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Mark 6:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus told his disciples to make the people sit down on the green grass.

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After Jesus had told the people to sit down,

Then Jesus said, “How much bread do you have? Go and see!” They found out and answered, “We have five small loaves of bread and two fish.”

They sat down in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty.

There were about five thousand men in the crowd. Jesus said to his disciples, “Tell the people to sit in groups of fifty.”

The ground was covered with grass, and Jesus told his disciples to make everyone sit down. About five thousand men were in the crowd.

God wants everything to be done peacefully and in order. When God's people meet in church,

But do everything properly and in order.