A   And wh&abar; his ^note xij. disciples were called vnto him, he gaue th&ebar; power agaynst vncleane spretes, to cast them out, and to heale all maner of syckenesse, and all maner of dysease.

The names of the .xij. Apostles are these The fyrst, Symon which is called Peter: &abar;d Andrew his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedee, &abar;d Iohn his brother: Philip ∧ Bartholomew: Thomas and Mathew, which had bene a &rhand; Publican. Iames þe; sonne of Alphe, and Lebbeus (whose syrname was Taddeus) Simon of Canaan, and Iudas Iscarioth, which also be traied him.

^noteIesus sent forth these twelue in n&obar;bre, whom he commaunded, saying. Go not into the waye of the gentyls, and into the cytie of the Samaritans enter ye not. But goo rather to the lost shepe of the house of Israell. Go and preache, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is at hand. B   Heale the sycke, clense the lepers, rayse þe; deed, cast out deuyls. ^noteFrely ye haue receaued: geue frely. ^notePossesse not golde nor syluer nor &rhand; brasse &ibar; youre purses, nor yet scrip towardes your iorney: nether two cotes, nether shoes, nor yet a rodde. ^noteFor the worckm&abar; is worthy of his meate. But to whatsoeuer cytie or towne ye shall come, enquyre who is worthy in it, and there abyde tyll ye go thence. ^noteAnd when ye come into an house, salute the same. And yf the house be worthy, let youre peace come vpon it. But yf it be not worthy, let youre peace retourne to you agayne.

And whosoeuer shall not receaue you, nor wyll heare youre preachynge: when ye departe oute of that house or that cytie ^note shake of þe; duste of youre fete. Uerely I saye vnto you: it shalbe easier for the land of Zodoma and Gomorra in the daye of iudgem&ebar;t, then for that cytie.

^noteBeholde, I sende you forth, as shepe among wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serp&ebar;tes and innoc&ebar;t as doues. ^noteBut beware of men, for they shall delyuer you vp to the councels, and shall scourge you in their synagoges. And ye shall be brought to þe; heed rulers, and kynges, for my sake, in wytnes to them and to the gentyls.

C   But ^note wh&ebar; they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shall speake: ^note for it shalbe geuen you, eu&ebar; in þt; same houre what ye shall speake. For it is not ye þt; speke, but þe; spryte of youre father which speaketh in yon. ^noteThe brother shall delyuer vp þe; brother to deeth, ∧ þe; father þe; sonne. And the children shal aryse agaynst their fathers and mothers, and shall put th&ebar; to deeth: ∧ ye shalbe hated of all m&ebar; for my name sake. ^noteBut he that endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

But ^note wh&ebar; they persecute you in this cytie, flye ye into another. For verely I saye vnto you: ye shall not go thorowe all the cyties of Israell tyll the sonne of m&abar; be come. ^noteThe disciple is not aboue the master: nor þe; seruaunt aboue his Lord. It is ynough for þe; disciple, þt; he be as his master is, &abar;d þt; the seruaunt be as his Lorde is. If they haue called the Lord of þe; house, Beelzebub: how moche more shal they call them of his householde so? Feare them not therfore. ^noteFor there is nothing closse, that shall not be opened: and nothynge hyd, that shall not be knowen.

What I tel you in darknes, that speake ye in lyght. And what ye heare in the eare, that preache ye on the house toppes.

^noteAnd feare ye not th&ebar; which kyll the body but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare h&ibar;, which is able to destroye both soule and body into hell. Are not two lytle sparowes sold for a farthyng? And one of th&ebar; shall not lyght on the grounde with out youre father. Yee, euen al the heares of your head are n&obar;bred. Feare ye not therfore: ye are of more value then many sparowes.

^noteEuery one therfore þt; shall knowledge me before men, h&ibar; will I knowledge also before my father which is in heau&ebar;. D   But whosoeuer shall denye me before m&ebar; h&ibar; will I also denye before my father, which is in heau&ebar;.

Thinke not ^note þt; I am come to sende peace into the erth. I came not to send peace, but a sweard. For I am come to set a man at variaunce ^note agaynst his father, ∧ the daughter agaynst her mother, ∧ the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe. And a mannes foes shalbe they þt; are of his awne houshold.

^noteHe þt; loueth father, or mother more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth s&obar;ne or daughter more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not hys crosse

and foloweth me, is not worthy of my ^note He that fyndeth his lyfe, shall lose it: &abar;d he that losyth his lyfe for my sake, shall fynde it.

^noteHe that receaueth you, receaueth me: ∧ he that receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. He that ^note receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shal receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a righteous mans rewarde: ^note And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these lytle ones to dryncke, a cuppe of colde water onely (&ibar; the name of a disciple) verely I saye vnyou, he shall not lose his rewarde.

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