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1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,
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In that time Herod tetrarch, [that is,] prince of the fourth part, heard the fame of Jesus;
2 and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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and said to his children, This is John Baptist, he is risen from death, and therefore works of power work in him. [and said to his children, This is John Baptist, he hath risen from dead, and therefore virtues work in him.]
3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
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For Herod had held John, and bound him, and putted him in prison for Herodias [and put him into prison for Herodias], the wife of his brother.
4 for 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 leaveful to thee to have her.
5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.
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And he willing to slay him, dreaded the people; for they had him as a prophet.
6 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much
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But in the day of Herod's birth, the daughter of Herodias danced in the middle, and pleased Herod.
7 that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
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Wherefore with an oath he promised to give to her, whatever thing she asked of him.
8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
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And she before-warned of her mother, said, Give thou to me here the head of John Baptist in a dish.
9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted
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And the king was sorrowful, but for the oath, and for them that sat together at the meat, he commanded to be given.
10 and had John beheaded in the prison.
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And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
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And his head was brought in a dish, and it was given to the damsel, and she bare it to her mother.
12 John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
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And his disciples came, and took his body, and buried it; and they came, and told to Jesus.
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
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And when Jesus had heard this thing, he went from thence in a boat, into a desert place beside. And when the people had heard, they followed him on their feet from cities.
14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
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And Jesus went out, and saw a great people [And Jesus, going out, saw a great multitude], and had ruth on them, and he healed the sick men of them.
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
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But when eventide was come, his disciples came to him, and said, The place is desert, and the time is now passed; let the people go into towns, to buy them(selves) meat. [Soothly the evening made, his disciples came nigh to him, saying, The place is desert, and the hour hath now passed; leave thou the companies, that they, going into castles, buy meats to them.]
16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
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Jesus said to them, They have not need to go; give ye them somewhat to eat. [+Forsooth Jesus said to them, They have no need to go; give ye to them to eat.]
17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
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They answered, We have not here, but five loaves and two fishes.
18 “Bring them here to me,” he said.
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And he said to them, Bring ye them hither to me.
19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
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And when he had commanded the people to sit to meat on the hay, he took five loaves and two fishes, and he beheld into heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the people. [And when he had commanded the company to sit to the meat on the hay, five loaves and two fishes taken, he beholding into heaven, blessed, and brake, and gave loaves to his disciples; soothly the disciples gave to the companies.]
20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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And all ate, and were fulfilled. And they took the remnants of broken gobbets, twelve baskets full. [And all ate, and were filled. And they took the reliefs of broken gobbets, twelve coffins full.]
21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
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And the number of men that ate was five thousand of men, without women and little children.
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
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And at once [And anon] Jesus compelled the disciples to go up into a boat, and [to] go before him over the sea, while he let go the people [till that he left the companies].
23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,
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And when the people was let go, he ascended alone into an hill to pray [+And the companies left, he ascended up into an hill alone to pray]. But when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
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And the boat in the middle of the sea was shogged with waves, for the wind was contrary. [Forsooth the boat in the midst of the sea was thrown with waves, for the wind was contrary.]
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
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But in the fourth waking of the night, he came to them walking on the sea.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
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And they, seeing him walking on the sea, were disturbed, and said [were distroubled, saying], That it is a phantom; and for dread they cried.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
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And at once Jesus spake to them, and said [And anon Jesus spake to them, saying], Have ye trust, I am; do not ye dread.
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
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And Peter answered, and said, Lord, if thou art, command me to come to thee on [upon] the waters.
29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
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And he said, Come thou. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
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But he saw the wind strong, and was afeared; and when he began to drown, he cried, and said [saying], Lord, make me safe.
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
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And at once Jesus held forth his hand, and took Peter [And anon Jesus, holding forth his hand, caught him], and said to him, Thou of little faith, why hast thou doubted?
32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.
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And when he had ascended into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
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And they, that were in the boat, came, and worshipped him, and said [saying], Verily, thou art God's Son.
34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
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And when they had passed over the sea, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him
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And when men of that place had known him, they sent into all that country; and they brought to him all that had sicknesses [all having evil].
36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
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And they prayed him, that they should touch [namely] the hem of his clothing [the hem of his cloth]; and whoever touched were made safe.
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