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And Jesus, when he had heard [fn] , retired alone, in a ship, to a desert place. And when the multitudes heard [fn] , they followed him by dry land from the cities. ¹⁴ And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.¹⁵ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, and said to him: This is a desert place, and the time is gone; send away the throngs of people, that they may go to the villages, and buy themselves food.¹⁶ But he said to them: It is not necessary for them to go; give ye them to eat.¹⁷ And they said to him: We have nothing here but five cakes and two fishes.¹⁸ Jesus said to them: Bring them here to me.¹⁹ And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the five cakes and two fishes, and he looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples placed before the multitudes.²⁰ And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up the broken remains, twelve full baskets.²¹ And the men who had eaten were five thousand, besides the women and children.

²² And immediately he constrained his disciples to embark in a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent away the multitudes.²³ And when he had sent the multitudes away, he ascended a mountain alone to pray. And when it was dark, he was there alone.²⁴ And the ship was distant from land many furlongs: meanwhile it was much tossed by the waves; for the wind was adverse to it.²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came up to them, walking upon the waters.²⁶ And his disciples saw him as he walked upon the waters, and they were perturbated: and they said, What we see is a spectre: and they cried out through fear.²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them, and said: Have courage: it is I; be not afraid.²⁸ Cephas replied, and said to him: My Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the waters.²⁹ And Jesus said to him, Come. And Cephas descended from the ship, and walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.³⁰ But when he saw the wind to be violent, he was afraid, and began to sink. And he raised his voice, and said: My Lord, rescue me.³¹ And immediately our Lord reached forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him: O small in faith, why didst thou distrust!³² And as they entered the ship, the wind subsided.³³ And they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, and said: Truly thou art the Son of God !

³⁴ And they rowed on, and came to the land of Gennesaret.³⁵ And the men of that place knew him: and they sent to all the villages around them; and they brought to him all that were very sick;³⁶ and they entreated of him, that they might touch at least the extremity of his garment. And they who touched, were healed.