April 6 – Full and Faithful

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, April 6th.

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Full and faithful.
There are days when you can do

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everything on your list and
still feel empty inside.

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You can be busy, productive,
surrounded by people and still

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carry a hunger that nothing
around you seems able to fill.

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Proverbs chapter 13 verse 25
says the righteous has enough to

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satisfy his appetite.
Psalm chapter 40 verse 4 says

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blessed is the man who makes the
Lord his trust.

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And in Mark chapter 6 verses 42
to 43, after Jesus feeds the

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crowd, we are told they all ate
and were satisfied.

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That word satisfied is
beautiful.

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Not distracted, not temporarily
impressed, satisfied.

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Jesus took what seemed too small
and turned it into more than

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enough.
He fed the crowd and there were

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leftovers.
That is what God is like.

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He is not limited by the
smallness of what you bring Him.

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He is able to provide, sustain,
and satisfy in ways you could

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not create for yourself.
But many of us still try to fill

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our emptiness with other things.
We chase attention, achievement,

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control, comfort, or constant
entertainment.

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We tell ourselves that once we
get a little more, feel a little

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more seen, or accomplish a
little more than we will finally

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feel full.
But those things do not satisfy

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the deepest parts of us.
They only distract us for a

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while.
Real satisfaction comes from

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trusting the Lord.
It comes from knowing that your

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life is held by someone who sees
your needs and cares about them.

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It comes from bringing your
hunger, your lack, and your

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weariness to Jesus and letting
Him meet you there.

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Sometimes He provides by
changing your circumstances.

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Sometimes He provides by
strengthening your heart in the

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middle of them.
Either way, He is faithful

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today.
Do not settle for the empty

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promises that keep leaving you
hungry.

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Bring your need to the One who
still fills hearts, still

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multiplies grace, and still
satisfies those who trust Him.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank You that

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You are the One who truly
satisfies.

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Forgive me for the times I look
everywhere else to fill what

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only You can fill.
Teach me to trust You with my

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needs, my future and the empty
places in my heart.

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Give me peace and place of
striving and remind me that Your

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provision is enough for me
today.

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Help me stay full in You and
faithful to You in Jesus name,

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Amen.
What if you could rise up and

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declare with full spiritual
authority, I shall not die, but

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live?
Death Defeated is a powerful

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five book prayer series for
believers who are ready to

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confront premature death, break
demonic cycles, and enforce

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God’s covenant of life over
their destiny and household.

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Book 1.
Deliverance from Death breaks

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chains of premature death and
generational attacks.

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Book 2.
Destruction of Death’s Devices

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exposes hidden traps and
dismantles the enemy schemes.

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Book three.
Divine Defense against Death,

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activates supernatural
protection and divine

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preservation.
Book 4, Disarming the Destroyer,

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overthrows deadly assaults and
silences the spirit of

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destruction.
Book 5, Dominion over Death,

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establishes resurrection
authority, victorious living,

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and destiny fulfillment in
Christ.

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Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan.

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Proverbs chapter 13, verses 24
to 25 World English Bible.

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One who spares the rod hates his
son, but one who loves him is

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careful to discipline him.
The righteous one eats to the

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satisfying of his soul, but the
belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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Psalm chapter 40 World English
Bible for the chief musician A

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Psalm by David.
I waited patiently for Yahweh.

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He turned to me and heard my
cry.

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He brought me up also out of a
horrible pit, out of the miry

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clay.
He set my feet on a rock and

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gave me a firm place to stand.
He has put a new song in my

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mouth.
Even.

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Praise to our God.
Many shall see it and fear and

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shall trust in Yahweh.
Blessed is the man who makes

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Yahweh his trust and doesn’t
respect the proud, nor such as

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turn away to lies.
Many, Yahweh my God, are the

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wonderful works which you have
done and your thoughts which are

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toward us.
They can’t be declared back to

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you.
If I would declare and speak of

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them, they are more than can be
counted.

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Sacrifice and offering you
didn’t desire.

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You have opened my ears.
You have not required burnt

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offering and sin offering.
Then I said, behold, I have

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come.
It is written about me in the

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book in the scroll.
I delight to do your will, my

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God.
Yes, Your law is within my

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heart.
I have proclaimed glad news of

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righteousness in the great
Assembly.

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Behold, I will not seal my lips.
Yahweh, you know I have not

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hidden Your righteousness within
my heart.

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I have declared Your
faithfulness and Your salvation.

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I have not concealed Your loving
kindness and Your truth from the

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great Assembly.
Don’t withhold Your tender

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mercies from me, Yahweh.
Let Your loving kindness and

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Your truth continually preserve
me, for innumerable evils have

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surrounded me.
My iniquities have overtaken me

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so that I am not able to look
up.

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They are more than the hairs of
my head.

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My heart has failed me.
Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver

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me.
Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

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Let them be disappointed and
confounded together who seek

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after my soul to destroy it.
Let them be turned backward and

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brought to dishonor who delight
in my hurt.

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Let them be desolate by reason
of their shame.

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That tell me, Aha, Aha.
Let all those who seek You

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rejoice and be glad in you.
Let such as love your salvation.

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Say continually.
Let Yahweh be exalted.

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But I am poor and needy.
May the Lord think about me.

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You are my help and my
deliverer.

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Don’t delay my God.
Mark Chapter 6 World English

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Bible He went out from there.
He came into his own country,

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and his disciples followed him.
When the Sabbath had come, he

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began to teach in the synagogue,
and many hearing him were

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astonished, saying, Where did
this man get these things?

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And what is the wisdom that is
given to this man, that such

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mighty works come about by his
hands?

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Isn’t this the Carpenter, the
son of Mary and brother of

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James?
Jose is Judah and Simon, Aren’t

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his sisters here with us?
So they were offended at him.

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Jesus said to them, A prophet is
not without honor except in his

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own country and among his own
relatives and in his own house.

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He could do no mighty work
there, except that he laid his

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hands on a few sick people and
healed them.

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He marveled because of their
unbelief.

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He went around the villages
teaching.

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He called to himself the 12 and
began to send them out two by

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two, and he gave them authority
over the unclean spirits.

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He commanded them that they
should take nothing for their

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journey except a staff only.
No bread, no wallet, no money in

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their purse but to wear sandals
and not put on 2 tunics.

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He said to them, Wherever you
enter into a house, stay there

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until you depart from there.
Whoever will not receive you nor

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hear you as you depart from
there, shake off the dust that

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is under your feet for a
testimony against them.

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Assuredly I tell you it will be
more tolerable for Sodom and

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Gomorrah in the day of judgment
than for that city.

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They went out and preached that
people should repent.

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They cast out many demons and
anointed many with oil who were

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sick, and healed them.
King Herod heard this, for his

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name had become known, and he
said John the Baptizer has risen

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from the dead, and therefore
these powers are at work in him.

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But others said he is Elijah.
Others said he is a prophet or

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like one of the prophets.
But Herod, when he heard this,

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said, This is John who might be
headed, He has risen from the

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dead.
For Herod himself had sent out

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and arrested John, and bound him
in prison for the sake of

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Herodias his brother Philip’s
wife.

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For he had married her.
For John had said to Herod, It

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is not lawful for you to have
your brother’s wife.

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Herodias set herself against him
and desired to kill him, but she

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couldn’t.
For Herod feared John, knowing

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that he was a righteous and holy
man, and kept him safe.

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When he heard him, he did many
things, and he heard him gladly.

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Then a convenient day came, when
Herod on his birthday made a

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supper for his nobles, the high
officers, and the chief men of

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Galilee.
When the daughter of Herodias

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herself came in and danced, she
pleased Herod and those sitting

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with him.
The king said to the young lady,

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Ask me whatever you want, and I
will give it to you.

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He swore to her, Whatever you
ask of me, I will give you up to

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half of my Kingdom.
She went out and said to her

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mother, what shall I ask?
She said the head of John the

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Baptizer.
She came in immediately with

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haste to the king and requested,
I want you to give me right now

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the head of John the Baptizer on
a platter.

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The king was exceedingly sorry,
but for the sake of his oaths

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and of his dinner guests, he
didn’t wish to refuse her.

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Immediately the king sent out a
soldier of his guard and

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commanded to bring John’s head,
and he went and beheaded him in

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the prison, and brought his head
on a platter and gave it to the

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young lady, and the young lady
gave it to her mother.

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When his disciples heard this,
they came and took up his corpse

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and laid it in a tomb.
The apostles gathered themselves

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together to Jesus, and they told
him all things.

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Whatever they had done and
whatever they had taught, He

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said to them, Come away into a
deserted place and rest a while,

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for there were many coming and
going, and they had no leisure

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so much as to eat.
They went away in the boat to a

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deserted place by themselves.
They saw them going, and many

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recognized Him, and ran there on
foot from all the cities.

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They arrived before them and
came together to Him.

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Jesus came out, saw a great
multitude, and He had compassion

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on them, because they were like
sheep without a shepherd, and He

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began to teach them many things.
When it was late in the day, his

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disciples came to him and said,
This place is deserted and it is

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late in the day, Send them away,
that they may go into the

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surrounding country and villages
and buy themselves bread, for

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they have nothing to eat.
But he answered them, you give

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them something to eat.
They asked him, shall we go and

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buy 200 denarii worth of bread
and give them something to eat?

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He said to them, How many loaves
do you have?

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Go see.
When they knew, they said five

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and two fish.
He commanded them that everyone

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should sit down in groups on the
green grass.

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They sat down in ranks by
hundreds and by 50s.

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He took the five loaves and the
two fish, and looking up to

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heaven, he blessed and broke the
loaves, and he gave to his

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disciples to set before them.
And he divided the 2 fish among

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them all.
They all ate and were filled.

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They took up 12 baskets full of
broken pieces and also of the

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fish.
Those who ate the loaves were

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5000 men.
Immediately he made his

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disciples get into the boat and
go ahead to the other side to

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Bethsaida, while he himself sent
the multitude away.

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After he had taken leave of
them, he went up the mountain to

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pray.
When evening had come, the boat

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was in the middle of the sea,
and he was alone on the land,

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seeing them distressed in
rowing, for the wind was

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contrary to them.
About the fourth watch of the

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night he came to them walking on
the sea, and he would have

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passed by them, but they, when
they saw him walking on the sea,

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suppose that it was a ghost, and
cried out, for they all saw him

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and were troubled.
But he immediately spoke with

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them and said to them, Cheer up
it is I don’t be afraid.

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He got into the boat with them,
and the wind ceased, and they

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were very amazed among
themselves and marvelled, for

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they hadn’t understood about the
loaves, but their hearts were

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hardened.
When they had crossed over.

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They came to land at Jenniserat
and moored to the shore.

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When they had come out of the
boat, immediately the people

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recognized him, and ran around
that whole region, and began to

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bring those who were sick on
their mats to where they heard

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he was.
Wherever he entered into

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villages or into cities or into
the country, they laid the sick

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in the marketplaces and begged
him that they might just touch

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the fringe of his garment.
And as many as touched him were

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made well.
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