1 En in daardie tyd het Herodes, die viervors, die gerug van Jesus gehoor
2 en aan sy knegte gesê: Hierdie man is Johannes die Doper. Hy het uit die dode opgestaan, en daarom werk die kragte in hom.
3 Want Herodes het Johannes gevang, hom geboei en in die gevangenis gesit vanweë Herodias, die vrou van Filippus, sy broer.
4 Want Johannes het vir hom gesê: Dit is u nie geoorloof om haar te hê nie.
5 En hoewel hy hom wou doodmaak, het hy die skare gevrees, omdat hulle hom vir 'n profeet gehou het.
6 Maar by die viering van die verjaarsdag van Herodes het die dogter van Herodias voor hulle gedans en Herodes behaag.
7 Daarom het hy met 'n eed beloof om haar enigiets te gee wat sy sou vra.
8 Toe sê sy, nadat sy deur haar moeder aangehits was: Gee my hier op 'n skottel die hoof van Johannes die Doper.
9 En die koning het treurig geword, maar ter wille van die eed en die feesgenote het hy beveel dat dit gegee moes word.
10 En hy het gestuur en Johannes in die gevangenis onthoof.
11 Sy hoof is toe op 'n skottel gebring en aan die meisie gegee, en sy het dit na haar moeder gebring.
12 En sy dissipels het gekom en sy liggaam weggeneem en dit begrawe; en hulle het gegaan en dit aan Jesus vertel.
13 En toe Jesus dit hoor, het Hy daarvandaan in 'n skuit vertrek na 'n verlate plek alleen. En die skare het dit gehoor en Hom van die stede af te voet gevolg.
14 En toe Jesus uitgaan, het Hy 'n groot skare gesien en innig jammer vir hulle gevoel, en Hy het hulle siekes gesond gemaak.
15 En toe dit aand geword het, kom sy dissipels na Hom en sê: Die plek is verlate, en dit is al oor die tyd; stuur die skare weg, sodat hulle na die dorpe kan gaan en vir hulle voedsel koop.
16 Maar Jesus sê vir hulle: Hulle hoef nie weg te gaan nie; gee julle vir hulle iets om te eet.
17 Maar hulle antwoord Hom: Ons het hier net vyf brode en twee visse.
18 En Hy sê: Bring dit hier vir My.
19 Toe gee Hy die skare bevel om op die gras te gaan sit; en Hy neem die vyf brode en die twee visse, kyk op na die hemel en dank; en nadat Hy die brode gebreek het, gee Hy dit aan die dissipels en die dissipels aan die skare.
20 En almal het geëet en versadig geword, en hulle het die oorskot van die brokstukke opgetel, twaalf mandjies vol.
21 En dit was omtrent vyf duisend manne wat geëet het, buiten die vroue en kinders.
22 En Jesus het dadelik sy dissipels gedwing om in die skuit te gaan en voor Hom uit te vaar na die oorkant, terwyl Hy die skare wegstuur.
23 En nadat Hy die skare weggestuur het, klim Hy op die berg om in die eensaamheid te bid. En toe dit aand geword het, was Hy daar alleen.
24 En die skuit was al in die middel van die see, geteister deur die golwe; want die wind was teen hulle.
25 Maar in die vierde nagwaak het Jesus na hulle gekom, al wandelende op die see.
26 En toe die dissipels Hom op die see sien loop, word hulle ontsteld en sê: Dit is 'n spook! En hulle het geskreeu van vrees.
27 Maar Jesus het dadelik met hulle gespreek en gesê: Hou goeie moed, dit is Ek! Moenie vrees nie.
28 En Petrus antwoord Hom en sê: Here, as dit U is, beveel my om op die water na U te kom.
29 En Hy sê: Kom! Petrus klim toe van die skuit af en loop op die water om na Jesus te gaan.
30 Maar toe hy die sterk wind sien, het hy bang geword; en toe hy begin sink, roep hy uit en sê: Here, red my!
31 En Jesus het dadelik sy hand uitgesteek en hom gegryp en vir hom gesê: Kleingelowige, waarom het jy getwyfel?
32 Daarop klim hulle in die skuit, en die wind het gaan lê.
33 Toe kom die wat in die skuit was, en val voor Hom neer en sê: Waarlik, U is die Seun van God!
34 En hulle het oorgevaar en in die land Genn,saret gekom.
35 En die manne van daardie plek het Hom herken en in daardie hele omtrek uitgestuur en almal wat ongesteld was, na Hom gebring;
36 en hulle het Hom gesmeek dat hulle net maar die soom van sy kleed mag aanraak; en almal wat dit aangeraak het, het gesond geword.
1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.
3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
8 And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;
10 And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
11 And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.
13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.
14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.
15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.
16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.
17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
18 And he said, Give them to me.
19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
21 And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.
23 And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.
27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.
31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?
32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.
33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,
36 With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.