¹At that time , Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus ,

²and said to his servants , “This is John the Baptiser. He is risen from the dead . That is why these powers work in him .”

³For Herod had arrested John , bound him , and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias , his brother Philip ’s wife .

⁴For John said to him , “It is not lawful for you to have her .”

⁵When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude , because they counted him as a prophet .

⁶But when Herod ’s birthday came , the daughter of Herodias danced amongst them and pleased Herod .

⁷Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

⁸She , being prompted by her mother , said , “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptiser.”

⁹The king was grieved , but for the sake of his oaths and of those who sat at the table with him , he commanded it to be given ,

¹⁰and he sent and beheaded John in the prison .

¹¹His head was brought on a platter and given to the young lady; and she brought it to her mother .

¹²His disciples came , took the body , and buried it . Then they went and told Jesus .

¹³Now when Jesus heard this , he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place apart . When the multitudes heard it , they followed him on foot from the cities .

¹⁴Jesus went out , and he saw a great multitude . He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

¹⁵When evening had come , his disciples came to him , saying , “This place is deserted , and the hour is already late . Send the multitudes away , that they may go into the villages , and buy themselves food .”

¹⁶But Jesus said to them , “ They don’ t need to go away. You give them something to eat .”

¹⁷They told him , “We only have here five loaves and two fish .”

¹⁸He said , “ Bring them here to me .”

¹⁹He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass ; and he took the five loaves and the two fish , and looking up to heaven , he blessed , broke and gave the loaves to the disciples ; and the disciples gave to the multitudes .

²⁰They all ate and were filled . They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces .

²¹Those who ate were about five thousand men , in addition to women and children .

²²Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side , while he sent the multitudes away.

²³After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray . When evening had come , he was there alone .

²⁴But the boat was now in the middle of the sea , distressed by the waves , for the wind was contrary .

²⁵In the fourth watch of the night , Jesus came to them , walking on the sea .[#14:25 The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 a.m. to sunrise.; #See Job 9:8]

²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the sea , they were troubled , saying , “It ’s a ghost !” and they cried out for fear .

²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them , saying , “Cheer up ! It is I ! Don’t be afraid .”[#14:27 or, I AM!]

²⁸Peter answered him and said , “Lord , if it is you , command me to come to you on the waters .”

²⁹He said , “ Come !”

Peter stepped down from the boat and walked on the waters to come to Jesus .

³⁰But when he saw that the wind was strong , he was afraid , and beginning to sink , he cried out , saying , “Lord , save me !”

³¹Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand , took hold of him , and said to him , “ You of little faith , why did you doubt ?”

³²When they got up into the boat , the wind ceased .

³³Those who were in the boat came and worshipped him , saying , “You are truly the Son of God !”

³⁴When they had crossed over , they came to the land of Gennesaret .

³⁵When the people of that place recognised him , they sent into all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick ;

³⁶and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment . As many as touched it were made whole .[#14:36 or, tassel]