1 About|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" time|strong="G2540", Herod|strong="G2264", the|strong="G3588" ruler of|strong="G1722" Galilee, heard|strong="G0191" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" saying about|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424".
2 So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" servants|strong="G3816", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" really John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptizer. He|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1510" have|strong="G1510" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G0575" death|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" do|strong="G1510" these|strong="G3778" miracles|strong="G1411".”
3 Before|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5438", Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G3588" arrested|strong="G2902" John|strong="G2491". He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" him|strong="G0846" chained and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G0659" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438". He|strong="G2532" arrested|strong="G2902" John|strong="G2491" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" Herodias|strong="G2266", the|strong="G3588" wife|strong="G1135" of|strong="G1223" Philip|strong="G5376", Herod’s|strong="G2264" brother|strong="G0080".
4 John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2192" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “It|strong="G0846" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" right for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G2192" married to|strong="G3004" Herodias.”
5 Herod|strong="G0846" wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" kill|strong="G0615" him|strong="G0846", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793". They|strong="G0846" believed that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396".
6 On|strong="G1722" Herod’s|strong="G2264" birthday|strong="G1077", the|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G1722" Herodias|strong="G2266" danced|strong="G3738" for|strong="G1722" him|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" group. Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G0700" with|strong="G1722" her|strong="G0700".
7 So|strong="G3606" he|strong="G0846" promised|strong="G3670" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G0846" would|strong="G0846" give|strong="G1325" her|strong="G0846" anything she|strong="G0846" wanted.
8 Herodias told her|strong="G0846" daughter what|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1909" ask for|strong="G1909". So|strong="G1161" she|strong="G0846" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1909" Herod|strong="G0846", “Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3588" head|strong="G2776" of|strong="G1909" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptizer here|strong="G5602" on|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3588" plate.”
9 King|strong="G0935" Herod was|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G3076". But|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" promised to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3588" daughter anything she wanted. And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" eating with|strong="G1223" Herod had|strong="G3588" heard his|strong="G1223" promise. So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" what|strong="G3588" she asked to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" done.
10 He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3992" men to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438", where|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" cut off John’s|strong="G2491" head.
11 And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G5342" John’s|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1325" plate and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" girl|strong="G2877". Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" took|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" head|strong="G2776" to|strong="G1909" her|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", Herodias.
12 John’s|strong="G0846" followers came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" got his|strong="G0846" body|strong="G4430" and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" it|strong="G0846". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0518" Jesus|strong="G2424" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588".
13 When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="G0191" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" John|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G0402" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G0191" boat|strong="G4143". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0402" alone|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G0191" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G1722" no one|strong="G3588" lived. But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G0191" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" left|strong="G0402". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" left|strong="G0402" their|strong="G0846" towns|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" went|strong="G0402" by|strong="G1722" land to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" place|strong="G5117" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0402".
14 When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" got|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" boat, he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G3708" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G1909" people|strong="G3793". He|strong="G2532" felt|strong="G4697" sorry for|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" the|strong="G3588" ones who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3793" sick|strong="G0732".
15 Late|strong="G3928" that|strong="G2443" afternoon, the|strong="G3588" followers came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “No one|strong="G1438" lives in|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117". And|strong="G2532" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" late|strong="G3928". Send|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" away|strong="G0565" so|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" can|strong="G3004" go|strong="G0565" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" towns and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="G0059" food|strong="G1033" for|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438".”
16 Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" don’t|strong="G3756" need|strong="G5532" to|strong="G3004" go|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565". You|strong="G5210" give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" some|strong="G3588" food|strong="G5315" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068".”
17 The|strong="G3588" followers answered|strong="G3004", “But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1487" have|strong="G2192" only|strong="G1487" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="G0740" of|strong="G3004" bread|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486".”
18 Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Bring|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" bread and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" fish to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004".”
19 Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793" to|strong="G1519" sit|strong="G0347" down|strong="G0347" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" grass|strong="G5528". He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="G0740" of|strong="G1909" bread|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486". He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G0308" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" thanked God|strong="G1325" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" food|strong="G0740". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" the|strong="G3588" bread|strong="G0740" into|strong="G1519" pieces, which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" followers, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3588" food|strong="G0740" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793".
20 Everyone|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3956" full|strong="G4134". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" finished eating|strong="G2068", the|strong="G3956" followers filled|strong="G5526" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" pieces|strong="G2801" of|strong="G3956" food|strong="G5315" that|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3956" not|strong="G2532" eaten|strong="G2068".
21 There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" 5000 men|strong="G0435" there|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068". There|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068".
22 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" made|strong="G0315" the|strong="G3588" followers get|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143". He|strong="G2532" told them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4254" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G3101" the|strong="G3588" lake. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" come later. He|strong="G2532" stayed there|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" tell everyone|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" could go|strong="G4254" home.
23 After|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G1510" said|strong="G1096" goodbye to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" hills by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G2398" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336". It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" late, and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" alone|strong="G3441".
24 By|strong="G5259" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2235" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" a|strong="G1510" long|strong="G4183" way|strong="G3319" from|strong="G0575" shore|strong="G1093". Since|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" was|strong="G1510" blowing against|strong="G0575" it|strong="G1161", the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" having trouble because|strong="G1063" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" waves|strong="G2949".
25 Between|strong="G0846" three and|strong="G1161" six o’clock in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" morning, Jesus’ followers were|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" boat. Jesus|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846". He|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" water.
26 When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" water, it|strong="G0846" scared them|strong="G0846". “It’s a|strong="G1510" ghost|strong="G5326"!” they|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", screaming|strong="G2896" in|strong="G1909" fear|strong="G5401".
27 But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" quickly|strong="G2112" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846". He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Don’t|strong="G3361" worry! It’s me|strong="G3004"! Don’t|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399".”
28 Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" really you|strong="G4771", tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204".”
29 Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Come|strong="G2064", Peter|strong="G4074".”
30 But|strong="G1161" while|strong="G2532" Peter was|strong="G3588" walking on|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" water, he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" waves. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" sinking into|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" water. He|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896", “Lord|strong="G2962", save|strong="G4982" me|strong="G3004"!”
31 Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" caught Peter|strong="G0846" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Your|strong="G2532" faith is|strong="G5101" small. Why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" doubt?”
32 After|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143", the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" stopped|strong="G2869".
33 Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" followers in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" worshiped|strong="G4352" Jesus|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G1722" really|strong="G0230" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316".”
34 After|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" crossed|strong="G1276" the|strong="G3588" lake, they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" shore|strong="G1093" at|strong="G1909" Gennesaret|strong="G1082".
35 Some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0435" there|strong="G5117" saw Jesus|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1921" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" word to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" other|strong="G1565" people|strong="G3956" throughout|strong="G3650" that|strong="G1565" area that|strong="G1565" Jesus|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2192" come. The|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" brought|strong="G4374" all|strong="G3956" their|strong="G0846" sick|strong="G2560" people|strong="G3956" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846".
36 They|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2443" let|strong="G2443" them|strong="G0846" only|strong="G3440" touch|strong="G0681" the|strong="G3588" edge of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" coat|strong="G2440" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2532" healed. And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" the|strong="G3588" sick people|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" touched|strong="G0681" his|strong="G0846" coat|strong="G2440" were|strong="G3588" healed.