Mark 6:45–56

Jesus Walks on the Water

⁴⁵Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.^{* 46}After saying farewell to them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷When evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land. ⁴⁸When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came toward them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by.^{* 49}But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out, ⁵⁰for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.”^{* 51}Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,^{* 52}for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.^*

Healing the Sick in Gennesaret

⁵³When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat.^{* 54}When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him ⁵⁵and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.^*