A   And he entred in / ∧ went thorow Hierico. ^noteAnd beholde / ther was a m&abar; named Zacheus / which was a ruler am&obar;ge the Publicans / and was riche also. And he made meanes to se Iesus / what he shuld be: ∧ coulde not for the preace / because he was of a lowe stature. Wherfore he ran before / and asc&ebar;ded vp / into a wilde fygge tree / to se him: for he shulde come that same waye. And when Iesus cam to the place / he loked vp / ∧ sawe him / ∧ sayd vnto him: zache / attonce come doune / for to daye I must abyde at thy housse. And he came doune hastelye ∧ receaved him ioyfully. And when they sawe that / they all groudged sayinge: He is gone in to tary with a man that is a synner.

B   And zache stode forth ∧ sayd vnto þe; Lorde: beholde Lorde / þe; haulfe of my gooddes I geve to the povre / ∧ if I have done eny m&abar; wr&obar;ge / I will restore him fower folde. And Iesus sayd to him: this daye is healthe come vnto this housse / for as moche as it also is become the chylde of Abrah&abar;. For the sonne of m&abar; is come to seke ∧ to save that which was looste.

^noteAs they hearde these thing&es; / he added ther to a similitude / be cause he was nye to Hierusalem / and because also they thought that the kyngdome of God shuld shortely appere. He sayde therfore: &cross2; a certayne noble man / w&ebar;t into a farre countre / to receave him a kyngdome / and then to come agayne. And he called his ten servauntes / and delyvered them ten pounde sayinge vnto them: ^note by and sell till I come. But his citesens hated him / and sent messengers after him sayinge: We will not have this man to raygne over vs.

C   And it came to passe / when he was come agayne ∧ had receaved his kyngdome / he c&obar;maunded these serva&ubar;tes / to be called to him (to whom he gave his money) to witt what every man had done. Then came þe; fyrst sayinge: Lorde / thy pounde hath encreased ten po&ubar;de. And he sayde vnto him: Well good serva&ubar;te / because thou wast faithfull in a very lytell thynge / take thou auctorite over ten cities. And the other came sayinge: Lorde thy po&ubar;de hath encreased fyve pounde. And to þe; same he sayde: ∧ be thou also ruler ouer fyve cities.

And the thyrde came ∧ sayde: Lorde / beholde here thy pounde / which I have kepte in a napkyn / for I feared the / because thou arte a strayte man: thou takest vp that thou laydest not doune / and repest that thou dyddest not sowe. D   And he sayde vnto him: Of thine awne mouth / iudge I the / thou evyll servaunt. knewest thou that I am a strayte man / takinge vp that I layde not doune / ∧ repinge that

I dyd not sowe? Wherfore then gavest not thou my money into the banke / that at my c&obar;minge I might have required myne awne with vauntage?

And he sayde to them that stode by: take fr&obar; him that pounde / ∧ geve it him that hath ten po&ubar;de. And they sayd vnto him: Lorde he hath ten pounde. ^noteI saye vnto you / that vnto all th&ebar; that have / it shalbe gev&ebar;: ∧ from him þt; hath not / ev&ebar; that he hath shalbe taken from him. Moreover those myne enemys / which wolde not that I shuld raigne over them / bringe hidder / ∧ slee them before me. And when he had thus spoken / he proceded forthe before a / ssendinge vp to Ierusalem. &cross3;

E   And it fortuned / when he was come nye to Bethphage ∧ Bethany / ^note besydes mo&ubar;te olivete / he sent two of his disciples sayinge: Goo ye in to the toune which is over agaynste you. In the which assone as ye are come / ye shall finde a colte tyed / wheron yet never man sate. Lowse him and bringe him hider. And if eny man axe you / why that ye loowse him: thus saye vnto him / þe; lorde hath nede of him.

They that were sent / went their waye / and founde / ev&ebar; as he had sayde vnto th&ebar;. And as they were aloosinge þe; coolte / the owners sayde vnto th&ebar;: why lowse ye þe; coolte? And they sayde: for þe; Lorde hath nede of him. ^noteAnd they brought him to Iesus. And they cast their raym&ebar;t on þe; colte / ∧ set Iesus ther&obar;. And as he w&ebar;t / they spredde their clothes in þe; waye.

F   And when he was now come / wheare he

shuld goo doune fr&obar; the mo&ubar;te olivete / þe; whole multitude of þe; disciples began to reioyce / ∧ to lawde God with a loude voyce / for all þe; miracles þt; they had sene sayinge: Blessed be the kynge that c&obar;meth in the name of the Lorde: peace in heav&ebar; / ∧ glory in the hyest. And some of þe; Pharises of the c&obar;pany sayde vnto him: Master rebuke thy disciples. He answered / ∧ sayde vnto th&ebar;: I tell you / yf these shuld holde their peace / the stones wold crye.

&cross2; And when he was come neare / he behelde the citie / ∧ wept on it sayinge: Yf thou haddest dest knowen those thinges which belonge vn thy peace / ev&ebar; at this thy tyme. But now are they hydde from thyne eyes. ^noteFor the dayes shall come vp&obar; the / that thy enemys shall cast a banke aboute the / and c&obar;passe the rounde / ∧ kepe the in on every syde / and make the even with the grounde / with thy chyldren which are in the. And they shall not leve in the one stone vp&obar; another / because thou knewest not the tyme of thy visitacion.

G   And he went in to the temple / ∧ beg&abar;ne to cast out them that solde therin / ^note ∧ them that bought / sayinge vnto them / yt is written: my housse is the housse of prayer: but ye have made it a den of theves. And he taught dayly in the temple. &cross3; The hye Prestes and the Scribes and the chefe of the people went about to destroye him: but coulde not finde what to do. For all the people stacke by him / and gave him audience.

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