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He asked them

"Jesus asked his disciples"

He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground

This can be written as a direct quote. "Jesus commanded the crowd, 'Sit down on the ground'" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

sit down

Use your language's word for how people customarily eat when there is no table, whether sitting or lying down.