John the Baptist beheaded -- A multitude miraculously fed.

¹⁾At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2)And and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead;, and, therefore, mighty works do shewshow forth themselves in him.

³²⁾For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

⁴³⁾For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁵⁴⁾And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

⁶⁵⁾But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

⁷⁶⁾Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoeverwhatever she would ask.

⁸⁷⁾And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here, John Baptist's head in a charger.

⁹⁸⁾And the king was sorry:; nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

¹⁰⁹⁾And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

¹¹¹⁰⁾And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel:; and she brought it to her mother.

¹²¹¹⁾And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it,; and went and told Jesus.

¹³¹²⁾When Jesus heard ofthat itJohn was beheaded, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart:; and when the people had heard thereofof him, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

¹⁴¹³⁾And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towardtowards them, and he healed their sick.

¹⁵¹⁴⁾And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buyby themselves victuals.

¹⁶¹⁵⁾But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

¹⁷¹⁶⁾And they saysaid unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18) He said, Bring them hither to me.

¹⁹¹⁷⁾And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass,; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to histhe disciples, and the disciples, to the multitude.

²⁰¹⁸⁾And they did all eat, and were filled:. andAnd they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketsbasketsful. full. 21)And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besidebesides women and children.

²²¹⁹⁾And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23) And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain, apart, to pray: and.

²⁰⁾And when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24) But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with the waves:; for the wind was contrary.

²⁵²¹⁾And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

²⁶²²⁾And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

²⁷²³⁾But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

²⁸²⁴⁾And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29) And he said, Come.

²⁵⁾And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30) But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and, beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

³¹²⁶⁾And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

³²²⁷⁾And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

³³²⁸⁾Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth, thou art the Son of God.

³⁴²⁹⁾And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

³⁵³⁰⁾And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36)And and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment:; and as many as touched, were made perfectly whole.