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# Matthew 14

Matthew 14 is chapter 14 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 36 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Herod puts John to death. Christ feeds five thousand in the desert. He walks upon the sea, and heals all the diseased with the touch of his garment.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 14 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. In that time, Herod the Tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.
2. And he said to his servants: “This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why miracles are at work in him.”
3. For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother.
4. For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
5. And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
6. Then, on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in their midst, and it pleased Herod.
7. And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.
8. But, having been advised by her mother, she said, “Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”
9. And the king was greatly saddened. But because of his oath, and because of those who sat at table with him, he ordered it to be given.
10. And he sent and beheaded John in prison.
11. And his head was brought on a platter, and it was given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
12. And his disciples approached and took the body, and they buried it. And arriving, they reported it to Jesus.
13. When Jesus had heard it, he withdrew from there by boat, to a deserted place by himself. And when the crowds had heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14. And going out, he saw a great multitude, and he took pity on them, and he cured their sick.
15. And when evening had arrived, his disciples approached him, saying: “This is a deserted place, and the hour has now passed. Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the towns, they may buy food for themselves.”
16. But Jesus said to them: “They have no need to go. Give them something to eat yourselves.”
17. They answered him, “We have nothing here, except five loaves and two fish.”
18. He said to them, “Bring them here to me.”
19. And when he had ordered the multitude to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish, and gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the bread to the disciples, and then the disciples to the multitudes.
20. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the remnants: twelve baskets full of fragments.
21. Now the number of those who ate was five thousand men, besides women and children.
22. And Jesus promptly compelled his disciples to climb into the boat, and to precede him in crossing the sea, while he dismissed the crowds.
23. And having dismissed the multitude, he ascended alone onto a mountain to pray. And when evening arrived, he was alone there.
24. But in the midst of the sea, the boat was being tossed about by the waves. For the wind was against them.
25. Then, in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking upon the sea.
26. And seeing him walking upon the sea, they were disturbed, saying: “It must be an apparition.” And they cried out, because of fear.
27. And immediately, Jesus spoke to them, saying: “Have faith. It is I. Do not be afraid.”
28. Then Peter responded by saying, “Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you over the waters.”
29. And he said, “Come.” And Peter, descending from the boat, walked over the water, so as to go to Jesus.
30. Yet truly, seeing that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And as he began to sink, he cried out, saying: “Lord, save me.”
31. And immediately Jesus extended his hand and took hold of him. And he said to him, “O little in faith, why did you doubt?”
32. And when they had ascended into the boat, the wind ceased.
33. Then those who were in the boat drew near and adored him, saying: “Truly, you are the Son of God.”
34. And having crossed the sea, they arrived in the land of Genesaret.
35. And when the men of that place had recognized him, they sent into all that region, and they brought to him all who had maladies.
36. And they petitioned him, so that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched it were made whole.

## Matthew 14 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In illo tempore audivit Herodes tetrarcha famam Jesu:
2. et ait pueris suis: Hic est Joannes Baptista: ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ideo virtutes operantur in eo.
3. Herodes enim tenuit Joannem, et alligavit eum: et posuit in carcerem propter Herodiadem uxorem fratris sui.
4. Dicebat enim illi Joannes: Non licet tibi habere eam.
5. Et volens illum occidere, timuit populum: quia sicut prophetam eum habebant.
6. Die autem natalis Herodis saltavit filia Herodiadis in medio, et placuit Herodi:
7. unde cum juramento pollicitus est ei dare quodcumque postulasset ab eo.
8. At illa præmonita a matre sua: Da mihi, inquit, hic in disco caput Joannis Baptistæ.
9. Et contristatus est rex: propter juramentum autem, et eos qui pariter recumbebant, jussit dari.
10. Misitque et decollavit Joannem in carcere.
11. Et allatum est caput ejus in disco, et datum est puellæ, et attulit matri suæ.
12. Et accedentes discipuli ejus, tulerunt corpus ejus, et sepelierunt illud: et venientes nuntiaverunt Jesu.
13. Quod cum audisset Jesus, secessit inde in navicula, in locum desertum seorsum: et cum audissent turbæ, secutæ sunt eum pedestres de civitatibus.
14. Et exiens vidit turbam multam, et misertus est eis, et curavit languidos eorum.
15. Vespere autem facto, accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, dicentes: Desertus est locus, et hora jam præteriit: dimitte turbas, ut euntes in castella, emant sibi escas.
16. Jesus autem dixit eis: Non habent necesse ire: date illis vos manducare.
17. Responderunt ei: Non habemus hic nisi quinque panes et duos pisces.
18. Qui ait eis: Afferte mihi illos huc.
19. Et cum jussisset turbam discumbere super fœnum, acceptis quinque panibus et duobus piscibus, aspiciens in cælum benedixit, et fregit, et dedit discipulis panes, discipuli autem turbis.
20. Et manducaverunt omnes, et saturati sunt. Et tulerunt reliquias, duodecim cophinos fragmentorum plenos.
21. Manducantium autem fuit numerus quinque millia virorum, exceptis mulieribus et parvulis.
22. Et statim compulit Jesus discipulos ascendere in naviculam, et præcedere eum trans fretum, donec dimitteret turbas.
23. Et dimissa turba, ascendit in montem solus orare. Vespere autem facto solus erat ibi:
24. navicula autem in medio mari jactabatur fluctibus: erat enim contrarius ventus.
25. Quarta enim vigilia noctis, venit ad eos ambulans super mare.
26. Et videntes eum super mare ambulantem, turbati sunt, dicentes: Quia phantasma est. Et præ timore clamaverunt.
27. Statimque Jesus locutus est eis, dicens: Habete fiduciam: ego sum, nolite timere.
28. Respondens autem Petrus, dixit: Domine, si tu es, jube me ad te venire super aquas.
29. At ipse ait: Veni. Et descendens Petrus de navicula, ambulabat super aquam ut veniret ad Jesum.
30. Videns vero ventum validum, timuit: et cum cœpisset mergi, clamavit dicens: Domine, salvum me fac.
31. Et continuo Jesus extendens manum, apprehendit eum: et ait illi: Modicæ fidei, quare dubitasti?
32. Et cum ascendissent in naviculam, cessavit ventus.
33. Qui autem in navicula erant, venerunt, et adoraverunt eum, dicentes: Vere Filius Dei es.
34. Et cum transfretassent, venerunt in terram Genesar.
35. Et cum cognovissent eum viri loci illius, miserunt in universam regionem illam, et obtulerunt ei omnes male habentes:
36. et rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti ejus tangerent. Et quicumque tetigerunt, salvi facti sunt.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 1335: The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1329: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 448: Lord ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: “Tetrarch” … This word, derived from the Greek, signifies one that rules over the fourth part of a kingdom: as Herod then ruled over Galilee, which was but the fourth part of the kingdom of his father.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Jul 31, 2027 (computed): St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest — Gospel, Matthew 14:1-12
- Mon, Aug 2, 2027 (computed): Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 14:13-21
- Tue, Aug 3, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 14:22-36
- Sat, Aug 5, 2028 (computed): Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 14:1-12

2 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).