Worsley - Matthew - 14

14:1  At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus,

14:2  and said to his servants, This is John the baptist, he is certainly risen from the dead, and therefore miraculous things are done by him:

14:3  for Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife;

14:4  for John said to Him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: and he would have put him to death,

14:5  but that he was afraid of the people; for they esteemed him as a prophet.

14:6  But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so

14:7  that he promised her with an oath to give her whatever she would ask:

14:8  and she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of John the baptist:

14:9  at which the king was distressed, but because of his oath, and of those who sat at table with him, he ordered it to be given her;

14:10  and he sent and beheaded John in the prison,

14:11  and his head was brought in a dish, and given to the young princess, who carried it to her mother:

14:12  and his disciples came and took up the body and buried it, and then went and told Jesus.

14:13  And when Jesus heard it, He departed from thence in a ship to a solitary place of retirement: but the people hearing where He was followed Him on foot from the cities:

14:14  and when Jesus came out of the ship, He saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them; and He healed their sick.

14:15  Now when it was evening his disciples came to Him and said, This is a desert place, and meal-time is now past; dismiss the people, that they may go away to the towns, and buy themselves victuals.

14:16  But Jesus said to them, they have no need to go away, do ye give them something to eat.

14:17  And they said, we have nothing here but five loaves and two fishes:

14:18  and He said, bring them hither to me.

14:19  And having ordered the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, and taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to heaven and blessed them; and He brake the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the people: and they did all eat, and were satisfied;

14:20  and they took up what was left even of fragments twelve baskets full.

14:21  Now they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

14:22  And presently after Jesus obliged the disciples to get into the ship, and to go before Him to the other side, while He dismissed the multitudes:

14:23  and when He had dismissed them, He went up to a hill in private to pray.

14:24  And in the evening He was there alone. Now the ship was by this time in the midst of the sea, and violently tossed by the waves; for the wind was contrary:

14:25  but in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came to them walking on the sea:

14:26  and when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were affrighted and said, It is an apparition;

14:27  and they cried out for fear: but Jesus immediately spake to them, saying, Take courage, it is I, be not afraid.

14:28  Then Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be thou, command me to come unto thee upon the waters.

14:29  And He said, Come.

14:30  And Peter went down from the ship and walked upon the waters to go to Jesus: but seeing the wind boisterous, he was afraid, and beginning to sink cried out, Lord, save me.

14:31  And Jesus, immediately stretching forth his hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, O man of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

14:32  So they got into the ship, and the wind ceased.

14:33  Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped Him, saying, Thou art indeed the Son of God.

14:34  And they passed over and came into the country of Gennesaret.

14:35  And the men of that place getting knowledge of Him, sent into all that country about; and they brought to Him all that were ill;

14:36  and intreated Him that they might but touch the border of his garment; and as many as touched Him were made perfectly well.