1 At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" Prince Herod|strong="G2264" heard of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fame of|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424",
2 and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" attendants, ‘This|strong="G3778" must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1722" Baptist; he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3778" miraculous|strong="G1411" powers|strong="G1411" are|strong="G1510" active in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588".’
3 For|strong="G1063" Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G2532" arrested|strong="G2902" John|strong="G2491", put|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" chains|strong="G1210", and|strong="G2532" shut him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1210" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438", to|strong="G2532" please Herodias|strong="G2266", the|strong="G1722" wife|strong="G1135" of|strong="G1223" Herod|strong="G2264"’s brother Philip|strong="G5376".
4 For|strong="G1063" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2192" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" “You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" right|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3756" living|strong="G2192" with|strong="G1438" her|strong="G1438".”
5 Yet|strong="G2532", though|strong="G5613" Herod wanted|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" death, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396".
6 But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264"’s birthday|strong="G1077" came|strong="G1096", the|strong="G1722" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G2532" Herodias|strong="G2266" danced|strong="G3738" before|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" guests, and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" pleased Herod|strong="G2264",
7 that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" promised|strong="G3670" with|strong="G3326" an|strong="G1325" oath|strong="G3727" to|strong="G1325" give|strong="G1325" her|strong="G1437" whatever|strong="G3739" she|strong="G1437" asked.
8 Prompted|strong="G4264" by|strong="G5259" her|strong="G1325" mother|strong="G3384", the|strong="G1161" girl said|strong="G5346" “Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" here|strong="G5602", on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" dish, the|strong="G1161" head|strong="G2776" of|strong="G5259" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1161" Baptist.”
9 The|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" distressed|strong="G3076" at|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3588"; yet|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" oath|strong="G3727" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" guests|strong="G4873" at|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" table|strong="G4873", he|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" her|strong="G1325".
10 He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" beheaded in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438"
11 and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" head|strong="G2776" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" dish and|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" girl|strong="G2877", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1325" mother|strong="G3384".
12 Then|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532"’s disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4430" away, and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" it|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told Jesus|strong="G2424".
13 When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" left privately|strong="G2398" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" lonely spot. The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793", however|strong="G1161", heard of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" going|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" followed him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" crowds|strong="G3793" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" towns|strong="G4172" on|strong="G1722" foot|strong="G3979".
14 On|strong="G1909" getting|strong="G2323" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat, Jesus|strong="G1831" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" heart was|strong="G3588" moved|strong="G4697" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2323" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sick among|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588".
15 In|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G3798" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" lonely spot, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G5610" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" far|strong="G2235" advanced; send the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" away|strong="G3928" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" go|strong="G3928" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968", and|strong="G2532" buy themselves|strong="G1438" food|strong="G1033".’
16 But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w go|strong="G2192"\+w* away, \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* something \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.’
17 ‘We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3756" here|strong="G5602",’ they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘except|strong="G1487" five|strong="G4002" loaves and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486".’
18 ‘\+w Bring|strong="G5342"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*,’ was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" reply|strong="G3004".
19 Jesus|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G2753" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2983" their|strong="G2532" seats on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" grass|strong="G5528"; and|strong="G2532", taking|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" loaves and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486", he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2127", and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" broken|strong="G2806" the|strong="G2532" loaves, gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793".
20 Everyone|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" sufficient to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" picked up|strong="G2532" enough|strong="G4052" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" broken|strong="G2801" pieces|strong="G2801" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" left|strong="G4052" to|strong="G2532" fill|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894".
21 The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" five|strong="G4000" thousand|strong="G4000" in|strong="G2532" number, without|strong="G5565" counting women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813".
22 Immediately|strong="G2112" afterwards Jesus|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" get|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" cross|strong="G4008" over|strong="G4008" in|strong="G1519" advance of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", while|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" dismissed the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793".
23 After|strong="G2596" dismissing the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hill|strong="G3735" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G2398" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336"; and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" evening|strong="G3798" fell|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" alone|strong="G3441".
24 The|strong="G1161" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" by|strong="G5259" this|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2235" some|strong="G3588" miles|strong="G4712" from|strong="G5259" shore|strong="G1093", labouring in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" waves|strong="G2949", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" wind was|strong="G1510" against|strong="G1727" her|strong="G5259".
25 Three hours after|strong="G1161" midnight|strong="G3571", however|strong="G1161", Jesus|strong="G2064" came|strong="G2064" towards the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G3588", walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" water.
26 But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water, they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5015". ‘It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" ghost|strong="G5326",’ they|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" in|strong="G1909" fear|strong="G5401".
27 But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" at|strong="G1161" once spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004". ‘\+w Courage|strong="G2293"\+w*!’ he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*; \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*!’
28 ‘Master|strong="G2962",’ Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", ‘if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", tell|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" water|strong="G5204".’
29 Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w Come|strong="G2064"\+w*.’ So|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" got|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" walked|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" towards Jesus|strong="G2424";
30 but|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" felt the|strong="G2532" wind, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" frightened|strong="G5399", and|strong="G2532", beginning to|strong="G2532" sink|strong="G2670", cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", ‘Master|strong="G2962"! Save|strong="G4982" me|strong="G1473"!’
31 Instantly Jesus|strong="G2424" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" caught|strong="G1949" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". ‘\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w little|strong="G3640"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G3640"\+w*!’ he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* falter?’
32 When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" got into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", the|strong="G2532" wind dropped.
33 But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" threw themselves|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" faces before|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘You|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1510" indeed|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316"’s Son|strong="G5207".’
34 When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" crossed|strong="G1276" over|strong="G1909", they|strong="G2532" landed at|strong="G1909" Gennesaret|strong="G1082".
35 But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117", recognising Jesus|strong="G1565", sent|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" country|strong="G4066" round|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" ill|strong="G2192",
36 begging|strong="G3870" him|strong="G3588" merely|strong="G3441" to|strong="G2443" let|strong="G2443" them|strong="G3588" touch the|strong="G2532" tassel of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" cloak|strong="G2440"; and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3588" touched were|strong="G3588" made perfectly well|strong="G2532".