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Jesus told his disciples to tell the people in the crowd to sit down on the grass, in groups of fifty 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 fifty people each.’” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

fifty people

This can be stated in numerals: “50 people” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)