Matthew 14:13–33

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

^13aNow when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself; and when the crowds heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴And when He went ¹ashore, He ^asaw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and ^bhealed their sick.

¹⁵Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already ¹late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

¹⁶But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

¹⁷But they ^*said to Him, “We have here only ^afive loaves and two fish.”

¹⁸And He said, “Bring them here to Me.”

¹⁹And ordering the crowds to ¹sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^ablessed the food. And breaking the loaves, He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,

²⁰and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full ^abaskets.

²¹And there were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

^22aImmediately He ¹made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

²³And after He had sent the crowds away, ^aHe went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

²⁴But the boat was already many ¹stadia away from the land, ²being battered by the waves; for the wind was ^3aagainst them.

²⁵And in ^athe ¹fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

²⁶Now when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is ^aa ghost!” And they cried out ¹in fear.

²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “^aTake courage, ¹it is I; ^bdo not be afraid.”

²⁸And Peter answered and said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

²⁹And He said, “Come!” And getting out of the boat, Peter walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

³⁰But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

³¹And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and ^*said to him, “^aYou of little faith, why did you doubt?”

³²And when they got into the boat, the wind stopped.

³³And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are truly ^aGod’s Son!”