³⁰And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:

³¹So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

³³And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

³⁴And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.

³⁵And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

³⁶And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.

³⁷And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.

³⁸And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.

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