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Matthew 1

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¹ But He replied, "You give them something to eat!" And they asked Him, "Shall we go and buy 200[11] denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

² He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five [loaves], and two fish."

³ Then Jesus commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.

⁴ They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties [so that the crowd resembled an orderly arrangement of colorful garden plots].

⁵ Taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and said a blessing [of praise and thanksgiving to the Father]. Then He broke the loaves and [repeatedly] gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

⁶ They all ate and were satisfied.

⁷ And the disciples picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces [of the loaves], and of the fish.

⁸ Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men [not counting the women and children].

⁹ Jesus immediately insisted that His disciples get into the boat and go ahead [of Him] to the other side to Bethsaida, while He was dismissing the crowd.

¹⁰ And after He said goodbye to them, He went to the mountain to pray.

¹¹ Now when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on the land.

¹² Seeing the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) He came to them, walking on the sea. And [acted as if] He intended to pass by them.

¹³ But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out [in horror];

¹⁴ for they all saw Him and were shaken and terrified. But He immediately spoke with them and said, "Take courage! It is I (I Am)! Stop being afraid."

¹⁵ Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased [as if exhausted by its own activity]; and they were completely overwhelmed,

¹⁶ because they had not understood [the miracle of] the loaves [how it revealed the power and deity of Jesus]; but [in fact] their heart was hardened [being oblivious and indifferent to His amazing works].

¹⁷ When they had crossed over [the sea], they reached the land of Gennesaret and anchored at the shore.

¹⁸ They got out of the boat and immediately people recognized Him,

¹⁹ and ran throughout that surrounding countryside and began to carry around on their mats those who were sick, to any place where they heard He was.

²⁰ And wherever He came into villages, or cities, or the countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places and pleading with Him [to allow them] just to touch the fringe (tassel with a blue cord) of His robe; and all who touched it were healed.

²¹ Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem and gathered around Him,

²² and they had seen that some of His disciples ate their bread with [ceremonially] impure hands, that is, unwashed [and defiled according to Jewish religious ritual].

²³ ([1] For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they[2] carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;

²⁴ and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they[3] cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)

²⁵ So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, "Why do Your disciples not live their lives according to the tradition of the elders, but [instead] eat their bread with [ceremonially] unwashed hands?"

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1	But He replied, "You give them something to eat!" And they asked Him, "Shall we go and buy 200[11] denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"
2	He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five [loaves], and two fish."
3	Then Jesus commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
4	They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties [so that the crowd resembled an orderly arrangement of colorful garden plots].
5	Taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and said a blessing [of praise and thanksgiving to the Father]. Then He broke the loaves and [repeatedly] gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and He divided up the two fish among them all.
6	They all ate and were satisfied.
7	And the disciples picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces [of the loaves], and of the fish.
8	Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men [not counting the women and children].
9	Jesus immediately insisted that His disciples get into the boat and go ahead [of Him] to the other side to Bethsaida, while He was dismissing the crowd.
10	And after He said goodbye to them, He went to the mountain to pray.
11	Now when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on the land.
12	Seeing the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) He came to them, walking on the sea. And [acted as if] He intended to pass by them.
13	But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out [in horror];
14	for they all saw Him and were shaken and terrified. But He immediately spoke with them and said, "Take courage! It is I (I Am)! Stop being afraid."
15	Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased [as if exhausted by its own activity]; and they were completely overwhelmed,
16	because they had not understood [the miracle of] the loaves [how it revealed the power and deity of Jesus]; but [in fact] their heart was hardened [being oblivious and indifferent to His amazing works].
17	When they had crossed over [the sea], they reached the land of Gennesaret and anchored at the shore.
18	They got out of the boat and immediately people recognized Him,
19	and ran throughout that surrounding countryside and began to carry around on their mats those who were sick, to any place where they heard He was.
20	And wherever He came into villages, or cities, or the countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places and pleading with Him [to allow them] just to touch the fringe (tassel with a blue cord) of His robe; and all who touched it were healed.
21	Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem and gathered around Him,
22	and they had seen that some of His disciples ate their bread with [ceremonially] impure hands, that is, unwashed [and defiled according to Jewish religious ritual].
23	([1] For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they[2] carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;
24	and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they[3] cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)
25	So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, "Why do Your disciples not live their lives according to the tradition of the elders, but [instead] eat their bread with [ceremonially] unwashed hands?"

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