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Mark 6:43-45
New Catholic Bible
Mark 6:43-45
New Catholic Bible
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.
45 Jesus Walks on the Water.[b] Immediately afterward, Jesus instructed his disciples to get into the boat and to go on ahead to Bethsaida on the other side of the lake while he dismissed the crowd.
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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.
- Mark 6:45 See notes on Mt 14:22-33 and 14:25.
