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1a After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee [of
Tiberias].* 2A large crowd followed him, because they saw the
signs he was performing on the sick. 3Jesus went up on the
mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4The Jewish
feast of Passover was near.b 5* When Jesus raised his eyes and
saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip,c
“Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” 6* He said this
to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.
7Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages* worth of food
would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit].”d
8One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said
to him, 9“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves* and
two fish; but what good are these for so many?”e 10Jesus said,
“Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass*
in that place. So the men