1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.
3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
8 And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
10 And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
11 And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.
13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.
14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.
15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.
16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.
17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
18 And he said, Give them to me.
19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
21 And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.
23 And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.
27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.
31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?
32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.
33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,
36 With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.
1 På den tid fikk fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes høre ryktet om Jesus,
2 og han sa til sine tjenere: Dette er døperen Johannes; han er opstanden fra de døde, og derfor er det disse krefter er virksomme i ham.
3 Herodes hadde grepet Johannes og bundet ham og kastet ham i fengsel for Herodias' skyld, som var hans bror Filips hustru.
4 For Johannes hadde sagt til ham: Det er dig ikke tillatt å ha henne.
5 Og han vilde gjerne slå ham ihjel, men fryktet for folket; for de holdt ham for en profet.
6 Men da det var Herodes' fødselsdag, danset Herodias' datter for dem, og Herodes syntes om henne;
7 derfor lovte han med ed å gi henne hvad hun vilde be om.
8 Men hun sa efter sin mors råd: Gi mig hit døperen Johannes' hode på et fat!
9 Og kongen blev ille til mote, men for sine eders og for gjestenes skyld bød han at det skulde gis henne,
10 og han sendte sine folk avsted og lot Johannes halshugge i fengslet.
11 Og de kom med hans hode på et fat og gav det til piken, og hun bar det til sin mor.
12 Og hans disipler kom til og tok hans legeme og begravde det; og de gikk og fortalte det til Jesus.
13 Da Jesus hørte det, drog han derfra i en båt avsides til et øde sted, og da folket fikk høre det, fulgte de efter ham til fots fra byene.
14 Og da han gikk i land, så han meget folk, og han ynkedes inderlig over dem og helbredet deres syke.
15 Men da det var blitt aften, gikk hans disipler til ham og sa: Stedet er øde, og det er alt sent på dagen; la derfor folket fare, så det kan gå bort i byene og kjøpe sig mat!
16 Men Jesus sa til dem: De har ikke nødig å gå bort; gi I dem å ete!
17 De sa til ham: Vi har ikke mere her enn fem brød og to fisker.
18 Men han sa: Hent dem hit til mig!
19 Og han bød at folket skulde sette sig ned i gresset, tok de fem brød og de to fisker, så op mot himmelen og velsignet dem; og han brøt brødene og gav dem til disiplene, og disiplene gav dem til folket.
20 Og de åt alle og blev mette; og de tok op det som blev tilovers av stykkene, tolv kurver fulle.
21 Men de som hadde ett, var omkring fem tusen menn foruten kvinner og barn.
22 Og straks nødde han sine disipler til å gå i båten og sette over til hin side før ham, inntil han hadde latt folket fare.
23 Og da han hadde latt folket fare, gikk han avsides op i fjellet for å bede; og da det var blitt aften, var han der alene.
24 Men båten var alt midt ute på sjøen og arbeidet hårdt mot bølgene, for vinden var imot.
25 Men i den fjerde nattevakt kom han til dem, vandrende på sjøen.
26 Og da disiplene så ham vandre på sjøen, blev de forferdet og sa: Det er et spøkelse, og de skrek av redsel.
27 Men Jesus talte straks til dem og sa: Vær frimodige; det er mig, frykt ikke!
28 Da svarte Peter ham og sa: Herre! er det dig, da byd mig komme til dig på vannet!
29 Han sa: Kom! Og Peter steg ut av båten og gikk bortover vannet for å komme til Jesus.
30 Men da han så det hårde vær, blev han redd og begynte å synke; da ropte han: Herre, frels mig!
31 Og Jesus rakte straks hånden ut og tok fatt i ham og sa til ham: Du lite troende! hvorfor tvilte du?
32 Og da de steg i båten, la vinden sig.
33 Men de som var i båten, kom og falt ned for ham og sa: Sannelig, du er Guds Sønn!
34 Og da de var faret over, kom de til Gennesarets land.
35 Og da folket på dette sted kjente ham igjen, sendte de bud i hele landet deromkring, og de førte til ham alle dem som hadde ondt,
36 og bad ham at de bare måtte få røre ved det ytterste av hans klædebon; og alle de som rørte ved det, blev helbredet.