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Chapter 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. |
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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. |
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7 | Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
