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¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus, And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist:² he is risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty powers exert themselves in him.³ For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him and put him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife.⁴ For John had said to 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 accounted him a prophet.⁶ But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatever she should ask. And being before instructed by her mother,⁸ she said, Give me here John the Baptist's head in a charger.⁹ And the king was sorry; yet for the oath's sake, and them who sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given her.¹⁰ And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger,¹¹ and given to the damsel, and she carried it to her mother.¹² And his disciples came and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

¹³ And Jesus hearing it, withdrew thence by ship into a desert place apart: but when the people heard thereof, they followed him by land out of the cities.¹⁴ And going forth he saw a great multitude, and was moved with tender compassion for them, and healed their sick.¹⁵ And in the evening his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past: send the multitude away, that going into the villages, they may buy themselves victuals.¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They need not go: give ye them to eat.¹⁷ They say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.¹⁸ He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass;¹⁹ and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.²⁰ And they all ate and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.²¹ And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

²² And he constrained his disciples, to go straightway into the vessel, and go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitude away.²³ And having sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray.²⁴ And in the evening, he was there alone: but the vessel was now in the midst of the sea, tossed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.²⁵ In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.²⁶ And the disciples seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition: and they cried out for fear.²⁷ But Jesus immediately spake to them, saying, Take courage: it is I: be not afraid.²⁸ And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water.²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter coming down from the vessel, walked on the water, to go to Jesus.³⁰ But seeing the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, Lord, save me.³¹ And immediately Jesus reaching forth his hand, caught him, and saith to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?³² And when they were come into the vessel, the wind ceased.³³ Then they that were in the vessel, came and worshiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

³⁴ And having crossed 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 to him all that were diseased; And besought him,³⁶ that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.