Mark:8:1-21

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* In those days the multitude being very great , and having nothing to eat , Jesus called his disciples unto him , and saith unto them , * I have compassion 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 divers of them came from far . * And his disciples answered him , From whence can a man 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 people to sit down on the ground : and he took the seven loaves , and gave thanks , and brake , and gave to his disciples to set before them ; and they did set them before the people . * And they had a few small fishes : and he blessed , and commanded to set them also before them . * So they did eat , and were filled : and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets . * And they that had eaten were about four thousand : and he sent them away . * 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 question with him , seeking of him a sign from heaven , tempting him . * And he sighed deeply in his spirit , and saith , Why doth 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 charged them , saying , Take heed , beware of the leaven of the Pharisees , and of the leaven of Herod . * And they reasoned among themselves , saying , It is because we have no bread . * And when Jesus knew it , he saith unto them , Why reason ye , because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet , neither understand ? have ye your heart yet hardened ? * Having eyes , see ye not ? and having ears , hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ? * When I brake the five loaves among five thousand , how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They say unto him , Twelve . * And when the seven 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 understand ?

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