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.

1 En ce temps-là, la réputation de Jésus parvint aux oreilles d'Hérode le tétrarque;

2 Et il dit à ses serviteurs: C'est Jean-Baptiste; il est ressuscité des morts, et c'est pour cela qu'il se fait des miracles par lui.

3 Car Hérode avait fait prendre Jean, et l'avait fait lier et mettre en prison, au sujet d'Hérodias, femme de Philippe, son frère;

4 Parce que Jean lui avait dit: Il ne t'est pas permis de l'avoir pour femme.

5 Et il aurait bien voulu le faire mourir; mais il craignait le peuple, parce qu'on regardait Jean comme un prophète.

6 Or, comme on célébrait le jour de la naissance d'Hérode, la fille d'Hérodias dansa au milieu de l'assemblée, et plut à Hérode;

7 De sorte qu'il lui promit avec serment de lui donner tout ce qu'elle demanderait.

8 Poussée par sa mère, elle lui dit: Donne-moi ici, dans un plat, la tête de Jean-Baptiste.

9 Et le roi en fut fâché; mais à cause de son serment et de ceux qui étaient à table avec lui, il commanda qu'on la lui donnât.

10 Et il envoya couper la tête à Jean dans la prison.

11 Et on apporta sa tête dans un plat, et on la donna à la fille, et elle la présenta à sa mère.

12 Puis ses disciples vinrent, et emportèrent son corps, et l'ensevelirent; et ils vinrent l'annoncer à Jésus.

13 Et Jésus, l'ayant appris, se retira de là dans une barque, en un lieu écarté, à part. Et quand le peuple le sut, il sortit des villes et le suivit à pied.

14 Et Jésus, étant sorti, vit une grande multitude; et il fut ému de compassion envers eux, et guérit leurs malades.

15 Et comme il se faisait tard, ses disciples vinrent à lui, et dirent: Ce lieu est désert, et l'heure est déjà avancée; renvoie ce peuple afin qu'ils aillent dans les villages, et qu'ils y achètent des vivres.

16 Mais Jésus leur dit: Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'ils y aillent; donnez-leur vous-mêmes à manger.

17 Et ils lui dirent: Nous n'avons ici que cinq pains et deux poissons.

18 Et il dit: Apportez-les-moi ici.

19 Et après avoir commandé que le peuple s'assît sur l'herbe, il prit les cinq pains et les deux poissons, et levant les yeux au ciel, il rendit grâces; et ayant rompu les pains, il les donna aux disciples, et les disciples les donnèrent au peuple.

20 Tous en mangèrent, et furent rassasiés; et on emporta douze paniers pleins des morceaux qui restèrent.

21 Et ceux qui avaient mangé étaient environ cinq mille hommes, sans compter les femmes et les petits enfants.

22 Aussitôt après, Jésus obligea ses disciples à entrer dans la barque, et à traverser avant lui de l'autre côté, pendant qu'il renverrait le peuple.

23 Et après qu'il l'eut renvoyé, il monta sur la montagne, à part, pour prier; et le soir étant venu, il était là seul.

24 Cependant la barque était déjà au milieu de la mer, battue des flots; car le vent était contraire.

25 Et à la quatrième veille de la nuit, Jésus alla vers eux, marchant sur la mer.

26 Et ses disciples, le voyant marcher sur la mer, furent troublés, et dirent: C'est un fantôme; et de la frayeur qu'ils eurent, ils crièrent.

27 Mais aussitôt Jésus leur parla, et leur dit: Rassurez-vous; JE SUIS, n'ayez point de peur.

28 Et Pierre, répondant, lui dit: Seigneur! si tu es l'Éternel, ordonne que j'aille vers toi sur les eaux.

29 Jésus lui dit: Viens. Et Pierre, étant descendu de la barque, marcha sur les eaux pour aller à Jésus.

30 Mais, voyant que le vent était fort, il eut peur; et comme il commençait à enfoncer, il s'écria, et dit: Seigneur! Sauve-moi.

31 Et aussitôt Jésus étendit la main, et le prit, lui disant: Homme de peu de foi, pourquoi as-tu douté?

32 Et quand ils furent entrés dans la barque, le vent cessa.

33 Alors ceux qui étaient dans la barque vinrent, et l'adorèrent, en disant: Tu es véritablement le Fils de Dieu.

34 Et ayant traversé le lac, ils vinrent dans le pays de Génézareth.

35 Et quand les gens de ce lieu l'eurent reconnu, ils envoyèrent par toute la contrée d'alentour, et lui présentèrent tous les malades.

36 Et ils le priaient qu'ils pussent seulement toucher le bord de son habit; et tous ceux qui le touchèrent furent guéris.