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Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias ),

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and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick.

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Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.

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The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

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When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"

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He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

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Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"

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Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,

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"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

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Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

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Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

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When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."

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So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

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After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world."

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Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.