UVhen he had ended all his sainges in the audience of the people / A    ^note he entred into Caperna&ubar;. And a certayne Centurions seruaunte was sicke and redy to dye whom he made moche of. ^noteAnd when he hearde of Iesu / he sent vnto him the elders of the Iewes / besechinge him þt; he wolde come ∧ heale his servaunt. And they came to Iesus and besought him instantly sayinge: He is worthi that thou shuldest do this for him. For he loveth oure nacion / and hath bilt vs a sinagoge And Iesus went with them.

B   And when he was not farre fr&obar; the housse / the Centuri&obar; sent frendes to him sayinge vnto him: Lorde trouble not thy silfe: for I am not worthy þt; thou shuldest enter vnder my roffe. Wherfore I thought not my silfe worthy to come vnto the: but saye the worde / and

my servaunt shalbe whoole. For I lyke wyse am a man vnder power / and have vnder me soudiers / ∧ I saye vnto won / goo: and he goeth. And to another / come: and he cometh. And to my servaunt / do this: ∧ he doeth it. When Iesus herde this / he merveyled at him / ∧ turned him about ∧ sayd to the people that folowed him: I saye vnto you / I have not founde so greate faith / noo / not in Israel. And they þt; were sent / turned backe home agayne / ∧ founde the servaunt that was sicke / whoole.

C   &cross2; And it fortuned after that / that he went into a cite called Naim / ∧ many of his disciples went &wt; him / ∧ moche people. When he came nye to the gate of the cite: beholde / ther was a deed man caried out which was þe; only sonne of his mother / and she was a widowe / ^note and moche people of the cite was with her. And when þe; lorde sawe her / he had compassion on her / ∧ sayde vnto her: wepe not. And he went ∧ touched the coffyn / ∧ they þt; bare him / stode still. And he sayde: Yonge man / I saye vnto the / aryse. And þe; deed sate vp ∧ beganne to speake. And he delyvered him to his mother. And ther c&abar; a feare on th&ebar; all. And they glorified god sayinge: a greate prophet is rysen am&obar;ge vs / ^note ∧ god hath visited his people &cross3;

&cross2; And this rumor of him w&ebar;t forthe throughout all Iurie / ^note and thorowout all the regions which lye rounde about.

And þe; disciples of Iohn shewed him of all these thinges. And Iohn called vnto him .ii. of his disciples / ∧ sent th&ebar; to Iesus sayinge:

Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we loke for another? When the men were come vnto him / they sayde: Iohn baptiste sent vs vnto þe; sayinge: Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we wayte for another? And at þt; same tyme he cured many of their infirmites ∧ plages / ^note ∧ of evyll spretes / ∧ vnto many that were blynde / he gave sight. And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them: Goo youre wayes ∧ shewe Iohn / what thinges ye have sene and harde: how þt; the blynde se / the halt goo / the lepers are clensed / the deafe heare / the deed aryse / to the poore is the glad tydinges preached / and happy is he / that is not offended by me.

When þe; messengers of Iohn were departed / he began to speake vnto þe; people of Iohn D   What w&ebar;t ye oute into þe; wildernes for to se? went ye to se arede shaken &wt; þe; wynde? But what went ye out for tose? A m&abar; clothed in soofte rayment? Beholde they which are gorgeously apparelled / ∧ lyve delicatly / are in kynges courtes. But what went ye forth to se? A prophete? Ye I saye to you / ∧ moare then a prophete. This is he of wh&obar; it is wrytt&ebar;: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face / ^note to prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you: a greater prophete then Iohn / am&obar;ge wem&ebar;s chyldr&ebar; is ther none. Neverthelesse one þt; is lesse in þe; kyngd&obar; of god / is greater th&ebar; he &cross3;

And all the people that hearde / and the publicans / iustified God / and were baptised with the baptim of Iohn. But the pharises ∧ scribes despised þe; counsell of god agaynst

them selves / and were not baptised of him.

E    ^noteAnd þe; lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyk&ebar; the men of this generacion / ∧ what thinge are they lyke? They are lyke vnto chyldr&ebar; sittynge in þe; market place / ∧ cryinge one to another / ∧ sayinge: We have pyped vnto you / ∧ ye hahave not daunsed: we have mourned to you / and ye have not wept. For Iohn baptist cam / nether eatynge breed ner drinkynge wyne / ∧ ye saye: he hath the devyll. The sonne of man is come and eateth and drinketh / ∧ ye saye: beholde a man which is a glotton / ^note ∧ a drinker of wyne / a frende of publicans and synners. Yet is wysdome iustified of all her chyldren.

&cross2; And one of the pharises desyred him that he wolde eate with him. And he went into þe; pharises housse / ∧ sate doune to meate. ^noteAnd beholde a woman in that cite / which was a synner / assone as she knewe that. Iesus sate at meate in the pharises housse / she brought an alablaster boxe of oyntm&ebar;t / ∧ she stode at his fete behynde him wepynge / and beganne to wesshe his fete with teares / and dyd wipe th&ebar; with the heares of her heed / and kyssed his fete / and anoynted them with oyntment.

When the pharise which bade him / sawe that / he spake with in him sylfe / sayinge: F   If this man were a prophete / he wolde surely have knowen who ∧ what maner woman this is which toucheth him / for she is a synner. And Iesus answered ∧ sayde vnto him: Simon I have some what to saye vnto þe;. And he sayd master saye on. There was a certayne lender

which had two detters / þe; one ought five hondred pence / ∧ the other fyfty. When they had nothinge to paye / he forgave th&ebar; boothe. Which of them tell me / will love him moost? Simon answered and sayde: I suppose / that he to whom he forgave moost. And he sayde vnto him: Thou hast truly iudged.

And he turned to the woman / ∧ sayde vnto Simon: Seist thou this woman? I entred into thy housse / ∧ thou gavest me noo water to my fete but she hath wesshed my fete with teares / ∧ wiped th&ebar; with the heeres of her heed. Thou gavest me no kysse: but she / sence þe; tyme I came in / hath not ceased to kysse my fete Myne heed &wt; oyle thou dydest not anoynte: but she hath annoynted my fete &wt; oyntm&ebar;t. Wherefore I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgev&ebar; her / for she ^note loved moche. To whom lesse is forgeven / the same doeth lesse love.

And he sayde vnto her / thy synnes are forgeven þe;. And they þt; sate at meate with him / beganne to saye within them selves: Who is this which forgeveth synnes also? And he sayde to þe; woman: Thy faith hath saved the / Goo in peace. &cross3;

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