³⁸ But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” ³⁹ And he awoke and ^(A)rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and ^(B)there was a great calm. ⁴⁰ He said to them, “Why are you ^(C)so afraid? Have you still no faith?” ⁴¹ And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ^(D)“Who then is this, that even ^(E)the wind and the sea obey him?”

The Creation of the World

1 In the ^(A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was ^(B)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

³ And God said, ^(C)“Let there be light,” and there was light.