A   Then Iesus (syxe dayes before Easter) came to Bethany, wher Lazarus had ben deed, whome he raysed from death. ^note Ther they made hym a supper, and Martha serued, but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table &wt; him. ^noteThen toke Mary a po&ubar;d of oyntm&ebar;t (called Nardus, perfecte &abar;d precious) and anoynted Iesus fete, and wyped his fete with her hear, ∧ the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment. ^noteThen sayd one of his disciples: (euen Iudas Iscarioth Sim&obar;s sonne, which afterward betrayed him) why was not this oyntement solde for thre hundred pence, and geuen to the poore? This he sayd, not that he cared for the pore but because he was a thefe, and ^note had the bagge, ∧ bare that which was geu&ebar;. Then sayd Ies&us;: Let her alone, against the daye of my buryinge hath she kept this. For the poore allwayes shall ye haue with you, but me haue ye not allwaye.

Moche people of the Iewes therfore had knowledge that he was ther. And they came not for Iesus sake onely, but þt; they myghte se Lazarus also ^note whom he raysed fr&obar; death. B   But the hye prestes helde a councell, þt; they myght put Lazarus to death also, because þt; for his sake many of the Iewes went awaye and beleued on Iesus. &cross3;

^noteOn the next daye moch people that were come to the feaste, when they hearde that Iesus shuld come to Ierusalem, toke braunches of palme trees, and went forth to mete hym, and cryed: Hosanna, ^note blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde, commeth Kyng of Israell. And Iesus got a yonge asse, and sate theron, as it is wryten: ^note feare not daughter of Syon, beholde, thy Kynge commeth, sytting on an asses colte. C   These thinges vnderstode not his disciples at the fyrst: but when Iesus was glorifyed, then remembred they that soch thinges were wryten of him, and þt; soche thynges they had done vnto hym. The people þt; was with hym (when he called Lazarus out of his graue, &abar;d raysed hym from death) bare recorde. Therfore mete hym the people also, because they hearde that he had done soche a miracle. The pharises therfore sayd among them selues: perceaue ye, howe we preuayle nothing? behold, (all the whole) worlde goeth after him.

^noteTher were certen Grekes amonge th&ebar;, that came to worshyp at the feaste: the same cam therfore to Philip (which was of Bethsaida a cytie in Galile) and desyred hym, saying: Syr, we wolde fayne se Iesus. Philip came and tolde Andrew. And agayne Andrew and Philip told Iesus. And Iesus answered them, sayinge: ^note the houre is come, þt; the sonne of man must be glorifyed.

&cross2; Uerely verely, I saye vnto you ^note except the wheat corne fall into the ground, ∧ dye, it bydeth alone. D   If it dye, it bryngeth forth moch frute. ^noteHe þt; loueth hys lyfe, shall destroye it: and &rhand; he þt; hateth hys lyfe in thys world, shal kepe it vnto lyfe eternall. If eny man mynister vnto me, lett him folowe me: and ^note Where I am, there shall also my minister be. Yf any man mynister vnto me, hym will my father honoure. &cross3;

Nowe is my soule troubled, &abar;d what shall I saye? Father, delyuer me from this houre: but therfore came I vnto thys houre. Father, glorify thy name. Then c&abar; ther a voyce from heau&ebar;, saying: I haue both glorifyed it, ∧ will glorify it agayne. The people therfore that stode by and heard it, sayde, that it thoundred. Other sayde: an angell spake to hym. Iesus answered and sayde: this voyce came not because of me ^note but for your sakes.

E   &cross2; Now is the iudgment of this worlde: ^note now shall the prince of thys worlde be cast out. And I (yf I were lyft vp from the erth) will drawe all men vnto me. Thys he sayde signifyinge, what death he shulde dye. The people answered hym: We haue heard out of the lawe, ^note that Christ bydeth euer, &abar;d how sayst thou: the sonne of man must be lyft vp? who is that sonne of man? Then Iesus sayd vnto th&ebar;: yet a lytell whyle is the lyght with you. ^noteWalke whyle ye haue lyght, lest the darcknes come on you. He that walketh also in the darck, woteth not whyther he goeth Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, þt; ye maye be the children of the lyght. &cross3;

F   These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, and hid him self from them. But though he had done so many miracles before th&ebar;, yet beleued not they on hym, that the sayinge of Esaias the &pro;phet myght be fulfylled, which he spake: ^note Lord, who shal beleue our say&ibar;g? And to wh&obar; is the arme of the Lorde declared? Therfore could they not beleue, because that Esaias saith agayne: ^note he hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their hert, that they shuld not se with their eyes, ∧ lest they shuld vnderstand with their hert, and shuld be c&obar;uerted, and I shulde heale them. Soch thynges sayd Esaias, when he sawe his glorye, ∧ spake of him. Neuertheles, amonge the chefe rulers also, many beleued on hym. But (because of þe; pharises) they wold not be a knowen of it, ^note lest they shulde be exc&obar;municat. ^noteFor they loued þe; prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.

G   Iesus cryed, and sayd: he that beleueth on me, beleueth not on me, but on hym that sent me. And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. &cross2; I am come ^note a lyght into the worlde: that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darcknes. And yf any man heare my wordes, &abar;d beleue not, I iudge him not. For ^note I came not to iudge the world: but to saue the worlde. He that refuseth me, ∧ receaueth not my wordes, hath one that iudgeth hym. The worde that I haue spok&ebar;, the same shal iudge hym in the last daye. For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me: he gaue me a c&obar;ma&ubar;dm&ebar;t, what I shuld saye, ∧ what I shulde speake. And I knowe that &rhand; his commaundement is lyfe euerlastinge. Whatsoeuer I speake therfore, eu&ebar; as the father bade me, so I speake. &cross3;

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