Matthew 8:26
Good News Translation
"Why are you so frightened?" Jesus answered. "What little faith you have!" Then he got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and there was a great calm.

New Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus replied, "Why are you so afraid? You surely don't have much faith." Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.

New American Bible
He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

Why.

Matthew 6:30 And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 14:30,31 But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me. . . .

Matthew 16:8 And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?

Isaiah 41:10-14 Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee. . . .

Mark 4:40 And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet? And they feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this (thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him?

Luke 8:25 And he said to them: Where is your faith? Who being afraid, wondered, saying one to another: Who is this (think you), that he commandeth both the winds and the sea: and they obey him?

Romans 4:20 In the promise also of God he staggered not by distrust: but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God:

and rebuked.

Matthew 8:27 But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

Job 38:8-11 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: . . .

Psalm 65:7 Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

Psalm 89:9 Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves, . . .

Psalm 104:6-9 The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand. . . .

Psalm 107:28-30 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses. . . .

Psalm 114:3-7 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. . . .

Proverbs 8:28,29 When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth; . . .

Isaiah 50:2-4 Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst. . . .

Isaiah 63:12 He that brought out Moses by the right hand, by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name.

Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away.

Habakkuk 3:8 Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.

Mark 4:39,41 And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm. . . .

Mark 6:48-51 And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them. . . .

Luke 8:24,25 And they came and awaked him, saying: Master, we perish. But he arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water. And it ceased: and there was a calm. . . .

Revelation 10:2 And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.

Context
Jesus Calms the Storm
25And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish. 26And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm. 27But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?…
Cross References
Psalm 65:7
Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

Psalm 107:29
And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

Nahum 1:4
He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away.

Matthew 6:30
And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 8:27
But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

Matthew 14:31
And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?

Matthew 16:8
And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?

Matthew 17:20
But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

Mark 4:39
And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm.

Luke 4:35
And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace and go out of him. And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him and hurt him not at all.

Matthew 8:25
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