A   When he had ended all hys saienges in the audi&ebar;ce of þe; people, ^note he entred into Capernaum. And a cert&ebar; Centurions seruaunt which was deare vnto hym laye syck, and was in parell of death. And whan he heard of Iesu, he sent vnto him the elders of the Iewes, besech&ibar;ge him that he wold come, ∧ heale his serua&ubar;te. And wh&abar; they came to Iesus, they besought h&ibar; inst&abar;tly, saying: He is worthy that thou shuldest do this for hym. For he loueth oure nacion, and hath buylt vs a synagoge. And Iesus went with them.

B   And whan he was now, not farre fr&obar; the house, the Centurion sent frendes to hym, sayinge vnto hym: ^note Lorde, trouble not thy self: for I am not worthy: that thou shuldest enter vnder my roffe. Wherfore I thought not my self worthy to come vnto þe;: but saye thou the word, ∧ my seruaunt shalbe whole. For I also am a man set vnder power, and haue vnder me soudiers, &abar;d I saye vnto one go, and he goeth, ∧ to another, come, ∧ he cometh: and to my seruaunt, do this, ∧ he doth it. When Iesus heard thys, he meruayled at him, and turned hym about, and sayde to the people that folowed him: I saye vnto you, I haue not founde so great faith, no, not in Israel. And they that were sent, turned backe home agayne and founde the serua&ubar;t whole that had bene sycke.

&cross2; And it fortuned after this, þt; he went into a cytie which is called Naim, ∧ many of his disciples went with him, and moch people. C   When he came nye to the gate of the cytie: behold, ther was a deed man caryed out, which was the onely sonne of his mother, ∧ she was a wedowe, ∧ moch people of the cytie was with her. And when the Lord sawe her, he had compassion on her, and sayde vnto her: wepe not. And he came nye, ∧ touched the coffyn: and they that bare him stode styl. And he sayde: Yonge man, I saye vnto the, aryse. And he that was deed, sat vp, ∧ began to speake. ^noteAnd he delyuered him to his mother. And ther came a feare on them al. And they gaue the glory vnto God, sayinge: ^note A great prophete is rysen vp am&obar;g vs, ∧ God hath visited his people. &cross3; &cross2; And thys rumor of him went forth throughout al Iury, and thorow out all the regions which lye rounde about.

And the disciples of Iohn shewed him of all these thinges. ^noteAnd Iohn called vnto h&ibar; two of his disciples, ∧ sent th&ebar; to Iesus, saying: Art thou he that shuld come: or shall we looke for another? When the men were come vnto him, they sayde: Iohn baptiste sent vs vnto the, saying: Art thou he þt; shulde come? or shall we wayte for another? And in that same houre he cured many of their infyrmites and plages, and of euyll spretes, and vnto many þt; were blynd he gaue sight. And he answered, ∧ sayd vnto them: Go your waye and bring worde agayne to Iohn, D   what th&ibar;ges ye haue sene ∧ heard, how þt; ^note the blynde se, the halt go, the lepers are cl&ebar;sed, the deaff heare, the dead ryse agayne: to the poore is þe; glad tydinges preached, &abar;d happy is he that is not offended at me.

^noteAnd wh&ebar; the messengers of Iohn were departed, he began to speake vnto þe; people concerninge Iohn. What went ye out into þe; wildernes for to se? a rede shak&ebar; &wt; the wind? But what went ye out for to se? A man clothed in soft raym&ebar;t? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and lyue delicatly, are in kynges courtes. But what wente ye forth to se? A prophete? Yee, I saye to you, ∧ more then a prophet. This is he, of whom it is writen: ^note Beholde, I sende &rhand; myne angell before thy face which shall prepare thy waye before þe;. For I saye vnto you, am&obar;ge wem&ebar;s childr&ebar;, is ther not a greater prophete then Iohn baptiste. E   Neuerthelesse, he tha is lesse, &ibar; þe; k&ibar;gdom of God is greater th&ebar; he. &cross3;

And all the people, and the public&abar;s that heard him, &rhand; iustified God, and were baptised with the baptyme of Iohn. But the pharises and lawers despised the councell of God agaynst them selues, and were not baptised of hym.

And the Lorde sayd: ^note wherunto shall I lyken the men of this generacion: and what thing are they like? They are like vnto children sytting in the market place, ∧ cry&ebar;g one to another, and saying: We haue pyped vnto you, ∧ ye haue not da&ubar;sed: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wepte. For Iohn baptist came, nether ^note eatyng bread, ner drinkynge wyne, and ye saye: he hath the deuyll. F   The sonne of m&abar; is come, and eateth ∧ dr&ibar;cketh, ∧ ye saye: behold a gloutonous man, &abar;d an vnmeasurable dryncker of wyne, a frend of publicans and synners. And &rhand; wysdom is iustifyed of all her children.

&cross2; And one of the pharises desired hym þt; he wolde eate with hym. And he went into

the pharises house, and sat downe to meate. ^noteAnd behold a woman in that cytie (which was a synner) as sone as she knewe that Iesus sat at meat in the pharises house, she brought an alablaster boxe of oyntment, ∧ stode at his fete behinde him wepyng, ∧ beg&abar;ne to wasshe hys fete &wt; teares, and dyd wype th&ebar; with þe; heares of her head, ∧ kyssed his fete, ∧ anoynted them with the oyntment.

When the pharise (which had bidd&ebar; him) sawe, he spake within hym selfe, sayinge: If thys man were a prophete, he wolde surely knowe who, &abar;d what maner of wom&abar; thys is that touched hym, for she is a synner. And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him: Sim&obar;, I haue some what to saye vnto the. And he sayd: master, saye on. There was a certayne lender which had two detters, the one ought fyue h&ubar;dred pence, and the other fyfty. Wh&ebar; they had nothynge to paye, he forgaue them both. Tell me therfore, which of them wyll loue hym most? Simon answered and sayd: I suppose that he to whom he forgaue most. And he sayde vnto hym: Thou hast truly iudged.

G   And he turned to the woman, ∧ sayd vnto Simon: Seest thou this wom&abar;. I entred into thy house, thou gauest me no water for my fete: but she hath wesshed my fete with teares, and wyped them with the heares of her head. Thou gauest me no kysse: but she, sence the tyme I came in, hath not ceased to kysse my fete. Myne head &wt; oyle thou didest not anoynte: but she hath anoynted my fete with oyntment. Wherfore, I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgeuen her, for she loued moch. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doeth lesse loue. And he sayde vnto her: thy synnes are forgeuen the. And they that sate at meat &wt; him, beg&abar;ne to saye within them selues. Who is this which forgeueth synnes also? And he sayd to the wom&abar;: ^note Thy faith hath saued the. Go in peace. &cross3;

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