MT-14:1  At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of

Jesus,

MT-14:2  And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist;

he is risen from

the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in

him.

MT-14:3  For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put

[him] in

prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

MT-14:4  For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to

have her.

MT-14:5  And when he would have put him to death, he feared the

multitude,

because they counted him as a prophet.

MT-14:6  But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of

Herodias danced

before them, and pleased Herod.

MT-14:7  Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her

whatsoever she would

ask.

MT-14:8  And she, being before instructed of her mother, said,

Give me here

John Baptist's head in a charger.

MT-14:9  And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's

sake, and them

which sat with him at meat, he commanded [it] to be given [her].

MT-14:10  And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

MT-14:11  And his head was brought in a charger, and given to

the damsel: and

she brought [it] to her mother.

MT-14:12  And his disciples came, and took up the body, and

buried it, and went

and told Jesus.

MT-14:13  When Jesus heard [of it], he departed thence by ship

into a desert

place apart: and when the people had heard [thereof], they

followed him on foot

out of the cities.

MT-14:14  And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and

was moved with

compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

MT-14:15  And when it was evening, his disciples came to him,

saying, This is a

desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,

that they may

go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

MT-14:16  But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give

ye them to eat.

MT-14:17  And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves,

and two fishes.

MT-14:18  He said, Bring them hither to me.

MT-14:19  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the

grass, and took the

five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he

blessed, and

brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples

to the

multitude.

MT-14:20  And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took

up of the

fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

MT-14:21  And they that had eaten were about five thousand men,

beside women

and children.

MT-14:22  And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get

into a ship,

and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the

multitudes away.

MT-14:23  And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up

into a mountain

apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

MT-14:24  But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed

with waves: for

the wind was contrary.

MT-14:25  And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto

them, walking on

the sea.

MT-14:26  And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,

they were

troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

MT-14:27  But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of

good cheer; it

is I; be not afraid.

MT-14:28  And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou,

bid me come

unto thee on the water.

MT-14:29  And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of

the ship, he

walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

MT-14:30  But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid;

and beginning to

sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

MT-14:31  And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and

caught him, and

said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou

doubt?

MT-14:32  And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

MT-14:33  Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped

him, saying, Of a

truth thou art the Son of God.

MT-14:34  And when they were gone over, they came into the land

of Gennesaret.

MT-14:35  And when the men of that place had knowledge of him,

they sent out

into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that

were diseased;

MT-14:36  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of

his garment:

and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

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