Matthew:14
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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 show 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 you 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 previously 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 those who sat with him at food ,
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 from there by boat into a deserted place apart :
and when the people had heard of it ,
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 deserted place ,
and the time is now past ;
send the multitude away ,
that they may go into the villages ,
and buy themselves provisions .
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But Jesus said unto them ,
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And they say unto him ,
We have here but five loaves ,
and two fishes .
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He said ,
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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 broke ,
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 ,
besides women and children .
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And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a boat ,
and to go before him unto the other side ,
while he sent the multitudes away .
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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 .
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But the boat was now in the midst of the sea ,
tossed with waves :
for the wind was contrary .
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And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them ,
walking on the sea .
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And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea ,
they were troubled ,
saying ,
It is a spirit ;
and they cried out for fear .
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But immediately Jesus spoke unto them ,
saying ,
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And Peter answered him and said ,
Lord ,
if it be you ,
bid me come unto you on the water .
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And he said ,
Come .
And when Peter was come down out of the boat ,
he walked on the water ,
to go to Jesus .
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But when he saw the wind boisterous ,
he was afraid ;
and beginning to sink ,
he cried ,
saying ,
Lord ,
save me .
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And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand ,
and caught him ,
and said unto him ,
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And when they had come into the boat ,
the wind ceased .
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Then they that were in the boat came and worshipped him ,
saying ,
Of a truth you are the Son of God .
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And when they were gone over ,
they came into the land of Gennesaret .
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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 ;
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And asked him that they might only touch the hem of his garment :
and as many as touched were made perfectly whole .