²² Then Jesus told the disciples, `You get into the boat right away and go ahead of me to the other side of the sea. And I will send these people away.'

²³ After he had sent them away, he went up on the hill by himself to talk with God. Evening came and he was there alone.

²⁴ The boat was far out on the water by this time. The water was beating against the boat and the wind was blowing the wrong way.