Matthew 8:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

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  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
  • 2 Chr 20:12 : 12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?
  • Ps 44:22-23 : 22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction. 23 Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.
  • Isa 51:9-9 : 9 Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded? 10 Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
  • Mark 4:38-39 : 38 And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction? 39 And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.
  • Luke 8:24 : 24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

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  • Matt 8:23-24
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    23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

  • Luke 8:22-25
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    88%

    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

    23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

    25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

  • Mark 4:37-41
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    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

    38 And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

    39 And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

    40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

    41 And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

  • Matt 8:26-27
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    26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

    27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

  • Matt 14:24-33
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    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

    25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

    26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

    27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

    28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

    29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

    30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

    31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

    32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

    33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

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    11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

    12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

    13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

    14 So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

  • Jonah 1:5-6
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    5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

    6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

  • Mark 6:47-51
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    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

    49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

    50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

    51 And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

  • 35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

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    45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

    46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • John 6:16-20
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    16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17 And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

    18 The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

    19 After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

    20 But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

  • 7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

  • 45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

  • 12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

  • 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

  • 18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

  • 29 Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.

  • 40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

  • 7 And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.