A   Ther were present at the same season / that shewed him of þe; Galile&abar;s / ^note whose bloude Pylate mengled with their awne sacrifice. And Iesus answered / ∧ sayde vnto them: Suppose ye that these Galileans were greater synners then all the other Galile&abar;s

/ because they suffred suche punisshm&ebar;t? I tell you naye: but except ye repent / ye shall all in lyke wyse perysshe. Or those .xviii. apon which þe; toure in Syloe fell / ∧ slewe th&ebar; / ^note thinke ye that they were synners above all men þt; dwell in Ierusalem? I tell you naye: But excepte ye repent / ye all shall lykewyse perisshe.

B   &cross2; He put forthe this similiiude / A certayne man had a fygge tree planted in his veneyarde / ∧ he came ∧ sought frute theron / ^note ∧ founde none. Then sayde he to þe; dresser of his vyneyarde: Beholde / this thre yeare have I come ∧ sought frute in this fygge tree / ∧ fynde none: cut it doune: why combreth it the grounde? And he answered ∧ sayde vnto him: lorde let it alone this yeare also / till I digge rounde aboute it / ∧ d&obar;ge it to se whether it will beare frute: ∧ if it beare not then / after þt; / cut it doune

C   And he taught in one of their sinagog&es; on þe; saboth dayes. And beholde ther was a wom&abar; which had a sprete of infirmite .xviii. yeares: ^note and was bowed to gether / ∧ coulde not lifte vp hersilfe at all. When Iesus sawe her he called her to him / and sayde to her: woman / thou arte delyvered from thy disease. And he layde his hondes on her / and immediatly she was made strayght / and glorified God. And the ruler of the sinagoge answered with indignacion (be cause that Iesus had healed on the saboth daye) and sayde vnto the people. ^note Ther are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them come and be healed / ∧ not on the saboth daye.

^noteThen answered him the Lorde and sayd: Ypocrite / doth not eache one of you on the saboth daye / lowse his oxe or his asse from the stall / ∧ leade him to the water? And ought not this doughter of Abraham / whom Sathan hath bounde loo .xviii. yeares / be lowsed from this bonde on the saboth daye? And when he thus sayde / all his adversaries were ashamed / and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes / that were done by him. &cross3;

D   Then sayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto shall I compare it? It is lyke a grayne of mustard seede / ^note which a man toke and sowed in his garden: and it grewe and wexed a greate tree / and the foules of the ayer made nestes in the braunches of it.

And agayne he sayde: wher vnto shall I lyken þe; kyngdome of god? it is lyke lev&ebar; / ^note which a woman toke / and hidde in thre busshels of floure / tyll all was thorow levended. And he went thorow all maner of cities ∧ tounes teachinge / and iorneyinge towardes Ierusalem.

Then sayde one vnto him: Lorde / are ther feawe that shalbe saved? E    ^noteAnd he sayde vnto them: stryve with youre selves to enter in at þe; strayte gate: For many I saye vnto you / will seke to enter in / ∧ shall not be able. ^noteWhen the good man of þe; housse is rysen vp / ∧ hath shett to the dore / ye shall beginne to stonde with out / and to knocke at the dore sayinge: Lorde / lorde / open vnto vs: ∧ he shall answer and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are. Then shall ye begin to saye. We have

eaten / in thy presence and dronke / and thou hast taught in oure stretes. And he shall saye: I tell you / I knowe you not whence ye are: departe from me all ye workers of iniquite. F   There shalbe wepinge ∧ gnasshinge of teth when ye shall se Abraham ∧ Isaac ∧ Iacob / ∧ all the prophetes in the kyngdom of God / ∧ youre selves thrust oute at dores. And they shall come from the eest and from the weest / and from the northe and from the southe / and shall syt doune in the kyngdome of God. And beholde / ther are last / which shalbe fyrst: And ther are fyrst which shalbe last.

^noteThe same daye there came certayne of the pharises ∧ sayd vnto him: Get the out of the waye / ∧ departe hence: for Herode will kyll þe;. G   And he sayd vnto them. Goo ye and tell that foxe / ^note beholde I cast oute devyls ∧ heale the people to daye ∧ to morowe / ∧ the third daye I make an ende. Neverthelesse / I must walke todaye and tomorowe / ∧ the daye folowinge: ^note For it cannot be / that a Prophet perishe eny other where / save at Ierusalem.

O Ierusalem / Ierusalem / which kyllest prophet&es; / and stonest them that are sent to þe;: how often wolde I have gadered thy childr&ebar; ^note to gedder / as the hen gathereth her nest vnder her wynges / but ye wolde not. Beholde youre habitacion shalbe left vnto you desolate. ^noteFor I tell you / ye shall not se me vntill the tyme come that ye shall saye / blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde.

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