¶ At that time Herod¹ the tetrarch² heard of the fame of Jesus,

And said unto his servants, This³ is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him⁴.

For Herod⁵ had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias'⁶ sake, his⁷ brother Philip's⁸ wife.

⁹For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And when¹⁰ he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because¹¹ they counted him as a prophet.

But when Herod's birthday¹² was kept, the daughter¹³ of Herodias danced¹⁴ before them¹⁵, and pleased Herod.

¹⁶Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And she, being¹⁷ before instructed of her mother, said, Give¹⁸ me here John Baptist's head in a charger¹⁹.

And the king²⁰ was sorry²¹: nevertheless for the oath's²² sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

¶ And he sent, and beheaded²³ John in the prison²⁴.

And his head was brought in a charger, and given²⁵ to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples came, and took²⁶ up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

¶²⁷When 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.

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was²⁸ moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

And when it was evening, his²⁹ disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send³⁰ the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

But Jesus said unto them, They³¹ need not depart; give ye them to eat.

³²And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

He said, Bring them hither to me.

And he commanded³³ the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking³⁴ up to heaven, he blessed³⁵, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

¶ And they did all eat, and were³⁶ filled: and they took³⁷ up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

And they that had eaten were about³⁸ five thousand men, beside women and children.

¶ And straightway Jesus³⁹ constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while⁴⁰ he sent the multitudes away.

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went⁴¹ up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was⁴² there alone.

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed⁴³ with waves: for the wind was contrary.

And in the fourth watch⁴⁴ of the night Jesus went unto them, walking⁴⁵ on the sea.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were⁴⁶ troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be⁴⁷ of good cheer; it⁴⁸ is I; be not afraid.

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid⁴⁹ me come unto thee on the water.

And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked⁵⁰ on the water, to go to Jesus.

¶ But when⁵¹ he saw the wind boisterous⁵², he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

And immediately Jesus stretched⁵³ forth his hand, and caught⁵⁴ him, and said unto him, O thou⁵⁵ of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

And when they were come⁵⁶ into the ship, the wind ceased.

Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped⁵⁷ him, saying, Of⁵⁸ a truth thou art the Son of God.

¶ And when⁵⁹ they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret⁶⁰.

⁶¹And 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;

And besought him that they might only⁶² touch the hem⁶³ of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly⁶⁴ whole.