⁷ Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in a doubt, because it was said

⁸ By some, that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

⁹ And Herod said: John I have beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

¹⁴ And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

¹⁵ And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

¹⁶ Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

¹⁸ For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

¹⁹ Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.

²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

²¹ And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.

²² And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

²³ And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.

²⁴ Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵ And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

²⁶ And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

²⁷ But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

²⁸ And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.

²⁹ Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

14 At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.

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

³ For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.

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

⁵ And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.

⁶ But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.

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

⁸ But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

⁹ And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.

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

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

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

¹³ Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities.

¹⁴ And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

¹⁵ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.

¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.

¹⁷ They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.

¹⁸ He said to them: Bring them hither to me.

¹⁹ And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he 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 multitudes.

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

²¹ And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁰ And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught.

³¹ And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.

³² And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.

³³ And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot from all the cities, and were there before them.

³⁴ And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵ And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:

³⁶ Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat.

³⁷ And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.

³⁸ And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.

³⁹ And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰ And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹ And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.

⁴² And they all did eat, and had their fill.

⁴³ And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.

⁴⁴ And they that did eat, were five thousand men.

¹⁰ And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida.

¹¹ Which when the people knew, they followed him; and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them who had need of healing.

¹² Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: Send away the multitude, that going into the towns and villages round about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert place.

¹³ But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps we should go and buy food for all this multitude.

¹⁴ Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

¹⁵ And they did so; and made them all sit down.

¹⁶ And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them; and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to set before the multitude.

¹⁷ And they did all eat, and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets.

6 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias.

² And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

³ Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

⁴ Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.

⁵ When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶ And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷ Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:

⁹ There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many?

¹⁰ Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would.

¹² And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.

¹³ They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.

¹⁴ Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is to come into the world.

¹⁵ Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would come to take him by force, and make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone.

⁴⁵ And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him over the water to Bethsaida, whilst he dismissed the people.

⁴⁶ And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land.

⁴⁸ And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.

⁴⁹ But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

⁵⁰ For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.

⁵¹ And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were far more astonished within themselves:

⁵² For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded.

²² And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.

²³ And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone.

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

²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.

²⁶ And they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.

²⁷ And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye not.

²⁸ And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.

²⁹ And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus.

³⁰ But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.

³¹ And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

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

³³ And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God.

¹⁶ And when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea.

¹⁷ And when they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum; and it was now dark, and Jesus was not come unto them.

¹⁸ And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹ When they had rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, and they were afraid.

²⁰ But he saith to them: It is I; be not afraid.

²¹ They were willing therefore to take him into the ship; and presently the ship was at the land to which they were going.