| Matthew 14 | ||
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| At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, | |
| and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him." | |
| For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. | |
| For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." | |
| Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet. | |
| But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before {them} and pleased Herod, | |
| so {much} that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. | |
| Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist." | |
| Although he was grieved, the king commanded {it} to be given because of his oaths, and because of his dinner guests. | |
| He sent and had John beheaded in the prison. | |
| And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. | |
| His disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus. | |
| Now when Jesus heard {about John,} He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard {of this,} they followed Him on foot from the cities. | |
| When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick. | |
| When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves." | |
| But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them {something} to eat!" | |
| They *said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish." | |
| And He said, "Bring them here to Me." | |
| Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed {the food,} and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples {gave them} to the crowds, | |
| and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets. | |
| There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children. | |
| Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. | |
| After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. | |
| But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary. | |
| And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. | |
| When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear. | |
| But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid." | |
| Peter said to Him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." | |
| And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. | |
| But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" | |
| Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" | |
| When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. | |
| And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son!" | |
| When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. | |
| And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent {word} into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; | |
| and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched {it} were cured. |
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