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Jesus told his disciples to tell the people in the crowd to sit down on the grass in groups of 50 people each.

This is an indirect quotation. It can be stated as a direct quotation: “Jesus told his disciples, ‘Tell the people in the crowd to sit down on the grass in groups of 50 people each.’” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

50 people

This can be written as numerals: “fifty people” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)