A   At the same tyme came þe; disciples vnto Iesus, sayinge: ^note who is the greatest in þe; kyngd&obar; of heauen? Iesus called a chylde vnto hym, ∧ set him in þe; myddes of them, ∧ sayd: Uerely I saye vnto you ^note except ye turne, ∧ become ^note as chyldr&ebar;, ye shall not enter into þe; kyngdom of heauen. Whosoeuer therfore h&ubar;bleth him selfe, as this childe, the same is the greatest in the kyngd&obar; of heauen. And whoso receaueth such a chyld in my name, receaueth me. ^noteBut whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whych beleue in me: it were better for hym, that a mylstone were h&abar;ged aboute hys necke, ∧ that he were drowned in the depth of the see. Wo vnto the worlde because of offences. ^noteNecessary it is that offences come: But wo vnto the m&abar;, by whom the offence commeth.

B   Wherfore ^note yf thy hande or thy fote hinder the, cut him of ∧ cast it from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed, rather then thou shuldest (hauinge two h&abar;des or two fete) be cast &ibar;to euerlastyng fyre. And yf thyne eye offende the, plucke it oute, and caste it fr&obar; the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe &wt; one eye, rather then (hauyng two eyes) to be cast into hell fyre. Take hede: that ye despyse not one of these lytelones. For I saye vnto you, þt; in heau&ebar; their angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father, whych is in heau&ebar;. &cross3; For þe; sonne of m&abar; is come to saue that whych was lost. How thynke ye ^note If a man haue an h&ubar;dred shepe, ∧ one of th&ebar; be gone astray, doth he not leaue nynty ∧ nyne &ibar; þe; mo&ubar;ta&ibar;s, ∧ goeth ∧ seketh þt; was gone astraye? And If it happ&ebar; þt; he fynd it, verely I saye vnto you: C   he reioyseth more of þt; shepe then of þe; nynti ∧ nyne which w&ebar;t not astray. Eu&ebar; so it is not þe; wyll of youre father &ibar; heauen, þt; one of these lytelons shulde perysshe.

&cross2; Moreouer ^note yf thy brother treaspace agaynst the, go ∧ tell hym hys faute betwene him ∧ the alone. If he heare the, þu; hast w&obar;ne thy brother: But yf he heare þe; not, then take yet wyth the one or two, þt; ^note in the mouth of two or iij. witnesses, euery mater may be stablysshed. If he heare not th&ebar;, tell it vnto the congregacyon. If he heare not the congregacion let him be vnto þe; as anhethen m&abar; ∧ as a public&abar;. Uerely I saye vnto you: ^note whatsoeuer ye bynde on erth, shalbe bounde in heauen. And whatsoeuer ye lose on erth, shalbe

lowsed in heau&ebar;. Agayne I saye vnto you þt; yf two of you agree in erthe vpon eny maner a thynge, whatsoeuer they desyre: they shall haue it of my father which is in heau&ebar;. For where two or thre are gathered to gether &ibar; my name, there am I &ibar; þe; myddes of th&ebar;

Then came Peter to hym, ∧ sayde: Lorde howe oft shall I forgeue my brother, yf he synne agaynst me: Tyll seuen tymes? Iesus sayeth vnto hym: I saye not vnto the vntill seu&ebar; tymes: but seu&ebar;ty tymes seu&ebar;tymes. &cross3;.

D   &cross2; Therfore is the kyngd&obar; of heauen lykened vnto a certaine m&abar; þt; was a king, which wolde take acountes of hys serua&ubar;tes. And wh&ebar; he had beg&obar;e to reck&ebar;, one was brought vnto him, whych ought him ten thousand talentes, but forasmoch as he was not able to paye, his Lord c&obar;maunded him to be solde, ∧ hys wyfe ∧ chyldren, ∧ all þt; he had, and payment to be made. The seruaunt fell doune, ∧ ∧ be sought him, saying: Syr, haue pacience &wt; me, and I wyll paye the all. Then had the Lorde pytie on that seruaunt, ∧ lowsed hym and forgaue hym the det.

So the same seruaunt, went out, ∧ fo&ubar;de out of hys felowes which ought him an h&ubar;dred pence: ∧ he layed handes on hym, ∧ toke h&ibar; by the throte, saying: paye þt; thou owest. And his felowe fell downe, ∧ besought hym saying: haue pacyence &wt; me, ∧ I wyll paye þe; all. And he wolde not, but went, ∧ cast hym into preson, tyll he shulde paye the det. So, wh&ebar; his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory, and came, ∧ tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened. Then his Lord called hym ∧ sayd vnto hym: O thou vngracyous seruaunt, I forgaue the all that det, whan thou desyredst me: shuldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy felow, euen as I had pytie on the? And hys Lorde was wrooth, ∧ delyuered him to the iaylers, tyll he shuld paye all þt; was due vnto hym. So ^note lyke wyse shall my heau&ebar;ly father do also vnto you yf ye fr&obar; youre hertes, forgeue not euery one his brother) theyr trespases. &cross3;

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