A   And whan he rose from thence, he ^note went into the coastes of Iurye through the regyon that is beyonde Iordan: And the people resorted vnto hym a freshe. and as he was wont, he taught them agayne. And the Pharyses came, and asked hym. Is it lawfull for a man to put awaye hys wyfe: to proue hym. And he answered, and sayd vnto th&ebar;: ^note what dyd Moses byd you do: and they sayde, Moses suffered to wryte a testimonall of deuorsem&ebar;t, and to put her awaye. And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: For the hardnes of youre herte he wrote thys precept vnto you. But at the fyrst creacyon. ^noteGod made them man and woman. Therfore ^note shall a m&abar; leaue hys father ∧ mother, ∧ byde by, hys wyfe, ^note ∧ they twayne shalbe one fleshe. So then are they now not twayne, but one fleshe. Therfore, what God hath coupled together let not man separate.

B   And in the house hys discyples asked him againe of the same matter. And he sayeth vnto them. ^noteWhosoeuer putteth awaye hys wyfe, ∧ maryeth another, breaketh wedlocke to her warde. And yf a wom&abar; forsake her husband, and be maryed to another, she commytteth aduoutrye. &cross3; ^noteAnd they brought chyldren to hym, that he shulde touch them. And hys discyples rebuked those that brought them. But when Iesus sawe it, he was dyspleased ∧ sayd vnto them: Suffre the children to come vnto me, forbyd them not. For of soch is the kyngdome of God. Uerely I saye vnto you, whosoeuer doth not receaue þe; kyngdome of God ^note as a childe, he shal not entre therin. And wh&abar; he had taken th&ebar; vp in hys armes, he put his handes vpon them, and blessed them. &cross3;

&cross2; And when he was gone forth into the waye, ther came one r&ubar;nynge and kneled to hym, ∧ asked hym: ^note good master, what shal I do, that I maye enheret eternall lyfe? Iesus sayde vnto hym: why callest þu; me good? There is no m&abar; good, but one, which is God. C   Thou knowest the c&obar;maundementes: breake not matrimony: kyll not: steale not, beare no false wytnes: defraude no man: honoure thy father and mother. He answered &abar;d sayd vnto hym: Master, all these, I haue obserued from my youth. Iesus behelde hym, and fauoured hym, and sayd vnto hym: one thynge thou lackest. ^noteGo thy waye &rhand; Sell that thou hast, and geue to the poore, and þu; shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me &cross3; and take vp my crosse vpon thy shulders. But he was disc&obar;forted because of that sayinge, and went awaye mournyng for he had great possessyons.

And wh&abar; Iesus had looked ro&ubar;de aboute, he sayde vnto his discyples. ^noteHow vneasye shall they þt; haue money: entre &ibar;to the kyngdome of God. And the discyples were astonnyed at hys wordes. But Iesus answereth againe, ∧ sayeth vnto th&ebar;: childr&ebar;, how harde is it for th&ebar;, that trust in money, to entre into þe; kingdome of God? D   It is easyer for a camell to go thorow þe; eye of an nedle, then for the ryche to entre into þe; kyngdome of God. And they were astonnyed out of measure, sayinge betwene them selues: who then can be saued? Iesus loked vpon them, and sayd. with m&ebar; it is vnpossible, but not with God: for ^note with God all thynges are possyble.

And Peter beg&abar;ne to saye vnto hym: Lo:

^noteWe haue forsaken all, ∧ haue folowed the. Iesus answered, ∧ sayde: Uerely I saye vnto you, ther is no m&abar; that hath forsak&ebar; house, or brethr&ebar;, or systers, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes for my sake ∧ the Gospelles, but he shall receaue an h&ubar;dred foold nowe in this lyfe, houses and brethren, and systers, and mothers, and chyldren, and landes wyth persecucyons: ∧ in þe; worlde to come, eternall lyfe. ^noteBut many þt; are fyrst, shalbe last: ∧ þe; last, fyrst. And they were in þe; waye goynge vp to Ierusalem. And Iesus went before them, and they were amased, ∧ folowed, and were afrayde.

And Iesus toke the twelue agayne, and beganne to tell th&ebar; what thynges shulde happ&ebar; vnto hym. ^noteBeholde, we go vp to Ierusalem, ∧ the sonne of m&abar; shalbe delyuered vnto the hye Prestes and vnto the Scribes: &abar;d they shall condemne hym to deeth, and shall delyuer hym to the gentyls, and they shall mocke hym, and scourge hym, spyt vp&obar; him, and kyll hym. And thyrde daye he shall ryse agayne.

^noteAnd Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebede came vnto him, sayinge: Master: we wolde, that thou shuldest do for vs whatsoeuer we desyre. He sayde vnto them: what wolde ye that I shuld do for you? They sayde vnto hym: graunt vnto vs, that we maye sytte, one on thy ryght hande, and the other on thy lyfte hande, in thy glory. But Iesus sayd vnto them: Ye wote not what ye aske: Can ye dryncke of the cup, that I dryncke of? and be baptysed wyth the baptyme, that I am baptysed with? And they sayde vnto hym: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall in dede dryncke of the cup that I dryncke of: F   &abar;d wyth þe; baptyme that I am baptysed wyth all, shall ye be baptysed in: but to syt on my ryght hande ∧ on my lyfte hande, is not myne to geue, but it shall happ&ebar; vnto them, for whom it is prepared.

^noteAnd when þe; ten hearde it, they began to dysdayne at Iames and Iohn. But Iesus whan he had called them to hym, sayd vnto them: ye knowe, that ^note they whych are sene to beare rule amonge the people, raygne as Lordes ouer them. And they that be greate am&obar;ge them, exercyse auctoryte vpon them. Neuertheles, so shall it not be amonge you: but whosoeuer of you wylbe greate amonge you, shalbe youre mynister. And whosoeuer wylbe chefe, shalbe seruaunt of all. For ^note the sonne of man also came not to be mynystred vnto: but to mynister, &abar;d to geue hys lyfe for the redempcyon of many.

G   And they came to Hierico: ^note And as he w&ebar;t out of þe; cytie of Hierico wyth his dyscyples, and a greate nombre of people: blynde Bartymeus the sonne of Tymeus, sate by þe; hye wayes syde beggyng. And when he hearde that it was Iesus of Nazazeth, be began to crye, &abar;d to saye: Iesus, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me. And many rebuked hym, that he shuld holde hys peace. But he cryed the more a greate deale: thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me. And Iesus stode styll, &abar;d commaunded hym to be called: And they called þe; blynde, sayinge vnto hym: Be of good comforte: ryse he calleth the. And he threwe awaye hys cloke, and rose, and came to Iesus. And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto hym: what wylt thou that I do vnto the? The blynde sayde vnto hym: Master, that I myght se. Iesus sayde vnto hym: go thy waye, thy fayth hath saued the. And immediatly he receaued hys syght, ∧ folowed Iesus in the waye.

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