Matthew 14
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John the Baptist Beheaded
1At that time # 14:1–12 Mk 6:14–29; Lk 9:7–9 Herod the tetrarch # 14:1 Mk 8:15; Lk 3:19; 13:31; 23:7; Ac 4:27; 12:1; 13:1 heard the report about Jesus. 2“This is John the Baptist,” he told his servants. “He has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers are at work in him.” # 14:2 Mt 16:14; Mk 6:14; Lk 9:7
3For Herod had arrested John, chained # 14:3 Or bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, # 14:3 Mt 4:12; 11:2; Jn 3:24 4since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful # 14:4 Lv 18:16; 20:21 for you to have her.” 5Though Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd since they regarded John as a prophet. # 14:5 Mt 11:9; 21:26,46
6When Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them # 14:6 Lit danced in the middle and pleased Herod. 7So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8Prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” 9Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests. 10So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison. 11His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. 12Then his disciples came, removed the corpse, # 14:12 Other mss read body buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.
Feeding of the Five Thousand
13When Jesus heard about it, # 14:13–21 Mk 6:32–44; Lk 9:10–17; Jn 6:1–13 he withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14When he went ashore, # 14:14 Lit Coming out (of the boat) he saw a large crowd, had compassion on them, and healed their sick. # 14:14 Mt 4:23; 9:36
15When evening came, the disciples # 14:15 Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late. # 14:15 Lit and the time (for the evening meal) has already passed Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
16 “They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”
17“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to him.
18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. # 14:19 1Sm 9:13; Mt 26:26; Mk 8:7; 14:22; Lk 24:30; Ac 27:35 20Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces. # 14:20 Mt 16:9; Mk 6:43; 8:19; Lk 9:17; Jn 6:13 21Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Walking on the Water
22Immediately # 14:22–33 Mk 6:45–51; Jn 6:15–21 he # 14:22 Other mss read Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Well into the night, he was there alone. # 14:23 Lk 6:12; 9:48 24Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance # 14:24 Lit already many stadia; one stadion = 600 feet from land, # 14:24 Other mss read already in the middle of the sea battered by the waves, because the wind was against them. 25Jesus came toward them walking on the sea # 14:25 Mt 24:23; Mk 13:35 very early in the morning. # 14:25 Lit fourth watch of the night = 3 to 6 a.m. 26When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost! ” they said, and they cried out in fear.
27Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” # 14:27 Dt 31:6; Is 41:13; 43:1–2; Mt 17:7; Lk 2:10; Rv 1:17
28“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter answered him, “command me to come to you on the water.”
29He said, “Come.”
And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the strength of the wind, # 14:30 Other mss read saw the wind he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me! ”
31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt? ” # 14:31 Mt 6:30; 8:26; 16:8
32When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33Then those in the boat worshiped him and said, “Truly you are the Son of God.” # 14:33 Ps 2:7; Mt 16:16; 26:63; Mk 1:1; Lk 4:41; Jn 11:4
Miraculous Healings
34When they had crossed over, # 14:34–36 Mk 6:53–56; Jn 6:24–25 they came to shore at Gennesaret. # 14:34 Mk 6:5; Lk 5:1 35When the men of that place recognized him, they alerted the whole vicinity and brought to him all who were sick. 36They begged him that they might only touch the end of his robe, and as many as touched it were healed. # 14:36 Mt 9:20; Mk 3:10; Lk 6:19; Ac 5:15
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Mattityahu 14
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1At that time reports about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came to the oznayim (ears) of Herod the Tetrarch. 2And he said to his servants, This one is Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva. He has had his Techiyah (Resurrection) from HaMesim (the Dead) and for this reason the moftim (wonders) are working in him. 3For Herod had Yochanan arrested and bound him and threw him into the beit hasohar (prison), on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philippos. 4For Yochanan kept on saying to him, It is asur for you to have her. 5And [although] Herod was desiring to kill Yochanan, he feared the crowd, because they considered Yochanan a Navi. 6Now at the yom huledet celebration of Herod, it came about that the daughter of Herodias danced before them and Herod was pleased. 7Herod, therefore, with a shevuah, promised to give to her whatever she might ask. 8So she, prompted by her mother, said, Give to me here upon a serving tray the rosh (head) Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva. 9And, although grieving, the king commanded [it] to be given, on account of the shevuot (oaths) and the fellow muzmanim (guests). 10And he sent and had Yochanan beheaded in the beit hasohar. 11And the rosh Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva was brought upon a serving tray, and it was presented to the girl and she presented it to her mother. 12And Yochananʼs talmidim approached and carried away the niftar (deceased person) and buried him. Then they went and reported [it] to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
13And when he heard [this], he withdrew from there in a sirah (boat) to a desolate place by himself. And when the multitudes heard [this], they followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach by land from the shtetlach. 14And having gone out, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saw a great multitude, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach felt rachmei shomayim (heavenly compassion) for them and brought refuah (healing) to their cholim. 15Now when erev (evening) came, Moshiachʼs talmidim came to him, saying, This place is desolate and the time is late. Dismiss the multitude, so that, having gone into the shtetlach, they may buy for themselves okhel (food). 16But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, They have no need to go away. You yourselves give them something to eat. 17But Moshiachʼs talmidim say to him, We do not have here anything except five loaves and of dagim (fish), only two. 18But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Bring them here to me. 19And having commanded the multitudes to recline on the grass#14:19 as at tish and having taken the five loaves and the two dagim, and having looked up to Shomayim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said a bracha over the okhel, and having offered the betziat halechem (the breaking of the bread), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave the lechem to the talmidim, and Moshiachʼs talmidim served the lechem to the multitudes. 20And everyone ate and they were satisfied, and they took away shirayim (Rebbeʼs remainders, leftovers), shneym asar (twelve) baskets full. 21And the ones eating were about chamesh elafim (five thousand) men, apart from the nashim and yeladim.
22And immediately Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach compelled the talmidim to board a sirah (boat) and to go on ahead of him to the other side until he might send away the multitudes. 23And having sent away the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went up to the mountain by himself to daven. Now when erev had come, he was alone there. 24Now the sirah (boat), being tossed by the waves for the wind was against them, was by this time many stadia distant from the land. 25Now in the fourth watch of the night (between three o'clock and six o'clock in the morning), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came to them, walking on the lake. 26But Moshiachʼs talmidim, having seen him walking on the lake, were terribly shaken, saying, It is a ruach refaim (an apparition)! From pachad they cried out. 27And immediately Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach spoke to them, saying, Chazak! Ani Hu.#14:27 Ex 3:14 (I am he) Do not be afraid.
28And Kefa said in reply to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, if it is really you, command me to come to you al pnei hamayim (on the surface of the waters). 29And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Boh! (Come!) And having gone down from the sirah (boat), Kefa walked al pnei hamayim (on the surface of the waters) and came toward him. 30And seeing the strong wind, Kefa was afraid, and having begun to sink, Kefa cried out, saying, Azreini! Adoni, hoshieini! (Help! L-rd, save me!) 31And immediately Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having stretched out (his) hand, took hold of Kefa and says to him, One of little emunah, why did you doubt? 32And as they were going up into the sirah (boat), the wind became still. 33And the ones in the sirah (boat) fell down before Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Beemes (Actually) you are the Ben HaElohim!
34And having crossed over, they came onto the land at Gennesaret. 35And having recognized him, the men of that place sent into all the surrounding region around, and they brought to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach all the cholim, 36and they were appealing to him that they might touch even the Moshiachʼs tzitzit on his garment, and all who did, received Moshiachʼs refuah (healing).#14:36 Isa 53:5
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