²⁴ Immediately a great storm began to blow across the lake. Water began to go into the boat and fill it. Jesus was sleeping. ²⁵ The disciples went to him and they woke him. ‘Master, save us!’ they said. ‘We will die here in the water!’ ²⁶ Jesus said to them, ‘You should not be so afraid. You should trust me more than you do!’ Then he stood up and he spoke strongly to the wind and the water. ‘Stop!’ he said. Then the wind and the water became quiet again.