Matthew 14

Bishops(i) 1 At that tyme Herode the Tetrarch, hearde of the fame of Iesu 2 And sayde vnto his seruauntes: this is Iohn the Baptist, he is risen from the dead, and therfore great workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym 3 For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe 4 For Iohn sayde vnto hym: it is not lawfull for thee to haue her 5 And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete 6 But when Herodes birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, and pleased Herode 7 Wherfore he promised with an othe, that he woulde geue her whatsoeuer she woulde aske 8 And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter 9 And the kyng was sory: Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, and them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her 10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson 11 And his head was brought in a platter, and geuen to the damsell: and [she] brought it to her mother 12 And his disciples came, and toke vp his body, and buryed it: and went, and tolde Iesus 13 When Iesus hearde of it, he departed thence in a shyp, vnto a desert place, out of the way: And when the people had hearde therof, they folowed hym on foote out of the cities 14 And Iesus went foorth, and sawe much people: and was moued with mercye towarde them, and he healed their sicke 15 And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to hym, saying: this is a desert place, and the hour is nowe past, let the people depart, that they may go into the townes, and bye them vittels 16 But Iesus sayde vnto them: They haue no nede to go away, geue ye them to eate 17 They saye vnto hym: we haue here but fyue loaues, and two fisshes 18 He sayde: bryng them hyther to me 19 And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grasse, and he toke the fyue loaues, and the two fisshes, and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen, & blessed: And when he had broken [them], he gaue the loaues to his disciples, and his disciples to the people 20 And they dyd all eate, and were suffised. And they gathered vp (of the fragmentes that remayned) twelue baskets full 21 And they that had eaten, were about fyue thousande men, besyde women and chyldren 22 And strayghtway Iesus constrayned his disciples to get vp into a shippe, and to go before hym vnto the other syde, whyle he sent the people away 23 And when the people were sent away, he went vp into a mountayne alone to pray: And when nyght was come, he was there hym selfe alone 24 But the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, & was tost with waues: for it was a contrary wynde 25 And in the fourth watch of the nyght, Iesus went vnto them, walkyng on the sea 26 And when the disciples sawe hym walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirite: and they cryed out for feare 27 But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde 28 Peter aunswered hym, and sayde: Lorde, yf it be thou, byd me come vnto thee, on the water 29 And he sayde: come. And when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus 30 But when he sawe a myghty wynde, he was afrayde: And when he began to sincke, he cryed, saying, Lorde saue me 31 And immediatly Iesus stretched foorth his hande, and caught hym, and sayde vnto hym: O thou of litle fayth, wherefore diddest thou doubt 32 And when they were come into the shippe, the wynde ceasse 33 Then they that were in the shippe, came and worshypped hym, saying: of a trueth thou art the sonne of God 34 And when they were gone ouer, they came into the lande of Gennezaret 35 And when the men of that place, had knowledge of hym, they sent out into all that countrey rounde about: and brought vnto hym all that were sicke 36 And besought hym, that they myght touche the hemme of his garment only: And as many as touched [it] were made whole