Matthew 14

Great^{(i) 1} At that tyme Herode the Tetrarcha heard of the fame of Iesu, ² & sayde vnto his seruauntes: this is Iohn the Baptist. He is rysen from the deed, & therfore are miracles wrought by him. ³ For Herode had taken Iohn, & bound him, & put him in preson because of Herodias, his brother Philips wyfe. ⁴ For Iohn sayd vnto him: it is not lawfull for thou to haue her. ⁵ And when he wolde haue put hym to deeth, he feared the people, because they counted him as a prophet. ⁶ But when Herodes byrth daye was kepte, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, & pleased Herode. ⁷ Wherfore he promysed with an othe, that he wolde geue her whatsoeuer she wolde aske. ⁸ And she beynge instructe of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes heed in a platter. ⁹ And the kynge was sory. Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, & them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her: ¹⁰ & sent tourmentours, & behedded Iohn in the preson ¹¹ and his heed was brought in a platter & geuen to that damsell, and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And his disciples came & toke vp hys body, and buried it: went, and tolde Iesus. ¹³ When Iesus hearde of it, he departed thence in a shyppe vnto a desert place, out of the waye. And when the people had harde therof, they folowed him on fote and left the cyties. ¹⁴ And Iesus went forth, & sawe moch people, and was moued with mercy toward them, and he healed of them those that were sycke. ¹⁵ And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to him, saying: this is a deserte place, & the houre is now past, let the people departe, that they maye go into the townes, and bye them vytaylles. ¹⁶ But Iesus sayde vnto them. They haue no nede to go awaye. Geue ye them to eate. ¹⁷ They saye vnto him: we haue here but .v. loues and two fysshes. ¹⁸ He sayde: brynge them hyther to me. ¹⁹ And he commaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse, & he toke the .v. loues & the .ij. fysshes, and lyft vp hys eyes toward heauen & blessed. And whan he had broken them, he gaue the loaues to hys disciples, & his discyples gaue them to the people. ²⁰ And they dyd all eate, and were suffysed. And they gathered vp (of the fragmentes that remayned.) .xij. basketesfull. ²¹ And they that dyd eate, were aboute .v.M. men, besyde wemen and chyldren. ²² And streyght waye Iesus made his disciples to get vp into a shippe, and to goo before him vnto the other syde whill he sent the people awaye. ²³ And when the people were sent awaye, he went vp into a mountayne to praye alone. And when night was come, he was there him selfe alone. ²⁴ But the shippe was now in the myddes of the see, & was toost wyth waues, for it was a contrary wynde. ²⁵ And in the fourth watche of the nyght, Iesus went vnto them walkynge on the see. ²⁶ And when the disciples sawe hym walkynge on the see, they were troubled, sayinge: it is some sprite, & they cryed out for feare. ²⁷ But streyght waye, Iesus spake vnto them, sayinge: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayed. ²⁸ Peter answered hym, and sayde: Lorde, yf it be thou, byd me come vnto the on the water. ²⁹ And he sayde, come. And when Peter was come doune out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus. ³⁰ But when he sawe a myghty wynde, he was afrayed. And when he beganne to syncke, he cryed sayinge: lorde saue me. ³¹ And immediatly Iesus stretched forth his hand, & caught him, & sayd vnto him: O thou of lytell fayth, wherfore dyddest thou dout? ³² And whan they were come into the shyppe, the wynde ceased. ³³ Then they that were in the shyppe, came and worshypped hym, sayinge: of a truthe thou art the sonne of God. ³⁴ And when they were gone ouer they came into the lande of Genesareth. ³⁵ And when the men of the place had knowledge of him, they sent out messaungers into all that countre rounde about the coast & brought vnto him all that were sycke, ³⁶ & besought hym, that they myght touche the hemme of his vesture only. And as many as touched it were made safe.