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Mark 6:42-44
New Catholic Bible
Mark 6:42-44
New Catholic Bible
42 They all ate and were satisfied. 43 Then they gathered up the fragments of the bread and fish—twelve full baskets.[a] 44 Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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- Mark 6:43 The Jews regarded bread as a gift of God. Accordingly, the scraps that fell during a meal were to be picked up and placed in small wicker baskets that people carried about. The disciples each filled a basket.