A   The &cross2; kyngdome of heau&ebar; is lyke vnto ^note a man that was a kynge, whych made a mariage for hys sonne ∧ sent forth his seruauntes, to call them that were byd to the weddynge, ∧ they wolde not come. Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes sayinge: Tell th&ebar; whych are bydd&ebar;: beholde, I haue prepared my dynner: my oxen ∧ my fatlynges are kylled, ∧ all th&ibar;ges are ready, come vnto þe; mariage. But they made lyght of it, ∧ w&ebar;t their wayes: one to his ferme place, another to hys marchaundise, ∧ the r&ebar;naunt toke his seruauntes, ∧ intreated th&ebar; shamefully &abar;d slewe them. But when the kyng hearde therof, he was wroth, ∧ sent forth his men of warre ∧ destroyed those murtherers, and brent vp theyr cytie.

Th&ebar; sayd he to his seruauntes: þe; mariage in dede is prepared. But they whych were bydden, were not worthy. Goo ye therfore out into þe; hye wayes: ∧ as many as ye fynde byd th&ebar; to the mariage. And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, ∧ gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good ∧ bad, ∧ the weddynge was furnisshed with gestes. Then the kyng came in, to se the gestes, ∧ whan he spyed there a m&abar;, whych had not on a ^note weddynge garment, he sayd vnto hym: fr&ebar;de, how camest thou in hyther not hauyng a weddynge garment? And he was eu&ebar; spechlesse. Then sayd þe; king to the ministers: take ∧ bynde him hand and fote, B   ∧ cast hym into vtter darcknes ^note there shall be wepynge ∧ gnasshynge of teth. For many be called but feaw are chosen. &cross3;

&cross3; ^note Then went the pharises, ∧ toke counsell how they myght t&abar;gle h&ibar; in his wordes. And they sent out vnto hym theyr discyples wyth Herodes seruauntes, sayinge: ^note Master, we knowe that þu; art true, ∧ teachest the waye of God truely, nether carest þu; for eny man, for thou regardest not the outward appeara&ubar;ce of m&ebar;. Tell vs therfore: how thynkest þu;? Is it lawfull þe; trybute be geu&ebar; vnto Cesar or not? C   But Iesus perceauyng theyr wyckednes, sayde: Why t&ebar;pte ye me ye ypocrites? Shewe me þe; tribute mony. And they toke h&ibar; a peny. And he sayde vnto th&ebar;: whose is this ymage ∧ superscripci&obar;? They saye vnto him, Cesars. Th&ebar; sayd he vnto th&ebar;. ^noteGeue therfore vnto Cesar, þe; th&ibar;ges whych are Cesars: ∧ vnto God, those th&ibar;ges þt; are Gods &cross3; When they had hearde these wordes, they marueled, ∧ left hym, ∧ went theyr waye.

^noteThe same daye came to him the Saduces (which saye þt; there is no resurrecci&obar;) ∧ asked him sayinge: Master, Moses sayde: that ^note yf a man dye hauynge no chylde, hys brother shulde mary hys wyfe, ∧ reyse vp seed vnto his brother. Ther were with vs seu&ebar; brethr&ebar;: ∧ the fyrste maried a wyfe, ∧ deceased &wt;out yssue ∧ lefte his wyfe vnto his brother. Lykewyse, the sec&obar;de ∧ þe; thyrd, vnto þe; seuenth. Laste of all þe; wom&abar; dyed also. Therfore, in þe; resurreccion, whose wyfe shall she be of the seu&ebar;? For they all had her. Iesus answered ∧ sayde vnto th&ebar;: ye do erre, not knowinge the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurreccyon, they nether mary, nor are maryed but are as the Angels in heauen.

But as touchyng the resurreccyon of the deed: haue ye not red that which is spok&ebar; vnto you of God, whych sayth: ^note I am the God of Abraham ∧ the God of Isaac, ∧ the God of Iacob? God is not a God of deed, but of lyuinge. And when þe; people heard this, they were astonnyed at his doctryne.

D   &cross2; But wh&ebar; the pharises had heard, þt; he had put the Saduces to sylence, they came together, ∧ one of th&ebar; which was (a doctour of lawe) asked him a question, t&ebar;ptinge him, ∧ saying: Master, which is the greate c&obar;maundem&ebar;t in the lawe? Iesus sayd vnto hym: Thou shalt ^note loue þe; Lord thy God wyth all thy herte, and wyth all thy soule, ∧ wyth all thy mynde. This is the fyrst ∧ greate c&obar;ma&ubar;undem&ebar;t. And the seconde is lyke vnto it. ^noteThou shalt loue thyne neyboure as thy self. In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes.

Whyle the Pharises were gathered together, Iesus asked th&ebar;, saying: what thynke ye of Chryst? Whose s&obar;ne is he? They saye vnto him: the sonne of Dauid. He sayde vnto them ^note how then doeth Dauid &rhand; in sprete, call him Lorde sayinge: The Lord sayd vnto my Lorde ^note syt þe; on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy foote stoole. If Dauid then, call him Lord, how is he th&ebar; his sonne? And no m&abar; was able to answere him anye thing: nether durste eny man (from that daye forth) aske him any moo questions. &cross3;

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