Matthew 14

14^*At that time ^aHerod ^bthe tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, ²And said unto his ^cservants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore ^dmighty works ^||do shew forth themselves in him. ³For Herod ^*ehad laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, ^fhis brother Philip’s wife. ⁴For John said unto him, ^gIt is not lawful for thee to have her. ⁵And when he would have put him to death, ^hhe feared the multitude, because they counted him as ⁱa prophet. ⁶But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced ^†before them, and pleased Herod. ⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. ⁸And she, being ^kbefore instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a ^lcharger. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹And his head was brought in a ^lcharger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. ¹²And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

^13*mWhen Jesus heard of it, ⁿhe 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. ¹⁴And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and ^owas moved with compassion toward them, and he ^phealed their sick. ¹⁵And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and ^qthe time is now past; ^rsend the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. ¹⁶But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; ^sgive ye them to eat. ¹⁷And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. ¹⁸He said, Bring them hither to me. ¹⁹And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and ^sslooking up to heaven, ^the blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ²⁰And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve ^ubaskets full. ²¹And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

^22wAnd 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. ²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up ^xinto a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. ²⁴But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. ²⁵And in the ^yfourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. ²⁶And when the disciples saw him ^zwalking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is ^aa spirit; and they cried out for fear. ²⁷But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; ^bbe not afraid. ²⁸And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. ²⁹And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw the wind ^||boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, ^cO thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? ³²And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³Then they that were in the ship came and ^dworshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art ^ethe Son of God.

³⁴And when they were gone over, they came into the land of ^fGennesaret. ³⁵And 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; ³⁶And besought him that they might only touch ^gthe hem of his garment: and ^has many as touched ⁱwere made perfectly whole.