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The Death of John the Baptist

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,

The Beheading of John

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

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For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,a

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For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

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because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

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

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And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

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And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

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But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

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But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

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so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

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whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

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Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

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But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

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And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.

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And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.

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He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

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And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

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and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

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and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother.

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

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And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.

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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

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The Feeding of the Five Thousand

And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard [of it] followed him on foot from the cities.

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When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

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Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

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But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

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But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye* them to eat.

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They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

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But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

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And he said, “Bring them here to me.”

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And he said, Bring them here to me.

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Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

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And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

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And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

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And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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Jesus Walks on the Water

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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Jesus Walks on Water

And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he should have dismissed the crowds.

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And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

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And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone there,

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but the boat by this time was a long wayb from the land,c beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them.

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but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

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And in the fourth watch of the nightd he came to them, walking on the sea.

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But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.

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But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear.

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And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

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But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

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But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid.

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And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”

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And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.

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He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.

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And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.

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

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But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

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Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

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And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

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And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

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And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

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And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

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But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son.

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Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret

And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

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Jesus Heals at Gennesaret

And having crossed over they came to the land of Gennesaret.

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And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick

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And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that were ill,

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and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

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and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

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Matthew 14

Matthew 14