Mark:8:1-21

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* IN those days , when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat , Jesus called together his disciples and said to them , riversident @Mark:8:2 " /> riversident @Mark:8:3 " /> * His disciples answered , "Where will any one be able to get bread to supply these people here in the uninhabited country ?" * He asked them , They said , "Seven ." * He told the people to recline on the ground . Then he took the seven loaves and , after giving thanks , broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute , and they distributed to the people . * They had also a few small fishes . These he blessed and told the disciples to distribute them . * All ate and were satisfied , and they picked up of the fragments that were left over seven basketfuls . * There were about four thousand men . Then he dismissed them . * At once he got into a boat with the disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha . * The Pharisees came out and began to argue with him , asking him for a sign from heaven , in order to test him . * He sighed deeply and said , * Then he left them and got into the boat again and went away across the lake . * They had forgotten to take bread , and except one loaf they had none with them in the boat . * Jesus warned them , * They began to talk among themselves about their lack of bread . * He perceived it , and said to them , riversident @Mark:8:18 " /> * They said , "Twelve ." * They said , "Seven ." * He said ,

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