Matthew 14
1 At that time Herod the
tetrarch heard of the
fame of
Jesus, 2 And said unto
his servants, This is John the
Baptist; he is
risen from the
dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth
themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid
hold on
John, and
bound him, and put him
in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto
him, It
is not lawful for
thee to
have her. 5 And when he
would have
put him to
death, he
feared the
multitude, because they
counted him as a
prophet. 6 But when
Herod's birthday was
kept, the
daughter of
Herodias danced before
them,
and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he
promised with an
oath to
give her whatsoever she would
ask.
8 And she, being before
instructed of her mother, said,
Give me here John Baptist's head in a
charger. 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.
10 And he
sent, and
beheaded John in the
prison. 11 And his head was
brought in a
charger, and given to the
damsel: and she
brought it to
her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took
up the
body, and buried it, and went and
told Jesus. 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. 14 And Jesus went
forth, and
saw a
great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he
healed their sick. 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. 16 But Jesus said unto
them, They
need not depart;
give ye them to
eat.
17 And they
say unto
him, We
have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said,
Bring them hither to
me. 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. 20 And they
did all eat,
and were
filled:
and they took
up of the
fragments that
remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had
eaten were about five
thousand men, beside women and children. 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.
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. 24 But the
ship was now in the
midst of the
sea, tossed with waves: for the
wind was contrary. 25 And in the
fourth watch of the
night Jesus went unto them, walking on the
sea. 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. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto
them, saying, Be of good
cheer; it
is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and
said,
Lord, if it
be thou, bid me come unto thee on the
water. 29 And he
said,
Come.
And when
Peter was come
down out
of the
ship, he
walked on the
water, to
go to Jesus. 30 But when he
saw the
wind boisterous, he was
afraid;
and beginning to
sink, he
cried,
saying,
Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched
forth his
hand, and
caught him, and said unto
him, O thou of little
faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?
32 And when
they were
come into the
ship, the
wind ceased.
33 Then they that were
in the
ship came and
worshipped him, saying, Of a
truth thou
art the
Son of
God. 34 And when they were gone
over, they
came into the
land of
Gennesaret. 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; 36 And besought him that they
might only touch the
hem of
his garment: and as many
as touched were made perfectly
whole.