Matthew, 14

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

1. At that time the news about Jesus reached King Herod.

2. And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

2. And he said to his servants, "This man is John the Baptist. John has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

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

3. Herod had, in fact, ordered that John be arrested, bound in chains and put in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

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

4. For John had said to him, "It is not right for you to have her as wife."

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

5. Herod wanted to kill him but he did not dare, because he feared the people who regarded John as a prophet.

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

6. On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst of the guests; she so delighted Herod

7. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

7. that he promised under oath to give her anything she asked.

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

8. The girl, following the advice of her mother, said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a dish."

9. 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].

9. The king was very displeased, but because he had made this promise under oath in the presence of the guests, he ordered it to be given her.

10. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

10. So he had John beheaded in prison

11. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought [it] to her mother.

11. and his head brought on a dish and given to the girl. The girl then took it to her mother.

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

12. Then John's disciples came to take his body and bury it. And they went to bring the news to Jesus.

13. When Jesus heard [of it], he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard [thereof], they followed him on foot out of the cities.

13. On hearing this, Jesus set out secretly by boat for a secluded place. But the people heard of it, and they followed him on foot from their towns.

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

14. When Jesus went ashore, he saw the crowd gathered there and he had compassion on them. And he healed their sick.

15. 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 buy themselves victuals.

15. Late in the afternoon, his disciples came to him and said, "We are in a lonely place and it is now late. You should send these people away, so they can go to the villages and buy something for themselves to eat."

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

16. But Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat."

17. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

17. They answered, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fishes."

18. He said, Bring them hither to me.

18. Jesus said to them, "Bring them here to me."

19. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his] disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

19. Then he made everyone sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fishes, raised his eyes to heaven, pronounced the blessing, broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples to distribute to the people.

20. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

20. And they all ate, and everyone had enough; then the disciples gathered up the leftovers, filling twelve baskets.

21. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

21. About five thousand men had eaten there besides women and children.

22. 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.

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

23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

23. And having sent the people away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. At nightfall, he was there alone.

24. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

24. Meanwhile, the boat was very far from land, dangerously rocked by the waves for the wind was against it.

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

25. At daybreak, Jesus came to them walking on the lake.

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

26. When they saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, thinking that it was a ghost. And they cried out in fear.

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

27. But at once Jesus said to them, "Courage! Don't be afraid. It's me!"

28. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

28. Peter answered, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you walking on the water."

29. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

29. Jesus said to him, "Come." And Peter got out of the boat, walking 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.

30. But, in face of the strong wind, he was afraid and began to sink. So he cried out, "Lord, save me!"

31. And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

31. Jesus immediately stretched out his hand and took hold of him, saying, "Man of little faith, why did you doubt?"

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

32. As they got into the boat, the wind dropped.

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

33. Then those in the boat bowed down before Jesus saying, "Truly, you are the Son of God!"

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

34. They came ashore at Gennesareth.

35. 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;

35. The local people recognized Jesus and spread the news throughout the region. So they brought all the sick to him,

36. And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

36. begging him to let them touch just the fringe of his cloak. All who touched it became perfectly well.