Introductory matter The argument of S. Matthewes Gospel.

S. Matthevves Gospel may be vvell diuided into fiue partes. The first parte, as touching the Infancie of our Lord Iesus: Chap. 1 and 2.

The second, of the preparation that vvas made to his manifestation: chap. 3. and a piece of the 4.

The third, of his manifesting of him selfe by preaching and miracles, and that in Galilee: the other piece of the 4. chap. vnto the 19.

The fourth, of his comming into Iurie, tovvard his Passion: chap. 19. and 20.

The fifth, of the Holy vveeke of his Passion in Hierusalem: chap. 21 vnto the end of the booke.

Of S. Matthew vve haue Mat. 9. Mar. 2. Lu. 5: How being before a Publican, he vvas called of our Lord, and made a Disciple. Then Luk. 6. Mar. 3. Mat. 10: Hovv out of the vvhole number of the Disciples he vvas chosen to be one of the tvvelue Apostles. And out of them againe he vvas chosen (and none but he and S Iohn) to be one of the foure Euangelistes. Among vvhich foure also, he vvas the first that vvrote, about 8 or 10 yeres after Christes Ascension.

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF IESVS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW. Chap. I. ^noteThe pedegree of Iesus, to shew that he is Christ, promised to ^note Abraham and ^note Dauid. 18. That he was conceiued and borne of a Virgin, as Esay prophecied of him.

1    ^noteThe booke of the ^note generation of Iesvs Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.

2    ^noteAbraham begat Isaac, And Isaac begat Iacob. And Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren:

3   And Iudas begat Phares and Zaram of09Q0330 Thamar. ^noteAnd Phares begat Esron. And Esron begat Aram.

4   And Aram begat Aminadab. And Aminadab begat Naasson. And Naasson begat Salmon.

5   And Salmon begat Booz of Raab. And Booz begat Obed of Ruth. And Obed begat Iesse.

6   And Iesse begat Dauid the King.

6   And ^note Dauid the King begat Salomon of her that was the vvife of Vrias.

7   And ^note Salomon begat Roboam. And Roboam begat Abia. And Abia begat Asa.

8   And Asa begat Iosaphat. And Iosaphat begat Ioram. And Ioram begat Ozias.

9   And Ozias begat Ioatham. And Ioatham begat Achaz. And Achaz begat Ezechias.

10   And Ezechias begat Manasses. And Manasses begat Amon. And Amon begat Iosias.

11   And Iosias begat Iechonias & his brethren ^note in the Transmigration of Babylon.

12   And after the Transmigration of Babylon, ^note Iechonias begat Salathiel. ^noteAnd Salathiel begat Zorobabel.

13   And Zorobabel begat Abiud. And Abiud begat Eliacim. And Eliacim begat Azor.

14   And Azor begat Sadoc. And Sadoc begat Achim. And Achim begat Eliud.

15   And Eliud begat Eleazar. And Eleazar begat Mathan. And Mathan begat Iacob.

16   And Iacob

begat09Q0331 Ioseph the09Q0332 husband of Marie: ^note of vvhom vvas borne Iesvs, vvho is called Christ. &cross4;

17   Therefore al the generations from Abraham vnto Dauid, fourtene generations. And from Dauid to the Transmigration of Babylon, fourtene generations. And from the Transmigration of Babylon vnto Christ, fourtene generations.

18    ^noteAnd the generation of Christ vvas in this vvise. When his mother Marie vvas spoused to Ioseph, before they came together, she vvas found to be vvith childe by the Holy Ghost.

19   Wherevpon Ioseph, for that he vvas a iust man, & vvould not ^note put her to open shame: vvas minded secretely to dimisse her.

20   But as he vvas thus thinking, behold the Angel of our Lord appeared to him in sleepe saying: Ioseph sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Marie thy vvife. for that vvhich is09Q0333 borne in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

21   And she shal bring forth a sonne: and thou shalt call his name ^note Iesvs. For he shal saue his people from their sinnes. &cross4;

22   And al this vvas done that it might be fulfilled vvhich our Lord spake by the Prophet saying.

23   Behold09Q033409Q0335 a Virgin shal be vvith childe, and09Q0336 bring forth a sonne, and they shal call his name Emmanuel, ^note vvhich being interpreted is, God vvith vs.

24   And Ioseph rising vp from sleepe, did as the Angel of our Lord c&obar;maunded him, and tooke his vvife.

25   And he knevv her not09Q0337 til she brought forth her09Q0338 first-borne sonne: and called his name Iesvs. ^{note note note note note note note}

^note Chap. II. The Gentils come vnto Christ with their offerings, and that so openly, that the Iewes can not pretend ignorance. 3 The Iewes with Herode conspire against him. 13 He therevpon fleeth from them into Aegypt. 16 They afterward, seing their subteltie preuailed not, imagined to oppresse him by open persecution. 19 But they at length dyed, and he returneth to the land of Israel: al according to the Scriptures.

1    ^noteWhen Iesvs therfore vvas ^note borne in Bethlehem of Iuda in the dayes of Herod the King, 09Q0339 behold, there came Sages from the East to Hierusalem,

2   saying, vvhere is he that is borne King of the Ievves? For vve haue seene his09Q0340 starre in the East, and09Q0341 are come to adore him.

3   And Herod the King hearing this, vvas troubled, & al Hierusalem vvith him.

4   And assembling together al the high Priestes & the Scribes of the people, he09Q0342 inquired of them vvhere Christ should be borne.

5   But they sayd to him, In Bethleh&ebar; of Iuda. For so it is vvritten by the Prophet:

6   And thou Bethlehem the land of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: for out of thee shal come forth the Capitaine that shal rule my people Israel. ^note

7   Then Herod secretly calling the Sages, learned diligently of them the time of the starre which appeared to them:

8   and sending them into Bethlehem, sayd, Goe, and inquire diligently of the childe: and when you shal finde him, make reporte to me, that I also may come and adore him.

9   Who hauing heard the king, went their way: and behold the starre which they had seen in the East, went before them, vntil it came & stoode ouer, where the childe was.

10   And seing the starre, they reioyced vvith exceding great ioy.

11   And entring into the house, they found the childe vvith Marie his mother, & falling dovvne09Q0343 adored him: and opening their 09Q0344 treasures, they offered to him ^note09Q0345 giftes: gold, frankincense, & myrrhe.

12   And hauing receiued an ansvver in sleepe that they should not returne to Herod, they vvent backe an other vvay into their countrey. &cross4;

13    ^noteAnd after they vvere departed, behold an Angel of our Lord appeared in sleepe to Ioseph, saying: Arise, & take the childe & his mother, & flee into Ægypt: and be there vntil I shal tel the. For it vvil come to passe that Herod vvil seeke the childe to destroy him.

14   Who arose, & tooke the childe

and his mother by night, and retyred into Ægypt: and he vvas there vntil the death of Herod:

15   that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken of our Lord by the Prophet, saying, 09Q0346 Out of Aegypt haue I called my sonne. ^note

16    ^noteThen Herod perceauing that he vvas deluded by the Sages, was exceding angrie: and sending09Q0347 murdered al the men children that vvere in Bethlehem, & in al the borders therof, from tvvo yere old & vnder, according to the time vvhich he had diligently sought out of the Sages.

17   Then was fulfilled that vvhich vvas spoken by Ieremie the Prophet saying,

18   A voice in Rama vvas heard, crying out & much vvayling: Rachel bevvayling her children, & vvould not be comforted, because they are not. &cross4; ^note

19    ^noteBut vvhen Herod vvas dead, behold an Angel of our Lord appeared in sleepe to Ioseph in Ægypt,

20   saying, Arise, and take the childe & his mother, & goe into the land of Israel. for they are dead that sought the life of the childe.

21   Who arose, & tooke the childe & his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22   But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Ievvrie for Herod his father, he feared to goe thither: and being vvarned in sleepe retyred into the quarters of Galilee.

23   And coming he dvvelt in a citie called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas sayd by the Prophetes: That he shal be called a Nazarite. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note note} Chap. III. Iohn Baptist by his Eremites life, by his preaching and baptisme, calleth al vnto penance, to prepare them to Christ. 10. He preacheth to the Pharisees and Sadducces, threatening to them (vnles they truly doe penance) reprobation here and damnation hereafter: and for saluation sendeth them to Christ and his baptisme. Which being far more excellent then Iohns, yet Christ him self among those penitents vouch safeth to come vnto Iohns baptisme. Where he hath testimonie from heauen also.

1    ^noteAnd in those dayes ^note cometh Iohn the Baptist preaching in the09Q0348 desert of Ievvrie,

2   & saying, 09Q0349 Doe penance: for the Kingdom of heauen is at hand.

3   For this is he that vvas spoken of by Esay the Prophet, saying, A voyce of one crying in the desert, prepare ye the way of our Lord, make straight his pathes. ^note

4   And the sayd Iohn had his garment of camels heare, & a girdle of a skinne about his loynes: and his meate was locustes & vvilde honie.

5   Then vvent forth to him Hierusalem & al Ievvrie, and al the countrey about Iordan:

6   & vvere baptized of him in Iordan,09Q0350 confessing their sinnes.

7   And seeing many of the Pharisees & Sadducées coming to his baptisme, he sayd to them.

7   Ye vipers brood, vvho hath shevved you to flee from the vvrath to come?

8   Yeld therfore09Q0351 fruite vvorthie of penance.

9   And delite not to say vvithin your selues, vve haue Abraham to our father. for I tel you that God is able of these stones to raise vp children to Abraham.

10   For novv the09Q0352 axe is put to the roote of the trees. Euery tree therefore that doth ^note not yeld good fruite, shal be cut dovvne, & cast into the fyre.

11    ^{note note}I in deede baptize you09Q0353 in vvater vnto penance. but he that shal come after me, is stronger then I, vvhose shoes I am not vvorthie to beare, he shal baptize you in the Holy Ghost

& fire.

12   Whose fanne is in his hand, and he shal cleane purge his09Q0354 floore: and he vvil gather his vvheate into the barne, but the chaffe he vvil burne vvith vnquencheable fire.

13   Then cometh Iesvs from Galilee to Iordan, vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him.

14   But Iohn stayed him, saying, I ought to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15   And Iesvs ansvvering, sayd to him, Suffer me for this time. for so it becommeth vs to fulfil al iustice. Then he suffered him.

16   And Iesvs being baptized, forthvvith came out of the vvater: and loe the heauens vvere09Q0355 opened to him: and he savv the Spirit of God descending as a doue, & coming vpon him.

17   And behold a voyce from heauen saying, This is my beloued sonne, in vvhom I am vvel pleased. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. IIII. Christ going into the desert to prepare him self before his Manifestations, ouercometh the Deuils tentations. 12 Beginning in Galilee, as the Prophet said he should: 18 he calleth foure Disciples: and with his preaching and miracles draweth vnto him innumerable folowers.

1    ^noteThen ^note Iesvs was ledde of the Spirit into the09Q0357 desert, to be tempted of the Deuil.

2   And vvhen he had09Q0358 fasted fourtie daies and fourtie nightes, aftervvard he vvas hungrie.

3   And the tempter approched & sayd to him, If thou be the sonne of God, commaund that these stones be made bread.

4   Who ansvvered & said, It is vvritten, Not in bread alone doth man liue, but in euery word that procedeth from the mouth of God. ^note

5   Then the Deuil tooke him vp into the holy citie, and set him vpon the pinnacle of the T&ebar;ple,

6   and sayd to him, If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy self dovvne, for09Q0359 it is vvritten. That he wil giue his Angels charge of thee, & in their hands shal they hold thee vp, lest perhaps thou knocke they foote agaynst a stone. ^note

7   Iesvs sayd to him againe, It is vvritten, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ^note

8   Againe the Deuil tooke him vp into a very high mountaine: and he shevved him al the Kingdoms of the vvorld, and the glorie of them,

9   and sayd to him, Al these vvil I giue thee, if falling dovvne thou vvilt adore me.

10   Then Iesvs sayth to him, Auant Satan: for it is vvritten, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, &09Q0360 him onely shalt thou serue. ^note

11   Then the Deuil left him: and behold Angels came, and ministred to him. &cross4;

12    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen Iesvs had heard that Iohn vvas deliuered vp, he retyred into Galilee:

13   and leauing the citie Nazareth, came & dvvelt in Capharnaum a sea tovvne, in the borders of Zabulon & Nephthali,

14   that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas sayd by Esay the Prophet.

15   Land of Zabulon & land of Nephthali, the way of the sea beyond Iordan of Galilee, of the Gentils:

16   the people that sate in darknesse, hath seen great light: and to them that sate in a countrey of the shadow of death, light is risen to them. ^note

17   From that time Iesvs began to

preach, and to say,09Q0361 ^note Doe penance, for the Kingdom of heauen is at hand.

18    ^noteAnd Iesvs ^note vvalking by the sea of Galilee, savv tvvo brethren, Simon vvho is called Peter, & Andrevv his brother, casting a nette into the sea (for they vvere fishers)

19   & he sayth to them, Come ye after me, and I vvil make you to be fishers of men.

20   But they incontinent leauing the nettes, folovved him.

21   And going forvvard from thence, he savv ^note other tvvo brethren, Iames of Zebedee & Iohn his brother in a shippe vvith Zebedee their father, repayring their nettes: and he called them.

22   And they furthvvith left their nettes & father and folovved him. &cross4;

23   And Iesvs vvent round about all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogs, & preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom: and 09Q0362 healing euery maladie and euery infirmitie in the people.

24   And the bruite of him vvent into al Syria, and they presented to him al that vvere il at ease, diuersly taken vvith diseases and torments, and such as vvere possest, and lunatikes, and sicke of the palsey, and he cured them:

25   And much people folovved him from Galilee and Decapolis, and Hierusalem, and from beyond Iordan. ^{note note}

^{note note note note} Chap. V. First, 3 he promiseth rewardes, 13 and he layeth before the Apostles their office. 17 Secondly, he protesteth vnto vs that we must keepe the commaundements, and that more exactly then the Scribes and Pharisees, whose iustice weas counted most perfite: but yet that it was vnsufficient. he sheweth in the precepts of 21 Murder, 27 Aduoutrie, 31 Diuorce, 33 Swearing, 38 Reuenge, 42 Vsurie, 43 Enemies.

1    ^noteAnd seeing the multitudes, he ^note vvent vp into a mountaine: and vvhen he vvas set, his Disciples came vnto him,

2   and opening his mouth he taught them, saying.

3    ^noteBlessed are the poore in Spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of heauen.

4   Blessed are the meeke: for they shal possesse the land.

5   Blessed are they that mourne: for they shal be comforted.

6   Blessed are they that hunger & thirst after iustice: for they shal haue their fil.

7   Blessed are the merciful: for they shal obtayne mercie.

8   Blessed are the cleane of hart: for they shal see God.

9   Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shal be called the children of God.

10   Blessed are they that suffer persecution09Q0363 for iustice: for theirs is the Kingdom of heauen.

11   Blessed are ye vvhen they shal reuile you, and persecute you, & speake al that naught is agaynst you, vntruely, for my sake:

12   be glad & reioyce, for your09Q0364 revvard is very great in heauen. &cross4; For so they persecuted the Prophets, that vvere before you.

13    ^noteYou are the ^note salt of the earth.

14   But if the salt leese his vertue, vvherevvith shal it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast forth, and to be troden of men.

15   You are the09Q0365 light of the vvorld. A citie cannot be hid, situated on a mountaine. Neither do men light a

^note candel and put it vnder a bushel, but vpon a c&abar;dlesticke, that it may shine to al that are in the house.

17   So let09Q0366 your light shine before men: that they may see your good vvorkes, and glorifie your father vvhich is in heauen.

18   Do not thinke that I am come to breake the Lavv or the Prophets. I am not come to breake: but to fulfil.

19   For assuredly I say vnto you, ^note til heauen and earth passe, one iote or one tittle shal not passe of the Lavv: til al be fulfilled.

20   He therfore that shal ^note breake09Q0367 one of these least commaundementes, & shal so teach men: shal be called the least in the Kingdom of heauen. But he that shal doe and teach: he shal be called great in the Kingdom of heauen. &cross4;

21   For I tel you, that vnles09Q0368 your iustice abound more then that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shal not enter into the Kingdom of heau&ebar;. ^note

22   You haue heard that it vvas sayd to them of old. ^noteThou shalt not kil. and vvhoso killeth, shal be in danger of iudgement.

23   But I say to you, that vvhosoeuer is angrie vvith his brother, shal be in danger of iudgment. And vvhosoeuer shal say to his brother, Raca: shal be in danger of a councel. And whosoeuer shal say, Thou foole: shal be guilty of the 09Q0369 hel of fyre.

24   If therefore thou offer thy09Q0370 gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath ought agaynst the:

25   leaue there thy offering before the altar, and goe first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. &cross4;

26    ^noteBe at agreement vvith thy aduersarie betimes vvhiles thou art in the vvay vvith him: lest perhaps the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the officer, and thou be cast into ^note prison.

27   Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not goe out from thence til thou repay the last farthing.

28   You haue heard that it vvas sayd to them of old, ^note Thou shalt not committe aduoutrie.

29   But I say to you, that vvhosouer shal see a vvoman to lust after her, hath already committed aduoutrie vvith her in his hart.

30   And if thy right eie scandalize thee, plucke it out, & cast it from thee. for it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then thy vvhole body be cast into hel.

31   And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy limmes perish, rather then that thy vvhole body goe into hel.

32   It was sayd also, ^note vvhosoeuer shal dimisse his vvife, let

him giue her a bil of diuorcement.

33   But I say to you, vvhosoeuer shal dimisse his vvife,09Q0371 excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to committe aduoutrie: And he that shal marie her that is dimissed,09Q0372 committeth aduoutrie.

34   Agayne you haue heard that it vvas sayd to them of old, ^note Thou shalt not committe periurie: but thou shalt performe thy othes to our Lord.

35   But I say to you09Q0373 not to svveare at al: neither by heauen, because it is the throne of God: neither by the earth, because it is the foote-stole of his feete: neither by Hierusal&ebar;, because it is the citie of the great King.

36   Neither shalt thou svveare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heare vvhite or blacke.

37   Let your talke be, yea, yea: no, no: and that vvhich is ouer & aboue these, is of euil.

38   You haue heard that it vvas sayd, ^note An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

39   But I say to you09Q0374 not to resist euil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him also the other:

40   and to him that vvil contend vvith thee in iudgment, and take away thy cote, let goe thy cloke also vnto him.

41   and vvhosoeuer vvil force thee one mile, goe vvith him other tvvayne.

42   He that asketh of thee, giue to him: and ^note to him that vvould borovv of thee, turne not avvay.

43    ^noteYou haue heard that it vvas sayd, ^note Thou shalt loue they neighbour, and ^note hate thine enemie.

44   But I say to you, loue your enemies, doe good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and abuse you:

45   that you may be the children of your father vvhich is in heauen, vvho maketh his sunne to rise vpon good & bad, and rayneth vpon iust & ^note vniust.

46   For if you loue them that loue you, vvhat revvard shal you haue? do not also the Publicans this?

47   And if you salute your brethren only, vvhat do you more? do not also the heathen this?

48   Be you perfect therfore, as also your heauenly father is perfect. ^{note note}

^{note note note note note note note note note note} Chap. VI. In this second chapter of his Sermon, he Controwleth the Pharisees iustice (that is, their almes, prayer, and fasting) for the scope and intention therof, which was vaine glorie. 19 Their end also was to be riche, but ours must not be so much as in necessaries.

1   Take good heede that you doe not your09Q0375 iustice before men, to be seen of them: otherwise reward you shall not haue with your father which is in heauen.

2   Therfore when thou ^note doest an almes-deede, sound not a trompet before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, that they may be honoured of men: Amen I say to you, they haue receiued their reward.

3   But when thou doest an almes-deede, let not thy left hand know vvhat thy right hand doeth:

4   that thy almes-deede may be in secrete, and thy father vvhich seeth in secrete, vvil09Q0376 repay the. &cross4;

5   And vvhen ye ^note pray, you shal not be as the09Q0377 hypocrites, that loue to stand & pray in the Synagogs and corners of the streetes, that they may be seen of men: Amen I say to you, they haue receiued their revvard.

6   But thou vvhen thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, & hauing shut the doore, pray to thy father in secrete: and thy father vvhich seeth in secrete, vvil repay thee.

7   And vvhen you are praying, speake not much, as the heathen. For they thinke that in their09Q0378 much-speaking they may be heard.

8   Be not you therefore like to them, for your father knovveth vvhat is needeful for you, before you aske him.

9    ^noteThus therefore shal you pray. ^noteOvr father which art in heauen, sanctified be thy name.

10   Let thy Kingdom come. Thy wil be done, as in heauen, in earth also.

11   Giue vs to day our ^note09Q0379 supersubstantial bread.

12   And forgiue vs our 09Q0380 dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.

13   And09Q0381 leade vs not into tentation. But deliuer vs from euil, Amen.

14   For09Q0382 if you vvil ^note forgiue men their offenses, your heauenly father vvil forgiue you also your offenses.

15   But if you vvil not forgiue men, neither vvil your father forgiue you your offenses.

16   And vvhen you ^note09Q0383 fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appeare vnto men to fast. Amen I say to you, that they haue receiued their revvard.

17   But thou vvhen thou doest fast, anoynte thy head, and vvash thy face: ^note

18   that thou appeare not to men to fast, but to thy father vvhich is in secrete: and thy father vvhich seeth in secrete, vvil repay thee.

19    ^noteHeape not vp to your selues treasures on the earth: vvhere the rust & mothe do corrupt, & vvhere theeues digge through & steale.

20   But heape vp to your selues09Q0384 treasures in heauen: vvhere neither the rust nor mothe doth corrupt, and vvhere theeues do not digge through nor steale.

21   For vvhere thy treasure is, there is thy hart also. &cross4;

22    ^noteThe candel of thy body is thine eye. If thine eye be simple, thy vvhole body shal be lightsome.

23   But if thine eye be naught: thy vvhole body shal be darkesome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkenes: the darkenes it self hovv great shal it be?

24    ^noteNo man can ^note serue09Q0385 tvvo masters. For either he vvil hate the one, and loue the other: or he vvil sustayne the one, and contemne the other. You cannot serue God and Mammon.

25   Therfore I say to you, ^note be not09Q0386 careful for your life vvhat you shal eate, neither for your body vvhat rayment you shal

put on. Is not the life more then the meate: and the body more then the rayment?

26   Behold the foules of the ayre, that they sovv not, neither reape, nor gather into barnes: and your heauenly father feedeth them. Are not you much more of price then they?

27   And vvhich of you by caring, can adde to his stature one cubite?

28   And for rayment vvhy are you careful? Consider the lilies of the field hovv they grovv: they labour not, neither do they spinne.

29   But I say to you, that neither Salomon in al his glorie vvas arayed as one of these.

30   And if the grasse of the field, vvhich to day is, and to morovv is cast into the ou&ebar;, God doth so clothe: hovv much more you O ye of very smal fayth?

31   Be not careful therefore, saying, vvhat shal vve eate, or vvhat shal vve drinke, or vvherevvith shal vve be couered?

32   for al these thinges the ^note Heathen do seeke after. For your father knovveth that you neede al these things.

33   Seeke therefore first the Kingdom of God, & the iustice of him: and al these things shal be giuen you besides. &cross4;

34   Be not careful therfore for the morovv. For the morovv day shal be careful for it self, sufficient for the day is the euil thereof. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note note note note note} Chap. VII. In this third and last Chapter of his Sermon, because we know not mens endes, he biddeth vs beware of iudging: 6 and neuerthelesse to take open dogges (so he calleth them) as they be. 7 If these workes of iustice seeme to hard, we must pray instantly to him that giueth them. 12 In the conclusion, he giueth one short rule of al iustice. 13 and then he exhorteth with al vehemencie to the straite way both of the Catholike fayth, 21 and also of good life: because only fayth wil not suffise.

1   Ivdge09Q0387 not, that you be not iudged.

2   For ^note in what iudgment you iudge, you shal be iudged: and in what measure you mete, it shal be measured to you agayne.

3   And why seest thou the more that is in thy brothers eye: and the beame that is in thine ovvne eye thou seest not?

4   Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote of thine eye: and behold a beame is in thine owne eye?

5   Hypocrite, cast out first the beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

6   Giue not that which is09Q0388 holy to dogges: neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest perhaps they treade them with their feete, and turning, al to teare you.

7    ^noteAske, and it shal be giuen you: seeke, and you shal finde, knocke, and it shal be opened to you.

8   For09Q0389 euery one that asketh, receiueth: and that seeketh, findeth: and to him

that knocketh, it shal be opened.

9   Or vvhat man is there of you, vvhom if his childe shal aske bread, vvil he reach him a stone?

10   Or if he shal aske him fish, vvil he reach him a serpent?

11   If you then being naught, knovv hovv to giue good giftes to your children: hovv much more vvil your father vvhich is in heauen, giue ^note good things to them that aske him?

12    ^noteAl things therfore vvhatsoeuer you vvil that men doe to you doe you also to them. For this is the Lavv and the Prophets.

^note

13   Enter ye by the narrovv gate: because brode is the gate, and large is the vvay that leadeth to perdition, and many there be that enter by it.

14   Hovv narrovv is the gate, and straite is the vvay that leadeth to life: and fevv there are that finde it!

15    ^noteTake ye great heede of false Prophets, vvhich come to you in the09Q0390 clothing of sheepe, but invvardly are rauening vvolues.

16   By their ^note09Q0391 fruites you shal knovv them.

16   Do men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thistels?

17   Euen so euery good tree yeldeth good fruites, and the euil tree yeldeth euil fruites.

18   A good tree can not yeld euil fruites, neither an euil tree yeld good fruites.

19   Euery tree that yeldeth not good fruite, shal be cut dovvne, and shal be cast into fyre.

20   Therfore by their fruites you shal knovv them.

21   Not euery one that sayth to me,09Q0392 Lord, Lord, shal enter into the Kingdom of heauen: but he that doeth the vvil of my father vvhich is in heauen, he shal enter into the kingdom of heauen. &cross4;

22   Many shal say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, haue not vve prophecied in thy name, and in thy name cast out diuels, and in thy name vvrought many miracles?

23   And then I vvil c&obar;fesse vnto them, That I neuer knevv you. depart from me you that vvorke iniquitie.

24    ^note Euery one therfore that heareth these my vvordes, and doeth them: shal be likened to a vvise man that built his house vpon a rocke,

25   and the rayne fel, and the fluddes came, & the vvindes blevve, and they beate agaynst that house, and it fel not, for it vvas founded vpon a rocke.

26   And euery one that heareth these my vvordes, & doeth them not, shal be like a foolish man that built his house vpon the sand,

27   and the rayne fel, and the fluddes came, and the vvindes blevve, and they beate agaynst that house, and it fel, & the fall therof vvas great.

28   And it came to passe, vvhen Iesvs had fully ended these vvordes, the multitude vvere in ^note admiration vpon his

doctrine.

29   For he vvas teaching them as hauing povver, and not as their Scribes and Pharisees. ^{note note note note note note} Chap. VIII. Immediatly after his Sermon (to confirme his doctrine with a miracle) he cureth a Leper. 5 But aboue him and al other Iewes, he c&obar;mendeth the faith of the Centurion, who was a Gentil: and foretelleth by that occasion, the vocation of the Gentiles, and reprobation of the Iewes. 14 In Peters house he sheweth great grace. 18 In the way to the sea he speaketh with two, of folowing him: 23 and vpon the sea commaundeth the tempest: 28 and beyond the sea he manifesteth the deuils malice agaynst man in an heard of svvine.

1    ^noteAnd vvhen he vvas, come dovvne from the mountaine, great multitudes folovved him:

2   And ^note behold a leper came and adored him saying, Lord, if thou vvilt, thou canst make me cleane.

3   And Iesvs stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying. I vvil. be thou made cleane. And forthvvith, his leprosy vvas made cleane.

4   And Iesvs sayth to

him, See thou tel no body: but goe, ^note shevv thy self to the 09Q0393 priest, & offer the09Q0394 gift vvhich Moyses commaunded for a testimonie to them.

5    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen he vvas entred into Capharnaum, there came to him a Centurion, beseeching him,

6   & saying, Lord my boy lieth at home sicke of the palsey, & is sore torm&ebar;ted.

7   And Iesvs sayth to him, I vvil come, & cure him.

8   And the Centurion making ansvver, sayd, Lord09Q0395 I am not vvorthie that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe: but only say the vvord, and my boy shal be healed.

9   For I also am a man subiect to authoritie, hauing vnder me souldiars: and I say to this, goe, and he goeth: and to an other, come, & he cometh: and to my seruant, doe this, & he doeth it.

10   And Iesvs hearing this, marueiled: and sayd to them that folovved him, Amen I say to you, I haue not found so great faith in Israel.

11   And I say to you, that many shal come from the East and West, and shal sitte dovvne vvith Abraham & Isaac & Iacob in the kingdom of heauen:

12   but the children of the kingdom shal be cast out into the exteriour darkenesse: there shal be vveeping & gnashing of teeth.

13   And Iesvs said to the Centurion, Goe: and as thou hast beleeued, be it done to thee. And the boy vvas healed in the same houre. &cross4;

14   And ^note vvhen Iesvs was come into Peters house, he savv 09Q0396 his vviues mother layde, & in a fitte of a feuer:

15   and he touched her hand, and the feuer left her, and she arose, and ministred to him.

16   And vvhen euening vvas come, they brought to him many that had diuels: and he cast out the spirites vvith a vvord: and al that vvere il at ease he cured:

17   that it might be fulfilled vvich vvas spoken by Esay the Prophete saying, He tooke our infirmities, and bare our diseases. ^note

18   And Iesvs seeing great multitudes about him, commaunded to goe beyond the vvater.

19   And a ^note certaine Scribe came, and sayd to him, Master, I vvil folovv thee vvithersoeuer thou shalt goe.

20   And Iesvs sayth to him, the foxes haue holes, and the foules of the ayre nestes: but the sonne of man hath not vvhere to lay his head.

21   And ^note an other of his Disciples sayd to him, Lord, permit me first to goe & burie my father.

22   But Iesvs sayd to him, Folovv me, and09Q0397 let the dead burie their dead.

23    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen he entered into the boate, his Disciples folovved him:

24   and loe a great tempest arose in the sea, so

that the boate vvas couered vvith vvaues, but he slept.

25   And they came to him, and raised him, saying, Lord, saue vs, vve perish.

26   And he saith to them, Why are you fearful O ye of litle faith? Then rising vp09Q0398 he commaunded the vvindes & the sea, and there ensued a great calme.

27   Moreouer the men marueled saying, What an one is this, for the vvindes and the sea obey him? &cross4;

28   And ^note vvhen he vvas come beyond the vvater into the countrey of the Gerasens, there mette him tvvo that had diuels, coming forth out of the sepulcres, exceding fierce, so that none could passe by that vvay.

29   And behold they cried saying, What is betvvene vs and thee Iesv the sonne of God? art thou come hither to torment vs before the time?

30   And there vvas not farre frome them an heard of many svvine feeding.

31   And the diuels besought him saying, If thou cast vs out, send vs into the heard of svvine.

32   And he said to th&ebar;, Goe. But they going forth vvent into the svvine, and behold the whole heard vvent vvith a violence headlong into the sea: and they dyed in the vvaters.

33   And the svvineheardes fled: and comming into the citie, told al, and of them that had been possessed of diuels.

34   And behold the vvhole citie vvent out to meete Iesvs, and vvhen they savv him, they besought him that he vvould passe from their quarters. ^{note note note note note}

^note Chap. IX. The Maisters of the Iewes he confuteth both with reasons and miracles: 2 defending his remitting of sinnes, 9 his eating with sinners. 14 and his condescending to his weake Disciples vntil he haue made them stronger. 18 shewing also in two miracles, the order of his prouidence about the Iewes and Gentils, leauing the one when he called the other. 27 he cureth tvvo blind men, and one possessed. 35 And hauing vvith so many miracles together confuted his enemies, and yet they worse and worse, vpon pitie toward the people, he thinketh of sending true pastours vnto them.

1    ^noteAnd entring into a boate, he passed ouer the vvater, and came into his ovvne citie.

2   And ^note behold they brought to him one sicke of the palsey lying in bedde. And Iesvs ^note seeing their faith, said to the sicke of the palsey, Haue a good hart sonne, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

3   And behold certaine of the Scribes sayd vvithin them selues,09Q0399 He blasphemeth.

4   And Iesvs seeing their thoughtes, said. Wherfore thinke you euil in your hartes?

5   09Q0400Whether is easier, to say, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee: or to say, Arise and vvalke?

6   But that you may knovv that the09Q0401 Sonne of man hath povver in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then sayd he to the sicke of the palsey,) Arise, take vp thy bedde, and goe into thy house.

7   And he arose, and vvent into his house.

8   And the multitudes seeing it, vvere afrayd, and09Q0402 glorified God that gaue such povver09Q0403 to men. &cross4;

9    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen Iesvs passed forth from thence, he savv a man sitting in the custome-house, named Matthevv: And he sayth to him, Folovv me. And he arose vp, and folovved him.

10   And it came to passe as he vvas sitting at meate in the house, behold many Publicans and sinners came, and sate dovvne vvith Iesvs and his Disciples.

11   And the Pharisees seeing it, sayd to his Disciples: vvhy doth your Master eate vvith Publicans & sinners?

12   But Iesvs hearing it, sayd: They that are in health, neede not a physicion, but they that are il at ease.

13   But go your vvayes and learne vvhat it is, I vvil mercie, &09Q0404 not sacrifice. ^note For I am not come to cal the iust, but sinners. &cross4;

14   Then ^note came to him the Disciples of Iohn, saying, vvhy do vve and the Pharisees09Q0405 fast often, but thy Disciples do not

fast?

15   And Iesvs sayd to them, Can the children of the bridegrome mourne, as long as the bridegrome is vvith them? But the dayes vvil come vvhen the bridegrome shal be taken avvay from them, and ^note then they shal fast.

16   And no body putteth a peece of ravv cloth to an old garment. For he taketh avvay the peecing therof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

17   Neither do they put09Q0406 nevv vvine into old bottels. Othervvise the bottels breake, and the vvine runneth out, and the bottels perish. But nevv vvine they put into nevv bottels: and both are preserued together.

18    ^{note note}As he vvas speaking this vnto them, behold a certaine Gouernour approched, and adored him, saying, Lord, my daughter is euen novv dead: but come, lay thy hand vpon her, and she shal liue.

19   And Iesvs rysing vp folovved him, and his Disciples.

20   And behold a vvoman vvhich vvas troubled vvith an issue of bloud09Q0407 tvvelue yeres, came behind him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

21   For she sayd vvithin her self, If I shal09Q0408 touch only his garment: I shal be safe.

22   But Iesvs turning and seeing her, sayd, Haue a good hart daughter, ^note thy faith hath made the safe. And the vvoman became vvhole from that houre.

23   And vvhen Iesvs vvas come into the house of the Gouernour, & savv minstrels and the multitude keeping a sturre,

24   he sayd, Depart: for the vvenche is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to skorne.

25   And vvhen the multitude vvas put forth, he entred in, and held her hand. And the mayde arose.

26   And this bruite vvent forth into al that countrie.

27   And as Iesvs passed forth from thence, there folovved him tvvo blinde men crying and saying, Haue mercie on vs, O sonne of Dauid.

28   And vvhen he vvas come to the house, the blinde came to him. And Iesvs sayth to them,09Q0409 Do you beleeue, that I can doe this vnto you? They say to him, Yea Lord.

29   Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done to you.

30   And their eyes vvere opened, and Iesvs threatened them, saying, See that no man knovv it.

31   But they vvent forth, & bruited him in al that countrey.

32   And vvhen they vvere gone forth, ^note behold they brought him a dumme man, possessed vvith a diuel.

33   And after the diuel vvas cast out, the dumme man spake, and the multitudes marueled saying, Neuer vvas the like seene in Israel.

34   But ^note the Pharisees sayd, ^note In the prince of diuels he casteth out diuels.

35   And Iesvs vvent about al the cities, and tovvnes, teaching in their synagogs, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, and curing euery disease, and euery infirmitie.

36   And seing the multitudes, he pitied them: because they vvere vexed, and lay like sheepe that haue not a shepheard.

37   Then he sayth to his Disciples, The haruest surely is great, but the vvorkemen are fevv.

38   09Q0410Pray therfore the Lord of the haruest, that he send forth vvorkemen into his haruest. ^{note note note note note note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. X. He giueth to the Tvvelue the povver of Miracles, and so sendeth them to the lost sheepe of the Ievves, 5 vvith instructions accordingly: 10 and by occasion of the sending, foretelleth of the persecutions after his Ascension, arming them and al other against the same, 40 and also exhorting the people to harbour his seruants in such times of persecution.

1   And hauing called his tvvelue Disciples together, ^note he gaue them09Q0411 povver ouer vncleane spirites, that they should cast them out, and should cure al maner of disease, and al maner of infirmitie.

2   And the names of the tvvelue Apostles be these: the09Q0412 first, Simon vvho is called Peter, and Andrevv his brother,

3   Iames of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, Philip and Barthlemevv, Thomas and Matthevv the publican, and Iames of Alphæus, & Thaddæus,

4   Simon Cananæus, and Iudas Iscariote, vvho also betrayed him.

5   These tvvelue did Iesvs send: commaunding them, saying, Into the vvay of the ^note Gentiles goe ye not, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6   but goe rather to the sheepe that are perished of the house of Israel.

7   And going preache, saying, That the kingdom of heau&ebar; is at hand.

8   Cure the sicke, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out diuels: gratis you haue receiued, gratis giue ye.

9   Do not 09Q0413 possesse gold, nor siluer, nor money in your purses:

10   not a skrippe for the vvay, neither two coates, neither shoes, neither rodde. for the vvorkeman is vvorthie of his meate.

11   And into vvhatsoeuer citie or tovvne you shal enter, inquire vvho in it is vvorthie: and there tarie til you goe forth.

12   And vvhen ye enter into the house, salute it, saying,09Q0414 Peace be to this house.

13   And if so be that house be vvorthie, your peace shal come vpon it. but if it be not vvorthie: your peace shal returne to you.

14   And vvhosoeuer shal not receiue you, nor heare your vvordes: going forth out of the house or the citie09Q0415 shake of the dust from your feete.

15   Amen I say to you, it shal be09Q0416 more tolerable for the land of the Sodomites and Gomorrheans in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

16    ^noteBehold I send you as sheepe in the middes of vvolues. Be ye therfore ^note vvise as serpents, and simple as dooues.

17   And take heede of men. For they vvil deliuer you vp in Councels, and in their synagogs they vvil scourge you.

18   And to Presidents and09Q0417 to Kings shal you be ledde for my sake, in testimonie to them and the Gentiles.

19   But vvhen they shal deliuer you vp, ^note take no thought hovv or vvhat to speake: for 09Q0418 it shal be giuen you in that houre vvhat to speake.

20   For it is not you that speake, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you.

21    ^noteThe brother also shal deliuer vp the brother to death, and the father the sonne: and the children shal rise vp agaynst the parents, and shal vvorke their death,

22   and you shal be odious to al men for my name. but he that shal perseuêre vnto the end, he shal be saued. &cross4;

23    ^noteAnd vvhen they shal persecute you in this citie, flee into an other. Amen I say to you, you shal not finish al the cities of Israel, til the sonne of man come.

24    ^noteThe Disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruant aboue his lord.

25   It suffiseth the disciple that he be as his maister: and the seru&abar;t as his lord. If they haue called the goodm&abar; of the house Beelzebub,09Q0419 hovv much more them of his houshold?

26   Therfore feare ye not them. For nothing is hid, that shal not be reuealed: and secrete, that shal not be knovven.

27   That vvhich I speake to you in the darke, speake ye in the light: and that vvhich you heare in the eare, preache ye vpon the house toppes.

28   And ^note feare ye not them that kil the body, and are not able to kil the soul: but rather feare him that can destroy both soul and body into hel. &cross4;

29   Are not tvvo sparovves sold for a farthing: and not one of them shal fall vpon the ground vvithout your father?

31   But your very heares of the head are al numbered.

31   Feare not therfore: better are you then many sparovves.

32    ^noteEuery one therfore that shal09Q0420 confesse me before men, I also vvil confesse him before my father vvhich is in heauen. ^note

33   But he that shal denie me before men, I also vvil denie him before my father vvhich is in heauen.

34   Do not ye thinke ^note that I came to send peace into the earth: I came09Q0421 not to send peace, but the svvord.

35   For I came to separate ^note man agaynst his father, and the daughter agaynst her mother, and the daughter in lavv agaynst her mother in lavv.

36   And a mans enemies, they of his ovvne houshold.

37   He that loueth father or

mother09Q0422 more then me, is not vvorthy of me: and he that loueth sonne or daughter aboue me, is not vvorthy of me.

38   And he that taketh not his crosse, and folovveth me, is not vvorthy of me.

39   He that hath found his life, shal lose it: and he that hath lost his life for me, shal finde it.

40    ^noteHe that receiueth you, receiueth me: and he that receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me.

41   He that receiueth a Prophet09Q0423 in the name of a Prophet, shal receiue the revvard of a Prophet. and he that receiueth a ^note iust man in the name of a iust man, shal receiue the revvard of a iust man.

42   And ^note vvhosoeuer shal giue drinke to one of these litle ones a cuppe of cold vvater, only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shal not lose his revvard. &cross4; ^{note note note note note note note note note note}

^{note note note} Chap. XI. Iohn the Baptist in prison also doing his diligence, sendeth some of his disciples to Christ: that as they heard, so they might also see his miracles vvith their eyes. 7 Aftervvard Christ declareth hovv vvorthy of credite Iohns testimonie vvas: 16 and inueigheth agaynst the Ievves, vvho vvith neither of their maners of life could be vvonne: 20 no nor vvith Christes infinite miracles: 25 praying Gods vvisedom in this behalfe, 27 and calling to him self al such feele their ovvne burdens.

1   And it came to passe: vvhen Iesvs had done c&obar;maunding his tvvelue Disciples, he passed from thence, to teach & preach in their cities.

2    ^{note note}And vvhen Iohn had heard in prison the vvorkes of Christ: sending tvvo of his disciples, he said to him,

3   09Q0424Art thou he that art to come, or looke vve for an other?

4   And Iesvs making ansvver said to them, Goe and report to Iohn vvhat you haue heard and seen.

5    ^noteThe blinde see, the lame vvalke, the lepers are made cleane, the deafe heare, the dead rise againe, to the poore the Gospel is preached:

6   and blessed is he that shal not be scandalized in me.

7   And vvhen they vvent their vvay, Iesvs began to say to the multitudes of Iohn,09Q0425 What vvent you out09Q0426 into the desert to see? a reede shaken vvith the vvinde?

8   But vvhat vvent you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in Kinges houses.

9   But vvhat vvent you out to see? a Prophet? yea I tel you and more then a Prophet.

10   For this is he of vvhom it is vvritten, Behold I send mine angel before thy face, vvhich shal prepare thy vvay before thee. &cross4; ^note

11   Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among the borne of vvomen a greater then Iohn the Baptist: yet he that is the

lesser in the kingdom of heauen, is greater then he.

12   And ^note from the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntil novv, the kingdom of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent beare it avvay.

13   For al the Prophets and the Lavv prophecied vnto Iohn:

14   and if you vvil receiue it, he is ^note09Q0427 Elias that is for to come.

15   He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

16   And ^note vvherevnto shal I esteeme this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place: vvhich crying to their companions,

17   say, We haue piped to you, and you haue not daunced: vve haue lamented, and you haue not mourned.

18   For ^note Iohn came neither09Q0428 eating nor drinking: and they say, He hath a diuel.

19   The Sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man that is a glotton and a vvinedrinker, a frende of Publicans and sinners. And vvisedom is iustified of her children.

20   Then ^note began he to vpbraide the cities, vvherein vvere done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.

21   Wo be to thee Corozain, vvo be to thee Beth-saida: for if in Tyre & Sidon had been vvrought the miracles that haue been vvrought in you, they had done09Q0429 penance in hearecloth and ashes long agoe.

22   But neuerthelesse, I say to you, it shal be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of iudgement, then for you.

23   And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted vp to heauen? thou shalt come dovvne euen vnto hel. for if in Sodom had been vvrought the miracles that haue been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained vnto this day.

24   But not vvithstanding I say to you, that it shal be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.

25    ^noteAt that time Iesvs ansvvered and said. ^noteI confesse to thee O Father lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the vvise and prudent, and hast reuealed th&ebar; to09Q0430 litle ones.

26   Yea Father: for so hath it vvel pleased thee.

27   Al things are deliuered me of my Father. And no man knovveth the Sonne but the Father: neither doth any knovv the Father, but the Sonne, and to vvhom it shal please the Sonne to reueale.

28   Come ye to me al that labour, and are burdened, and I vvil refresh you.

29   Take vp my yoke vpon you, and learne of me, because I am meeke, and humble of hart: and you shal finde rest to your soules.

30   For my09Q0431 yoke is svveete, and my burden light. &cross4;

^{note note note note note note note note} Chap. XII. The blindnes of the Pharisees about the Sabboth he reproueth by Scriptures, by reason, and by a miracle. 14 and his death being therfore sought by them, he meekely goeth out of the vvay, according as Esay had prophecied of him. 22 His casting out of deuils also be defendeth agaynst them, 31 and setteth forth the daunger they stand in for their horrible blasphemie. 38 And because they aske yet for a signe, he shevveth hovv vvorthely they shal be damned, 43 foretelling hovv the deuil shal possesse their Nation, 46 and testifying that although he be of their bloud, yet not they for this, but such as keepe his commaundements are deere vnto him.

1   At that time ^note Iesvs vvent through the corne on the Sabboth: and his Disciples being hungrie, began to plucke the eares, and to eate.

2   And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him. Loe, thy Disciples doe that vvhich is not lavvful

for them to doe on the Sabboth-dayes.

3   But he sayd to them, Haue you not read vvhat ^note Dauid did vvhen he vvas an hungred, and they that vvere vvith him:

4   hovv he entred into the house of God, and did eate the loaues of proposition, vvhich it vvas not lavvful for him to eate, nor for them that vvere vvith him, ^note but for priestes only?

5   Or haue ye not read in the ^note Lavv, that on Sabboth-dayes the priestes in the temple do breake the Sabboth, and are vvithout blame?

6   but I tel you that there is here a greater then the t&ebar;ple.

7   And if you did knovv vvhat it is, I wil mercie, and not ^note sacrifice: ^note you vvould neuer haue condemned the innocentes.

8   For the Sonne of man is lord of the Sabboth also.

9   And vvhen he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogue.

10   And ^note behold there vvas a man vvhich had a vvithered hand, and they asked him saying, Whether is it lavvful to cure on the Sabboths? that they might accuse him.

11   But he sayd to them, what man shal there be of you, that shal haue one sheepe: and if the same fall into a ditche on the Sabboths, vvil he not take hold and lift it vp?

12   Hovv much better is a man more then a sheepe? therfore it is lavvful on the Sabboths to doe a good deede.

13   Then he sayth to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. and he stretched it forth, and it vvas restored to health euen as the other.

14   And the Pharisees going forth made a c&obar;sultation agaynst him, hovv they might destroy him.

15   But Iesvs knovving it, retired from thence: and many folovved him, and he cured them all.

16   and he charged them that they should not disclose him.

17   That it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken by Esay the Prophete, saying.

18   Behold my seruant vvhom I haue chosen, my beloued in vvhom my soul hath vvel liked. I vvil put my spirit vpon him, and iudgement to the Gentiles shal he shew.

19   He shal not contend nor crie out, neither shal any man heare in the streetes his voyce.

20   The reede bruised he shal not breake, and smoking flaxe he shal not extinguish: til he cast forth iudgement vnto victorie.

21   And in his name the Gentiles shal hope. ^note

22   Then ^note vvas offered to him one possessed vvith a deuil, blinde and dumme: and he cured him, so that he spake & saw.

23   And al the multitudes vvere amased, and sayd, Whether this be the Sonne of Dauid?

24   But the Pharisees hearing it, sayd. This felovv casteth not out diuels but09Q0432 in Beelzebub the Prince of the diuels.

25   And Iesvs knovving their cogitations, said to them.

25   Euery kingdom ^note deuided against it self shal be made

desolate: and euery citie or house deuided agaynst it self, shal not stand.

26   And if Satan cast our Satan, he is deuided against him self: hovv then shal his kingdom stand?

27   And if I in Beelzebub cast out deuils: your children in vvhom do they cast out? Therfore they shal be your iudges.

28   But if I in the Spirit of God do cast out deuils, then is the kingdom of God come vpon you.

29   Or hovv can a man enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his vessel, vnles he first binde the strong? and then he vvil rifle his house.

30   He that is09Q0433 not vvith me, is agaynst me: and he that09Q0434 gathereth not vvith me, scattereth.

31   Therfore I say to you, euery sinne and blasphemie shal be forgiuen men, but09Q0435 the blasphemie of the Spirit shal not be forgiuen.

32   And vvhosoeuer shal speake a vvord agaynst the09Q0436 Sonne of man, it shal be forgiuen him: but he that shal speake against the Holy Ghost, it shal not be forgiuen him neither in this vvorld, nor09Q0437 in the vvorld to come.

33   Either ^note make the tree good, and his fruite good: or make the tree euil, and his fruite euil. for of the fruite the tree is know&ebar;.

34   You vipers broodes, hovv can you speake good things, vvhereas you are euil? for of the aboundance of the hart the mouth speaketh.

35   A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an euil man out of an euil treasure bringeth forth euil things.

36   But I say vnto you, that euery09Q0438 idle vvord that men shal speake, they shal render an account for it in the day of iudgement.

37   For of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and of thy vvordes thou shalt be condemned.

38    ^noteThen ansvvered him certaine of the Scribes and Pharisees, saying, Maister, vve vvould see a signe from thee.

39   who ansvvered, and said to them,

39   The vvicked and aduouterous generation secketh a signe: and a signe shal not be giuen it, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

40   For as ^note Ionas vvas in the vvhales belly three dayes and three nightes: so shal the Sonne of man be in the hart of the earth three dayes and three nightes.

41   The men of Niniuee shal rise in the iudgem&ebar;t vvith this generati&obar;, and shal condemne it: because ^note they did penance at the preaching of Ionas. And behold more then Ionas here.

42   The ^note Queene of the South shal rise in the iudgement vvith this generation, and shal condemne it: because she came from the endes of the earth to heare the vvisedom of Salom&obar;, and behold more

then Salomon here.

43   And ^note vvhen an vncleane spirit shal goe out of a man, he vvalketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth not.

44   Then he saith, I vvil returne into my house vvhence I came out. And coming he findeth it vacant, svvept vvith besoms, and trimmed.

45   Then goeth he, and taketh vvith him seuen other spirites more vvicked then him self, and they enter in and dvvel there: and ^note the last of that man be made vvorse then the first. So shal it be also to this vvicked generation.

46    ^noteAs he vvas yet speaking to the multitudes, ^note behold his mother and his brethren stoode vvithout, seeking to speake to him.

47   And one said vnto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.

48   But he ansvvering him that told him, said,09Q0439 who is my mother, and vvho are my brethren?

49   And stretching forth his hand vpon his Disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.

50   For vvhosoeuer shal doe the vvil of my father, that is in heauen: he is my brother, and sister, and mother. &cross4; ^{note note note note note}

^{note note note} Chap. XIII. Speaking in parables (as the Scripture foretold of him, and as meete vvas for the reprobate Ievves:) he shevveth by the parable of the Sovver, that in the labours of his Church, three partes of foure do perishe through the fault of the hearers. 24 and yet, by the parable of good seede and cockle (as also of the Nette) that his seruants must not for al that, neuer vvhile the vvorld lasteth, make any Schisme or Separation. 31 And by parables of the litle mustard seede and leauen, that notvvithstanding the three parts perishing, and ouersovving of cockles, yet that fourth part of the good seede shal spreade ouer al the vvorld. 44 And vvithal, vvhat a treasure, and pearle it is. 53 After al vvhich, yet his ovvne countrie vvil not honour him.

1   The same day Iesvs going out of the house, sate by the sea side.

2   And ^note great multitudes vvere gathered together vnto him, in so much that he vvent vp into a boate & sate: and al the multitude stoode in the shore,

3   and he spake to them many things in parables, saying,

3   Behold the sovver vvent forth to sovv.

4   And vvhiles he sovveth, some fell by the vvay side, and the foules of the aire did come and eate it.

5   Othersome also fell vpon rockie places, where they had not much earth: and they shot vp incontinent, because they had not deepenes of earth,

6   and after the sunne vvas vp, they parched: and because they had not roote, they vvithered.

7   And other fell among thornes: and the thornes grevve and choked them.

8   And othersome fell vpon good ground: and they yelded fruite, the09Q0440 one an hundredfold, the other threescore, and an other thirtie.

9   He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

10   And his Disciples came and said to him. Why speakest thou to them in parables?

11   Who ansvvered and said vnto them, Because09Q0441 to you it is giuen to knovv the mysteries of the kingdom of heauen: but to them it is not giuen.

12   For

he that hath, to him shal be giuen, and he shal abound: but he that hath not, from him shal be taken avvay that also vvhich he hath.

13   Therfore in parables I speake to them: because seeing they see not, and ^note hearing they heare not, neither do they vnderstand:

14   and the prophecie of Esay is fulfilled in them, vvhich saith, With hearing shal you heare, and you shal not vnderstand: and seeing shal you see, and you shal not see.

15   For the hart of this people is vvaxed grosse, and vvith their eares they haue heauily heard, and their eies09Q0442 they haue shut: lest at any time they may see with their eies, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand vvith their hart and be conuerted, and I may heale them.

16   But blessed are your eyes because they doe see, and your eares bec&abar;use they doe heare.

17   For amen I say to you, that ^note many Prophets and iust men haue desired to see the things that you see, and haue not seen them: and to heare the things that you heare, and haue not heard them.

18   Heare you therfore the parable of the sovver.

19   Euery one that heareth the vvord of the kingdom and vnderstandeth not, there cometh the vvicked one, and catcheth avvay that vvhich vvas sovven in his hart: this is he that vvas sovven by the vvay side.

20   And he that vvas sovven vpon rockie places: this is he that heareth the vvord, and inc&obar;tinent receiueth it vvith ioy,

21   yet hath he not roote in him self, but is for a time: and vvhen there falleth tribulation and persecution for the vvord, he is by and by scandalized.

22   And he that vvas sovven among thornes, this is he that heareth the vvord, and the carefulnes of this vvorld and the deceitfulnes of riches choketh vp the vvord, and he becometh fruitles.

23   But he that vvas sovven vpon good ground: this is he that heareth the vvord, and vnderstandeth, and bringeth fruite, and yeldeth some an hundred-fold, and an other threescore, and an other thirtie.

24    ^noteAn other parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heauen is resembled to a man that sovved good seede in his field.

25   But vvhen men vvere a sleepe, his enemy came and09Q0443 ouersovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.

26   And vvhen the blade vvas shot vp, and had brought forth fruite, then appeared also the cockle.

27   And the seruants of the goodman of the house comming said to him, Sir, didst thou not sovv good seede in thy field? Whence then hath it cockle?

28   And he said to them, The enemy man hath done this. And the seruants said to him, Wilt thou vve goe and gather it vp?

29   And he said, No:09Q0444 lest perhaps

gathering vp the cockle, you may roote vp the vvheate also together vvith it.

30   09Q0445Suffer both to grovv vntil the haruest, and in the time of haruest I vvil say to the reapers, Gather vp first the cockle, and binde it into bundels to burne, but the vvheate gather ye into my barne. &cross4;

31    ^noteAn other parable he proposed vnto them, saying, ^note The kingdom of heauen is like to a mustard-seede, vvhich a man tooke and sovved in his field.

32   Which is the09Q0446 least surely of al seedes: but vvhen it is grovven, it is greater then al herbes, and is made a tree, so that the foules of the aire come, and dvvel in the branches thereof.

33   An other parable he spake to them, The kingdom of heauen is like to leauen, vvhich a vvoman tooke and hid in three measures of meale, vntil the vvhole vvas leauened.

34   Al these things Iesvs spake in parables to the multitudes, and vvithout parables he did not speake to them:

35   that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken by the Prophet saying, I wil open my mouth in parables, I wil vtter things hidden from the foundation of the vvorld. &cross4; ^note

36   Then hauing dimissed the multitudes, he came into the house, and his Disciples came vnto him, saying, Expound vs the parable of the cockle of the field.

37   Who made ansvver and said to them, He that soweth the good seede, is the Sonne of man.

38   And the field, is the vvorld. And the good seede: these are the childr&ebar; of the kingdom. And the cockle: are the children of the vvicked one.

39   And the enemie that sovved them, is ^note the deuil. But the haruest, is the ende of the vvorld. And the reapers, are the Angels.

40   Euen as cockle therfore is gathered vp, and burnt vvith fire: so shal it be in the ende of the vvorld.

41   The Sonne of man shal send his Angels, and they shal gather out of his kingdom al scandals, and them that vvorke iniquitie:

42   and shal cast them into the furnace of fire, There shal be vveeping and gnashing of teeth.

43   Then shal the iust shine as the sunne, in the kingdom of their father. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

44    ^noteThe kingdom of heauen is like a treasure hidden in a field. vvich a man hauing found, did hide it, and for ioy thereof goeth, and selleth al that he hath, and byeth that field.

45   Againe the kingdom of heauen is like to a marchant man, seeking good pearles.

46   And hauing found one precious pearle, he vvent his vvay, and sold al that he had, and

bought it.

47   Againe the kingdom of heauen is like to a nette cast into the sea, and gathering together of al kind of fishes.

48   Which, vvhen it vvas filled, dravving it forth, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the ^note good into vessels, but the bad they did cast out.

49   So shal it be in the consummation of the vvorld. The Angels shal goe forth, and shal separate the euil from among the iust,

50   and shal cast them into the furnace of fire, there shal be vveeping and gnashing of teeth.

51   Haue ye vnderstoode al these things? They say to him, Yea.

52   He said vnto them, Therfore euery Scribe instructed in the kingdom of heauen, is like to a man that is an housholder, vvhich bringeth forth out of his treasure nevv things and old. &cross4;

53   And it came to passe: vvhen Iesvs had ended these parables, he passed from thence.

54   And ^note coming into his ovvne countrie, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they marueled, and said, Hovv came this fellovv by this vvisedom and vertues?

55   Is not this the09Q0447 carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie, and his brethren, Iames and Ioseph, and Simon and Iude:

56   and his sisters, are they not al vvith vs? Whence therefore hath he al these things?

57   And they vvere scandalized in him. But Iesvs said to them, There is not a Prophet vvithout honour but in his ovvne countrie, and in his ovvne house.

58   And he vvrought not many miracles there because of their incredulity. ^{note note note note}

^{note note note note} Chap. XIIII. Hearing the unvvorthy decollation of Iohn Baptist by Herode, he betaketh him to his vsual solitarines in the desert, and there feedeth 5000 vvith fiue loaues. 23 And then after the night spent in the mountaine in prayer, he vvalketh vpon the sea (signifying the vvide vvorld) 28 yea and Peter also: vvherevpon they adore him as the sonne of God. 35 And vvith the very touche of his garments hemme be healeth innumerable.

1   At that time ^note Herod the09Q0448 Tetrach heard the fame of Iesvs:

2   and said to his seruants, This is Iohn the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therfore vertues vvorke in him.

3   For Herod apprehended Iohn and bound him, and put him into prison 09Q0449 because of Herodias, his ^note brothers vvife.

4   For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lavvful for thee to haue her.

5   And vvilling to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a Prophet.

6   But on Herods birth-day, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them: and pleased Herod.

7   Wherevpon he promised with an othe, to giue her vvhatsoeuer she vvould aske of him.

8   But she being instructed before of her mother saith, Giue me here in a dish the head of Iohn the Baptist.

9   And the king vvas stroken sad: yet because of his ^note othe and for them that sate vvith him at table, he commaunded it to be giuen.

10   And he sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

11   And his head vvas brought in a dish:

and it vvas giuen to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.

12   And his Disciples came and tooke the body, and09Q0450 buried it: ^note and came and told Iesvs.

13   Which vvhen Iesvs had heard, ^note he09Q0451 retired from thence by boate, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes hauing heard of it, folovved him on foote out of the cities.

14   And he coming forth savv a great multitude, and pitied them, and cured their diseased.

15   And vvhen it vvas euening, his Disciples came vnto him, saying, It is a desert place, and the houre is novv past: dimisse the multitudes that going into the tovvnes, they may bye them selues victuals.

16   But Iesvs said to them, They haue no neede to goe: giue ye them to eate.

17   They ansvvered him. We haue not here, but fiue loaues, and tvvo fishes.

18   Who said to them, Bring them hitherto me.

19   And vvhen he had commaunded the multitude to sitte dovvne vpon the grasse, he tooke the fiue loaues and the tvvo fishes, and looking vp vnto heauen he blessed and brake, and gaue the loaues to his Disciples, and09Q0452 the Disciples to the multitudes.

20   And they did al eate, and had their fil. And they tooke the leauings, twelue ful baskettes of the fragments.

21   And the number of them that did eate vvas, fiue thousand men, beside vvomen and children.

22    ^noteAnd forth vvith Iesvs commaunded his Disciples to goe vp into the boate, and to goe before him ouer the vvater, til he dimissed the multitudes.

23   And hauing dimissed the multitude, he ^note ascended into a mountaine alone to praye. And vvhen it vvas euening, he vvas there alone.

24   But the boate in the middes of the sea vvas tossed with vvaues. for the vvinde vvas contrarie.

25   And in the fourth vvatch of the night, he came vnto them vvalking vpon the sea.

26   And seeing him vpon the09Q0453 sea vvalking, they vvere troubled saying, That it is a ghost. and for feare they cried out.

27   And immediatly Iesvs spake vnto them, saying, Haue confidence: it is I, feare ye not.

28   And Peter making ansvver said, Lord if it be thou, bid me come to thee vpon the vvaters.

29   And he said, Come. And Peter descending out of the boate,09Q0454 vvalked vpon the vvater to come to Iesvs.

30   But seeing the vvinde rough, he vvas afraid: and vvhen he began to be drovvned, he cried out saying, Lord, saue me.

31   And incontinent ^note Iesvs stretching forth his hand tooke hold of him, and said vnto him, O thou of litle faith, vvhy didst thou doubt?

32   And vvhen

they vvere gone vp into the boate, the vvinde ceased.

33   And they that vvere in the boate, came and adored him, saying, In deede thou art the sonne of God. &cross4;

34   And hauing passed the vvater, they came into the countrie of Genesar.

35   And vvhen the men of that place vnderstoode of him, they sent into al that countrie, and brought vnto him al that vvere il at ease:

36   and they besought him that they might touche but the ^note hemme of his garment, and vvhosoeuer did touche, vvere made hole. ^{note note note note note note}

Chap. XV. The Pharisees of Hierusalem comming so farre to carpe him, he chargeth vvith a tradition contrarie to Gods commaundement. 10 And to the people he yeldeth the reason of that vvhich they reproued: 15 and againe to his Disciples, shevving the ground of the Pharisaical vvashing (to vvitte, that meates othervvise defile the soule) to be false. 21 then he goeth aside to hide him self among the Gentils: vvhere, in a vvoman he findeth such faith, that he is faine, lest the Gentils should before the time extort the vvhole bread, as she had a crumme, to returne to the Ievves. 34 vvhere (al contrarie to those Pharisees) the common people seeke vvonderfully vnto him, and he after he hath cured their diseased, feedeth 4000 of them vvith seuen loaues.

1    ^{note note}Then came to him from Hierusalem Scribes and Pharisees, saying,

2   Why do thy Disciples transgresse the tradition of the Auncientes? For they wash not their h&abar;ds when they eate bread.

3   But he ansvvering said to them: Why do you also transgresse the c&obar;maundement of God for your tradition? For God said,

4   Honour father and mother. ^note and, He that shal curse father or mother, dying let him dye. ^note

5   But you say, whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, The gift vvhatsoeuer procedeth from me, shal profite the:

6   and shal not honour his father or his mother: and you haue made frustrate the c&obar;maundement of God for your ovvne tradition.

7   Hypocrites, vvel hath Esay Prophecied of you, saying,

8   This people honoureth me vvith their09Q0455 lippes: but their hart is farre from me.

9   And in vaine do they vvorshippe me, teaching doctrines and09Q0456commaundements of men. ^note

10   And hauing called together the multitudes vnto him, he said to them, Heare ye and vnderstand.

11   09Q0457Not that vvhich entreth into the mouth, defileth a man: but that vvhich procedeth out of the mouth, that defileth a man.

12   Then came his Disciples, and said to him, Doest thou knovv that the Pharisees, vvhen they heard this vvord, vvere scandalized?

13   But he ansvvering sayd: All planting vvhich my heauenly father hath not planted, shal be rooted vp.

14   Let them alone: blinde they are, guides of the blinde. And if the blinde be guide to the blinde, both fall into the ditch.

15   And Peter ansvvering sayd to him, Expound vs this parable.

16   But he sayd, Are you also as yet vvithout vnderstanding?

17   Do you not vnderstand, that al that entreth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast forth into the priuy?

18   But the things that proceede out of the mouth, come forth from the hart, and those things09Q0458 defile a man.

19   For from the hart come forth euil cogitations, murders, aduoutries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

20   These are the things that defile

a man. but to eate vvith vnvvashen hands, doeth not defile a man. &cross4;

21    ^noteAnd Iesvs vvent forth from thence and retired into the quarters of Tyre and Sidon.

22   And behold ^note a vvoman of Chanaan came forth out of those coastes, and crying out, sayd to him, Haue mercie vpon me, O lord the Sonne of Dauid: my daughter is sore vexed of a Deuil.

23   Who ansvvered her not a vvord. And his Disciples came and besought him saying, Dimisse her: because she crieth out after vs:

24   And he ansvvering said: I vvas not sent but to the sheepe that are lost of the house of Israel.

25   But she came and adored him, saying, Lord, help me.

26   Who ansvvering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the Children, and to cast it to the dogges.

27   But she said, Yea lord: for the vvhelpes also eate of the crummes that fal from the table of their maisters.

28   Then Iesvs ansvvering said to her, O vvoman, ^note great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou vvilt: and her daughter vvas made hole from that houre. &cross4;

29   And vvhen Iesvs vvas passed from thence, he came beside the sea of Galilee: and ascending into the mountaine, sare there.

30   And there came to him great multitudes, hauing vvith them dumme persons, blinde, lame, feeble, and many others: and they cast them dovvne at his feete, and he cured them:

31   so that the multítudes marueled seeing the dumme speake, the lame vvalke, the blinde see: and they magnified the God of Israel.

32   And ^note Iesvs called together his Disciples, and said: I pitie the multitude: because three dayes novv they continue vvith me, and haue not vvhat to eate: and dimisse them fasting I vvil not, lest they fainte in the vvay.

33   And the disciples say vnto him: vvhence then may vve gette so many loaues in the desert as to fil so great a multitude?

34   And Iesvs sayd to them, Hovv many loaues haue you? but they sayd, Seuen, & a fevv litle fishes.

35   And he commaunded the multitude to sit dovvne vpon the ground.

36   And taking the seuen loaues & the fishes, and geuing thankes, he brake, & gaue to his disciples, and ^note the disciples gaue to the people.

37   And they did al eate, and had their fill. And that vvhich vvas left of the fragments they tooke vp, seuen baskets ful.

38   And there vvere that did eate, foure thousand men, beside children & vvomen.

39   And hauing dimissed the multitude, he vvent vp into a boate, and came into the coastes of Magedan.

^{note note note note} Chap. XVI. The obstinate Pharisees and Sadducees, as though his foresaid miracles were not sufficient to proue him to be Christ, require to see someone from heauen. 5 Wherevpon forsaking them, he warneth his disciples to beware of the leauen of their doctrine: 13 and Peter (the time now approching for him to goe into Iewrie to his Pa&esset;ion) for confe&esset;ing him to be Christ, he maketh the Rocke of his Churche, geuing fulnes of Ecclesiastical power accordingly. 21 And after, he so rebuketh him for dissuading his Crosse and Pa&esset;ion, that he also affirmeth the like suffering in euery one to be necessarie to saluation.

1    ^noteAnd there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they demaunded him to shevv them a signe from heauen.

2   But he ansvvered & said to them, when it is euening, you say, It vvil be faire-vvether, for the elem&ebar;t is redde.

3   And in the morning, This day there vvil be a t&ebar;pest, for the element doth glovve and lovvre. The face therfore of the element you haue skil to discerne: and the signes of times can you not?

4   The ^note naughtie and aduouterous generation seeketh for a signe: and there shal not a signe be giuen it, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet. And he left them and vvent avvay.

5   And ^note vvhen his disciples vvere come ouer the vvater, they forgot to take bread.

6   Who said to them, Looke vvel and bevvare of the leauen of the Pharisees & Sadducees.

7   But they thought vvithin them selues saying, Because vve tooke not bread.

8   And Iesvs knovving it, said, why do you thinke vvithin your selues O ye of litle faith, for that you haue not bread?

9   Do you not yet vnderstand, neither do you remember ^note the fiue loaues among fiue thousand men, and how many baskets you tooke vp?

10   neither the ^note seuen loaues, among foure thousand men, and hovv many maundes you tooke vp?

11   Why do you not vnderstand that I said not of bread to you, Bevvare of the leauen of the Pharisees & Sadducees?

12   Then they vnderstoode that he said not they should bevvare of the leauen of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

13    ^noteAnd ^note Iesvs came into the quarters of Cæsarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying,09Q0460 whom say men that the Sonne of man is?

14   But09Q0461 they said, Some Iohn the Baptist, & othersome Elias, and others Hieremie, or one of the Prophets.

15   Iesvs saith to them, But vvhom do you say that I am?

16   Simon Peter ansvvered & said, Thou art Christ the sonne of the living God.

17   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to him,09Q0462 Blessed art thou Simon bar-Iona: because flesh & bloud hath not reuealed it to thee, but my father vvhich is in heauen.

18   And09Q0463 I say to thee, That09Q0464 thou art ^{note note} Peter: and09Q0465 upon this09Q0466 Rocke vvil I09Q0467 build my Church, and the09Q0468 gates of hel shal not preuaile against it.

19   And I ^note vvil giue09Q0469 to thee the09Q0470 ketes of the kingdom of heauen. And09Q0471 vvhatsoeuer thou shalt binde vpon earth, it shal be bound also in the heauens: and vvhatsoeuer thou shalt 09Q0472 loose in earth it shall be loosed also in the heauens. &cross4;

20   Then he commaunded his disciples that they should tel

no body that he vvas Iesvs Christ.

21   From that time Iesvs began to shevv his disciples, that he must goe to Hierusalem, & suffer many things of the Ancients & Scribes & cheefe-Priestes, and be killed, and the third day rise againe.

22   And Peter taking him vnto him, began to rebuke him, saying, Lord, be it farre from thee, this shal not be vnto thee.

23   Who turning said to Peter, Goe after me ^note Satan, thou art a scandal vnto me: because thou sauourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

24   Then Iesvs said to his disciples, If any man wil come after me, let him denie him self, and take vp his crosse, and follow me. ^note

25   For he that will saue his life, shal lose it. and he that shal lose his life for me, shal finde it.

26   For what doth it profite a man, if he gaine the vvhole vvorld, and sustaine the damage of his soule? Or vvhat permutation shal a man giue for his soule?

27   For the Sonne of man shal come in the glorie of his father vvith his Angels: and then vvil he render to euery man according to his09Q0473 vvorkes. &cross4;

28   Amen I say to you, ^note there be some of them that stand here, that shal not taste death, til they see the Sonne of man comming in his kingdom. ^{note note note note}

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Chap. XVII. As he promised, he giueth them a sight of the glorie, vnto which Suffering doth bring: 9 and then againe doth inculcate his Pa&esset;ion. 14 A deuil also he casteth out which his Disciples could not for their incredulitie and lacke of praying and fasting. 22 being yet in Galilee, he reuealeth more about his Pa&esset;ion. 24 and the tribute that the Collectors exacted for al, he payeth for him self and Peter: declaring yet withal his freedom both by word and miracle.

1    ^{note note}And after six dayes Iesvs taketh vnto him Peter and Iames and Iohn his brother, and bringeth them into a high mountaine apart:

2   And he vvas09Q0474 transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sunne: & his garments became vvhite as snovv.

3   And behold there09Q0475 appeared to them Moyses and Elias talking vvith him.

4   And Peter ansvvering, said to Iesvs, Lord, it is good for vs to be here: if thou vvilt, let vs make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moyses, and one for Elias.

5   And as he vvas yet speaking, behold a bright cloude ouershadovved them. And loe a voice out of the cloude, saying. This is my vvelbeloued sonne, in vvhom I am vvel pleased: heare ye him.

6   And the disciples hearing it, fel vpon their face, and vvere sore afraid.

7   And Iesvs came and touched them: and he said to them, Arise, and feare not.

8   And they lifting vp their eyes, savv no body, but only Iesvs.

9   And as they descended from the 09Q0476 mount, Iesvs commaunded them, saying, Tel the vision to no body, til the Sonne of man be risen from the dead. &cross4;

10   And his Disciples asked him, saying, what say the Scribes then, that ^note Elias must come first?

11   But he ansvvering, said to them,09Q0477 Elias in deede shal come, and restore al things.

12   And I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they did not knovv him, but vvrought on him vvhatsoeuer they vvould. So also the Sonne of man shal suffer of them.

13   Then the Disciples vnderstoode, that of Iohn the Baptist he had spoken to them.

14   And ^note vvhen he vvas come vnto the multitude, there came to him a man falling dovvne vpon his knees before him,

15   saying, Lord haue mercie vpon my sonne, for he is lunatike, and sore vexed: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the vvater.

16   and I offered him to thy Disciples: and they could not cure him.

17   Iesvs ansvvered and said, O faithles and peruerse generation, hovv long shal I be vvith

you? Hovv long shal I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

18   And Iesvs rebuked him, and the deuil vvent out of him, and the ladde vvas cured from that houre.

19   Then came the Disciples to Iesvs secretely, and said,09Q0478 why could not vve cast him out?

20   Iesvs said to them, because of your incredulity. for, amen I say to you, if you haue09Q0479 faith as a mustard seede, you shal say to this mountaine, Remoue from hence thither: and it shal remoue, and nothing shal be impossible to you.

21   But this kinde is not cast out but by09Q0480 prayer and fasting.

22   And ^note vvhen they conuersed in Galilee, Iesvs said to them, The Sonne of man is to be betraied into the hands of men:

23   and they shal kil him, and the third day he shal rise againe. And they vvere stroken sadde excedingly.

24   And vvhen they vvere come to Capharnaum, there came they that receiued the didrachmes, vnto Peter, and said to him, Your maister doth he not pay the ^note didrachmes?

25   He saith, Yes. And vvhen he vvas entered into the house, Iesvs preuented him, saying, what is thy opinion Simon? The kings of the earth of vvhom receiue they tribute or cense? of their children, or of strangers?

26   And he said, Of strangers.

27   Iesvs said to him, Then the09Q0481 children are free.

28   But that vve may not scandalize them, goe thy vvaies to the sea, and cast a hooke: and that fish vvhich shal first come vp, take: and vvhen thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a ^note stater: take that, and giue it them for09Q0482 me and thee. ^{note note note}

^{note note note note note note} Chap. XVIII. To his Disciples he preacheth against ambition the mother of Schisme: 7 foretelling both the author vvhosoeuer he be, and also his folovvers, of their vvo to come. 10 and shevving on the contrary side, hovv precious Christian soules are to their Angels, to the Sonne of man, and to his Father. 15 charging vs therfore to forgiue our brethren, vvhen also vve haue iust cause against them, be it neuer so often, and to labour their saluation by al meanes possible.

1    ^{note note}At that houre the Disciples came to Iesvs, saying. 09Q0483Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heauen?

2   And Iesvs calling vnto him a litle childe, set him in the middes of them,

3   and said, Amen I say to you, vnles you be conuerted, and become as litle children, you shal not enter into the kingdom of heauen.

4   Whosoeuer therfore shal humble him self as this ^note litle childe, he is the greater in the kingdom of heau&ebar;.

5   And he that shal receiue one such litle childe in my name; receiueth me.

6   And ^note he that shal scandalize one of these litle

ones that beleeue in me, it is expedient for him that a milstone be hanged about his necke, and that he be drovvned in the depth of the sea.

7   Vvo be to the vvorld for09Q0484 scandals. for it is necessary that scandals do come: but neuerthelesse vvo to that man by vvhom the scandall commeth.

8   And ^note if thy09Q0485 hand, or thy foote scandalize thee: cut it of, and cast it from thee. It is good for thee to goe in to life maimed or lame, rather then hauing tvvo hands or tvvo feete to be cast into euerlasting fire.

9   And if thine eye scandalize thee, plucke him out, and cast him from thee: It is good for thee hauing one eye to enter into life, rather then hauing tvvo eyes to be cast into the hel of fire.

10   See that you despise not one of these litle ones: for I say to you that09Q0486 their Angels, in heauen alvvaies do see the face of my father vvhich is in heauen.

11   For ^note the Sonne of man is come to saue that vvhich vvas perished.

12    ^noteHovv thinke you? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them shal goe astray: doth he not leaue ninetie nine in the mountaines, and goeth to seeke that which is straied?

13   And if it chaunce that he finde it: amen I say to you, that he reioyceth more fore that, then for the ninetie nine that vvent not astray.

14   Euen so it is not the vvil of your father, vvhich is in heauen, that one perish of these litle ones.

15    ^noteBut ^note if thy brother shal offend against thee, goe, and rebuke him betvvene thee and him alone. If he shal heare thee, thou shalt gaine thy brother.

16   And if he vvil not heare thee, ioyne vvith thee besides, one or tvvo: that in the mouth of ^note tvvo or three vvitnesses euery vvord may stand.

17   And if he vvil not heare them, ^note tel the Church. And if be vvil09Q0487 not heare the Church, let him be to thee as09Q0488 the heathen and the Publican.

18   Amen I say to you, whatsoeuer you09Q0489 shal binde vpon earth, shal be bound also in heauen: and vvhatsoeuer you09Q0490 shal loose vpon earth, shal be loosed also in heauen.

19   Againe I say to you, that if tvvo of you shal ^note consent vpon earth, concerning euery thing vvhatsoeuer they shal aske, it shal be done to them of my father vvhich is in heauen.

20   For vvhere there be tvvo or three gathered in my name, there am I09Q0491 in the middes of them.

21   Then came Peter vnto him and said, ^note Lord, how often shal my brother offend against me, and I forgiue him? vntil

seuentimes?

22   Iesvs said to him, I say not to thee ^note vntil seuen times: but vntil09Q0492 seuentie times seuen times. &cross4; ^note

23    Therfore is the kingdom of heauen likened to a man being a king, that vvould make an account vvith his seruants.

24   And vvhen he began to make the account, there vvas one presented vnto him that ovved him ten thousand talents.

25   And hauing not vvhence to repay it, his lord commaunded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and it to be repayed.

26   But that seruant falling dovvne, besought him, saying, Haue patience tovvard me, and I vvil repay thee all.

27   And the lord of that seruant moued vvith pitie, dimissed him, and the dette he forgaue him.

28   And vvhen that seruant vvas gone forth, he found one of his felovv-seruants that did ovve him an hundred pence: and laying hands vpon him thratled him, saying, Repay that thou ovvest.

29   And his felovv seruant falling dovvne, besought him, saying, Haue patience tovvard me, and I vvil repay the all.

30   And he vvould not: but vvent his vvay, and cast him into prison, til he repayed the dette.

31   And his felovv-seruants seeing vvhat vvas done, vvere very sorie, and they came, and told their lord al that vvas done.

32   Then his lord called him: and he said vnto him, Thou vngratious seruant, I forgaue thee al the dette because thou besoughtest me: oughtest not thou therfore also to haue mercie vpon thy felovv-seruant, euen as I had mercie vpon thee?

33   And his lord being angrie deliuered him to the tormenters, vntil he repayed al the dette.

34   So also shal my heauenly father doe to you, if you forgiue not euery one his brother from your hartes. &cross4; ^{note note note note}

^{note note note note note note} Chap. XIX. ^noteHe ansvvereth the tempting Pharisees, that the case of a man vvith his vvife shalbe (as in the first institution it vvas) utterly indissoluble, though for one cause he may be diuorced. 10 And therevpon to his Disciples he highly commendeth Single life for heauen. 13 He vvil haue children come vnto him. 16 He shevveth vvhat is to be done to enter into life euerlasting: 20 what also, for a rich man to be perfect: 27 As also vvhat pa&esset;ing revvard they shal haue vvhich follovv that his counsel of perfection: 29 yea though it be but in some one peece.

1    ^noteAnd it came to passe, vvhen Iesvs had ended these vvordes, he departed from Galilee, & came into the coastes of Ievvrie beyond Iord&abar;,

2   and great multitudes folovved him: and he cured them there.

3    ^noteAnd there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying, Is it lavvful for a man to dimisse his vvife, for euery cause?

4   Who ansvvering, said to them, Haue ye not read, that he which did ^note make from the beginning, made them male and femal? ^note And he said.

5   For this cause, man shal leaue father and mother, and shal cleane to his vvife: and they tvvo shal be in one flesh. ^note

6   Therfore novv they are not tvvo, but one flesh. That therfore vvhich God hath ioyned together, let09Q0493 not man separate. &cross4;

7   They say to him, why then ^note did Moyses commaund to giue a bil of diuorce, and to dimisse her?

8   He saith to them, Because Moyses for the hardnes of your hart permitted you to dimisse your vviues:

but from the beginning it vvas not so.

9   And I say to you, that ^note whosoeuer shal dimisse his vvife,09Q0494 but for fornication, and shal mary an other, doth committe aduoutrie: and he that shal mary her that is dimissed, committeth aduoutrie.

10   His disciples say vnto him, If the case of a man vvith his vvife be so, it is not expedient to mary.

11   Who said to them,09Q0495 Not al ^note take this vvord, but they to vvhom it is giuen.

12   For there are eunuches which vvere borne so fr&obar; their mothers vvombe: and there are eunuches vvhich were made by men: and there are eunuches, vvhich haue09Q0496 gelded them selues for the kingdom of heauen.

13   09Q0497He that can take, let him take. &cross4;

13   Then ^note were litle children presented to him, that he should09Q0498 impose hands vpon them & pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

14   But Iesvs said to them, Suffer the litle children, and stay them not from comming vnto me: for the kingdom of heauen is for such.

15   And when he had imposed hands vpon them, he departed from thence.

16   And ^note behold one came and said to him, Good Maister, vvhat good shal I doe that I may haue life euerlasting?

17   Who said to him, what askest thou me of good? One is good, God. But ^note if thou vvilt enter into life, keepe the commaundements.

18   He saith to him, which? And Iesvs said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not committe aduoutrie, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false vvitnes,

19   Honour thy father and thy mother, ^note Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self. ^note

20   The yong man saith to him, Al these haue I kept from my youth: vvhat is yet vvanting vnto me?

21   Iesvs said to him,09Q0499 If thou vvilt be perfect, goe, sel the things that thou hast, & giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come,09Q0500 folovv me.

22   And vvhen the yong man had heard this vvord, he vvent avvay sad: for he had many possessions.

23   And Iesvs said to his disciples, Amen I say to you, that a rich man shal hardely enter into the kingdom of heauen.

24   And againe I say to you, it is easier for a camel to passe through the eye of a nedle, ^note then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heauen.

25   And vvhen they had heard this, the disciples marueled very much, saying, who then can be saued?

26   And Iesvs beholding, said to them. With men this is impossible: but vvith God09Q0501 al things are possible.

27   Then Peter ansvvering, said to him, Behold vve haue09Q0502 left al things, & haue folovved thee: 09Q0503 vvhat therfore shal vve haue? ^note

28   And Iesvs said to them,

Amen I say to you, that you vvhich haue folovved me, in the regeneration, when the Sonne of man shal sitte in the seate of his maiestie, you09Q0504 also shal sitte vpon tvvelue seates, iudging the tvvelue tribes of Israel.

29   And euery one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or ^note wife, or children, or landes for my names sake: shal receiue an hundred fold, and shal possesse life euerlasting. &cross4;

30   And ^note many shal be first, that are last: and last, that are first. ^{note note note note note note note note note note note note}

Chap. XX. To shevv hovv through Gods grace the Iewes shalbe ouerrunne of the Gentils, although they beginne after, he bringeth a parable of men working soner and later in the vineyard, but the later revvarded in the end euen as the first. 17 He reuealeth more to his Disciples touching his pa&esset;ion: 20 Bidding the ambitious tvvo suiters to thinke rather of suffering with him: 24 And teaching vs (in the rest of his Disciples) not to be greeued at our Ecclesiastical Superiors, considering they are (as he was him self) to toile for our Saluation. 29 Then going out of Iericho, he geueth sight vnto tvvo blind.

1    ^noteThe kingdom of heauen is like to a man that is an housholder vvhich vv&ebar;t forth early09Q0505 in the morning to hire vvorkemen into his vineyard.

2   And hauing made couen&abar;t vvith the workemen for a penie a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3   And going forth about the third houre, he savv other standing in the market place idle,

4   and he said to them, Goe you also into the vineyard: and that vvhich shal be iust, I vvil giue you.

5   And they vvent their vvay. And againe he vvent forth about the sixt & the ninth houre: and did likevvise.

6   But about the eleuenth houre he vvent forth and found other standing, & he saith to them, what stand you here al the day idle?

7   They say to him, Because no man hath hired vs. He saith to them, Goe you also into the vineyard.

8   And vvhen euening vvas come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his bailife, Call the vvorkemen, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last euen to the first.

9   Therfore vvhen they vvere come that came about the eleuenth houre, they receiued euery one09Q0506 a penie.

10   But vvhen the first also came, they thought that they should receiue more: and they also receiued euery one a penie.

11   And receiuing it they ^note murmured against the good man of the house,

12   saying, These last haue continued one houre: and thou hast made them equal to vs that haue borne the burden of the day and the heates.

13   But he ansvvering said to one of them, Frende, I doe the no vvrong: didst thou not couenant vvith me for a penie?

14   Take that is thine, and goe: I vvil also giue to this last euen as to thee also.

15   Or, is it not lavvful for me to do that I vvil? is thine eye naught, because I am good?

16   So shal the last, be first: and the first, last. For many be called, but09Q0507 fevv elect. &cross4;

17    ^{note note}And Iesvs going vp to Hierusalem, tooke the tvvelue disciples secretly, and said to them,

18   Behold vve goe vp to

Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shal be deliuered to the cheefe priestes and to the Scribes, and they shal condemne him to death,

19   and shal deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, & scourged, & crucified, and the third day he shal rise againe. &cross4;

20    ^{note note}Then came to him the mother of the sonnes of Zebedee vvith her sonnes, adoring and desiring some thing of him.

21   Who said to her, what vvilt thou? She saith to him, Say that these my tvvo sonnes may sitte, one at thy right h&abar;d, and one at thy left hand in thy kingdom.

22   And Iesvs ansvvering, said, You knovv not vvhat you desire. Can you drinke of the cuppe that I shal drinke of? They say to him, we can.

23   He saith to them, My cuppe in deede you shal drinke of: but to sitte at my right hand and left, is not mine to giue to you: but09Q0508 to vvhom it is prepared of my father. &cross4;

24   And the ten hearing it, vvere displeased at the tvvo brethren.

25   And Iesvs called them vnto him, and said, ^note You knovv that the princes of the gentiles ^note ouerrule them: and they that are the greater, exercise povver against them.

26   It shal not be so among you. but vvhosoeuer vvil be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

27   and he that vvil be first among you, shal be your seruant.

28   Euen as the09Q0509 Sonne of man is not come to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to giue his life a redemption for many. &cross4;

29   And ^note vvhen they vvent out from Iericho, a great multitude folovved him.

30   And behold tvvo blinde men sitting by the vvay side, heard that Iesvs passed by, and they cried out saying, Lord, haue mercie vpon vs, sonne of Dauid.

31   And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying, Lord, haue mercie vpon vs, sonne of Dauid.

33   And Iesvs stoode, and called them, and said, Vvhat vvil ye that I doe to you?

33   They say to him, Lord, that our eies may be opened.

34   And Iesvs hauing compassion on them, touched their eies. And immediatly they savv, and folovved him. ^note

^{note note note note} Chap. XXI. ^noteBeing now come to the place of his Pa&esset;ion, he entereth with humility and triumph together: 12 She weth his zeale for the house of God ioyned with great maruels. 15 And to the Rulers he boldly defendeth the acclamations of the children. 18 He curseth also that fruitles leafie tree: 23 auoucheth his power by the witnes of Iohn: 28 and foretelleth his in two parables their reprobation (with the Gentils vocation) for their wicked deserts, 42 and consequently their irreparable damnation that shal ensue therof.

1    ^{note note}And vvhen they drevv nigh to Hierusalem, and vvere come to Beth-phagee vnto Mount-oliuet, then Iesvs sent tvvo disciples, ^note

2   saying to them, Goe ye into the tovvne that is against you, and immediatly 09Q0510 you shal finde an asse tied and a colt vvith her: loose them & bring them to me:

3   and if any man shal say ought vnto you, say ye, that our Lord hath neede of them: and forthvvith he vvil let them goe.

4   And this vvas done that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken by the Prophet, saying,

5   Say ye to the daughter of Sion, Behold thy king commeth to thee, meeke, & sitting vpon an asse and a colt the fole of her that is vsed to the yoke. ^note

6   And the disciples going, did as Iesvs commaunded them.

7   And they brought09Q0511 the asse and the colt: and laide their garments vpon them, and made him to sit thereon.

8   And a very great multitude spred their09Q0512 garments in the vvay: and others did cut boughes from the trees, and stravved them in the vvay:

9   and the multitudes

that vvent before and that folovved, cried, saying, 09Q0513 Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid: blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord. &cross4; Hosanna in the highest. ^note

10    ^noteAnd vvhen he vvas entred Hierusalem, the vvhole citie vvas moued, saying, who is this?

11   And the people said, This is Iesvs the Prophet, of Nazareth in Galilee.

12   And ^note Iesvs entred into the temple of God, and cast out al that ^note sold and bought in the temple, and the tables of the bankers, and the chaires of them that sold pigeons he ouerthrevve:

13   and he saith to them, It is vvritten, My house shal be called the09Q0514 house of prayer: but you haue made it a denne of theeues. ^note

14   And there came to him the blinde, and the lame in the temple: and he healed them.

15   And the cheefe priestes & Scribes seeing the maruelous things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, & saying, Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid: they had indignati&obar;,

16   and said to him, Hearest thou vvhat these say? And Iesvs said to them, Very vvel. haue you neuer read, That out of the09Q0515 mouth of infants and sucklings thou hast persited praise? ^note

17   And leauing them, he vvent forth out of the citie into Bethania, and remained there. &cross4;

18    ^noteAnd in the morning returning into the citie, he vvas an hungred.

19    ^noteAnd seeing a certaine ^note figtree by the vvay side, he came to it: and found nothing on it but leaues only, and he saith to it, Neuer grovv there fruite of thee for euer. And incontinent the figtree vvas vvithered.

20   And the disciples seeing it, marueled saying, Hovv is it vvithered incontinent?

21   And Iesvs ansvvering said to them, Amen I say to you, ^note if you shal haue faith, and stagger not, not only that of the figtree shal you doe, but and if you shal say to this mountaine, Take vp and throvv thy self into the sea, it shal be done. ^note

22   And al things vvhatsoeuer you shal aske in prayer 09Q0516 beleeuing, you shal receiue.

23   And vvhen he vvas come into the temple, there came to him as he vvas teaching, the cheefe Priests and auncients of the people, saying, ^note09Q0517 In vvhat povver doest thou these things? and vvho hath giuen thee this povver?

24   Iesvs ansvvering said to them, I also vvil aske you one vvord: vvhich if you shal tell me, I also vvil tel you in vvhat povver I doe these things.

25   The Baptisme of Iohn vvhence vvas it? from heauen, or from men? But they thought vvithin them selues, saying,

26   If vve shal say from heauen, he vvil say to vs, vvhy then did you not beleeue him? but if vve shal say from men: vve feare the multitude. for al hold Iohn as a Prophet.

27   And ansvvering

to Iesvs they said, we knovv not. He also said to them, Neither do I tel you in vvhat povver I doe these things.

28   But vvhat is your opinion? A certaine man had tvvo sonnes: and comming to09Q0518 the first, he said, Sonne, goe vvorke to day in my vineyard.

29   And he ansvvering, said, I vvil not. But aftervvard moued vvith repentance he vvent.

30   And comming to the other, he said likevvise. And he ansvvering, said, I goe Lord, and he vvent not.

31   Which of the tvvo did the fathers vvil? They say to him, The first. Iesvs saith to them, Am&ebar; I say to you, that the Publicans and vvhoores goe before you into the kingdom of God.

32   For Iohn came to you in the vvay of iustice: and you did not beleeue him. but the publicans and vvhoores did beleeue him: but you seeing it, neither haue ye had repentance aftervvard, to beleeue him.

33    ^noteAn other parable heare ye: A man there vvas an housholder vvho ^note planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and digged in it a presse, and builded a tovvre, and let it out to husbandmen: and vvent forth into a strange countrie.

34   And vvhen the time of fruites drevve nigh, he sent his seruants to the husbandmen, to receiue the fruites thereof.

35   And the husbandmen apprehending his seruants, one they beat, an other they killed, and an other they stoned.

36   Againe he sent other seruants moe then the former: and they did to them likevvise.

37   And last of al he sent to them his sonne, saying, They vvil reuerence my sonne.

38   But the husbandmen seeing the sonne, said vvithin them selves, This is the heire, come, let vs kil him, and vve shal haue his inheritaunce.

39   And apprehending him they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

40   When therfore the lord of the vineyard shal come, vvhat vvil he doe to those husbandmen?

41   They say to him, The naughtie men he vvil bring to naught: and his vineyard he vvil let out to other husbandmen, that shal render him the fruite in their seasons.

42   Iesvs saith to them, Haue you neuer read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders reiected, the same is made into the head of the corner? By our lord was this done, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ^note

43   Therfore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shal be taken avvay from you, and shal be giuen to a nation yelding the fruites thereof.

44   And ^note he that falleth vpon this stone, shal be broken: and on vvhom it falleth, it shal al to bruise him.

45   And vvhen the cheefe Priestes and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knevve that he spake of them.

46   And seeking

to lay hands vpon him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a Prophet. &cross4; ^{note note note note note note note note note} Chap. XXII. Yet by one other parable he foresheweth the most deserued reprobation of the earthly and persecuting Iewes, and the gratious vocation of the Gentils in their place. 15 Then he defeateth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Cæsar. 23 He answereth also the inuention of the Sadducees against the Resurrection: 34 and a question that the Pharisees aske to pose him: turning and posing them againe, because they imagined that Christ should be no more then a man: 46 and so he putteth al the busy Sectes to silence.

1    ^noteAnd Iesvs ansvvering, spake againe in parables to them, saying:

2   The kingdom of heauen is likened to a man being a king, vvhich made a 09Q0519 mariage to his sonne.

3   And he sent his09Q0520 seruants to call them that vvere inuited to the mariage: and they vvould not come.

4   Againe he sent other seruants, saying, Tel them that vvere inuited, Behold I haue prepared my dinner: my beeues and fatlings are killed, and al things are ready: come ye to the mariage.

5   But they neglected: and vvent their vvaies,09Q0521 one to his farme, and an other to his merchandise:

6   and the rest laid hands vpon his seruants, and spitefully intreating them, murdered them.

7   But vvhen the king had heard of it, he vvas vvroth, and sending his hostes, destroied those murderers, and burnt their citie.

8   Then he saith to his seruants, The mariage in deede is ready: but they that vvere inuited, vvere not vvorthie.

9   Goe ye therfore into the high vvayes: and vvhosoeuer you shal finde, call to the mariage.

10   And his seruants going forth into the vvayes, gathered together al that they found, ^note bad and good: and the mariage vvas filled vvith ghestes.

11   And the king vvent in to see the ghestes: and he savv there09Q0522 a man not attired in a vvedding garment.

12   And he saith to him, Frende, hovv camest thou in hither not hauing a vvedding garment? But he vvas dumme.

13   Then the king said to the vvaiters, Binde his hands and feete, and cast him into the vtter darkenes: there shal be vveeping & gnashing of teeth.

14   For many be called, but fevv elect. &cross4;

15    ^noteThen the Pharisees departing, consulted among them selues for to entrappe him in his talke.

16   And they send to him their disciples vvith the Herodians, saying, Maister, vve knovv that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the vvay of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man. for thou doest not respect the person of men:

17   tel vs therfore vvhat is thy opinion, is it lavvful to giue tribute to Cæsar, or not?

18   But Iesvs knovving their naughtines, said, What do you tempt me Hypocrites?

19   Shevv me the tribute coine. And they offred him a penie.

20   And Iesvs saith to them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21   They say to him, Cæsars. Then he saith to them, Render therfore the things that are Cæsars, 09Q0523 to Cæsar: and the things that are Gods, to God.

22   And hearing it they marueled, and leauing him vvent their vvaies.

23    ^noteThat day there came to him the Sadducees, that say

there is no resurrection: and asked him,

24   saying, Maister, Moyses said, If a man die not hauing a childe, that his brother marie his wife, and raise vp feede to his brother. ^note

25   And there vvere vvith vs seuen brethren: and the first hauing maried a vvife, died: and not hauing issue, left his vvife to his brother.

26   In like maner the second and the third euen to the seuenth.

27   And last of al the vvoman died also.

28   In the resurrection therfore vvhose vvife of the seuen shal she be? for they al had her.

29   And Iesvs answering, said to them, You do erre, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the povver of God.

30   For in the resurrection neither shal they marie nor be maried: but are09Q052409Q0525 as the Angels of God in heauen.

31   And concerning the resurrecti&obar; of the dead, haue you not read that vvich vvas spoken of God saying to you,

32   I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? ^note He is not God09Q0526 of the dead, but of the liuing.

33   And the multitudes hearing it, marueled at his doctrine.

34    ^{note note}But the Pharisees hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, came together:

35   and one of them a doctor of lavv asked of him, tempting him,

36   Maister, vvhich is the great commaundement in the lavv?

37   Iesvs said to him, Thou shalt loue the lord thy God from thy whole hart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole minde. ^note

38   This is the greatest and the first commaundement.

39   And the second is like to this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self. ^note

40   09Q0527On these tvvo commaundements dependeth the vvhole Lavv and the Prophets.

41   And ^note the Pharisees being assembled, Iesvs asked them

42   saying, What is your opinion of Christ? Whose sonne is he? They say to him, Dauids.

43   He saith to them, Hovv then doth Dauid in spirit cal him Lord, saying,

44   The Lord said to my Lord, sitte on my right hand, vntil I put thine enemies the foote stole of thy feete? ^note

45   If Dauid therfore call him Lord, hovv is he his sonne?

46   And no man could ansvver him a vvord: neither durst any man from that day aske him any more. &cross4; ^{note note note}

^{note note note note note note} Chap. XXIII. The Scribes and Pharisees after al this, continuing stil incorrigible, although he wil haue the doctrine of their Chaire obeied, yet against their workes (and namely their ambition) he openly inueigheth, crying to them eight woes for their eightfold hypocrisie and blindnes: 34 and so concluding with the most worthy reprobation of that persecuting generation and their mother-citie Ierusalem with her Temple.

1    ^noteThen Iesvs spake to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2   saying, Vpon09Q0528 the chaire of Moyses haue sitten the Scribes and the Pharisees.

3   Al things therfore09Q0529 vvhatsoeuer they shal say to you, obserue ye and doe ye: but according to their vvorkes doe ye not, for they say and doe not.

4   For ^note they binde heauy burdens & importable: and put them vpon mens shoulders:

but vvith a finger of their ovvne they vvil not moue them.

5   But they doe al their vvorkes, for to be seen of men. for they make brode their ^note phylacteries, and enlarge their ^note fringes.

6   And they09Q0530 loue the first places at suppers, and ^note the first chaires in the Synagogs,

7   and salutations in the market-place, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

8   But be not you called Rabbi. for09Q0531 one is your maister, and al you are brethren.

9   And call none father to your self vpon earth: for one is your father, he that is in heauen.

10   Neither ^note be ye called09Q0532 maister: for one is your maister, Christ.

11   He that is the greater of you, shal be your seruiteur.

12   And he that exalteth him self, shal be humbled: and he that humbleth him self, shal be exalted. &cross4;

13   But vvo to you09Q0533 Scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites: because you shut the kingdom of heauen before men. For your selues do not enter in: & those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.

14   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you ^note deuoure vvidovves houses,09Q0534 praying long prayers. for this you shal receiue the greater iudgement.

15   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you goe round about the sea and the land, to make one proselyte: and vvhen he is made, you make him the childe of hel09Q0535 double more then your selues.

16   Wo to you blinde guides, that say, whosoeuer shal svveare by the temple, it is nothing: but he that shal svveare by the gold of the temple, is bound.

17   Ye foolish and blinde, for vvhether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

18   And vvhosoeuer shal svveare by the altar, it is nothing: but vvhosoeuer shal svveare by the gift that is vpon it, is bound.

19   Ye blinde, for vvhether is greater, the gift, or the altar that09Q0536 sanctifieth the gift?

20   He therfore that svveareth by the altar, svveareth by it and by al things that are vpon it:

21   and vvhosoeuer shal svveare by the temple, svveareth by it and09Q0537 by him that dvvelleth in it:

22   and he that svveareth by heauen, svveareth by the throne of God & by him that sitteth thereon.

23   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and haue left the vveightier things of the lavv, iudgem&ebar;t, and mercie, and faith. these things you ought to haue done, & not to haue omitted those.

24   Blinde guides, that straine a gnat, and svvallovv a camel.

25   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you make cleane that on the outside of the cuppe and dish: but vvithin ^note you are ful of rapine and vncleannes.

26   Thou blinde Pharisee, first make cleane the inside of the cuppe and the dish, that the outside may become cleane.

27   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you are like to vvhited sepulchres, vvhich outvvardly appeare vnto m&ebar; beautiful, but vvithin are ful of dead mens bones, and al filthines.

28   So you also outvvardly in deede09Q0538 appeare to men iust: but invvardly you are ful of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

29   Wo to you Scribes and Pharisees, ye hypocrites: because you build the Prophets sepulchres, and09Q0539 garnish the moniments of iust men,

30   and say: If vve had been in our fathers dayes, vve had not been their felovves in the bloud of the Prophets.

31   Therefore you are a testimonie to your ovvne selues, that you are the sonnes of them that killed the Prophets.

32   And fil you vp the measure of your fathers.

33   You serpents, vipers broodes, hovv vvil you flee from the iudgement of hel? ^note

34   Therfore behold I send vnto you Prophets and vvise men and scribes, and of them you shal kil & crucifie, and of them you shal scourge in your Synagogs, and persecute from citie into citie:

35   that vpon you may come al the iust bloud that vvas shed vpon the earth, from the bloud of ^note Abel the iust eu&ebar; vnto the bloud of ^note Zacharias the sonne of Barachias, vvhom you murdered betvvene the temple and the altar.

36   Amen I say to you, al these things shal come vpon this generation.

37    ^noteHierusalem, Hierusalem, vvhich killest the Prophets, and stonest them that vvere sent to thee, hovv often vvould I gather together thy children as the henne doth gather together her chickens vnder her vvinges, and thou ^note vvouldest not?

38   Behold, your house shal be left desert to you.

39   For I say to you, you shal not see me from hence forth til you say, Blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord. &cross4; ^note

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Chap. XXIIII. To his Disciples (by occasion of Hierusalem and the Temples destruction) he foretelleth, 4 vvhat things shalbe before the consummation of the vvorld, as specially, 14 the Churches ful preaching vnto al nations: 15 then, vvhat shalbe in the very consummation, to vvit, Antichrist vvith his passing great persecution and seduction, but for a short time: 29 then incontinent, the Day of iudgement to our great comfort in those miseries vnder Antichrist. 35 As for the moment, to vs it perteineth not to knovv it, 37 but rather euery man to vvatch, that vve be not vnprouided vvhen he commeth to ech one particularly by death.

1    ^noteAnd Iesvs being gone out of the temple, vvent. And his disciples came to shevv him the buildings of the t&ebar;ple.

2   And he ansvvering said to th&ebar;, Do you see al these things? Amen I say to you, there shal09Q0540 not be left here a stone vpon a stone that shal not be destroied.

3    ^noteAnd vvhen he vvas sitting vpon Mount-oliuet, the disciples came to him secretly, saying: Tel vs, vvhen shal these things be? and vvhat shal be09Q0541 the signe of thy comming, and of the consummation of the vvorld?

4   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to them, Bevvare that no man09Q0542 seduce you: ^note

5   for many shal come in my name saying,09Q0543 I am Christ: and they shal seduce many.

6   For you shal heare of vvarres, & bruites of vvarres. See that ye be not troubled. for these things must be done: but the end is not yet.

7   for nation shal rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shal be pestilences, and famines, and earth-quakes in places,

8   and al these things are the beginnings of sorovves. &cross4;

9   Then ^note shal they deliuer you into tribulation, and shal kil you: and you shal be odious to al nations for my names sake.

10   And then many shal be scandalized: and they shal deliuer vp one an other: and they shal hate one an other.

11   And many ^note false-prophets shal rise: and shal seduce many.

12   And because 09Q0544 iniquitie shal abound: the charitie of many shal vvaxe cold.

13   But he that shal perseuêre to the end, he shal be saued. &cross4;

14   And this Gospel of the kingdom09Q0545 shal be preached in the vvhole vvorld, for a testimonie to al nations, and then shal come the consummation.

15    ^noteTherfore vvhen you shal see09Q0546 the abomination of desolation, ^note vvhich vvas spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, standing in the holy place (he that readeth, let him vnderstand)

16   then they that are in Ievvrie, let them flee to the mountaines:

17   and he that is on the house-toppe, let him not come dovvne

to take any thing out of his house:

18   and he that is in the field, let him not goe backe to take his coate.

19   And vvo to th&ebar; that are vvith childe, and that giue sucke in those dayes.

20   But pray that your flight be not in the vvinter or on the Sabboth.

21   For there shal be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the vvorld vntil novv, neither shal be.

22   And vnles those daies had been shortened, no flesh should be saued: but for the elect the daies09Q0547 shal be shortened.

23   Then if any man shal say vnto you, Loe ^note here is Christ, or there: do not beleeue him.

24   For there shal rise false-Christes and false-Prophets, and shal shevv09Q0548 great signes and vvonders, so that the elect also (if it be possible) may be induced into errour.

25   Loe I haue foretold you.

26   If therfore they shal say vnto you, Behold he is in the desert: goe ye not out: behold09Q0549 in the closets, beleeue it not.

27   For as lightening c&obar;meth out of the east, and appeareth euen into the vvest, so shal also the aduent of the sonne of man be.

28   Wheresoeuer the body is, thither shal the egles also be gathered together.

29   And09Q0550 immediatly after the tribulation of those dayes ^note the sonne shal be darkened, and the moone shal not giue her light, and the starres shal fal from heauen, and the powers of heauen shal be moued:

30   and then shal appeare ^note the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shal al tribes of the earth bevvaile: and they shal see the Sonne of man comming in the cloudes of heauen vvith much povver and maiestie.

31   And he shal send his Angels vvith a trumpet, and a great voyce: and they shal gather together his elect from the foure vvindes, from the furthest partes of heauen euen to the endes thereof.

32   And of the figtree learne a parable: When novv the bough thereof is tender, and the leaues come forth, you knovv that sommer is nigh.

33   So you also, vvhen you shal see these things, knovv ye that it is nigh euen at the doores.

34   Amen I say to you, that this generation shal not passe, til al these things be done.

35   Heauen and earth shal passe, but my vvordes shal not passe. &cross4;

36   But of that day and houre no body knovveth, neither the Angels of heauen, but the Father alone.

37   And as ^note in the dayes of Noe, so shal also the comming of the Sonne of man be.

38   For as they vvere in the dayes before the floud, eating and drinking, marying and giuing to mariage, euen vnto that day in vvhich Noe entred into the arke,

39   and knevve not til

the floud came, and tooke them al: so also shal the c&obar;ming of the Sonne of man be.

40   Then two shal be in the field: one shal be taken, and one shal be left.

41   tvvo vvomen grinding in the mill: one shal be taken, and one shal be left.

42   Watch therfore because you knovv not vvhat houre your Lord vvil come. ^note

43   But this knovv ye, that ^note if the good man of the house did knovv vvhat houre the theefe vvould come, he vvould surely vvatch, and vvould not suffer his house to be broken vp.

44   Therfore be you also ready, because at vvhat houre you knovv not, the Sonne of man vvil come.

45   Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and vvise seruant, vvhom his lord hath appointed ouer his familie, to giue them meate in season?

46   Blessed is that seruant, vvhom vvhen his lord c&obar;meth, he shal finde so doing.

47   Amen I say to you, that ouer al his goods shal he appoint him. &cross4;

48   But if that naughtie seruant shal say in his hart, My lord is long a comming:

49   and shal beginne to strike his felovv-seruants, and eateth, and drinketh vvith drunkards:

50   the lord of that seruant shal come in a day that he hopeth not, and an houre that he knovveth not,

51   and shal deuide him, and appoint his portion vvith the hypocrites: there shal be vveeping and gnashing of teeth. ^{note note note note}

^{note note note note note note note} Chap. XXV. Continuing his Sermon, he bringeth two parables, of ten Virgins, and of Talents, to shew how it shalbe in Domesday with the Faithful that prepare, and that prepare not them selues. 31 Then also without parables he sheweth that such Faithful as doe workes of mercy, shal haue for them life euerlasting: and such as doe not, euerlasting damnation.

1    ^noteThen shal the kingdom of heauen be like to ten09Q0551 virgins: vvhich taking their09Q0552lampes vvent forth to meete the bridegrome and the bride.

2   And fiue of them vvere foolish, and fiue vvise.

3   but the fiue foolish, hauing taken their lampes, did not take09Q0553 oile vvith them:

4   but the vvise did take oile in their vessels vvith the lampes.

5   And the bridegrome tarying long, they slumbered all and slept.

6   And at midnight there vvas a clamour made, Behold the bridegrome commeth, goe

ye forth to meete him.

7   Then arose al those virgins: and they trimmed their lampes.

8   And the foolish said to the vvise, Giue vs of ^note your oile: because our lampes are going out.

9   The vvise ansvvered, saying, Lest peraduenture there suffise not for vs and you, goe rather to them that sel: and bie for your selues.

10   And vvhiles they vvent to bie, the bridegrome vvas come: and they that vvere ready, entred vvith him to the mariage, and the gate vvas shut.

11   But last of al come also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to vs.

12   But he ansvvering said, Amen I say to you, I knovv you not.

13   Watch ye therfore, because you knovv not the day nor the houre. &cross4;

14    ^noteFor ^note euen as a man going into a strange countrie, called his seruants, and deliuered them his goods.

15   And to one he gaue fiue talents, and to an other tvvo, and to an other one, to euery one according to his propre facultie: and immediatly he tooke his iourney.

16   And he that had receiued the fiue talents, vvent his vvay, and occupied vvith the same, and gained other fiue.

17   Likevvise also he that had receiued the tvvo, gained other tvvo.

18   But he that had receiued the one, going his vvay digged into the earth, and hid his lords money.

19   But after much time the lord of those seruants commeth, and made a count vvith them.

20   And there came he that had receiued the fiue talents, and offred other fiue talents, saying, Lord fiue talents thou didst deliuer me, behold ^note I haue gained other fiue besides.

21   His lord said vnto him: Wel fare thee good and faithful seruant, because thou hast been faithful ouer a fevv things, I vvil place thee ouer many things: enter into the ioy of thy lord.

22   And there came also he that had receiued the tvvo talents, and said, Lord tvvo talents thou didst deliuer me: behold I haue gained other tvvo.

23   His lord said to him, Wel fare thee good and faithful seruant: because thou hast been faithful ouer a fevv things, I vvil place thee ouer many things, enter into the ioy of thy lord. &cross4;

24   And he also that had receiued the one talent, came forth, and said, Lord, I knovv that thou art a hard man, thou reapest vvhere thou didst not sovv: and gatherest vvhere thou stravvedst not:

25   and being afraid I vvent, and hid thy talent in the earth: behold loe here thou hast that vvhich thine is.

26   And his lord ansvvering, said to him: ^note Naughtie and sloughtful seruant, thou didst knovv that I reape vvhere

I sovv not, & gather vvhere I stravved not:

27   thou oughtest therfore to haue committed my money to the bankers, and comming I might haue receiued mine ovvne09Q0554 vvith vsurie.

28   Take ye avvay therfore the talent from him, and giue it him that hath ten talents.

29   For to ^note euery one that hath shal be giuen, and he shal abound: but from him that hath not, that also vvhich09Q0555 he seemeth to haue, shal be taken avvay from him.

30   And the vnprofitable seruant cast ye out into the vtter darknesse. There shal be vveeping and gnashing of teeth.

31    ^noteAnd vvhen the sonne of man shal come in his maiestie, and al the Angels vvith him, then shal he sitte vpon the seate of his maiestie:

32   and al nations shal be gathered together before him, and he shal09Q0556 separate them one from an other, as the pastor separateth the sheepe from the goates:

33   and shal set the sheepe at his right hand, but the goates at his left.

34   Then shal the king say to them that shal be at his right hand,09Q0557 Come ye blessed of my father, possesse you the kingdom ^note prepared for you from the foundation of the vvorld.

35   for I vvas an hungred, and09Q0558 you gaue me to eate: I vvas a thirst, and you gaue me to drinke.

36   I vvas a stranger, and you tooke me in: naked, and you couered me: sicke, and you visited me. I vvas in prison, and you came to me.

37   Then shal the iust ansvver him, saying: Lord, vvhen did vve see thee an hungred, and fed thee: a thirst, and gaue thee drinke?

38   and vvhen did vve see thee a stranger, and tooke thee in? or naked, and couered thee?

39   or vvhen did vve see thee sicke or in prison: and came to thee?

40   And the king ansvvering, shall say to them, Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

41   Then he shal say to them also that shal be at his left hand,09Q0559 Get ye avvay from me you cursed into fire euerlasting, vvhich vvas prepared for the Deuil and his angels.

42   for I vvas an hungred, and you09Q0560 gaue me not to eate: I vvas a thirst, and you gaue me not to drinke.

43   I was a stranger, and you tooke me not in: naked, and you couered me not: sicke, and in prison, and you did not visite me.

44   Then they also shall ansvver him, saying, Lord, vvhen did vve see thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison: and did not minister to thee?

45   Then he shal ansvver them, saying, Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these lesser, neither did you it to me.

46   And these shal goe into punishment euerlasting: but the iust, into life euerlasting. &cross4;

^{note note note note note note note note note} Chap. XXVI. To the Councel of the Iewes, Iudas by occasion of Marie Magdalens ointm&ebar;t, doth sell him for litle. 17 After the Paschal lambe, 26 he giueth them that bread of life (promised 10. 6,) in a mystical Sacrifice or Separation of his Body and Bloud. 31 And that night he is after his prayer 47 taken of the Iewes men, Iudas being their captaine: and forsaken of the other eleuen for feare: 57 is falsely accused, and impiously condemned of the Iewes Councel, 67 and shamefully abused of them: 69 and thrise denied of Peter: Al, euen as the Scriptures and him self had often foretold

1    ^{note note}And it came to passe, vvhen Iesvs had ended al these vvordes, he said to his Disciples,

2   You knovv that after tvvo dayes shal be Pasche, and the Sonne of man shal be deliuered to be crucified.

3   Then vvere gathered together the cheefe Priestes and auncients of the people into the court of the high priest, vvho vvas called Caiphas: ^note

4   and they consulted hovv they might by some vvile apprehend Iesvs, and kil him.

5   But they said, Not on the festiual day, lest perhaps there might be a tumult among the people.

6   And ^note vvhen Iesvs vvas in Bethania in the house of Simon the Leper,

7   there came to him a vvoman hauing an alabaster-boxe of pretious ointment, and povvred it out vpon his head as he sate at the table.

8   And the Disciples seeing it, had indignation saying, whereto is09Q0561 this vvast?

9   for this might haue been sold for much, and giuen to the poore.

10   And Iesvs knovving it, said to them: why do you molest this vvoman? for she hath vvrought a09Q0562 good vvorke vpon me.

11   For the poore you haue alvvayes vvith you: but me09Q0563 you haue not alvvayes.

12   For she in povvring this ointment vpon my body: hath done it to burie me.

13   Amen I say to you, vvheresoeuer this Gospel shal be preached in the vvhole vvorld, that also vvhich she hath done, ^note shal be reported for a memorie of her.

14    ^noteThen vvent one of the Tvvelue, vvhich vvas called Iudas Iscarioth, to the cheefe Priestes,

15   and said to them, what vvil you giue me, and I vvil deliuer him vnto you? But they appointed vnto him thirtie peeces of siluer.

16   And from thenceforth he sought opportunitie to betray him.

17    ^noteAnd ^note the first day of the Azymes the Disciples came to Iesvs, saying, where vvilt thou that vve prepare for thee to eate the Pasche?

18   But Iesvs said, Goe ye into the citie to a certaine man: and say to him, The Maister saith, My time is at hand, vvith thee do I make the Pasche vvith my Disciples.

19   And the Disciples did as Iesvs appointed them, and they prepared the Pasche.

20   But vvhen it vvas euen, he sate downe vvith his09Q0564 tvvelue Disciples.

21   And vvhile they vvere eating, he said: Amen I say to you, that one of you shal betray me.

22   And they being very sad, began euery one to say, Is it I Lord?

23   But he ansvvering said, ^note He that dippeth his hand vvith me in the dish, he shall betray me.

24   The Sonne of man in deede goeth as it is vvritten of him: but vvo be to that man, by vvhom the Sonne of man shal be betrayed. It vvere good for him, if that man had not been borne.

25   And Iudas that betrayed him, ansvvering said, Is it I Rabbi? He saith to him, Thou hast said.

26   And ^note vvhiles they vvere at supper, Iesvs09Q0565 tooke bread, and09Q0566 blessed, and brake: and he gaue to his Disciples, and said, Take ye, and eate:09Q0567 This is09Q0568 my body.

27   And taking the chalice, he gaue thankes: and gaue to them, saying: Drinke ^note ye al of this.

28   For this is09Q0569 my blovd of

the nevv Testament, vvhich shal be shed for many vnto remission of sinnes.

29   And I say to you, I vvil not drinke from henceforth of this09Q0570 fruite of the vine, vntil that day vvhen I shal drinke it vvith you nevv in the kingdom of my father. ^note

30   And an hymne being said, they vventh forth vnto Mount-oliuet.

31    ^noteThen Iesvs saith to them, Al you shal be scandalized in me, in this night. For it is vvritten, I vvil strike the Pastor, and the sheepe of the flocke shal be dispersed. ^note

32   But after I shal be risen againe, I vvil goe before you into Galilee.

33   And Peter ansvvering, said to him, Although al shal be scandalized in thee, I vvil neuer be scandalized.

34   Iesvs said to him, Amen I say to thee, that in this night before the cocke crovv, thou shalt denie me thrise.

35    ^notePeter saith to him, Yea though I should die vvith thee, I vvil not denie thee. Likevvise also said al the Disciples.

36   Then Iesvs commeth vvith them into a village called Gethsémani: and he said to his Disciples, Sitte you here til I goe yonder, and pray.

37   And taking to him Peter and the tvvo sonnes of Zebedee, he began to vvaxe sorovvful and to be sad.

38   Then he saith to them: My soul is sorovvful euen vnto death: stay here, and vvatch vvith me.

39   And being gone forvvard a litle, he fel vpon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice passe from me. neuerthelesse 09Q0571 not as I vvil, but as thou.

40   And he commeth to his Disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, Euen so? Could you not vvatch one houre vvith me?

41   09Q0572Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into tentation. The spirit in deede is prompt, but the flesh vveake.

42   Againe the second time he vvent, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this chalice may not passe, but I must drinke it, thy vvil be done.

43   And he commeth againe, and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes vvere become heauy.

44   And leauing them, he vvent againe: and he prayed the third time, saying the self same vvord.

45   Then he commeth to his Disciples, and saith to them, Sleepe ye novv and take rest: behold the houre approcheth, and the Sonne of man shal be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46   Rise, let vs goe: behold he approcheth that shal betray me.

47    ^noteAs he yet spake, behold Iudas one of the Tvvelue came, and vvith him a great multitude vvith svvordes and clubbes, sent from the cheese Priestes and the auncients of the people.

48   And he that betrayed him, gaue them a signe, saying, whomsoeuer I shal kisse, that is he, hold him.

49   And forthvvith c&obar;ming to Iesvs, he said, Haile Rabbi. And he kissed him.

50   And Iesvs said to him, Freend, vvhereto art thou come? Then they drevve neere, and laid hands on Iesvs, and held him.

51   And behold one of them that vvere vvith Iesvs, stretching forth his hand, drevve out his svvord: and striking the seruant of the high Priest, cut of his eare.

52   Then Iesvs saith to him, Returne thy sword into his place: for al that take the svvord, shal perish vvith the svvord.

53   Thinkest thou that I cannot aske my Father: and he vvil giue me presently more then tvvelue legions of Angels?

54   Hovv then shal the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

55   In that houre Iesvs said to the multitudes: You are come out as it vvere to a theefe vvith svvordes and clubbes to appreh&ebar;d me: I sate daily vvith you teaching in the temple: and you laid no hands on me.

56   And al this vvas done, that the scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled. Th&ebar; the disciples al leauing him, fled.

57   But they taking hold of Iesvs, led him to Caiphas the high Priest, vvhere the Scribes and auncients vvere assembled.

58   And Peter folovved him a farre of, euen to the court of the high Priest. And going in he sate vvith the seruants, that he might see the end.

59   And the cheefe Priestes and the vhole Councel sought false vvitnes against Iesvs, that they might put him to death:

60   and they found not, vvhereas many false vvitnesses had come in. And last of al there came tvvo false vvitnesses:

61   and they said, ^note This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three dayes to reedifie it.

62   And the high Priest rising vp, said to him: Ansvverest thou nothing to the things vvhich these do testifie against thee?

63   But Iesvs held his peace. And the high Priest said to him: I adiure thee by the liuing God, that thou tel vs if thou be Christ the sonne of God.

64   Iesvs saith to him, Thou hast said. neuertheles I say to you, hereafter you shal see ^note the Sonne of man sitting on the right hand of the povver of God, and comming in the cloudes of heauen.

65   Then the high Priest rent his garments, saying, He hath blasphemed, vvhat neede vve vvitnesses any further? behold, novv you haue heard the blasphemie,

66   hovv thinke you? But they ansvvering said, He is guilty of death.

67   Then did they spit on his face, and buffeted him, and other smote his

face vvith the palmes of their hands,

68   saying, Prophecie vnto vs O Christ: vvho is he that strooke thee?

69   But Peter sate vvithout in the court: and there came to him one09Q0573 vvenche, saying: Thou also vvast vvith Iesvs the Galilean.

70   But he denied before them all, saying, I vvot not vvhat thou sayest.

71   And as he vvent out of the gate, an other vvenche savv him, and she saith to them that vvere there, And this felovv also vvas vvith Iesvs the Nazarite.

72   And againe he denied vvith an othe, That I knovv not the man.

73   And after a litle they came that stoode by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art of them: for euen thy speache doth bevvray thee.

74   Then he began09Q0574 to curse and to svveare that he knevve not the man. ^note And incontinent the cocke crevve.

75   And Peter remembred the vvord of Iesvs vvhich he had said, Before the cocke crovv, thou shalt deny me thrise. And going forth,09Q0575 he vvept bitterly. ^{note note note note note}

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Chap. XXVII. The cheefe of the Ievves accuse him to Pilate the Gentil (his betrayer, and the Iudge, and the Iudges wife, testifying in the meane time manifodly his innocencie:) 20 and persuade the common people also not only to preferre the murderer Barabbas, but also to crie, Crvcifige: (Al, to the reprobation of their vvhole nation, and nothing but fulfilling the Scriptures.) 27 After many illusions, 31 he is crucified by the Gentils. 38 which the Ievves seeing, do triumph as if they had novv the victorie. 45 But euen then by many vvonderful vvorkes he declareth his might, to their confusion 57 Finally being buried, they to make al sure, set souldiars to keepe his sepulcher.

1    ^{note note}And vvhen morning vvas come, al the cheefe Priestes and auncients of the people consulted together against Iesvs, that they might put him to death. ^note

2   And they brought him bound and deliuered him to Ponce Pilate the President.

3   Then Iudas that betrayed him, seeing that he vvas condemned, 09Q0577 repenting him, returned the thirtie siluer peeces to the cheefe Priestes and auncients,

4   saying, I haue sinned, betraying iust bloud. But they said, what is that to vs? looke thou to it.

5   And casting dovvne the siluer peeces in the temple, he departed: and vvent and09Q0578 hanged him self vvith an halter.

6   And the cheefe Priestes hauing taken the siluer peeces, said, It is not lavvful to cast them into the ^note Córbana: because it is the price of bloud.

7   And after they had consulted together, they bought vvith them the potters field, to be a burying place for strangers.

8   For this cause that field vvas called Hacéldama, that is, the field of bloud, euen to this present day.

9   Then vvas fulfilled that vvhich vvas spoken by Ieremie the Prophet, saying, And they tooke the thirtie peeces of siluer, the price of the priced, vvhom they did price of the children of Israel:

10   and they gave them into the potters field, as our Lord did appoint to me. ^note

11   And Iesvs stoode before the President, and the President asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Ievves? Iesvs saith to him, Thou sayest.

12   And vvhen he vvas accused of the cheefe Priestes and auncients, he ansvvered nothing.

13   Then Pilate saith to him, Doest thou not heare hovv many testimonies they alleage against thee?

14   And he ansvvered him not to any vvord: so that the President did maruel excedingly.

15    ^noteAnd vpon the solemne day the President had accustomed to release vnto the people one prisoner vvhom they

vvould.

16   And he had then a notorius prisoner, that vvas called Barabbas.

17   They therfore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom vvil you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Iesvs that is called Christ?

18   For he knevve that for enuie they had deliuered him.

19   And as he vvas sitting in place of iudgment, his vvife sent vnto him, saying: Haue thou nothing to doe vvith that iust man. for I haue suffred many things this day in my sleepe for him.

20   But the cheefe Priestes and auncients persuaded the people, that they should aske Barabbas, and make Iesvs avvay.

21   And the President ansvvering, said to them: Whether vvil you of the tvvo to be released vnto you? But they said, Barabbas.

22   Pilate saith to them, what shal I doe then vvith Iesvs that is called Christ? They say al, Let him be crucified.

23   The President said to them, why vvhat euil hath he done? But they cried the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

24   And Pilate seeing that he nothing preuailed, but rather tumult vvas tovvard: taking vvater he vvashed his hands before the people, saying, I am09Q0579 innocent of the bloud of this iust man: looke you to it.

25   And the vvhole people ansvvering, said, His bloud be vpon vs, and vpon our children.

26   Then he released to them Barabbas, and hauing scourged Iesvs, deliuered him vnto them for to be crucified.

27   Then the Presidents souldiars taking Iesvs into the Palace, gathered together vnto him the vvhole band:

28    ^noteand stripping him, put a scarlet cloke about him,

29   and platting a crovvne of thornes, put it vpon his head, and a reede in his right hand. And bovving the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Haile King of the Ievves.

30   And spitting vpon him, they tooke the reede, and smote his head.

31   And after they had mocked him, they tooke of the cloke from him, and put on him his ovvne garments, and led him avvay to crucifie him.

32   And in going they found a man of Cyréne, named Simon: him they forced to take vp his crosse.

33   And they came into the place that is called Golgotha, vvhich is, the place of Caluarie. ^note

34   And they gaue him vvine to drinke mingled vvith gall. And vvhen he had tasted, he vvould not drinke.

35   And after they had crucified him, they deuided his garments, casting lottes: that it might be fulfilled vvhich vvas spoken by the Prophet, saying: They deuided my garments among

them: and vpon my vesture they did cast lottes. ^note

36   And they sate and vvatched him.

37   And they put ouer his head his cause vvritten, This is Iesvs the king of the iewes.

38   Then vvere crucified vvith him tvvo theeues: one on the right hand, and one on the left.

39   And they that passed by, blasphemed him, vvagging their heades,

40   and saying, Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three daies doest reedifie it: saue thine ovvne self:09Q0580 if thou be the sonne of God, come dovvne from the Crosse.

41   In like maner also the cheefe Priestes with the Scribes and auncients mocking, said:

42   He saued other: him self he can not saue: if he be the King of Israel, let him novv come dovvne from the Crosse, and vve vvil beleeue him.

43    ^noteHe trusted in God: let him novv deliuer him if he vvil: for he said, That I am the sonne of God.

44   And the self same thing the theeues also that vvere crucified vvith him, reproched him vvithal.

45   And from the sixt houre, there vvas darkenesse made vpon the vvhole earth, vntil the ninthe houre.

46   And about the ninthe houre Iesvs cried vvith a mighty voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lamma-sabacthani? that is, My God, my God,09Q0581 vvhy hast thou forsaken me?

47   And certaine that stoode there and heard, said, He calleth Elias.

48   And incontinent one of them running, tooke a sponge, & filled it vvith vinegre: and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.

49   And other said, Let be, let vs see vvhether Elias come to deliuer him.

50   And Iesvs againe crying vvith a mighty voice, yelded vp the ghost. ^note

51   And behold the vele of the temple vvas rent in tvvo peeces, from the toppe euen to the botome, and the earth did quake, and the rockes vvere rent,

52   and the graues vvere opened: and many bodies of the saincts that had slept, rose.

53   And they going forth out of the graues after his resurrection, came into the holy citie: and appeared to many.

54   And the Centurion and they that vvere vvith him vvatching Iesvs, hauing seen the earth-quake and the things that vvere done, vvere sore afraid, saying, In deede this vvas the sonne of God.

55   And there vvere there many vvomen a farre of, vvhich had folovved Iesvs from Galilee, ministring vnto him:

56   among vvhom vvas Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames and Ioseph, and the mother of the sonnes of Zebedee. ^note

57   And vvhen it vvas euening, there came a certaine

rich man of Arimathæa, named Ioseph, vvho also him self was disciple to Iesvs.

58   He vvent to Pilate, and asked the body of Iesvs. Then Pilate commaunded that the body should be deliuered. ^note

59   And Ioseph taking the body,09Q0582 vvrapt it in cleane sindon,

60   and laid it in his ovvne nevve monument, vvhich he had hevved out in a rocke. And he rolled a great stone to the doore of the monument, and vvent his vvay.

61   And there was there Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie, sitting ouer against the sepulchre.

62    ^noteAnd the next day, vvhich is after the Parasceue, the cheefe Priestes and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

63   saying, Sir, vve haue remembred, that that seducer said yet liuing, After three dayes I vvil rise againe.

64   Commaund therfore the sepulchre to be kept vntil the third day: lest perhaps his Disciples come, and steale him, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last errour shal be vvorse then the first.

65   Pilate said to them, You haue a gard: goe, gard it as you knovv.

66   And they departing, made the sepulchre sure: sealing vp the stone, vvith vvatchmen. ^{note note note note note}

^note Chap. XXVIII. He riseth againe the third day, and (the blind most obstinate Iewes by bribery working to their owne reprobation) he appeareth to his Disciples in Galilee (as both before his Pa&esset;ion he foretold them Mat. 26, and now after his Resurrection, first the Angel, then also him self appointed by the women) 18 and sendeth them to al Nations, to build his Church among ehe Gentils.

1    ^{note note}And in the euening of the Sabboth vvhich davvneth on the first of the Sabboth, came Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie09Q0583 to see the sepulchre.

2   And behold there vvas made a great earth-quake. For an Angel of our Lord desc&ebar;ded from heauen: and comming, rolled backe the stone, and sate vpon it: ^note

3   and his countenance vvas as lightening: and his garment as snovv.

4   And for feare of him, the vvatchmen vvere frighted, and became as dead.

5   And the Angel ansvvering said to the vvomen, Feare not you. for I knovv that you seeke Iesvs that vvas crucified.

6   he is not here: for he is risen, ^note as he said. come, and see the place vvhere our Lord vvas laid.

7   And going quickly, tel ye his Disciples that he is risen: and behold he goeth before you into Galilee. there you shal see him. loe I haue fortold you.

8   And they vvent forth quickly out of the monument vvith feare and great ioy, running to tel his Disciples.

9   And behold Iesvs mette them, saying, Al haile. But they came neere and tooke hold of his feete, and adored him.

10   Then Iesvs said to them, Feare not. goe, tel my brethren that they goe into Galilee, there they shal see me.

11   Who vvhen they vvere departed, behold certaine of the vvatchmen came into the citie, and told the cheefe Priestes al things that had been done.

12   And being assembled together vvith the auncients, taking counsel, they gaue a greate summe of money to the souldiars,

13   saying, Say you, That his Disciples came by night, and stole him avvay vvhen vve vvere a sleepe.

14   And if the President shal heare of this, vve

vvil persuade him, and make you secure.

15   But they taking the money, did as they vvere taught. And this vvord vvas bruited abrode among the Ievves, euen vnto this day.

16    ^noteAnd the eleuen Disciples vvent into Galilee, vnto the mount vvhere Iesvs had appointed them.

17   And seeing him they adored, but some doubted.

18   And Iesvs comming neere spake vnto them, saying. ^note Al povver is giuen to me in heauen and in earth.

19   09Q0584going therfore teach ye al nations: Baptizing them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost,

20   teaching them to obserue al things vvhatsoeuer I haue commaunded you, and behold I am vvith you09Q0585 al daies, euen to the consummation of the vvorld. &cross4; ^{note note note}

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