1 King Herod heard about Jesus and the things He did. ✨ 2 Herod said, “This is John. He came back. That is why He does big things.” 3 Before this, Herod took John and put him in jail, because of Herodias. 4 John told Herod, “It is not right for you to have Herodias.” ✋️ 5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, who thought John was a man from God. 6 On Herod’s birthday, the girl danced, and Herod liked it. 7 Herod made a big promise to give her what she asked. 8 The mom told the girl what to ask. The girl said, “I want John’s head on a plate.” ➡️️ 9 The king felt sad, but he kept his promise in front of the guests. 10 The king sent men, and they cut off John’s head in the jail. ⚔️ 11 They brought the head on a plate to the girl, and she gave it to her mom. ️➡️➡️ 12 John’s friends took his body, put it in the ground, and told Jesus. ⚰️➡️ 13 When Jesus heard, He went by boat to a quiet place alone. The people heard and walked after Him. ♂️♀️ 14 Jesus saw a big crowd. He felt kind and made sick people well. ❤️ 15 It got late. Jesus’ friends said, “Send the people away to buy food.” 16 Jesus said, <jesus>You do not need to send them away. You give them food.</jesus> ✝️ 17 They said, “We have only 5 bread and 2 fish.” ✋ + 18 Jesus said, <jesus>Bring them to Me.</jesus> ✋➡️ 19 Jesus told the people to sit on the grass. He took the bread and fish, looked up to God, said thanks, broke it, and gave it to His friends to give to the people. ➡️ 20 All ate and were full. They picked up 12 baskets of left food. 21 About 5,000 men ate, plus women and kids. ➕ 22 At once, Jesus told His friends to get in the boat and go first. He sent the people home. 23 After that, He went up a hill to pray alone. When night came, He was still there alone. ⛰️ 24 The boat was far out. Big waves hit it. The wind was strong. 25 Late at night, Jesus came to them. He walked on the water. ♂️ 26 His friends saw Him on the water and were very scared. They said, “It is a ghost!” They cried out. 27 Jesus said, <jesus>Be happy. It is Me. Do not be afraid.</jesus> ✋ 28 Peter said, “Lord, if it is You, tell me to come to You on the water.” ️♂️ 29 Jesus said, <jesus>Come.</jesus> Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water to Jesus. ➡️♂️➡️✝️ 30 Peter saw the wind and got afraid. He began to sink and said, “Lord, save me!” ⬇️ 31 Right away, Jesus took his hand and held him. Jesus said, <jesus>You did not trust much. Why did you not trust?</jesus> ✋ 32 They got in the boat, and the wind stopped. ⛅ 33 The men in the boat bowed to Him and said, “You are God’s Son for real.” ♂️✝️ 34 They went across and came to a town called Gennesaret. ️️ 35 The people knew it was Jesus. They told others and brought all the sick to Him. ️➡️♂️ 36 They asked to touch the edge of His clothes. All who touched Him got well. ➡️