Matthew 14:22-33

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Jesus Walks on the Water^(A)^(B)

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

²⁵Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. ²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,”^(D) they said, and cried out in fear.

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

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. ³⁰But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

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

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

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Job 38:4-18

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⁴“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(B)
⁵Who marked off its dimensions?^(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line^(D) across it?
⁶On what were its footings set,^(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone^(F)—
⁷while the morning stars^(G) sang together^(H)
    and all the angels^[a]^(I) shouted for joy?^(J)

⁸“Who shut up the sea behind doors^(K)
    when it burst forth from the womb,^(L)
⁹when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,^(M)
¹⁰when I fixed limits for it^(N)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(O)
¹¹when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(P)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(Q)

¹²“Have you ever given orders to the morning,^(R)
    or shown the dawn its place,^(S)
¹³that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked^(T) out of it?^(U)
¹⁴The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;^(V)
    its features stand out like those of a garment.
¹⁵The wicked are denied their light,^(W)
    and their upraised arm is broken.^(X)

¹⁶“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?^(Y)
¹⁷Have the gates of death^(Z) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?^(AA)
¹⁸Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?^(AB)
    Tell me, if you know all this.^(AC)