The Life of Jesus

and his sisters--are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

And she having been instigated by her mother--`Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;

and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.

And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away--give ye them to eat.'

And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.'

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes;