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¹ At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,² and said to his [household] slaves, This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and therefore these powers work in him.³ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.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 came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.⁸ And she, being put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.⁹ And being grieved, the king, because of his oaths and because of those who sat to eat with him, he commanded it to be given;¹⁰ and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.¹¹ And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl: and she brought it to her mother.¹² And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

¹³ Now when Jesus heard [it], he withdrew from there in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard [thereof,] they followed him on foot from the cities.¹⁴ And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.¹⁵ And when evening came, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away; you give them to eat.¹⁷ And they say to him, We have here but five loaves, and two fish.¹⁸ And he said, Bring them here to me.¹⁹ And having commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fish, [and] having looked up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken the loaves, he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples [gave] to the multitudes.²⁰ And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.²¹ And those that ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²² And right away he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, until he should send the multitudes away.²³ And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when evening came, he was there alone.²⁴ But the boat was now a long distance away from the land, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.²⁶ And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying Be of good cheer; it is I; don't be afraid.²⁸ And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, bid me to come to you on the waters.²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked on the waters and came to Jesus.³⁰ But when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.³¹ And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and says to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?³² And when they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.³³ And those that were in the boat worshiped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God.

³⁴ And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, to Gennesaret.³⁵ And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought to him all that were sick,³⁶ and they implored him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.