John the Baptist Beheaded
1At
that time
Herod the
tetrarch
heard the
reports
about
Jesus,
2 and
he said to
his
attendants,
“This is
John the
Baptist;
he has
risen from
the dead!
That is
why
miraculous
powers are
at work in
him.”
3 Now
Herod had
arrested
John and
bound him
and put
him in
prison
because of
Herodias,
his
brother
Philip’s
wife,
4 for
John had
been
saying to
him: “It
is not
lawful for
you to
have her.”
5 Herod
wanted to
kill John,
but he was
afraid of
the
people,
because
they
considered
John a
prophet.
6 On
Herod’s
birthday
the
daughter
of
Herodias
danced for
the guests
and
pleased
Herod so
much
7 that
he
promised
with an
oath to
give her
whatever
she asked.
8 Prompted
by her
mother,
she said,
“Give me
here on a
platter
the head
of John
the
Baptist.”
9 The
king was
distressed,
but
because of
his oaths
and his
dinner
guests, he
ordered
that her
request be
granted
10 and
had John
beheaded
in the
prison.
11 His
head was
brought in
on a
platter
and given
to the
girl, who
carried it
to her
mother.
12 John’s
disciples
came and
took his
body and
buried it.
Then they
went and
told
Jesus.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he
withdrew
by boat
privately
to a
solitary
place.
Hearing of
this, the
crowds
followed
him on
foot from
the towns.
14 When
Jesus
landed and
saw a
large
crowd, he
had
compassion
on them
and healed
their
sick.
15 As evening approached, the disciples
came to
him and
said,
“This is a
remote
place, and
it’s
already
getting
late. Send
the crowds
away, so
they can
go to the
villages
and buy
themselves
some
food.”
16 Jesus replied,
“They do
not need
to go
away. You
give them
something
to eat.”
17 “We have here only five loaves of
bread and
two fish,”
they
answered.
18 “Bring
them here
to me,”
he said.
19 And
he
directed
the people
to sit
down on
the grass.
Taking the
five
loaves and
the two
fish and
looking up
to heaven,
he gave
thanks and
broke the
loaves.
Then he
gave them
to the
disciples,
and the
disciples
gave them
to the
people.
20 They
all ate
and were
satisfied,
and the
disciples
picked up
twelve
basketfuls
of broken
pieces
that were
left over.
21 The
number of
those who
ate was
about five
thousand
men,
besides
women and
children.
Jesus Walks on the Water
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples
get into
the boat
and go on
ahead of
him to the
other
side,
while he
dismissed
the crowd.
23 After
he had
dismissed
them, he
went up on
a
mountainside
by himself
to pray.
Later that
night, he
was there
alone,
24 and
the boat
was
already a
considerable
distance
from land,
buffeted
by the
waves
because
the wind
was
against
it.
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to
them,
walking on
the lake.
26 When
the
disciples
saw him
walking on
the lake,
they were
terrified.
“It’s a
ghost,”
they said,
and cried
out in
fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them:
“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be
afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied,
“tell me
to come to
you on the
water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat,
walked on
the water
and came
toward
Jesus.
30 But
when he
saw the
wind, he
was afraid
and,
beginning
to sink,
cried out,
“Lord,
save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand
and caught
him.
“You of little faith,”
he said,
“why did
you
doubt?”
32 And when they climbed into the boat,
the wind
died down.
33 Then
those who
were in
the boat
worshiped
him,
saying,
“Truly you
are the
Son of
God.”
34 When they had crossed over, they
landed at
Gennesaret.
35 And
when the
men of
that place
recognized
Jesus,
they sent
word to
all the
surrounding
country.
People
brought
all their
sick to
him
36 and
begged him
to let the
sick just
touch the
edge of
his cloak,
and all
who
touched it
were
healed.