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14:1  At that time Herod, the ·ruler of Galilee [L tetrarch; see Luke 3:1], heard the reports about Jesus.
14:2  So he said to his servants, “·Jesus [L This] is John the Baptist, who has risen from the dead. That is why ·he can work these miracles [L miraculous powers are at work in him].”
14:3  ·Sometime before this, [L For] Herod had arrested John, ·tied him up [chained/bound him], and put him into prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, who had been the wife of Philip, Herod’s brother.
14:4  [L For] John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to ·be married to Herodias [have her].”
14:5  Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the ·people [crowd], because they ·believed John was [regarded John as] a prophet.
14:6  On Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his guests, and she [greatly] pleased him.
14:7  So he ·promised [announced] with ·an oath [a vow] to give her anything she ·wanted [asked].
14:8  ·Herodias told her daughter what to ask for, so [At her mother’s urging/prompting] she said to Herod, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
14:9  Although King Herod was very ·sad [sorry; grieved; distressed], he had made a ·promise [vow; oath], and his dinner guests had heard him. So Herod ·ordered [commanded] that what she asked for be done.
14:10  He sent soldiers to the prison to cut off John’s head.
14:11  And they brought it on a platter and gave it to the girl, and she took it to her mother.
14:12  John’s ·followers [disciples] came and got his ·body [corpse] and buried it. Then they went and ·told [reported it to] Jesus.
14:13  When Jesus heard what had happened to John, he left in a boat and went to a ·lonely [isolated; deserted] place by himself. But the crowds heard about it and followed him on foot from the towns.
14:14  When he ·arrived [landed; came ashore], he saw a great crowd waiting. He ·felt sorry [had compassion] for them and healed those who were sick.
14:15  When it was evening, his ·followers [disciples] came to him and said, “·No one lives in this [This is a remote/deserted] place, and it is already late. Send the people away so they can go to the ·towns [villages] and buy food for themselves.”
14:16  But Jesus answered, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
14:17  They said to him, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish.”
14:18  Jesus said, “Bring ·the bread and the fish [L them here] to me.”
14:19  Then he ·told [commanded; ordered] the people to ·sit down [recline] on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking to heaven, he ·thanked God for [blessed] the food. Jesus ·divided [broke] the bread and gave it to his ·followers [disciples], who gave it to the people.
14:20  All the people ate and were satisfied. Then ·the followers [L they] filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of food.
14:21  There were about five thousand men there who ate, not counting women and children.
14:22  Immediately Jesus ·told [compelled; made] his ·followers [disciples] to get into the boat and go ahead of him ·across the lake [to the other side]. He stayed there to ·send the people home [dismiss the crowds].
14:23  After he had ·sent them away [dismissed them], he went by himself up into the ·hills [mountain] to pray. ·It was late, and [When evening/night came,] Jesus was there alone.
14:24  By this time, the boat was already ·far away [L many stadia; C a stadion was about six hundred feet] from land. It was being ·hit [buffeted; beaten] by waves, because the wind was blowing against it.
14:25  ·Between three and six o’clock in the morning [L And in the fourth watch of the night], Jesus came to them, walking on the water.
14:26  When his ·followers [disciples] saw him walking on the water, they were ·afraid [terrified]. They said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out in fear.
14:27  But Jesus ·quickly [immediately] spoke to them, “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
14:28  Peter said, “Lord, if it is really you, then ·command [tell] me to come to you on the water.”
14:29  Jesus said, “Come.” And Peter left the boat and walked on the water ·to [L and came toward] Jesus.
14:30  But when Peter saw the wind, he became ·afraid [terrified] and began to sink. He shouted, “Lord, save me!”
14:31  Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and ·caught [took hold of] Peter. Jesus said, “·Your faith is small [What little faith you have; T You of little faith]. Why did you doubt?”
14:32  After they got into the boat, the wind ·became calm [stopped; died down].
14:33  Then those who were in the boat worshiped Jesus and said, “Truly you are the Son of God!”
14:34  When they had crossed the lake, they came to shore at Gennesaret.
14:35  When the ·people there [or men of that place] recognized Jesus, they ·told people [sent word] all around there that Jesus had come, and they brought all their sick to him.
14:36  They begged Jesus to let them touch just the ·edge [or tassels; see Num. 15:38–39] of his ·coat [cloak], and all who touched it were healed.