Matthew 14

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¹In that tyme Eroude tetrarke, prynce of the fourthe part, herde the fame of Jhesu;

²and seide to hise children, This is Joon Baptist, he is rysun fro deeth, and therfor vertues worchen in hym.

³For Heroude hadde holde Joon, and bounde hym, and puttide hym `in to prisoun for Herodias, the wijf of his brothir.

⁴For Joon seide to him, It is not leueful to thee to haue hir.

⁵And he willynge to sle hym, dredde the puple; for thei hadden hym as a prophete.

⁶But in the dai of Heroudis birthe, the douytir of Herodias daunside in the myddil, and pleside Heroude.

⁷Wherfor with an ooth he bihiyte to yyue to hir, what euere thing she hadde axid of hym.

⁸And she bifor warned of hir modir, seide, Yif thou to me here the heed of Joon Baptist in a disch.

⁹And the kyng was sorewful, but for the ooth, and for hem that saten to gidere at the mete, he comaundide to be youun.

¹⁰And he sente, and bihedide Joon in the prisoun.

¹¹And his heed was brouyt in a dische, and it was youun to the damysel, and she bar it to hir modir.

¹²And hise disciplis camen, and token his bodi, and birieden it; and thei camen, and tolden to Jhesu.

¹³And whanne Jhesus hadde herd this thing, he wente fro thennus in a boot, in to desert place bisides. And whanne the puple hadde herd, thei folewiden hym on her feet fro citees.

¹⁴And Jhesus yede out, and sai a greet puple, and hadde reuthe on hem, and heelide the sike men of hem.

¹⁵But whanne the euentid was com, hise disciplis camen to him, and seiden, The place is desert, and the tyme is now passid; lat the puple go in to townes, to bye hem mete.

¹⁶Jhesus seide to hem, Thei han not nede to go; yyue ye hem sumwhat to ete.

¹⁷Thei answeriden, We han not heere, but fyue looues and twei fischis.

¹⁸And he seide to hem, Brynge ye hem hidur to me.

¹⁹And whanne he hadde comaundid the puple to sitte to meete on the heye, he took fyue looues and twei fischis, and he bihelde in to heuene, and blesside, and brak, and yaf to hise disciplis; and the disciplis yauen to the puple.

²⁰And alle eten, and weren fulfillid. And thei tooken the relifs of brokun gobetis, twelue cofynes ful.

²¹And the noumbre of men that eten was fyue thousynde of men, outakun wymmen and lytle children.

²²And anoon Jhesus compellide the disciplis to go vp in to a boot, and go bifor hym ouer the see, while he lefte the puple.

²³And whanne the puple was left, he stiede aloone in to an hil for to preie. But whanne the euenyng was come, he was there aloone.

²⁴And the boot in the myddel of the see was schoggid with wawis, for the wynd was contrarie to hem.

²⁵But in the fourthe wakyng of the niyt, he cam to hem walkynge aboue the see.

²⁶And thei, seynge hym walking on the see, weren disturblid, and seiden, That it is a fantum; and for drede thei crieden.

²⁷And anoon Jhesus spac to hem, and seide, Haue ye trust, Y am; nyle ye drede.

²⁸And Petre answeride, and seide, Lord, if thou art, comaunde me to come to thee on the watris.

²⁹And he seide, Come thou. And Petre yede doun fro the boot, and walkide on the watris to come to Jhesu.

³⁰But he siy the wynd strong, and was aferde; and whanne he bigan to drenche, he criede, and seide, Lord, make me saaf.

³¹And anoon Jhesus helde forth his hoond, and took Petre, and seide to hym, Thou of litil feith, whi hast thou doutid?

³²And whanne he hadde stied in to the boot, the wynd ceessid.

³³And thei, that weren in the boot, camen, and worschipiden hym, and seiden, Verili, thou art Goddis sone.

³⁴And whanne thei hadden passid ouer the see, thei camen in to the loond of Genesar.

³⁵And whanne men of that place hadden knowe hym, thei senten in to al that cuntre; and thei brouyten to hym alle that hadden siknesse.

³⁶And thei preieden hym, that thei schulden touche the hemme of his clothing; and who euere touchiden weren maad saaf.

Matthew 14

¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

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

³For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

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

⁵And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

⁶But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

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

⁸And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

⁹And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

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

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

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

¹³When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

¹⁴And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

¹⁵And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

¹⁶But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

¹⁷And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

¹⁸He said, Bring them hither to me.

¹⁹And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and 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 multitude.

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

²¹And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

²²And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

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

²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

²⁶And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

²⁷But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

²⁸And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

²⁹And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

³⁰But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

³¹And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

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

³³Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

³⁴And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

³⁵And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

³⁶And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.