6. But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7. Upon which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
8. And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish.
9. And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the sake of the oath, and of them who sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given her.
10. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11. And his head was brought in a dish, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
12. And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
13. When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence in a boat, into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard of it, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
14. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towards them, and he healed their sick.
15. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16. But Jesus said to them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17. And they say to him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18. He said, Bring them hither to me.
19. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
20. And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22. And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a boat, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he ascended a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.