Matthew 14-16

Matthew 14

¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

²and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

³For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

⁴For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁵And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

⁶But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

⁷whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

⁸But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

⁹And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.

¹⁰And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

¹¹and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother.

¹²And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.

¹³And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard [of it] followed him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

¹⁵But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

¹⁶But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give *ye* them to eat.

¹⁷But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

¹⁸And he said, Bring them here to me.

¹⁹And having commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed: and having broken the loaves, he gave [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

²⁰And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

²¹But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²²And immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before him to the other side, until he should have dismissed the crowds.

²³And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone there,

²⁴but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

²⁵But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.

²⁶And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

²⁷But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid.

²⁸And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.

²⁹And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.

³⁰But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

³¹And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

³²And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

³³But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son.

³⁴And having crossed over they came to the land of Gennesaret.

³⁵And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that were ill,

³⁶and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

Matthew 15

¹Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

²Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

³But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

⁴For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

⁵But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:

⁶and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

⁷Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

⁸This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

⁹but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

¹⁰And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

¹¹Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹²Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

¹³But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

¹⁴Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

¹⁶But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?

¹⁷Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

¹⁸but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

¹⁹For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

²⁰these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

²¹And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

²²and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

²³But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

²⁴But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

²⁵But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

²⁷But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

²⁸Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is] great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour.

²⁹And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

³⁰and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

³¹so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

³³And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

³⁴And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

³⁵And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

³⁶and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

³⁷And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

³⁸but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

Matthew 16

¹And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.

²But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

³and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red [and] lowering; ye know [how] to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.

⁴A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.

⁵And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

⁷And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread.

⁸And Jesus knowing [it], said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?

⁹Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?

¹⁰nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took [up]?

¹¹How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

¹²Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

¹⁴And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

¹⁵He says to them, But *ye*, who do ye say that I am?

¹⁶And Simon Peter answering said, *Thou* art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

¹⁸And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

¹⁹And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.

²⁰Then he enjoined on his disciples that they should say to no man that he was the Christ.

²¹From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised.

²²And Peter taking him to [him] began to rebuke him, saying, [God] be favourable to thee, Lord; this shall in no wise be unto thee.

²³But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

²⁵For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁷For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.

²⁸Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.