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@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ They went and found out and then they told him, "We have only five flat loaves a
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 \v 42 Everyone ate this food until they all had enough to eat!
 \v 43 The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and of the fish that were left over.
-\v 44 There were about five thousand men who ate the bread and fish. They did not even count the women and children.
+\44 So many people ate the fish and bread; just the number of the men was five thousand.
 
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