A   The same daye w&ebar;t Iesus out of the house, ^note and sat by the see syde, and moche people were gathered together vnto him, so gretly þt; he went, and sat in a shippe, and all the people stode on the shore. And he spake many thynges to th&ebar; by similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower went forth to sowe. And whan he sowed, some sedes fell by the wayes syde, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp. Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not moche erth, and anone they spronge vp, because they had no depnesse of erth: and when the sonne was vp, they caught heat, ∧ because they had no rote, they wyddred awaye. Agayne, some fell amonge thornes, and the thornes spronge vp &abar;d choaked them. But some fell into good ground, ∧ brought forth frute: some an h&ubar;dred folde, some syxtie folde, some thyrtie folde. Whosoeuer hath eares to heare, let him heare.

B   And the disciples came, ∧ sayde vnto him? Why speakest thou to th&ebar; by parables? He answered and sayde vnto them: ^note it is geu&ebar; vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heau&ebar;, but to them it is not geuen. ^noteFor whosoeuer hath, to him shall be geu&ebar;: and he shall haue aboundaunce. But whosoeuer hath not: from him shalbe taken awaye eu&ebar; that also which he hath. Therfore speake I to them by similitude: for they seinge, se not: and hearinge, they heare not: nother do they vnderstand. And in th&ebar; is fulfylled the prophecie of Esaias, which sayth: ^note with the eares ye shall heare, and shall not vnderst&abar;d and seinge ye shall se, and shall not perceaue. For these peoples hertes is wexed grosse, &abar;d their eares are dull of hearynge, and theyr eyes haue they closed, lest at any tyme they shuld se with their eyes, &abar;d heare with their eares, ∧ shuld understand with their herte, ∧ be conuerted, that I also myght heale them.

C    ^noteBut blessed are youre eyes, for they se: ∧ youre eares, for they heare. Uerely I saye vnto you, ^note that many prophetes ∧ righteous men haue desyred to se those thinges which ye se, ∧ haue not sene them: ∧ to heare those thinges which ye heare, and haue not hearde them. ^noteHeare ye therfore þe; similitude of the sower. Wh&abar; one heareth þe; word of the kingdome, ∧ understandeth it not, then c&obar;meth þe; euyll man, ∧ taketh awaye that which was sowen in hys hert: thys is he, which was sowne by the waye syde. But he that receaued the sede which was cast into stony places, þe; same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioye receaueth it, yet hath he no rote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for wh&abar; tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth because of the worde, by and by he falleth. He also that receaued sede into þe; thornes, is he þt; heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfrutefull. But he that receaued sede into þe; good gro&ubar;d is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it: which also beareth frute, ∧ bringeth forth, some an hundred folde, some syxtie folde, some thyrtye folde.

D   Another similitude put he forth vnto th&ebar;, sayinge: &cross2; ^note The kyngdome of heauen is lykened vnto a man, which sowed good seed in his felde. But whyll men slept, his enemie came, ∧ sowed tares among the wheate, ∧ went his waye. But when the blade was spr&obar;g vp, and had brought forth frute, there appeared the tares also. So the seruauntes of the housholder came, and sayde vnto him. Syr, dyddest not thou sowe good seed &ibar; thy felde? fr&obar; wh&ebar;ce then hath it tares? He sayde vnto them, the enuious man hath done this. The seruauntes sayde vnto him: wylt thou then that we go, and wede them vp? But he sayde, nay, lest while ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them, let bothe growe together vntill the haruest, and in tyme of haruest, I wyll saye to the repers gather ye fyrst the tares, and bynde them together in sheues to be brent: but gather the wheate into my barne. &cross3;

&cross2; Another parable put he forth vnto th&ebar;, sayinge. ^noteThe kyngdome of heau&ebar; is lyke to a grayne of mustard seed, which a man toke ∧ sowed in his felde, which is the leest of all seedes. But when it is growne, it is the greatest among herbes, and is a tree: so that the byrdes of the ayer come, and make theyr nestes in the braunches therof.

E   Another similitude spake he vnto them: ^note The kyngdom of heau&ebar; is lyke vnto leu&ebar;, which a woman taketh and hydeth in thre peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened.

^noteAll these th&ibar;ges spake Iesus vnto þe; people by similitudes, ∧ with out a parable spake he nothynge vnto th&ebar;, that it myght be fulfylled, which was spok&ebar; by þe; prophet, that sayth ^note I will op&ebar; my mouth in parables: I

wyll speake forth thynges which haue bene kepte secrete fr&obar; þe; begynning of þe; world. &cross3;

When the people were sent awaye, then came Iesus into þe; house. ^note&cross2; And his disciples came vnto him, saying: declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of the felde. He answered and sayd vnto them. He þt; soweth the good seed, is þe; sonne of man. The feld is the worlde. And the chyldren of the kyngdome, they are the good seed: the tares are the chyldren of the wycked: the enemie that soweth them, is the deuyll. The haruest is the ende of the worlde: the reapers be þe; Angels. Eu&ebar; as the tares therfore, are gathered ∧ brent in the fyre: so shall it be in þe; ende of this worlde. ^noteThe sonne of man shall sende forth his Angels, F   ∧ they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thinges that off&ebar;de, and th&ebar; which do iniquite: and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylinge ∧ gnasshyng of teth. ^noteThen shall the righteous shine as the S&obar;ne in the kyngd&obar; of their father. Whosoeuer hath eares to heare, let him heare. &cross3;

&cross2; Agayne, the kyngdom of heau&ebar; is lyke vnto treasure hid in the felde, the which a man hath found and hydd: &abar;d for ioye therof goeth ∧ selleth all þt; he hath, ∧ byeth þe; felde.

Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a marcha&ubar;t man, sekyng goodly pearles, which (wh&ebar; he found one precious pearle) went ∧ solde all that he had, ∧ bought it.

Agayne, the kyngdom of heau&ebar; is lyke vnto a nett, þt; was cast into þe; see ∧ geathered of all kynde (of fysshes) which wh&ebar; it was full m&ebar; drewe to l&abar;d, ∧ sat downe ∧ geathered þe; good into vessels, but cast þe; bad awaye. So shall it be at the ende of þe; worlde. G   The angelles shall come ∧ seuer þe; bad fr&obar; am&obar;ge the good, ∧ shall cast th&ebar; into a furnace of fyre: ^note there shalbe wayling ∧ gnasshing of teth.

Iesus saieth vnto th&ebar;: haue ye vnderstande all these thinges? They saye vnto him: ye Lorde. Then sayde he vnto them. Therfore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngedome of heauen, is lyke vnto a m&abar; that is an housholder, which bryngeth forth out of his treasure, thinges newe and olde. &cross3;

And it came to passe that wh&ebar; Iesus had finisshed these similitudes, ^note he departed th&ebar;ce: And whan he came into his awne countre, he taught them in their synagoges, in so moch, þt; ^note they were ast&obar;nied and sayde: wh&ebar;ce commeth this wysdome and powers vnto to him? ^note is not this the carpenters sonne? Is not hys mother called Mary? and hys brethren, Iames and Ioses and Simon and Iudas? And are not all his systers with vs? Whence hath he then all these thynges? And they were offended at hym. Iesus sayde vnto them: ^note A prophete is not without honoure, saue in his awne countre, and in hys awne house. And he did not not many miracles there, because of theyr vnbelefe.

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