A   Ther were present at the same season, certayne m&ebar; that shewed him of the Galyleans, whose bloude Pylate had myngled with theyr awne sacryfyce. And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto th&ebar;: Suppose ye that these. ^noteGalyle&abar;s were greater synners th&ebar; all the other Galyleans, because they suffred suche punysshment? I tell you naye: but except ye repent: ye shall all lyke wyse perysshe. Or those .xviij. vpon which the toure in Syloe fell, and slewe them, thynke ye, that they were synners aboue all men that dwelt in Ierusalem? I tell you naye: But excepte ye repent, ye all shall lyke wyse perysshe.

B   &cross2; He tolde also this similitude: a certayne man had a ^note fygge tree planted in his vineyarde ∧ he came and sought frute ther&obar;, and founde none. Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde: beholde, this thre yeare haue I come and sought frute in this fygge tree, and fynde none: cut it doune: why combreth it the ground? and he answered ∧ sayd vnto him: Lorde, let it alone this yeare also, tyll I dygge rounde aboute it, and donge it, to se whether it will beare frute: &abar;d yf it beare not then, after that shalt þu; cut it doune. And he taught in one of their synagoges on the Saboth dayes. And beholde, ther was a wom&abar;, which had a sprete of infirmite .xviij yeares: and was bowed together, and coulde in no wyse lifte vp her heade. C   Wh&ebar; Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and sayde vnto her woman, thou art deliuered from thy disease. And he layde his handes on her, and immediatly, she was made strayght, &abar;d glorified God. And the ruler of the synagoge answered with indignacion (because that Iesus had healed on the Saboth daye) and sayde vnto the people. Ther are syxe dayes in which men ought to worke, in them come, that ye maye be healed, and not on the Saboth daye.

But the Lorde answered him and sayde: Thou ypocryte, doth not each one of you on the Saboth daye ^note lowse his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him to the water? And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Sat&abar; hath bounde (lo .xviij. yeares) be lowsed from this bonde on the Saboth daye? And when he thus sayde, all hys aduersaries were ashamed, and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes, that were done by him. &cross3;

D   Then sayde he: what is the kyngdome of God like? or wherto shall I compare it? ^noteIt is like a grayne of mustarde seede, which a man toke, and sowed in his garden: and it grewe and wexed a greate tree, and the foules of the ayer made nestes in the braunches of it.

And agayne he sayde: wher vnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God? ^note it is like leuen, which a ^note woman toke, and hyd in thre peckes of meele, tyll all was leuened. And he went thorow all cities and townes, teachynge, and iorneyinge towardes Ierusal&ebar;. E   Then sayde one vnto him: Lorde, are ther feaw that be saued? And he sayde vnto him: stryue to ^note enter in at þe; strayte gate; for many (I saye vnto you) will seke to enter in, and shall not be able. When the good man of the house is rysen vp, and hath shutt to the dore, and ye beginne to stonde without, and to knocke at the dore sayinge: Lorde, Lord, open vnto vs, and he answer and saye vnto you. F   (I knowe you not wh&ebar;ce ye are) Then shall ye begyn to saye: we haue eaten ∧ dr&obar;k&ebar; in thy presence, ∧ thou hast taught &ibar; oure stretes. And he shall saye: I tell you, I knowe

you not whence ye are: departe from me all ye þt; worke iniquite. There shalbe wepinge ∧ gnasihinge of teth, when ye shall se Abraham and Isaac and Iacob, and all the Prophetes in þe; kyngdome of God, and ye youre selues thrust out. ^noteAnd they shall come fr&obar; the east and from the west, and from þe; north and from the south, and shall syt downe in þe; kyngdome of God. And beholde, ^note there are last, which shalbe fyrst. And ther are fyrst, which shalbe last.

G   The same daye came there certayne of the Pharises, and sayde vnto him. get the out of the waye, and departe hence: for Herode will kyl the. And he sayde vnto them: Go ye, and tell that foxe, beholde, I cast out deuyls and heale the people to daye and to morowe, and the thyrde daye I make an ende. Neuerthelesse, I must walke to daye and to morow, and the daye folowyng: for it cannot be that a Prophet perisshe eny other where, saue at Ierusalem.

^noteO Ierusalem, Ierusalem, which killest Prophetes, and stonest th&ebar; that are sent vnto the: how ofte wolde I haue gathered thy children together, as a byrde doth gather her yonge vnder her wynges, and ye wolde not? youre habitacion is left vnto you desolate. I tell you, ye shall not se me, vntyll the tyme come that ye shall saye ^note blessed is he that c&obar;meth in the name of the Lorde.

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