G1161–δέ–de

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

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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;

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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.

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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.

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But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

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And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

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And he said, Give them to me.

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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

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And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

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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.

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But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

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And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

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And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

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But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

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And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

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And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

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But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

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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?

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And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

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And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

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But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

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These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

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But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

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Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

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