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It happened that on a Sabbath day he was going through some cornfields. As they went his disciples plucked some corn and ate the ears, rubbing them with their hands. 
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(After their mission) Jesus took the disciples privately to a city called Bethsaida. 
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Some of the Pharisees said "Why do you do something which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
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But the crowds knew about this and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God and he cured those who needed healing.
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Replying to them Jesus said "Did you not read about how David, when he was hungry, he and those with him, went into the house of God where the (sacred) loaves were set out.
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The day began to decline. The twelve approached and said to him. "Send the crowd away so that they can go to the villages and farms around to stay there and hopefully find provisions.
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Then taking these he ate some and also gave them to those who were with them.
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We are in a desert place here." He said to them "You give them something to eat." But they said "We have no more with us than five loaves and two fish. (We can't feed them) unless we go and buy food for all these people." In fact there were about five thousand men He said to his disciples. "Make them sit in groups of about fifty. They did so and then everyone was sitting down. Then taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. They ate and all were satisfied.
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Yet it is not lawful for anyone except the priests to eat this (bread). He said to them "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
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Later on they (the disciples) took up the excess and filled twelve baskets with the fragments.
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