eyes , see ye not ? and having ears , hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ? * When I broke the five loaves among five thousand , how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They said unto him , Twelve . * And when the seven loaves among four thousand , how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And they said , Seven . * And he said unto them , How is it that ye do not yet understand ?

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