Matthew:14:1-21
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At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus ,
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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 .
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For Herod had laid hold on John ,
and bound him ,
and put him in prison for Herodias '
sake ,
his brother Philip '
s wife .
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For John said unto him ,
It is not lawful for thee to have her .
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And when he would have put him to death ,
he feared the multitude ,
because they counted him as a prophet .
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But when Herod '
s birthday was kept ,
the daughter of Herodias danced before them ,
and pleased Herod .
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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask .
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And she ,
being before instructed of her mother ,
said ,
Give me here John Baptist '
s head in a charger .
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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 .
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And he sent ,
and beheaded John in the prison .
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And his head was brought in a charger ,
and given to the damsel :
and she brought it to her mother .
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And his disciples came ,
and took up the body ,
and buried it ,
and went and told Jesus .
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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 .
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And Jesus went forth ,
and saw a great multitude ,
and was moved with compassion toward them ,
and he healed their sick .
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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 .
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But Jesus said unto them ,
They need not depart ;
give ye them to eat .
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And they say unto him ,
We have here but five loaves ,
and two fishes .
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He said ,
Bring them hither to me .
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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 .
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And they did all eat ,
and were filled :
and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full .
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And they that had eaten were about five thousand men ,
beside women and children .