施洗者约翰之死

14 分封王希律听见耶稣的名声, 就对臣仆说:“这个人是施洗者约翰!他从死里复活了,所以能够行这些神迹。”

原来希律为他兄弟腓力的妻子希罗底的缘故,拘捕了约翰,把他捆绑起来关在监里。 因为约翰曾多次对他说:“你娶这个妇人是不对的。” 他想杀掉约翰,但怕触怒百姓,因为他们都认为约翰是先知。

在希律的生日那天,希罗底的女儿出来在众人面前跳舞。希律非常高兴, 就起誓答应她无论要什么都可以。 她受了母亲的指使,说:“请把施洗者约翰的头放在盘子里送给我。” 希律感到为难,但既然在众宾客面前起了誓,只好下令给她。 10 他派人到监里砍了约翰的头, 11 放在盘子里送给她,她转送给她母亲。 12 约翰的门徒把尸体领回安葬后,就去告诉耶稣。

13 耶稣听见这个消息,就独自坐船退到一处偏僻的地方。众人得知后,就从各城步行来跟随祂。

耶稣使五千人吃饱

14 耶稣上了岸,看见一大群人,心里怜悯他们,就治好了他们当中的病人。 15 黄昏时,门徒过来对耶稣说:“这里是荒郊野外,天又晚了,请遣散众人,好让他们到村庄去自己买些吃的。”

16 耶稣回答说:“他们不用离开,你们给他们吃的吧。”

17 门徒答道:“我们这里只有五个饼和两条鱼。”

18 耶稣说:“拿来给我。”

19 于是,祂叫众人坐在草地上,然后拿起那五个饼和两条鱼,举目望着天祝谢后,就掰开饼递给门徒,让他们分给众人。 20 大家都吃饱了,把剩下的零碎收拾起来,竟装满了十二个篮子。 21 当时吃饭的,除了妇女和小孩,约有五千男人。

耶稣在水上行走

22 随后,耶稣催门徒上船,叫他们先渡到湖对岸,祂则遣散众人。 23 待众人都离开了,祂就独自上山去祷告,在那里一直待到晚上。

24 那时,门徒的船离岸已远,遇到逆风,船身被波浪撞击得摇摆不定。 25 天将破晓的时候,耶稣从水面上向门徒走去。 26 门徒看见有人在湖面上走,都吓坏了,说:“是幽灵!”他们害怕得又喊又叫。

27 耶稣立刻对他们说:“放心吧!是我,不要怕。”

28 彼得说:“主啊!如果真的是你,就叫我从水面上走到你那里。”

29 耶稣说:“好,你来吧!”

于是,彼得就从船上下去,走在湖面上,要去耶稣那里。 30 他看到风浪很大,就害怕起来,身体开始往下沉,便大喊:“主啊,救我!”

31 耶稣马上伸手拉住他,说:“你信心太小了!为什么怀疑呢?”

32 他们上了船,风浪就平静了。 33 船上的人都敬拜祂,说:“你真是上帝的儿子。”

34 他们渡到湖对岸,来到革尼撒勒。 35 当地的人认出是耶稣,就派人去把附近所有的病人都带到祂面前, 36 求耶稣让他们摸一摸祂衣裳的穗边,所有摸过的病人都好了。

L’exécution de Jean-Baptiste(A)

14 A cette époque, Hérode, le gouverneur de la Galilée, entendit parler de Jésus.

– Cet homme, dit-il à ses courtisans, c’est sûrement Jean-Baptiste : le voilà ressuscité des morts ! C’est pour cela qu’il détient le pouvoir de faire des miracles.

En effet, Hérode avait ordonné d’arrêter Jean, l’avait fait enchaîner et jeter en prison, à cause d’Hérodiade, la femme de Philippe, son demi-frère, parce qu’il lui disait : Tu n’as pas le droit de la prendre pour femme.

Hérode cherchait donc à le faire mourir. Mais il craignait la foule, car elle considérait Jean-Baptiste comme un prophète. Or, le jour de l’anniversaire d’Hérode, la fille d’Hérodiade exécuta une danse devant les invités. Hérode était sous son charme : aussi lui promit-il, avec serment, de lui donner tout ce qu’elle demanderait.

A l’instigation de sa mère, elle lui dit : Donne-moi ici, sur un plat, la tête de Jean-Baptiste.

Cette demande attrista le roi. Mais à cause de son serment et de ses invités, il donna l’ordre de la lui accorder. 10 Il envoya un soldat décapiter Jean-Baptiste dans la prison. 11 La tête de ce dernier fut apportée sur un plat et remise à la jeune fille qui la porta à sa mère. 12 Les disciples de Jean-Baptiste vinrent prendre son corps pour l’enterrer, puis ils allèrent informer Jésus de ce qui s’était passé.

Avec cinq pains et deux poissons(B)

13 Quand Jésus entendit la nouvelle, il quitta la contrée en bateau et se retira, à l’écart, dans un endroit désert. Mais les foules l’apprirent ; elles sortirent de leurs bourgades et le suivirent à pied. 14 Aussi, quand Jésus descendit du bateau, il vit une foule nombreuse. Alors il fut pris de compassion pour elle et guérit les malades.

15 Le soir venu, les disciples s’approchèrent de lui et lui dirent : Cet endroit est désert et il se fait tard ; renvoie donc ces gens pour qu’ils aillent dans les villages voisins s’acheter de la nourriture.

16 Mais Jésus leur dit : Ils n’ont pas besoin d’y aller : donnez-leur vous-mêmes à manger !

17 – Mais, lui répondirent-ils, nous n’avons ici que cinq pains et deux poissons.

18 – Apportez-les moi, leur dit Jésus.

19 Il ordonna à la foule de s’asseoir sur l’herbe, puis il prit les cinq pains et les deux poissons, il leva les yeux vers le ciel et prononça la prière de bénédiction ; ensuite, il partagea les pains et les donna aux disciples qui les distribuèrent à la foule.

20 Tout le monde mangea à satiété. On ramassa les morceaux qui restaient ; on en remplit douze paniers. 21 Ceux qui avaient mangé étaient au nombre de cinq mille hommes, sans compter les femmes et les enfants.

Jésus marche sur les eaux(C)

22 Aussitôt après, Jésus pressa ses disciples de remonter dans le bateau pour qu’ils le précèdent de l’autre côté du lac, pendant qu’il renverrait la foule. 23 Quand tout le monde se fut dispersé, il gravit une colline pour prier à l’écart. A la tombée de la nuit, il était là, tout seul.

24 Pendant ce temps, à plusieurs centaines de mètres au large, le bateau luttait contre les vagues, car le vent était contraire. 25 Vers la fin de la nuit, Jésus se dirigea vers ses disciples en marchant sur les eaux du lac. 26 Quand ils le virent marcher sur l’eau, ils furent pris de panique : C’est un fantôme, dirent-ils. Et ils se mirent à pousser des cris de frayeur.

27 Mais Jésus leur parla aussitôt : Rassurez-vous, leur dit-il, c’est moi, n’ayez pas peur !

28 Alors Pierre lui dit : Si c’est bien toi, Seigneur, ordonne-moi de venir te rejoindre sur l’eau.

29 – Viens, lui dit Jésus.

Aussitôt, Pierre descendit du bateau et se mit à marcher sur l’eau, en direction de Jésus. 30 Mais quand il remarqua combien le vent soufflait fort, il prit peur et, comme il commençait à s’enfoncer, il s’écria : Seigneur, sauve-moi !

31 Aussitôt, Jésus lui tendit la main et le saisit.

– Ta foi est bien petite ! lui dit-il, pourquoi as-tu douté ?

32 Puis ils montèrent tous deux dans le bateau ; le vent tomba.

33 Les hommes qui se trouvaient dans l’embarcation se prosternèrent devant lui en disant : Tu es vraiment le Fils de Dieu.

Les guérisons à Génésareth(D)

34 Après avoir traversé le lac, ils touchèrent terre à Génésareth[a]. 35 Quand les habitants du lieu eurent reconnu Jésus, ils firent prévenir tout le voisinage, et on lui amena tous les malades. 36 Ils le suppliaient de leur permettre simplement de toucher la frange de son vêtement. Et tous ceux qui la touchaient étaient guéris.

Footnotes

  1. 14.34 Génésareth: région fertile au sud-ouest de Capernaüm.

John the Baptist Beheaded(A)

14 At that time Herod(B) the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,(C) and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist;(D) he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(E) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(F) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(G) Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(H)

On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted 10 and had John beheaded(I) in the prison. 11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. 12 John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it.(J) Then they went and told Jesus.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(K)(L)

13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them(M) and healed their sick.(N)

15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 “We have here only five loaves(O) of bread and two fish,” they answered.

18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.(P) Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Jesus Walks on the Water(Q)(R)

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.(S) Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,”(T) they said, and cried out in fear.

27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage!(U) It is I. Don’t be afraid.”(V)

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

29 “Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,”(W) he said, “why did you doubt?”

32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”(X)

34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him 36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak,(Y) and all who touched it were healed.

John the Baptist Beheaded(A)

14 At that time (B)Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.” (C)For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. Because John had said to him, (D)“It is not lawful for you to have her.” And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, (E)because they counted him as a prophet.

But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”

And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. 10 So he sent and had John beheaded in prison. 11 And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. 12 Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Feeding the Five Thousand(F)

13 (G)When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He (H)was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 (I)When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”

16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, (J)He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Jesus Walks on the Sea(K)

22 Immediately Jesus [a]made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 (L)And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. (M)Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now [b]in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him (N)walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.

27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, [c]“Be of good (O)cheer! [d]It is I; do not be afraid.”

28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw [e]that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of (P)little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

33 Then those who were in the boat [f]came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly (Q)You are the Son of God.”

Many Touch Him and Are Made Well(R)

34 (S)When they had crossed over, they came [g]to the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick, 36 and begged Him that they might only (T)touch the hem of His garment. And (U)as many as touched it were made perfectly well.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:22 invited, strongly urged
  2. Matthew 14:24 NU many furlongs away from the land
  3. Matthew 14:27 Take courage
  4. Matthew 14:27 Lit. I am
  5. Matthew 14:30 NU brackets that and boisterous as disputed.
  6. Matthew 14:33 NU omits came and
  7. Matthew 14:34 NU to land at