Mark 6:45–56

Jesus Walks on the Water

^45aImmediately Jesus made His disciples get into ^bthe boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to ^cBethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

⁴⁶After ^abidding them farewell, He left ^bfor the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.

⁴⁸Seeing them ¹straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the ^2afourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.

⁴⁹But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were ¹terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, “^aTake courage; it is I, ^bdo not be afraid.”

⁵¹Then He got into ^athe boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished,

⁵²for ^athey ¹had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but ²their heart ^bwas hardened.

Healing at Gennesaret

^53aWhen they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

⁵⁴When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,

⁵⁵and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to ¹the place they heard He was.

⁵⁶Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just ^atouch ^bthe fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.