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You Are the Messiah: Bread for Thousands, Steps on Water, and a Cross Foretold | Matthew 14–16
Episode Overview
Today we read Matthew chapters 14 through 16. It opens with John the Baptist's execution at a birthday party, and Jesus withdrawing to a solitary place to grieve—except the crowds follow Him, and He has compassion on them and heals their sick. Then He feeds more than five thousand from five loaves and two fish, with twelve baskets left over.
That night He comes to the disciples walking on the water, and they think He is a ghost. Peter asks to come to Him, and does—actually walks—until he sees the wind. The detail is precise: he does not sink because the water changed, but…
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