S. Markes Gospel may be vvel diuided into foure partes.

The first part, of the preparation that was made to the manifestation of Christ: chap. 1. in the beginning.

The Second, of his manifesting him selfe by Preaching and Miracles, and that in Galilee: the residue of the 1. chap. vnto the 10. chap.

The third, of his comming into Iurie, tovvards his Passion: chap. 10.

The fourth, of the Holy weeke of his Passion in Hierusalem: chap. 11. to the end of the booke.

Of S. Marke and his conuersation with the tvvo Apostles S. Paul and S. Barnabee, vve haue at large Act. 12 and 15. somevvhat also Col. 4. and 2. Tim. 4. and to Phil&ebar;mon. Moreouer of his familiaritie vvith the Prince of the Apostles S. Peter, vve haue 1 Pet. 5. For so it pleased our Lord, that onely tvvo of the Euangelistes should be of his tvvelue Apostles, to vvit, S. Matthew and S. Iohn. The other tvvo, S. Marke and S. Luke, he gaue vnto vs of the Disciples of his two most principal and most glorious Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul. Whose Gospels therefore were of Antiquitie counted as the Gospels of S. Peter and S. Paul them selues. Marke the disciple and interpreter of Peter (saith S. Hierom) according to that which he heard of Peters mouth, wrote at Rome a briefe Gospel at the request of the Brethren (about 10 or 12 yeres after our Lordes Ascension.) ^note Which when Peter had heard, he approued it, and with his authoritie did publish it to the Church to be read, as Clemens Alexandrinus writeth li. 6. hypotypos.

In the same place S. Hierom addeth, hovv he vvent into Ægypt to preach, and vvas the first Bishop of the cheefe Citie there, named Alexandria: and hovv Philo Iudæus at the same time seeing and admiring the life and conuersation of the Christians there vnder S. Marke, vvho vvere Monkes, vvrote a booke thereof, vvhich is extant to this day. ^{note note} And not onely S. Hierom (in Marco, & in Philone) but also Eusebius Hist. li. 2. ca. 15. 16. 17. Epiphanius Secta 29 Nazaræorum, li. 1. to. 2. Cassianus de Instit. Cænobiorum li. 2. c. 5. Sozomenus li. 1. c. 12. Nicephorus li. 2 c. 15. and diuerse others, do make mention of the said Monkes out of the same Author. Finally, He died (saith S. Hierom) the 8 yere of Nero, and was buried at Alexandria, Anianus succeding in his place. But from Alexandria he vvas ^note translated to Venice, Anno Dom. 830.

It is also to be noted, that in respect of S. Peter, vvho sent S. Marke his scholer to Alexandria, and made him the first Bishop there, this See vvas esteemed next in dignitie to the See of Rome, and the Bishop thereof vvas accounted the cheefe Metropolitane or Patriarch of the East, and that by the first Councel of Nice. Whereof see S. Leo ep. 53. S. Gregorie li. 5 ep. 60. & li. 6. ep. 37.

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF IESVS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MARKE. Chap. I. ^noteIohn (the Eremite of vvhom the Prophets) preaching penance, and liuing him self accordingly, baptizeth the people to prepare them to Christ, 7 telling them, that it is not his, but Christs Baptisme, in vvhich they shal receive the Holy Ghost. 9 Iesvs there is manifested from heauen: 12 and by and by he also goeth into the vvildernesse. 14 Beginning n Galilee, 16 after that he hath called foure Disciples, 21 he preacheth first in Capharnaum, confirming his doctrine vvith beneficial Miracles, to the great admiration of al: 35 then also (but first retiring into the vvildernes) in al the rest of Galilee, vvith like miracles.

1   The beginning of the Gospel of Iesvs Christ the sonne of God.

2   As it is vvritten in ^note Esay the Prophet, (Behold I send mine Angel before thy face, vvho shal prepare thy vvay before thee,)

3   A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the vvay of our Lord, make straight his pathes. ^note

4    ^noteIohn vvas in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptisme of penance ^note vnto remission of sinnes.

5   And there vvent forth to him al the countrie of Ievvrie, and al they of Hierusalem: and vvere baptized of him in the riuer of Iordan,09Q0586 confessing09Q0587 their sinnes.

6   And Iohn vvas 09Q0588 clothed vvith camels heare, and a girdle of a skinne about his loines: and he did eate locustes and vvild honie.

7   And he preached, saying, There commeth a stronger then I after me: vvhose latchet of his shoes I am not vvorthie stouping dovvne to vnloose.

8   I haue baptized you09Q0589 vvith vvater: but he shal baptize you vvith the holy Ghost.

9   And it came to passe: in those daies came Iesvs from Nazareth of Galilee: and vvas09Q0590 baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

10   And forthvvith comming vp out of the vvater, he savv the heauens opened, and09Q0591 the Spirit as a doue descending, and remaining on him.

11   And a voice vvas made from heauen, Thou art my beloued sonne, in thee I am vvel pleased.

12   And forthvvith ^note the Spirit droue him out into09Q0592 the desert.

13   And he vvas in the desert fourtie daies, and fourtie nightes: and vvas tempted of Satan. and he vvas vvith beastes, and the Angels ministred to him. ^note

14   And ^note after that Iohn vvas deliuered vp, Iesvs came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God,

15   and saying, That the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ^note be penitent, and beleeue the Gospel.

16    ^noteAnd passing by the sea of Galilee, he savv Simon and Andrevv his brother, casting nettes into the sea (for they vvere fishers)

17   and Iesvs said to them, Come after me, and I vvil make you to become fishers of men.

18   And immediatly leauing their nettes, they folovved him.

19   And being gone thence a litle further, he savv Iames of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, and them repairing their nettes in the shippe:

20   and forthvvith he called them. And leauing their father Zebedee in the shippe vvith his hired men, they folovved him.

21   And ^note they enter into Capharnaum, and he forthvvith vpon the Sabboths going into the Synagogue, taught them.

22   And they vvere astonied at his doctrine. for he vvas teaching them as hauing povver, and not as the Scribes.

23   And ^note there vvas in their Synagogue a man in an vncleane spirit: and he cried out,

24   saying, What to vs and to thee Iesvs of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy vs? I knovv vvho thou art, the Sainct of God.

25   And Iesvs threatened him, saying, Hold thy peace, and goe out of the man.

26   And the vncleane spirit tearing him, and crying out vvith a great voice, vvent out of him.

27   And they marueled al, in so much that they questioned among them selues, saying, what thing is this? vvhat is this nevv doctrine? for vvith povver he commaundeth the vncleane spirits also, and they obey him.

28   And the bruite of him vvent forth incontinent into al the countrie of Galilee.

29   And immediatly ^note going forth out of the Synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrevv, vvith Iames and Iohn.

30   And Simons vviues mother lay in a fit of a feuer: and forthvvith they tel him of her.

31   And comming neere he lifted her vp taking her by the hand: and inc&obar;tinent the ague left her, and she ministred vnto them.

32   And vvhen it vvas euening after sunne set, they brought to him al that vvere il at ease and that had deuils.

33   And al the citie vvas

gathered together at the doore.

34   And he cured many that vvere vexed vvith diuerse diseases: and he cast out many deuils, and he suffred not them to speake that they knevv him.

35   And rising very early, and going forth he vvent into 09Q0593 a desert place: and there he prayed.

36   And Simon sought after him, and they that vvere vvith him.

37   And vvhen they had found him, they said to him, That al seeke for thee.

38   And he saith to them, Let vs goe into the next tovvnes and cities, that I may preach there also: for to this purpose am I come.

39   And he vvas preaching in their Synagogs, and in al Galilee: and casting out deuils.

40   And a ^note leper commeth to him beseeching him: and kneeling dovvne saith to him, If thou vvilt, thou canst make me cleane.

41   And Iesvs hauing compassion on him, stretched forth his hand: and touching him, he saith vnto him, I vvil, be thou made cleane.

42   And vvhen he had spoken, immediatly the leprosie departed from him, and he vvas made cleane.

43   And he threatened him, and forthvvith cast him forth.

44   and he saith to him, See thou tel no body: but goe, shevv thy self ^note to the high priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that ^note Moyses commaunded, for a testimonie to them.

45   But he being gone forth, began to publish, and to blase abrode the vvord: so that novv he could not openly goe into the citie, but vvas abrode in desert places, and they came together vnto him from al sides. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. II. Against the Scribes and Pharisees he defendeth first his povver to remitte sinnes in earth, 23 and his eating vvith sinners (as being the Physicion of soules, signified in those his miraculous cures vpon bodies): 18 then also he defendeth his Disciples, not hauing as yet any fastes by him prescribed vnto them, and plucking eares of corne vpon the Sabboth: signifying vvithal that he vvil change their ceremonies.

1    ^noteAnd againe he entred into Capharnaum after some daies, and it vvas heard that he vvas in the house,

2   and many came together, so that there vvas no place no not at the doore, and he spake to them the vvord.

3   And they came to him bringing one sicke of the palsey, vvho vvas caried of foure.

4   And vvhen they could not offer him vnto him for the multitude, they09Q0594 vncouered the roofe vvhere he vvas: and opening it they did let dovvne the couche vvherein the sicke of the palsey lay.

5   And vvhen Iesvs had seen ^note their faith, he saith to the09Q0595 sicke of the palsey, Sonne,09Q0596 thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

6   And there vvere certaine of the Scribes sitting there and thinking in their hartes,

7   Why doth he speake so? he blasphemeth. ^noteWho can forgiue sinnes but only God?

8   Which by and by Iesvs knovving in his spirit, that they so thought vvithin them selues, saith to them, why thinke you these things in your hartes?

9   Whether is easier, to say to the sicke of the palsey, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee: or to say, Arise, take vp thy couche, and vvalke?

10   But that you may knovv that09Q0597 the Sonne of man hath povver09Q0598 in earth to forgiue sinnes (he saith to the sicke of the palsey)

11   I say to thee, Arise, take vp thy couche, and goe into thy house.

12   And forthvvith he arose: and taking vp his couche, vvent his vvay in the sight of al, so that al marueled, and glorified God, saying, That vve neuer savv the like.

13   And he vvent forth againe to the sea: and al the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

14   And vvhen he

passed by, ^note he savv Leui of Alphaeus sitting at the custome place: and he saith to him, Folovv me. And rising vp he folovved him.

15   And it came to passe, as he sate at meate in his house, many Publicans and sinners did sit dovvne together vvith Iesvs and his Disciples. for they vvere many, vvho also folovved him.

16   And the Scribes and the Pharisees seeing that he did eate vvith Publicans and Sinners, said to his Disciples, why doth your Maister eate and drinke vvith Publicans and sinners?

17   Iesvs hearing this, saith to them, The vvhole haue not neede of a Physicion, but they that are il at ease. for I came not to call the iust, but sinners.

18   And ^note the disciples of Iohn and the Pharisees did vse to fast: and they come, and say to him, why do the disciples of Iohn and of the Pharisees fast: but thy disciples do not fast?

19   And Iesvs said to them, why, can the children of the mariage fast, as long as the bridegrome is vvith them? So long time as they haue the bridegrome vvith them, they can not fast.

20   But the daies vvil come vvhen the bridegrome shal be taken avvay from them: and then they shal ^note fast in those daies.

21   No body sovveth a peece of ravv cloth to an old garment: othervvise he taketh avvay the nevv peecing from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

22   And no body putteth nevv vvine into old bottels: othervvise the vvine bursteth the bottels, and the vvine vvil be shed, and the bottels vvil be lost. but nevv vvine must be put into nevv bottels.

23   And ^note it came to passe againe vvhen he vvalked through the corne on the Sabboths, and his Disciples began to goe forvvard and to plucke the eares.

24   And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, vvhy do they on the Sabboths that vvhich is not lavvful?

25   And he said to them, Did you neuer read vvhat Dauid did, vvhen he vvas09Q0599 in necessitie, and him self vvas an hungred and they that vvere vvith him?

26   hovv ^note he entred into the house of God vnder Abiathar the high Priest, and did eate the loaues of Proposition, vvhich it vvas not lavvful to eate ^note but for the Priests, and did giue vnto them vvhich vvere vvith him?

27   And he said to them, The Sabboth vvas made for man, and not man for the Sabboth.

28   Therfore the sonne of man is ^note Lord of the Sabboth also.

^{note note note note note note} Chap. III. The blind Pharisees seeking his death for doing good vpon the Sabboths, he meekely goeth out of the vvay: vvhere the people that flocke vnto him, and his Miracles, are innumerable. 13 Yea to his Tvvelue also (hauing neede of moe vvorkmen) he geueth povver to vvorke Miracles. 20 He so occupieth him self for soules, that his kinne thinke him madde. 22 The Scribes of Hierusalem come so farre, and yet haue nothing but absurdly to blaspeme his casting out of Diuels, to their ovvne damnation. 31 That the Ievves should not (after their maner) thinke it ynough, that he is of their bloud, he telleth that such rather are deere to him, as keepe Gods commaundements.

1    ^noteAnd he entred againe into the Synagogue, and there vvas a man there that had a vvithered hand.

2   And they vvatched him vvhether he vvould cure on the Sabboths: that they might accuse him.

3   And he saith to the man that had the vvithered hand, Rise vp into the middes.

4   And he saith to them, Is it lavvful on the Sabboths to doe vvel or il? to saue a soule, or to destroy? but they held their peace.

5   And looking round about vpon them vvith anger, being sorovvful for the blindenes of their hart, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand vvas restored vnto him.

6   And the Pharisees going forth, immediatly made a consultation vvith the Herodians against him hovv they might destroy him.

7   But Iesvs vvith his Disciples retired to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee and Ievvrie folovved him,

8   and from Hierusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond Iordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things vvhich he did, came to him.

9   And he spake to his Disciples that a boate might attend on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

10   for he healed many, so that there preased in vpon him for ^note to touch him, as many as had hurtes.

11   And the vncleane spirites, vvhen they savv him, fel dovvne vnto him: and they cryed saying,

12   09Q0600Thou art the sonne of God. And he vehemently charged them that they should not disclose him.

13   And ^note ascending into a mountaine, he called vnto him vvhom he vvould him self: and they came to him.

14   And he made that09Q0601 tvvelue should be vvith him, and that he might send them to preach.

15   And he gaue them povver to cure infirmities, and to cast out diuels.

16   And he gaue to Simon the name09Q0602 Peter.

17   and Iames of Zebedee, and Iohn the brother of Iames: and he called their names, Boanerges, vvhich is, the sonnes of thunder.

18   and Andrevv and Philippe, and Bartlemevv and Matthevv, and Thomas and Iames of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus and Simon Cananaeus,

19   and Iudas Iscariote, vvho also betrayed him.

20   And they come to a house: and the multitude resorteth together againe, so that they could not so much as eate bread.

21   And vvhen his had heard of it, they vvent forth to lay hands on him. for they said, That he vvas become ^note mad.

22   And the Scribes vvhich vvere come dovvne from Hierusalem, said, ^note That he hath Beelzebub: and that in the prince of deuils he casteth out deuils.

23   And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables, Hovv can Satan cast out Satan?

24   And if a09Q0603 kingdom be deuided against it self, that kingdom can not stand.

25   And if a house be deuided against it self, that house can not stand.

26   And if Satan be risen against him self, he is deuided, and can not stand, but hath an end.

27   No body can rifle the vessel of the strong, being entred into his house, vnles he first binde the strong, and then shal he rifle his house.

28   Amen I say to you, that al sinnes shal be forgiuen the sonnes of men, and the blasphemies wherevvith

they shal blaspheme.

29   But he that shal blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, he hath not forgiuenesse for euer, but shal be guilty of an09Q0604 eternal sinne.

30   Because they said, He hath an vncleane spirit.

31   And ^note there come his mother and brethren: and standing vvithout they sent vnto him calling him,

32   and the multitude sate about him: and they say to him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren vvithout seeke thee.

33   And ansvvering them, he said,09Q0605 Who is my mother and my brethren?

34   And looking about vpon them vvhich sate round about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brethren.

35   For vvhosoeuer shal doe the vvil of God, he is my brother and my sister and mother. ^{note note note note note note}

Cha. IIII. The parables (in vvhich he speaketh to the Ievves, because they vvere reprobate) he expoundeth to his Disciples, shevving that in his sovving, three parts of foure shal perish, through the fault of the bearers. 21 and that his seruants, must confesse their faith, 24 and use their gifts (contrary to those stony and thorny hearers.) 26 and that his Church (notvvithstanding the loosing of those three partes of the seede) shalbe brought by his prouidence to the haruest, that is, to the end of the vvorld: 30 grovving ouer al in time, though in the beginning it be as the litle mustard seede, 35 and though such tempests of persecution in the sea of this vvorld doe rise against it.

1    ^noteAnd againe he began to teach at the sea side: and a great multitude vvas gathered together vnto him, so that he vvent vp into a boate, and sate in the sea, and al the multitude about the sea vvas vpon the land:

2   and he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his doctrine,

3   Heare ye:

3   Behold, the sovver vvent forth to sovv.

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

5   And othersome fel vpon rocky places vvhere it had not much earth: and it shot vp immediatly, because it had not deepnes of earth:

6   and vvhen the sunne was risen, it parched, and because it had not roote, it vvithered.

7   And some fel among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it yelded not fruite.

8   And some fel vpon good ground: and it yelded fruite that grewe vp and increased, and it brought forth, one thirtie, one sixtie, and one an hundred.

9   And he said, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

10   And vvhen he vvas alone, the Tvvelue that vvere vvith him, asked him the parable.

11   And he said to them, To you it is giuen to knovv the mysterie of the kingdom of God: but to ^note them that are vvithout, al things are done in parables:

12   that ^note seeing they may see, and not see: and hearing they may heare, and not vnderstand:09Q0606 lest at any time they should be conuerted and their sinnes be forgiuen them.

13   And he saith to them, Do you not knovv this parable? and hovv shal you knovv al parables?

14   He that sovveth: sovveth the vvord.

15   And they by the vvay side, are these: vvhere the vvord is sovven, and vvhen they shal haue heard, immediatly commeth Satan, and taketh avvay the vvord that vvas sovven in their hartes.

16   And thy likevvise that are sovven vpon the rocky places, are these: vvho vvhen they heare the vvord, immediatly vvith ioy receiue it:

17   and they haue not roote

in them selues, but are temporal: aftervvard vvhen tribulation is risen and persecution for the vvord, forthvvith they are scandalized.

18   And other there be that are sovven among thornes: these are they that heare the vvord,

19   and the cares of the vvorld and the deceitfulnes of riches, and concupiscences about other things entring in choke the vvord, and it is made fruiteles.

20   And these are they that vvere sovven vpon the good ground, vvhich heare the vvord and receiue it, and yeld fruite one thirtie, one sixtie, and one an hundred.

21   And he said to them, ^note Commeth a candel to be put ^note vnder a bushel, or vnder a bed? and not to be put vpon the candlesticke?

22   For there is nothing hid, vvhich shal not be made manifest: neither vvas any thing made secret, but that it shal come to light.

23   If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

24   And he said to them, See vvhat you heare. ^noteIn vvhat measure you mete, it shal be measured to you againe, and more shal be giuen ^note to you.

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

26   And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man cast seede into the earth,

27   09Q0607and sleepe, and rise vp night and day, and the seede spring, and grovve vp vvhiles he knovveth not.

28   For the earth of it self bringeth forth fruite, first the blade, then the eare, aftervvard the ful corne in the eare.

29   And vvhen the fruite hath brought out it self, immediatly he putteth in the sickle, because haruest is come.

30    ^noteAnd he said, To vvhat shal vve liken the kingdom of God? or to vvhat parable shal vve compare it?

31   As a09Q0608 mustard seede: vvich vvhen it is sovven in the earth, is lesse then al the seedes that are in the earth:

32   and vvhen it is sovven, it riseth vp, and becommeth greater then al herbes, and maketh great boughes, so that the09Q0609 birdes of the aire may dvvel vnder the shadovv thereof.

33   And vvith many such parables he spake to them the vvord, according as they vvere able to heare:

34   and vvithout parable he did not speake vnto them. but apart, he explicated al things to his Disciples.

35   And he saith to them in that day, vvhen euening vvas come, ^note Let vs passe ouer to the other side.

36   And dimissing the multitude, they take him so as he vvas in the boate: and there

vvere other boates vvith him.

37   And there arose a great storme of vvinde, and the vvaues bette into the boate, so that the boate vvas filled.

38   And he vvas in the hinder part of the boate sleeping vpon a pillovv: and they raise him, and say to him, Maister, doth it not pertaine to thee that vve perish?

39   And rising vp he threatened the vvinde, and said to the sea, Peace, be stil. And the vvinde ceased: and there vvas made a great calme.

40   And he said to them, Why are you feareful? neither yet haue you faith? And they feared vvith great feare: and they said one to an other, who is this (thinkest thou) that both vvinde and sea obey him? ^{note note note note} Chap. V. To the Gerasens (and in them to al men) Christ manifesteth how the Diuel of his malice would vse them, if he would permitte: 17 and yet they like not their Sauiours presence. 21 A woman Gentil, that began her sicknesse when the Iewes daughter began her life (signifying Abrahams time) he cureth by the way as he was comming to heale the Iewes: And euen then the Iewes do die, but yet them also he wil reuiue, as here the Iewes daughter.

1    ^noteAnd they came beyond the straite of the sea into the countrie of the Gerasens.

2   And as he vvent out of the boate, immediatly there mette him out of the sepulchres a man in an vncleane spirit,

3   that had his dvvelling in the sepulchres. and neither vvith chaines09Q0610 could any man novv binde him:

4   for being often bound vvith fetters and chaines, he had burst the chaines, and broken the fetters. and no body could tame him.

5   and he vvas alvvaies day and night in the sepulchres and in the mountaines, crying and cutting him self vvith stones.

6   And seeing Iesvs a farre of, he ranne and adored him:

7   and crying vvith a great voice, said, what to me and thee Iesvs the sonne of God most high? I adiure thee by God that thou torment me not.

8   For he said vnto him, Goe out of the man thou vncleane spirit.

9   And he asked him, what is thy name? And he saith to him, My name is Legion: because vve are many.

10   And he besought him much, that he vvould not expel him out of the countrie.

11   And there vvas there about the mountaine a great heard of svvine, feeding.

12   And the spirits besought him, saying, Send vs ^note into the svvine, that vve may enter into them.

13   And Iesvs immediatly graunted vnto them. And the vncleane spirits going out, entred into the svvine: and the heard vvith great violence vvas caried headlong into the sea, about tvvo thousand, and vvere stifled in the sea.

14   And they that fed them, fled, and caried nevves into the citie and into the fields. And they vvent forth to see vvhat vvas done:

15   and they come to Iesvs, and they see him that vvas vexed of the deuil, sitting, clothed, and vvel in his vvittes: and they vvere afraid.

16   And they that had seen it, told them, in vvhat maner he had been dealt vvithal that had the diuel: and of the swine.

17   And they began to desire him, that he vvould depart from their coastes.

18   And vvhen he vvent vp into the boate, he that had been vexed of the diuel, began to beseeche him that he might be vvith him,

19   and he admitted him not, but saith to him, Goe into thy house to thine, and tel them hovv great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercie vpon thee.

20   And he vvent his vvay, and began to publish in Decapolis hovv great things Iesvs had done to him: and al marueled.

21    ^noteAnd vvhen Iesvs had passed in boate againe ouer the straite, a great multitude assembled together vnto him, and he vvas about the sea.

22   And there commeth one of the Archsynagogs, named Iaîrus: and seeing him, he falleth dovvne at his feete, ^note

23   and besought him much, saying, That my daughter is at the point of death, come, impose thy hands vpon her, that she may be safe and liue.

24   And he vvent vvith him, and a great multitude folovved him, and they thronged him.

25   And a vvoman vvhich vvas in an issue of bloud tvvelue yeres,

26   and had suffred many things of many Physicions, and had bestovved al that she had, neither vvas any thing the better, but vvas rather vvorse:

27   vvhen she had heard of Iesvs, she came in the preasse behind him, and touched his garment.

28   for she said, That09Q0611 if I shal touche but his garment, I shal be safe.

29   And forthvvith the fountaine of her bloud vvas dried: and she felt in her body that she vvas healed of the maladie.

30   And immediatly Iesvs knovving in him self09Q0612 the vertue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said, who hath touched my garments?

31   And his Disciples said to him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, who hath touched me?

32   And he looked about to see her that had done this.

33   But the vvoman fearing and trembling, knovving vvhat vvas done in her: came and fel dovvne before him, and told him al the truth.

34   And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee safe, goe in peace, and be vvhole of thy maladie.

35   As he vvas yet speaking, they come ^note to the Archsynagogue, saying, That thy daughter is dead: vvhy doest thou trouble the Maister any further?

36   But Iesvs hauing heard the vvord that vvas spoken, saith to the Archsynagogue, Feare not:09Q0613 only beleeue.

37   And he admitted not any man to folovv him, but Peter and Iames and Iohn the brother of Iames.

38   And they come to the Archsynagogs house, and he seeth a tumult, and folke vveeping and vvailing much.

39   And going in, he saith to them: why make you this a doe and vveepe? the vvenche is not dead, but ^note sleepeth.

40   And they derided him. But he hauing put forth al, taketh the father and the mother of the vvenche, and them that vvere vvith him, and they goe in vvhere the vvenche vvas lying.

41   And holding the vvenches hand, he saith to her, Talithacumi, vvhich is being interpreted,09Q0614 wenche (I say to thee) arise.

42   and forthwith

the w&ebar;che rose vp, and walked. and she vvas twelue yeres old: and they vvere astonied vvith great astonishment.

43   And he commaunded them earnestly that no body should knovv it: and he bad that some thing should be giuen her to eate. ^{note note note note note} Chap. VI. In his owne countrey (signifying the reprobate Iewes) he is contemned, and therfore worketh litle in respect. 6 His Apostles preache euery where and worke miracles, so that King Herode (who shamefully killed Iohn Baptist) and others are striken with great admiration. 30 After Iohns death he goeth into the Desert, where great concurse being vnto him, he feedeth 5000 with fiue loaues. 46 And after he hath praied long in the mountaine, he walketh vpon the sea. 53 And with the very touche of his garments hemme he healeth innumerable.

1    ^noteAnd going out from thence, he vvent into his countrie: and his Disciples folovved him.

2   and vvhen the Sabboth vvas come, he began to teach in the Synagogue: and many hearing him vvere in admiration at his doctrine, saying, How came this felovv by al these things?

and vvhat vvisedom is this that is giuen to him, and such vertues as are vvrought by his hands?

3   Is not this09Q0615 the Carpenter, the sonne of Marie, the brother of Iames and Ioseph and Iude and Simon? why, are not also his sisters here vvith vs? And they09Q0616 vvere scandalized in him.

4   And Iesvs said to them, That there is not a Prophet vvithout honour, but in his ovvne countrie, and in his ovvne house, and in his ovvne kinred.

5   and09Q0617 he could not doe any miracle there, but only cured a fevv that vvere sicke, imposing his hands

6   and he marueled because of their incredulity, and he vvent about the tovvnes in circuite teaching.

7    ^noteAnd he called the Tvvelue: and began to send them tvvo and tvvo, and gaue them povver ouer vncleane spirits.

8   And he commaunded them that they should take nothing for the vvay, but a rod only: not skrippe, not bread, nor money in their purse,

9   but shod vvith sandals, and that they should not put on09Q0618 tvvo coates.

10   And he said to them, whithersoeuer you shal enter into an house, there tarie til you depart thence.

11   and vvhosoeuer shal not receiue you, nor heare you: going forth from thence shake of the dust from your feete for a testimonie to them.

12   And going forth they preached that they should doe penance:

13   and they cast-out many diuels, and ^note anointed09Q061909Q0620 vvith ^note oile many sicke, and healed them.

14   And ^note king Herod heard (for his name vvas made manifest) and he said, That Iohn the Baptist is risen againe from the dead, and therfore vertues vvorke in him.

15   And others said, That it is Elias. But others said, That it is a Prophet, as one of the Prophets.

16   Which Herod hearing, said, Iohn vvhom I beheaded, he is risen againe from the dead.

17    ^noteFor the said Herod sent and apprehended Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias the vvife of ^note Philippe his brother, because he had maried her.

18   For Iohn said to Herod, ^note It is not lavvful for thee to haue thy brothers vvife.

19   And Herodias lay in vvaite for him: and vvas desirous to kil him, and could not.

20   For Herod feared Iohn, knovving him to be a iust and holy man: and he kept him, and by hearing him did many things: and he heard him gladly.

21   And vvhen a conuenient day vvas fallen, Herod made the supper of his birth-day to the Princes and the Tribunes and the cheefe of Galilee.

22   And vvhen the daughter of the same Herodias

came in, and had daunced, and pleased Herod, and them that sate vvith him at the table: the King said to the damsel, Aske of me vvhat thou vvilt, and I vvil giue it thee.

23   and he svvate to her, That vvhatsoeuer thou shalt aske I vvil giue thee, though the halfe of my kingdom.

24   who vvhen she vvas gone forth, said to her mother, what shal I aske? But she said, The head of Iohn the Baptist.

25   And vvhen she vvas gone in by and by vvith hast to the King, she asketh saying, I vvil that forthvvith thou giue me in a platter the head of Iohn the Baptist.

26   And the King vvas stroken sad. Because of his othe and for them that sate together at table he vvould not displease her:

27   but sending the hangman, commaunded that his head should be brought in a platter.

28   And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a platter: and gaue it to the damsel, and the damsel gaue it to her mother.

29   Which his disciples hearing came, and tooke his body: and they put it in a monument. &cross4;

30   And ^note the Apostles gathering together vnto Iesus, made relation to him of al things that they had done and taught.

31   And he said to them, Come apart into the desert place, and rest a litle. For there vvere that came and vvent, many: and they had not so much as space to eate.

32   And ^note going vp into the boate, they vvent into a desert place apart.

33   And they savv them going avvay, and many knevv: and they ranne flocking thither on foote from al cities, and preuented them.

34   And going forth, Iesvs savv a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they vvere as sheepe not hauing a shepheard, and he began to teach them many things.

35   And ^note vvhen the day vvas novv farre spent, his Disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the houre is novv past:

36   dimisse them, that going out into the next villages and tovvnes, they may bie them selues meates to eate.

37   And he ansvvering said, Giue ye them to eate. And they said to him, Let vs goe and bie bread for tvvo hundred pence: and vve vvil giue them to eate.

38   And he saith to them, Hovv many loaues haue you? goe and see. And vvhen they knevv, they say, Fiue, and tvvo fishes.

39   And he commaunded them that they should make al sit dovvne, by companies vpon the greene grasse.

40   And they sate dovvne in rankes by hundreds and fifties.

41   And vvhen he had taken the fiue loaues, and the tvvo fishes: looking vp vnto heauen,

he blessed, and brake the loaues, and gaue to his Disciples to set before them: and the tvvo fishes he deuided to al.

42   And al did eate, and had their fill.

43   And they tooke vp the leauings, tvvelue ful baskets of fragments: and of the fishes.

44   And they that did eate, vvere fiue thousand men.

45   And immediatly he compelled his Disciples to goe vp into the boate, that they might goe before him beyond the straite to Bethsaida: vvhiles him self did dimisse the people.

46    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen he had dimissed them, he vvent into the mountaine to pray.

47   And vvhen it vvas late, the boate vvas in the middes of the sea, and him self alone on the land.

48   And seeing them labouring in rovving (for the vvinde vvas against them) and about the fourth vvatch of the night he commeth to them vvalking vpon the sea: and he vvould haue passed by them.

49   But they seeing him vvalking vpon the sea, thought it vvas a ghost, and cried out.

50   For al savv him, and vvere troubled. And immediatly he talked vvith them, and said to them, Haue confidence, it is I, feare ye not.

51   And he vvent vp to them into the shippe, and the vvinde ceased: and they vvere farre more astonied vvithin them selues:

52   for they vnderstoode not concerning the loaues: for their hart vvas blinded.

53   And ^note vvhen they had passed ouer, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore.

54   And vvhen they vvere gone out of the boate, incontinent they knevv him:

55   and running through that vvhole countrie, they began to carie about in couches those that vvere il at ease, vvhere they heard he vvas.

56   And vvhithersoeuer he entred into tovvnes or into villages or cities, they laid the sicke in the streates, and besought him that they might touche but the hemme of his garment: and as many as touched him, vvere made vvhole. &cross4; ^note

^{note note note note note} Chap. VII. The masters of Hierusalem comming so farre to carpe him 6 he chargeth with traditions, partly friuolous, 9 partly also contrarie to Gods commaundements. 14 And to the people he yeldeth the reason of that which they carped, 17 and againe to his disciples, shewing the ground of the Iewish washing (to witte, that meates otherwise defile the soule) to be false. 24 But by and by among the Gentils, in a vvoman he findeth vvonderful faith, vpon her therfore he bestovveth the crumme that she asked, 32 returning (because the time of the Gentils vvas not yet come) to the Ievves vvith the loafe. 32 Where he shevveth his compa&esset;ion tovvardes mankind so deafe and dumme, 36 and of the people is highly magnified.

1    ^noteAnd there assemble together vnto him the Pharisees and certaine of the Scribes, comming from Hierusalem.

2   And vvhen they had seen certaine of his disciples eate bread vvith09Q0621 common hands, that is, not vvashed, they blamed them.

3   For the Pharisees and al the Ievves, vnles they often vvash their hands, eate not, holding the tradition of the Auncients:

4   and from the market, vnles they be vvashed, they eate not: and many other things there be that vvere deliuered vnto them to obserue, the vvashings of cuppes and cruses, and of brasen vessels & beddes.

5   And the Pharisees and Scribes asked him, why do not thy disciples vvalke according to the tradition of the Auncients, but they eate bread vvith common hands?

6   But he ansvvering, said to them, Wel did Esay Prophecie of you hypocrites, as it is vvritten, This people honoureth me ^note with their lippes, but their hart is farre from me.

7   and in vaine doe they worship me, teaching doctrines09Q0622 precepts of men. ^note

8   For leauing the commaundement of God, you hold the traditions of men, the vvashings of cruses and cuppes: & many other things you doe like to these.

9   And he said to th&ebar;, wel do you frustrate the precept of God, that you may obserue your ovvne tradition.

10   For Moyses said, Honour thy father & thy mother. ^note and, He that shal curse father or mother, dying let him dye. ^note

11   But you say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban (vvhich is a09Q0623 gift) vvhatsoeuer proceedeth from me, shal profit thee:

12   and further you suffer him not to doe ought for his father or mother,

13   defeating the vvord of God for your ovvne tradition vvhich you haue giuen forth, and many other things of this sort you doe.

14   And calling againe the multitude vnto him, he said to them, Heare me al you, and vnderstand.

15   09Q0624Nothing is vvithout a man entring into him, that can defile him. but the things that proceede from a man those are they that make a man ^note c&obar;mon.

16   If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

17   And vvhen he vvas entred into the house from the multitude, his Disciples asked him the parable.

18   And he saith to them, So are you also vnskilful? Vnderstand you not that euery thing from vvithout, entring into a man, can not make him common:

19   because it entreth not into his hart, but goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the priuy, purging al the meates?

20   But he said that the things vvhich come forth from a man, they make a man common.

21   For from vvithin out of the hart of men proceede euil cogitations, aduouteries, fornications, murders,

22   theftes, auarices, vvickednesse, guile, impudicities, and euil eye, blasphemie, pride, folishnes.

23   Al these euils proceede from vvithin, and make a man common.

24   And ^note rising from thence he vvent into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon: and entring into a house, he vvould that no man should knovv, and he could not be hid.

25   For a vvoman immediatly as she heard of him, vvhose daughter had an vncleane spirit, entred in, and fel dovvne at his feete.

26   For the vvoman vvas a Gentile, a Syrophænician borne. And she besought him that he vvould cast forth the diuel out of her daughter.

27   Who said to her, Suffer first the children to be filled. for it is not good to take the childrens bread, and cast it to the dogges.

28   But she ansvvered, and said to him, Yea lord. for the vvhelpes also eate vnder the table of the crummes

of the children.

29   And he said to her, For this saying goe thy vvay, the deuil is gone out of thy daughter.

30   And when she vvas departed into her house, she found the maid lying vpon the bed, and the deuil gone out.

31    ^noteAnd againe going out of the coastes ^note of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee through the middes of the coastes of Decapolis.

32   And they bring to him one deafe and dumme: and they besought him that he vvould impose his hand vpon him.

33   And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his eares: and09Q0625 spitting, touched his tongue.

34   and looking vp vnto heauen, he groned, and said to him,09Q0626 Ephphetha, vvhich is, Be thou opened.

35   And immediatly his eares vvere opened, and the string of his tongue vvas loosed, and he spake right.

36   And he commaunded them not to tel any body. But hovv much he commaunded them, so much the more a great deale did they publish it,

37   and so much the more did they vvonder, saying, He hath done al things vvel: he hath made both the deafe to heare, and the dumme to speake. &cross4; ^{note note note note note}

^note Chap. VIII. Of compa&esset;ion he feedeth the people, 4000 vvith seuen loaues. 10 After al vvhich miracles as though they vvere yet vnsufficient to proue him to be Christ, the obstinate Pharisees do require some miracle from heauen. 13 Wherevpon forsaking them, he vvarneth his Disciples to bevvare of the leauen of their doctrine, neither to feare vvant of necessaries. 22 He healeth a blind man by degrees and vvith ceremonies. 27 Peter confesseth him (though men al this vvhile had not learned so farre) to be Christ. 31 and by and by he reuealeth to them his pa&esset;ion, 32 rebuking also Peter for dissuading it, 34 and shewing that it is a thing vvherein al that vvil be saued (namely in time of persecution) must folovv him.

1    ^{note note}In those daies againe vvhen there vvas a great multitude, and had not what to eate: calling his Disciples together, he saith to them,

2   I haue compassion vpon the multitude: because loe ^note three daies they now endure vvith me, neither haue vvhat to eate.

3   and if I dimisse them fasting into their home, they vvil faint in the vvay: for some of them came farre of.

4   And his Disciples ansvvered him, Whence may a man fil them here vvith bread in the vvildernes?

5   And he asked them, Hovv many loaues haue ye? Who said, Seuen.

6   And he commaunded the multitude to sit dovvne vpon the ground. And taking the seuen loaues, giuing thankes he brake, and09Q0627 gaue to his Disciples for to set before them, and they did set them before the multitude.

7   And they had a fevv litle fishes: and09Q0628 he blessed them, and commaunded them to be set before them.

8   And they did eate and vvere filled. and they tooke vp that vvhich vvas left of the fragments, seuen maundes.

9   And they that had eaten vvere about foure thousand: and he dimissed them.

10   And ^note immediatly going vp into the boate vvith his Disciples, he came into the quarters of Dalmanûtha.

11   And the Pharisees vvent forth, and began to question vvith him, asking of him a signe from heauen, tempting him.

12   And groning in spirit, he saith, why doth this generation aske a signe? Amen I say to you, If a signe shal be giuen to this generation.

13   And leauing them, he vvent vp againe into the boate, and passed beyond the straite.

14   And they forgot to take bread: and they had but one loafe vvith them in the boate.

15   And he commaunded them, saying, Looke vvel and bevvare of the leauen of the Pharisees, and the leauen of Herod.

16   And they reasoned among them selues saying, Because vve haue not bread.

17   Which Iesvs knovving, saith to them, why doe you reason, because you haue not bread? do you not yet knovv nor vnderstand? yet haue ye your hart blinded?

18   hauing eies see you not? and hauing eares heare you not? Neither do you remember?

19   When ^note I brake fiue loaues among fiue thousand: and hovv many baskets ful of fragm&ebar;ts tooke you vp? They say to him, Tvvelue.

20    ^noteWhen also seuen loaues among foure thousand, hovv many maundes of fragments tooke you vp? And they say to him, Seuen.

21   And he said to them, Hovv do you not yet vnderstand?

22   And they come to Bethsaida: and they bring to him one blinde, and desired him that he vvould ^note touche him.

23   And taking the hand of the blinde, he led him forth out of the tovvne: and spitting into his eies, imposing his hands, he asked him if he savv any thing.

24   And looking vp, he said, I see men as it vvere trees, vvalking.

25   After that againe he imposed his hands vpon his eies, and be began to see, and vvas restored, so that he savv al things clerely.

26   And he sent him into his house, saying, Goe into thy house: and if thou enter in to the tovvne, tel no body.

27   And ^note Iesvs vvent forth and his Disciples into the tovvnes of Cæsarêa-Philippi: and in the vvay he asked his Disciples, saying to them, whom do men say that I am?

28   Who ansvvered him, saying, Iohn the Baptist, some Elias, & other some as it vvere one of the Prophets.

29   Then he saith to them, But vvhom do you say that I am? Peter ansvvering said to him, Thou art Christ.

30   And he threatened them that they should not tel any man of him.

31   And he began to teache them, that the Sonne of man must suffer many things, and be reiected of the Auncients and of the high Priestes and the Scribes, and be killed: and after three daies rise againe.

32   And he spake the vvord openly. And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him.

33   Who turning, and seeing his Disciples, threatened Peter, saying, Goe behind me Satan, because thou sauourest not the things that are of God, but that are of men.

34   And calling the multitude

together vvith his Disciples, he said to them, If any man vvil folovv me, let him deny him self, and take vp his crosse, and folovv me.

35   For he that vvil saue his life, shal lose it: and he that shal lose his life09Q0629 for me and the Gospel, shal saue it.

36   For vvhat shal it profit a man, if he09Q0630 gaine the vvhole vvorld, and suffer damage of his soule?

37   Or vvhat permutation shal a man giue for his soule?

38   For he that shal be ashamed of me, and of my vvordes in this aduouterous and sinful generation, the Sonne of man also vvil be ashamed of him, vvher he shal come in the glorie of his father vvith the holy Angels. ^{note note note note} Chap. IX. The more to confirme them, he giueth them in his Transfiguration a sight of his glorie, wherevnto Suffering doth bring, 9 and then againe doth inculcate his Pa&esset;ion. 14 A Diuel also he casteth out, which his Disciples (vpon whom therfore the peruerse Scribes triumphed in his absence) could not, for lacke of fasting and praying. 30 Being yet in Galilee, he reuealeth more about his Pa&esset;ion. 33 And (because in the way to Capharnaum they contended for the Primacie (he teacheth them that humility is the way to Primacie before God: 38 bidding them also, not to prohibit such as be not against them: nor to giue scandal to any one of the faithful, and on the other side, the faithful to auoid them by whom they may be scandalized and fall, be they neuer so neere vnto them.

1    ^noteAnd he said to them, Amen I say to you, that there be some of them that stand here, vvhich shal not tast of death, vntil they see the kingdom of God comming in povver.

2    ^noteAnd after six daies Iesvs taketh Peter and Iames and Iohn: and bringeth them alone into a high mountaine apart, and vvas transfigured before them.

3   And his garments vvere made glistering and vvhite excedingly as snovv, the like vvhereof a fuller cannot make vvhite vpon the earth.

4   And there appeared to them ^note09Q0631 Elias vvith Moyses: and they vvere talking vvith Iesvs.

5   And Peter ansvvering, said to Iesvs, Rabbi, it is good for vs to be here: and let vs make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moyses, and one for Elias.

6   For he knevv not vvhat he said: for they vvere frighted vvith feare:

7   and there vvas a cloude ouershadovving them, and a voice came out of the cloude, saying, This is my Sonne most deere: heare ye him.

8   And immediatly looking about, they savv no man any more but Iesvs only vvith them.

9   And as they desc&ebar;ded from the mountaine, he commaunded them that they should not tel any man vvhat things they had seen: but vvhen the Sonne of man shal be risen againe from the dead.

10   And they kept in the vvord vvith them selues: questioning together vvhat that should be, when he shal be risen from the dead.

11   And they asked him, saying, what say the Pharisees then and the Scribes, that ^note Elias must come first?

12   Who ansvvering said to them, Elias vvhen he commeth first, shal restore al things: and ^note hovv it is vvritten of the Sonne of man, that he shal suffer many things and be contemned.

13   But I say to you that09Q0632 Elias also is come (and they haue done to him vvhatsoeuer they vvould) as it is vvritten of him.

14   And ^note c&obar;ming to his Disciples, he savv a great multitude about them, and the Scribes questioning vvith them.

15   And forthvvith al the people seeing Iesvs, vvas astonied, and much afraid: and running to him, saluted him.

16   And he asked them, what do you question of among you? ^note

17   And one of the multitude ansvvering, said, Maister, I haue brought my sonne to thee, hauing a dumme spirit,

18   Who, vvheresoeuer he taketh him, dasheth him, and he fometh, and gnasheth vvith the teeth, and vvithereth: and I spake to thy Disciples to cast him out, and they could not.

19   Who ansvvering them,

said, O incredulous generation, hovv long shal I be vvith you? hovv long shal I suffer you? bring him vnto me.

20   And they brought him. And vvhen he had seen him, immediatly the spirit troubled him: and being throvven vpon the ground, he tumbled foming.

21   And he asked his father, Hovv long time is it since this hath chaunced vnto him? But he said, From his infancie:

22   and often times hath he cast him into fire and into vvaters, to destroy him. but if thou canst any thing, helpe vs, hauing compassion on vs.

23   And Iesus said to him, if thou canst beleeue, al things are possible to him that beleeueth.

24   And incontinent the father of the boy crying out, vvith teares said, I do beleeue Lord: helpe my incredulity.

25   And vvhen Iesvs savv the people running together, he threatened the vncleane spirit, saying to him, Deafe and dumme spirit, I commaunde thee, goe out of him, and enter not any more into him.

26   And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he vvent out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said, That he is dead.

27   But Iesvs holding his hand, lifted him vp: and he rose.

28   And vvhen he vvas entred into the house, his Disciples secretely asked him, why could not vve cast him out?

29   And he said to them, This kinde can goe out by nothing, but ^note by prayer and fasting. &cross4;

30   And ^note departing thence they passed by Galilee, neither vvould he that any man should knovv.

31   And he taught his Disciples, and said to them, That the Sonne of man shal be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shal kil him, and being killed the third day he shal rise againe.

32   But they knevv not the vvord: and they vvere afraid to aske him.

33   And ^note they came to Capharnaum. Vvho, vvhen he vvas in the house, asked them, what did you treate of in the vvay?

34   But they held their peace. for in the vvay they had disputed among them selues, vvhich of them should be the greater.

35   And sitting dovvne, he called the Tvvelue, and saith to them, If any man vvil be first, he shal be last of al, and the minister of al.

36   And taking a childe, he set him in the middes of them. Vvhom vvhen he had embraced, he said to them,

37   Vvhosoeuer shal receiue one of such children in my name, receiueth me. and vvhosoeuer shal receiue me, receiueth not me, but him that sent me.

38    ^noteIohn ansvvered him, saying, Maister vve savv one casting out deuils09Q0633 in thy name, vvho folovveth not vs, and vve

prohibited him.

39   But Iesvs said, Do not prohibit him. for there is no man that doth a miracle in my name, and can soone speake il of me.

40   for he that is not against you, is for you.

41   For vvhosoeuer shal giue you to drinke a cuppe of vvater in my name, because you are Christs: amen I say to you, he shal not lose his ^note revvard.

42   And vvhosoeuer shal ^note scandalize one of these litle ones beleeuing in me: it is good for him rather if a milstone vvere put about his necke, and he vvere cast into the sea.

43   And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it of. it is good for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing tvvo hands to goe into hel, into the fire vnquen cheable,

44   vvhere their vvorme dieth not, and the fire quencheth not.

45   And if thy foote scandalize thee, choppe it of. it is good for thee to enter into life euerlasting, lame, rather then hauing tvvo feete, to be cast into the hel of vnquencheable fire,

46   vvhere their vvorme dieth not, and the fire quencheth not.

47   And if thine eye scandalize thee, cast it out. it is good for thee vvith one eve to enter into the kingdom of God, rather then hauing tvvo eies, to be cast into the hel of fire,

48   vvhere their vvorme dieth not, and the fire quencheth not.

49   For euery one shal be salted vvith fire: and ^note euery victime shal be salted vvith salt.

50   Salt is good. but if the salt shal be vnseasoned: vvhervvith vvil you season it? Haue salt in you, and haue peace among you. ^{note note note}

Chap. X. ^noteHe answereth the tempting Pharisees (and againe his disciples afterward) that the case of a man with his wife shalbe (as in the first institution) utterly indissoluble. 13 He blesseth children. 17 He sheweth what is to be done to get life euerlasting. 21 What also for a rich man, to be perfect: 28 as also what pa&esset;ing reward they shal haue that doe so in time of persecution. 32 He reuealeth more to his Disciples touching his Pa&esset;ion: 35 bidding the two ambitious suiters to thinke rather of suffering with him: 41 and teaching vs in the rest of his Disciples, not to be greeued at our Ecclesiastical Superiours, considering they are (as he was him self) to toile for our saluation. 46 Then going out of Iericho, he giueth sight to a blinde man.

1    ^noteAnd rising vp thence, he commeth into the coastes of Ievvrie beyond Iordan: and the multitudes assemble againe vnto him. and as he vvas accustomed, againe he taught them.

2   And the Pharisees comming neere, asked him, Is it lavvful for a man to dimisse his vvife? tempting him.

3   But he ansvvering, said to them, Vvhat did Moyses commaund you?

4   Who said, ^note Moyses09Q0634 permitted to vvrite a bil of diuorce, and to dimisse her.

5   To vvhom Iesvs ansvvering, said, For the hardnes of your hart he vvrote you this precept.

6   but from the beginning of the creation ^note God made them male and femal.

7   For this cause, ^note man shal leaue his father and mother: and shal cleaue to his vvife,

8   and they tvvo shal be in one flesh. therfore novv they are not tvvo, but one flesh.

9   That therfore vvhich God hath ioyned together, ^note let not man separate.

10   And ^note in the house againe his Disciples asked him of the same thing.

11   And he saith to them, whosoeuer dimisseth his vvife and09Q0635 marrieth an other: committeth aduoutrie vpon her.

12   And if the vvife dimisse her husband, and mary an other, she committeth aduoutrie.

13   And ^note they offered to him yong children, that he might touche them. And the Disciples threatened those that offered them.

14   Whom vvhen Iesvs savv, he tooke it il, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and prohibit them not, for the kingdom of God is for such.

15   Amen I say to you: whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdom of God as a litle childe, shal not enter into it.

16   And embracing them, and imposing hands vpon them, he ^note blessed them.

17   And vvhen he vvas gone forth in the vvay, a certaine man running forth and kneeling before him asked him,

^note Good Maister, vvhat shal I doe that I may receiue life euerlasting?

18   And Iesvs said to him, why callest thou me good? 09Q0636None is good but one, God.

19   Thou knovvest the ^note commaundements, ^note Commit not aduoutrie, Kil not, Steale not, Beare not false vvitnesse, doe no fraude, Honour thy father and mother.

20   But he ansvvering, said to him, Maister al these things I haue obserued from my youth.

21   And Iesvs beholding him, loued him, and said to him, One thing is vvanting vnto thee: ^note goe, sel vvhatsoeuer thou hast, and giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come, folovv me.

22   Who being stroken sad at the vvord, vvent avvay sorovvful. for he had many possessions.

23   And Iesvs looking about, saith to his Disciples, Hovv hardly shal they that haue money, enter into the kingdom of God!

24   And the Disciples vvere astonied at his vvordes. But Iesvs againe ansvvering, saith to them, Children, hovv hard is it for them that trust in money, to enter into the kingdom of God!

25   It is easier for a camel to passe through a nedels eie, then for09Q0637 a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

26   Vvho marueled more, saying to them selues, And vvho can be saued?

27   And Iesvs beholding them, saith, Vvith men it is impossibile: but not vvith God. for al things are possible vvith God.

28   And Peter began to say vnto him, Behold, vve haue left al things, and haue folovved thee.

29   Iesvs ansvvering, said, ^note Amen I say to you, there is no man vvhich hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or landes for me and for the Gospel:

30   that shal not receiue09Q0638 an hundred times so much novv in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and landes, vvith persecutions: and in the vvorld to come life euerlasting.

31   But ^note many that are first, shal be last: and the last, first.

32   And they vvere in the vvay going vp to Hierusalem: and Iesvs vvent before them, and they vvere astonied: and folovving vvere afraid. And ^note taking againe the Tvvelue, he began to tel them the things that should befal him.

33   That, behold vve goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shal be betrayed to the cheefe Priestes, and to the Scribes and Auncients, and they shal condemne him to death, and shal deliuer him to the Gentiles,

34   and they shal mocke him, and spit on him, and scourge him, and kil him, and the third day he shal rise againe.

35   And ^note there come to him Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee, saying, Maister, vve vvil that vvhat thing soeuer vve shal aske, thou doe it to vs.

36   But he said to them, what vvil you that I doe to you?

37   And they said, Graunt to vs, that vve may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glorie.

38   And Iesvs said to them, You vvotte not vvhat you aske. can you drinke the cuppe that I drinke: or be baptized vvith the baptisme vvhervvith I am baptized?

39   But they said to him, Vve can. And Iesvs said to them, The cuppe in deede vvhich I drinke, you shal drinke: and vvith the baptisme vvhervvith I am baptized, shal you be baptized:

40   but to sit on my right hand or on my left, is not mine to giue vnto you, but to vvhom it is prepared.

41   And the ten hearing, began to be displeased at Iames and Iohn.

42   And Iesvs calling them, saith to them, ^note You knovv that they vvhich seeme to rule ouer the gentiles, ouerrule them: and their Princes haue povver ouer them.

43   But it is not so in you. but vvhosoeuer vvil be greater, shal be your minister:

44   and vvhosoeuer vvil be first among you, shal be the seruant of al.

45   For the Sonne of man also is not come to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to giue his life a redemption for many.

46   And ^note they come to Iericho: and vvhen he departed from Iericho, and his Disciples, and a very great multitude, the sonne of Timaeus, Bar-timaeus the blinde man, sate by the way side begging.

47   Vvho vvhen he had heard, that it is Iesvs of Nazareth: he began to crie, and to say, Iesvs, sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon me.

48   And many threatened him, to hold his peace. but he cried much more, Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon me.

49   And Iesvs standing stil commaunded him to be called. And they call the blinde man, saying to him, Be of better comfort, arise, he calleth thee.

50   Vvho casting of his garment leapt vp, and came to him.

51   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to him, Vvhat vvilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And the blinde man said to him, Rabbôni, that I may see.

52   And Iesvs said to him, Goe thy vvaies, thy faith hath made the safe. And forthvvith he savv, and folovved him in the vvay.

^{note note note note note} Chap. XI. ^noteBeing novv come to the place of his Pa&esset;ion, he entreth with triumph as their Christ. 12 He curseth that fruitlesse leafie tree. 15 He sheweth his Zeale for the house of God: for which the Rulers seeke his destruction. 24. He exhorteth his Disciples to stedfastnes of faith, and to forgiue their enemies. 27 He auoucheth his power by the witnes of Iohn who was a man sent of God.

1    ^noteAnd vvhen they came nigh vnto Hierusalem and Bethania to Mount-oliuet, he sendeth tvvo of his Disciples, ^note

2   and saith to them, Goe into the tovvne that is against you, and immediatly entring in thither, you shal finde a colt tied, vpon vvhich no man yet hath sitten: loose him, and bring him.

3   And if any man shal say to you, Vvhat doe you? say that he is needeful for our Lord: and incontinent he vvil send him hither.

4   And going their vvaies, they found the colt tied before the gate vvithout in the meeting of tvvo vvaies: and they loose him.

5   And certaine of them that stoode there, said to them, Vvhat doe you loosing the colt?

6   Vvho said to them as Iesvs had commaunded them: and they did let him goe vvith them.

7   And they brought the colt to Iesvs: and they lay their garments vpon him, and he sate vpon him.

8   And ^note many spred their garments in vvay:

and others did cut boughes from the trees, and stravved them in the vvay.

9   And they that vvent before and they that folovved, cried saying, Hosanna, blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord.

10   blessed is the kingdom of our father Dauid that commeth, Hosanna in the highest. ^note

11   And he entred Hierusalem into the temple: and hauing vevved al things round about, vvhen novv the euening houre vvas come, he vvent forth into Bethania vvith the Tvvelue.

12    ^noteAnd the next day vvhen they departed from Bethania, he vvas an hungred.

13   And ^note vvhen he had seen a farre of a figtree hauing leaues, he came if happily he could finde any thing on it. And vvhen he vvas come to it, he found nothing but leaues. for it vvas not the time for figges.

14   And ansvvering he said to it, Novv no man eate fruite of the any more for euer. And his Disciples heard it.

15   And they come to Hierusalem.

15   And ^note vvhen he vvas entred into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and the tables of the bankers, and the chaires of them that sold pigeons he ouerthrevv.

16   and he suffred not that any man should carie a09Q0639 vessel through the temple:

17   and he taught, saying to them, Is it not vvritten, That my house shal be called the house of prayer to al nations? But you haue made it09Q0640 a denne of theeues. ^note

18   Vvhich vvhen the cheefe Priestes and the Scribes had heard, they sought hovv they might destroy him. for they vvere afraid of him, because the vvhole multitude vvas in admiration vpon his doctrine.

19   And vvhen euening vvas come, he vvent forth out of the citie.

20    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen they passed by in the morning, they savv the figtree vvithered from the rootes.

21   And Peter rem&ebar;bring, said to him, Rabbi, behold the figtree that thou didst curse, is vvithered.

22    ^noteAnd Iesvs ansvvering saith to them, Haue ^note faith of God.

23   Amen I say to you, that vvhosoeuer shal say to this mountaine, Be taken vp and be cast into the sea, and shal not stagger in his hart, but beleeue that vvhatsoeuer he saith, shal be done: it shal be done vnto him.

24   Therfore I say to you, al things vvhatsoeuer you aske, praying, beleeue that you shal receiue, and they shal come vnto you. &cross4;

25   And vvhen you shal stand to pray, forgiue if you haue ought against any man: that also your father which is in heauen, may forgiue you your sinnes:

26    ^noteIf so be that

you vvil not forgiue, neither vvil your father that is in heauen, forgiue you your sinnes.

27   And they come againe to Hierusalem.

27   And ^note vvhen he vvalked in the temple, there come to him the cheefe Priestes and the Scribes and the Auncients,

28   and they say to him, In vvhat povver doest thou these things? and vvho hath giuen thee this povver, that thou shouldest doe these things?

29   And Iesvs ansvvering said to them, I also vvil aske you one vvord, and ansvver you me: and I vvil tel you in vvhat povver I doe these things.

30   The baptisme of Iohn vvas it from heauen, or from men? ansvver me.

31   But they thought vvith them selues, saying, If vve say, From heauen: he vvil say, Vvhy then did you not beleeue him?

32   If vve say, From men, they feared the people, for al accounted Iohn that he vvas in deede a Prophet.

33   And they ansvvering say to Iesvs, Vve knovv not. And Iesvs ansvvering saith to them, Neither do I tel you in vvhat povver I doe these things. ^{note note} Chap. XII. He foretelleth to the Iewes in a parable their reprobation most worthy, and the vocation of the Church of the Gentils in their place, 10 him self being the headstone thereof. 13 He defeateth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians, about paying tribute to Cæsar: 18 answereth also the inuention of the Sadducees against the Resurrection: 28 also the opposition of a Scribe. 33 And so hauing put al the busie sectes to silence, he turneth and poseth them on the other side, because they imagined Christ should be no more but a man. 38 Bidding the people to beware of the Scribes, being ambitious and hypocrites. 41 He commendeth the poore widovv for her two mites, aboue al.

1    ^noteAnd he began speake to them in parables, ^note A man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and digged a trough, and built a tovvre, and let it out to husbandmen: and vvent forth into a strange countrie.

2   And he sent to the husbandmen in season a seruant, to receiue

of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyard.

3   Vvho apprehending him, bette him: and sent him avvay emptie.

4   And againe he sent to them an other seruant: and him they vvounded in the head, and vsed him reprochefully.

5   And againe he sent an other, and him they killed: and many other, beating certaine, and killing others.

6   Therfore hauing yet one ^note sonne most deere: him also he sent vnto them last saying, That they vvill reuerence my sonne.

7   But the husbandmen said one to an other, This is the heier: come, let vs kill him: and the inheritance shal be ours.

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

9   What therfore vvil the lord of the vineyard doe? ^noteHe vvil come and destroy the husbandmen: and vvil giue the vineyard to others.

10   Neither haue you read this scripture, The ^note stone vvhich the builders reiected, the same is made the head of the corner:

11   By our Lord was this done, and it is maruelous in our eies? ^note

12   And they sought to lay hands on him, and they feared the multitude. for they knevv that he spake this parable to them. And leauing him they vvent their vvay.

13    ^noteAnd they send to him certaine of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should entrappe him in his vvord.

14   Vvho comming, say to him, Maister, vve knovv that thou art a true speaker, and carest not for any man: for thou doest not looke vpon the person of men, but teachest the vvay of God in truth, is it lavvful to giue tribute to Cæsar: or shal vve not giue it?

15   Vvho knovving their subteltie, said to them, Vvhy tempt you me? bring me a penie that I may see it.

16   But they brought it him. And he saith to them, Vvhose is this image, and inscription? They say to him, Cæsars.

17   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to them, Render therfore the things that are Cæsars, to Cæsar: and that are Gods,09Q0641 to God. And they marueled at him.

18   And ^note there came to him the Saducees that say there is no resurrection: and they asked him saying, Maister,

19    ^noteMoyses vvrote vnto vs, that if any mans brother die, and leaue his vvife, and leaue no children,09Q0642 his brother shal take his vvife and raise vp seede to his brother.

20   There vvere therfore seuen brethren: and the first tooke a vvife, and died leauing no issue.

21   And the second tooke her, and died: and neither this left issue. And the third in like maner.

22   And the seuen tooke her in like sort: and did not leaue issue. Last of al the vvoman also

died.

23   In the resurrection therfore vvhen they shal rise againe, vvhose vvife shal she be of these? for the seuen had her to vvife.

24   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to them, Do ye not therfore erre09Q0643, not knovving the scriptures, nor09Q0644 the povver of God?

25   For vvhen they shal rise againe from the dead, they shal neither marrie, nor be married, but are as the Angels in heauen.

26   And as concerning the dead, that they do rise againe, haue you not read in the booke of Moyses, hovv in the bush God spake to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? ^note

27   He is not the God of the dead, but of the liuing. You therfore are much deceiued.

28   And ^note there came one of the Scribes that had heard them questioning, and seeing that he had wel answered them, asked him vvhich vvas the first c&obar;maundement of al.

29   And Iesvs ansvvered him, That the first commaundement of al is, Heare Israel: the Lord thy God, is one God.

30   And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God from thy vvhole hart, and vvith thy vvhole soul, and vvith thy vvhole minde, and vvith thy vvhole povver. ^note This is the first commaundement.

31   And the second is like to it, Thou shalt loue they neighbour as thy self. ^note An other commaundement greater then these there is not.

32   And the Scribe said to him, Vvel Maister, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is none other besides him.

33   And that he be loued from the vvhole hart, and vvith the vvhole vnderstanding, and vvith the vvhole soule, and vvith the vvhole strength: and ^note to loue his neighbour as him self is a greater thing then al holocaustes and sacrifices.

34   And Iesvs seeing that he had ansvvered vvisely, said to him, Thou art not farre from the kingdom of God. And no man novv durst aske him.

35   And ^note Iesvs ansvvering, said, teaching in the temple, Hovv do the Scribes say, that Christ is the sonne of Dauid?

36   For Dauid him self saith in the holy Ghost: Our Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, vntil I put thine enemies the foote-stoole of thy feete.

37   Dauid therfore him self calleth him Lord, and vvhence is he his sonne? And a great multitude heard him gladly.

38   And he said to them in his doctrine, ^note Take heede of the Scribes that vvil vvalke in long robes, and be saluted in the market-place,

39   and sit in the first chaires in the Synagogs, and loue the highest places at suppers:

40   vvhich deuoure vvidovves houses vnder the pretence of long prayer: these

shal receiue larger iudgement.

41    ^noteAnd Iesvs sitting ouer against the treasurie, beheld hovv the multitude did cast money into the treasurie, and many rich men did cast in much.

42   And vvhen there came a certaine poore vvidovv, she cast in tvvo mites, vvhich is a farthing.

43   And calling his Disciples together, he saith to them, Amen I say to you, that this poore vvidovv hath cast in ^note more then al that haue cast into the treasurie.

44   For al they of their aboundance haue cast in: but she, of her penurie hath cast in al that she had, her vvhole liuing. ^{note note note note} Chap. XIII. To his Disciples (by occasion of Hierusalem and the Temples destruction) he foretelleth, 5 vvhat things shalbe before the consummation of the vvorld, as specially the Churches ful preaching vnto al nations. 14 Then, vvhat shalbe in the very consummation, to vvit, Antichrist vvith his pa&esset;ing great persecution and seduction, but for a short time. 24 then incontinent the day of Iudgement, 28 to our great comfort in those miseries vnder Antichrist. 32 As for the moment, to vs it perteineth not to knovv it. 33 but rather euery man to vvatch, that vve be not vnprovided vvhen he commeth to ech one particularly by death.

1    ^{note note}And vvhen he vvent out of the temple, one of his Disciples saith to him, Maister, behold what maner of stones, and vvhat kinde of buildings.

2   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to him, Seest thou al these great buildings? There shal not be left a stone vpon a stone, that shal not be destroied.

3   And vvhen he sate in Mount-oliuet against the temple, Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrevv asked him apart,

4   Tel vs,09Q0645 vvhen shal these things be? and vvhat shal be the signe vvhen al these things shal begin to be consummate? ^note

5   And Iesvs ansvvering began to say to them, See, that no man seduce you.

6   for many shal come in my name saying that09Q0646 I am he: and they shal seduce many.

7   And vvhen you shal heare of vvarres and bruites of vvarres, feare not. for these things must be, but the end is not yet. ^note

8   For nation shal rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shal be earthquakes in places, and famines. These things are the beginning of sorovves. ^note

9   But looke to your selues. For they shal deliuer you vp in Councels, and in Synagogs shal you be beaten, and you shal stand before Presidents and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie vnto them.

10   And into al nations first the Gospel must be preached.

11   And vvhen they shal leade you and deliuer you, be not careful before hand vvhat you shal speake: but that vvhich shal be giuen you in that houre, that speake ye. For it is not you that speake, but the holy Ghost. ^note

12   And brother shal deliuer brother vnto death, and the father his sonne: and the children shal arise against the parents, and shal vvorke their death.

13   And you shal be odious to al men for my name. But he that shal endure vnto the end, he shal be saued. ^note

14   And vvhen you shal see09Q0647 the abomination of desolation, ^note standing vvhere it ought not (he that readeth, let him vnderstand) then they that are in Ievvrie, let them flee vnto the mountaines:

15   and he that is on the house-toppe, let him not goe dovvne into the house, nor enter in to take any thing out of his house:

16   and he that shal be in the field, let him not returne backe to take his garment.

17   And vvo to them that are vvith childe and that giue sucke in those daies.

18   But pray that the things chaunce not in the vvinter.

19   For those daies shal be such tribulations as vvere not from the beginning of the creation that God created vntil novv, neither shal

be.

20   And vnles the Lord had shortened the daies, no flesh should be saued: but for the elect vvhich he hath elected, he hath ^note shortened the daies.

21   And then if any man shal say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ: loe, there: do not beleeue.

22   For there shal rise vp false-Christs and false-Prophets, and they shal shevv09Q0648 signes and vvonders, to seduce (if it be possible) the elect also.

23   You therfore take heede: behold I haue foretold you al things.

24   But in those daies after that tribulation ^note the sunne shal be darkened, and the moone shal not giue her light,

25   and the starres of heauen shal be falling dovvne, and the povvers that are in heauen, shal be moued.

26   And then they shal see the ^note Sonne of man comming in the cloudes, vvith much povver and glorie.

27   And then shal he send his Angels, and shal gather together his elect from the foure vvindes, from the vttermost part of the earth to the vttermost part of heauen.

28   And of the figtree learne ye a parable. Vvhen novv the bough thereof is tender, and the leaues come forth, you knovv that sommer is very nigh.

29   so you also vvhen you shal see these things come to passe, knovv ye that it is very nigh, at the doores.

30   Amen I say to you, that this generation shal not passe, vntil al these things be done.

31   Heauen and earth shal passe, but my vvordes shal not passe.

32    ^noteBut of that day or houre no man knovveth, neither the Angels in heauen, nor the ^note Sonne, but the Father.

33   Take heede, vvatch, and pray. for you knovv not vvhen the time is.

34   Euen as a man vvho being gone into a strange countrie, left his house: and gaue his seruants authoritie ouer ech vvorke, and commaunded the porter to vvatch.

35   Vvatch ye therfore (for you knovv not vvhen the lord of the house commeth: at euen, or at midnight, or at the cocke crovving, or in the morning)

36   lest comming vpon a soden, he finde you sleeping.

37   And that vvhich I say to you, I say to al, Vvatch. &cross4; ^{note note}

^{note note} Chap. XIIII. ^noteIudas by occasion of Marie Magdalens ointment, doth sel him to the Councel of the Ievves 12 After the Paschal lambe he giueth them the bread of life (Io. 6.) in a mystical sacrifice or separation of his bodie and bloud. 27 and that night, is after his prayer, 43 taken of thee Ievves men, Iudas being their Captaine: is forsaken of the other eleuen for feare: 53 is falsly accused, and impiously condemned of the Ievves Councel, 65 and shamefully abused of them: 66 and thrise denied of Peter. Al euen as the Scriptures and him self had often foretold.

1    ^{note note}And the Pasche vvas and the Azymes after tvvo daies: and the cheefe Priests and the Scribes sought hovv they might by some vvile lay hands on him, and kil him.

2   For they said, Not on the festiual day, lest there might be a tumult of the people.

3   And ^note vvhen he vvas at Bethania in the house of Simon the Leper, and sate at meate, there came a vvoman hauing an alabaster boxe of ointment, of pretious spike-narde: and breaking the alabaster-boxe, she povvred it out vpon his head.

4   But there vvere certaine that had indignation vvithin them selues, and said, Vvhereto is09Q0649 this vvast of the ointment made?

5   For this ointment might haue been sold for more then three hundred pence, and giuen to the poore. And they murmured against her.

6   But Iesvs said,09Q0650 Let her alone, vvhy do you molest her? she hath vvrought a good vvorke vpon me.

7   for the poore you haue alvvaies vvith you: and vvhen you vvil, you may doe them good: but ^note me you haue not alvvaies.

8   That vvhich she had, she hath done: she hath preuented to anoint my body to the burial.

9   Amen I say to you, Vvheresoeuer this Gospel shal be preached in the vvhole vvorld, that also vvhich she hath done, shal be told for a memorie of her.

10   And ^note Iudas Iscariote one of the Tvvelue vvent his vvay to the cheefe Priests, for to betray him to them.

11   Vvho hearing

it, vvere glad: and they promised him that they vvould giue him money. And he sought hovv he might betray him conueniently.

12    ^noteAnd ^note the first day of the Azymes vvhen they sacrificed the Pasche, the Disciples say to him, Vvither vvilt thou that vve goe, and prepare for thee to eate the Pasche?

13   And he sendeth tvvo of his Disciples, and saith to them, Goe ye into the citie: and there shal meete you a man carying a pitcher of vvater, folovv him:

14   and vvhithersoeuer he entreth, say to the maister of the house, that the Maister saith, Vvhere is my refectorie, vvhere I may eate the Pasche vvith my Disciples?

15   And he vvil shevv you a great chamber, adorned: and there prepare for vs.

16   And his Disciples vvent their vvaies, and came into the citie: and they found as he had told them, and they prepared the Pasche.

17   And ^note vvhen euen vvas come, he commeth vvith the Tvvelue.

18   And vvhen they vvere sitting at the table and eating, Iesvs said, Amen I say to you, that one of you shal betray me, he that eateth vvith me.

19   But they began to be sad, and to say to him seuerally, Is it I?

20   Vvho said to them, One of the Tvvelue, he that dippeth vvith me his hand in the dish.

21   and the Sonne of man in deede goeth, ^note as it is vvritten of him, but vvo to that man by vvhom the Sonne of man shal be betrayed. it vvere good for him, if that man had not been borne.

22   And ^note vvhiles they vvere eating, Iesvs tooke09Q0651 bread: and blessing brake, and gaue to them, and said, Take, This is09Q0652 my body.

23   And taking the09Q0653 chalice, giuing thankes he gaue to them. and they ^note al dranke of it.

24   And he said to them, This is09Q0654 my blovd of the nevv testament, that shal be shed for many.

25   Amen I say to you, that novv I vvil not drinke of the fruite ^note of the vine vntil that day vvhen I shal drinke it nevv in the kingdom of God.

26   And an hymne being said, they vvent forth into Mount-oliuet.

27    ^noteAnd Iesvs saith to them, You shal al be scandalized in me in this night: for it is vvritten, I vvil strike the Pastor, and the sheepe shal be dispersed. ^note

28   But after that I shal be risen againe, I vvil goe before you into Galilee.

29   And Peter said to him, Although al shal be scandalized: yet not I.

30   And Iesvs saith to him, Amen I say to thee, that thou this day in this night, before the cocke crovv tvvise, shalt thrise deny me.

31   But he spake more vehemently, Although I should die together vvith thee, I vvil not denie thee. And in like maner also said they al.

32   And they come into a farme-place called Gethsemani. And he saith to his Disciples, Sit you here, vntil I pray.

33   And he taketh Peter and Iames and Iohn vvith him: and he began to feare and to be heauy.

34   And he saith to them, My soul is sorovvful euen vnto death: stay here, and vvatch.

35   And vvhen he vvas gone forvvard a litle, he fel flat vpon the ground: and he prayed that if it might be, the houre might passe from him:

36   and he said, Abba, Father, al things are possible to thee, transferre this chalice from me. but not that vvhich I vvil, but that vvhich thou.

37   And he commeth, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not vvatch one houre?

38   Vvatch ye, and pray that you enter not into tentation. The spirit in deede is prompt, but the flesh infirme.

39   And going avvay againe, he prayed, saying the selfsame vvord.

40   And returning, againe he found them a sleepe (for their eies vvere heauy) and they vvist not vvhat they should ansvver him.

41   And he commeth the third time, and saith to them, Sleepe ye novv, and take rest, it suffiseth, the houre is come: behold the Sonne of man shal be betraied into the hands of sinners.

42   Arise, let vs goe. behold, he that shal betray me, is at hand.

43   And ^note as he vvas yet speaking, commeth Iudas Iscariote one of the Tvvelue, and vvith him a great multitude vvith svvordes and clubbes, from the cheefe Priestes and the Scribes and the Auncients.

44   And the betrayer of him had giuen them a signe, saying, Vvhomsoeuer I shal kisse, it is he, lay hold on him, and leade him vvarily.

45   And vvhen he vvas come, immediatly going to him, he saith, Rabbi, and he kissed him.

46   But they laid hands vpon him: and held him.

47   And one certaine man of the st&abar;ders about, dravving out a svvord, smote the seruant of the cheefe priest, and cut of his eare.

48   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to them, As to a theefe are you come out vvith svvordes and clubbes to apprehend me?

49   I vvas daily vvith you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But, that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.

50   Then his disciples leauing him, al fled.

51   And a certaine yong man folowed him clothed vvith sindon vp&obar; the bare: & they tooke him.

52   But he casting of the sindon, fled from them naked.

53   And they brought Iesvs to the cheefe Priest: and al the Priests and the Scribes and the Auncients assembled together.

54   And Peter folovved him a farre of euen in vnto the court of the high Priest: and he sate vvith the seruants at the fire, and vvarmed him self.

55   And the cheefe Priests and al the councel sought testimonie against Iesvs, that they might put him to death, neither found they.

56   For many spake false witnes against him: and the testimonies vvere not c&obar;uenient.

57   And certaine rising vp, bare false vvitnes against him, saying,

58   That vve heard him say, ^note I vvil dissolue this temple made vvith hand, and in three daies vvil I build an other not made vvith hand.

59   And their testimonie vvas not conuenient.

60   And the high Priest rising vp into the middes, asked Iesvs, saying, Ansvverest thou nothing to these things that are obiected to thee of these?

61   But he held his peace and ansvvered nothing. Againe the high Priest asked him, and said to him, Art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed God?

62   And Iesvs saith to him, I am. And you shal see the ^note Sonne of man sitting on the right hand of povver, and comming vvith the cloudes of heauen.

63   And the high Priest renting his garments, saith, Vvhat neede vve vvitnesses any further?

64   You haue heard blasphemie. hovv thinke you? Vvho al ^note condemned him to be guilty of death.

65   And certaine began to spit vpon him, and to couer his face, and to beate him vvith buffets, and to say vnto him, Prophecie: and the seruants gaue him blovves.

66   And vvhen Peter vvas in the court beneath, there commeth one of the ^note vvoman-seruants of the high Priest.

67   And vvhen she had seen Peter vvarming him self, beholding him she saith, And thou vvast vvith Iesvs of Nazareth.

68   But he denied, saying, Neither knovv I, neither vvot I vvhat thou saiest. And he vvent forth before the court: and the cocke crevve.

69   And againe a vvench seeing him, began to say to the standers about, That this fellovv is of them.

70   But he denied againe. And after a vvhile againe they that stoode by, said to Peter, Verily thou art of them: for thou art also a Galilæan.

71   But he09Q0655 began to curse and to svveare, That I knovv not this man vvhom you speake of.

72   And immediatly the cocke crevv againe. And Peter remembred the vvord that Iesvs had said vnto him, Before the cocke crovv tvvise, thou shalt thrise deny me. And he began to vveepe.

^{note note note note note note} Chap. XV. The cheafe of the Ievves accuse him to Pilate the Gentil. 6 And the seeking to deliuer him) they persuade the common people (vvho hitherto vvere alvvaies ready to defend him) not only to preferre the murderer Barabbas, but also to crie Crucifige (to the reprobation of the vvhole nation.) 16 After many illusions, 20 he is crucified by the Gentils. 29 Vvhich the Ievves seing, do triumph as if they had novv the victorie. 33 But euen then by many vvonderful vvorkes he declareth his might, 42 and finally is buried honorably.

1    ^{note note}And forthvvith in the morning the cheefe Priests vvith the auncients and the Scribes and the vvhole councel, consulting together, binding Iesvs led and deliuered him to Pilate.

2   And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Ievves? but he ansvvering, said to him, Thou saiest.

3   And the cheefe Priests accused him in many things.

4   And Pilate againe asked him, saying, Ansvverest thou nothing? see in hovv many things they accuse thee.

5   But Iesvs answered nothing more: so that Pilate marueled.

6   And vpon the festiual day he vvas vvont to release vnto them one of the prisoners vvhomsoeuer they had demaunded.

7   And there vvas one called Barabbas, vvhich vvas put in prison vvith seditious persons, vvho in a sedition had committed murder.

8   And when the multitude vvas come vp, they

began to require according as alvvaies he did vnto them.

9   And Pilate ansvvered them, and said, Vvil you that I release to you the King of the Ievves?

10   For he knevv that the cheefe Priests for enuy had deliuered him.

11   But the09Q0656 cheefe Priests moued the people, that he should release Barabbas rather to them.

12   And Pilate againe ansvvering, said to them, Vvhat vvil you then that I doe to the King of the Ievves?

13   But they againe cried, Crucifie him.

14   And Pilate said to them, Vvhy, vvhat euil hath he done? But they cried the more, Crucifie him.

15   And Pilate vvilling09Q0657 to satisfie the people, released to them Barabbas, and deliuered Iesvs, hauing vvhipped him, for to be crucified.

16   And ^note the souldiars led him into the court of the Palace, and they call together the vvhole band:

17   and they clothe him in purple, and platting a crovvne of thornes, they put it vpon him.

18   And they began to salute him, Haile King of the Ievves.

19   And they smote his head vvith a reede: and they did spit on him. and bovving the knees, they adored him.

20   And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and put on him his ovvne garments, and they leade him forth to crucifie him.

21   And they forced a certaine man that passed by, Simon a Cyrenêan comming from the countrie, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take vp his crosse.

22   And they bring him into the place Golgotha, vvhich being interpreted is, The place of Caluarie.

23   And they gaue him to drinke vvine mingled vvith myrrhe: and he tooke it not.

24   And crucifying him, they deuided his garments, casting lottes vpon them, vvho should take vvhich.

25   And it vvas the third houre, and they crucified him.

26   And the title of his cause vvas superscribed, King of the iewes.

27   And vvith him they crucifie tvvo theeues: one on the right hand, and an other on his left.

28   And the Scripture vvas fulfilled that saith, And vvith the vvicked he vvas reputed. ^note

29   And they that passed by, blasphemed him, vvagging their heades, and saying, Vah, ^note he that destroieth the temple, and in three daies ^note buildeth it:

30    ^notesaue thy self, comming dovvne from the crosse.

31   In like maner also the cheefe Priests mocking, said vvith the Scribes one to an other, He saued others, him self he can not saue.

32   Let Christ the king of Israel come dovvne novv from the crosse: that vve may see and beleeue. And they that vvere crucified vvith him, railed at him.

33   And vvhen it vvas the sixt houre, there vvas made darkenes vpon the vvhole earth vntil the ninthe houre.

34   And at the ninthe houre Iesvs cried out vvith a mightie voice, saying, Eloi, Eloic, lamma-sabacthani? ^note Which is being interpreted, My God, my God, vvhy hast thou ^note forsaken me?

35   And certaine of the standers about hearing, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

36   And one running and filling a spunge vvith vinegre, and putting it about a reede, gaue him drinke, saying, Let be: let vs see if Elias come to take him dovvne.

37   And Iesvs putting forth a mightie voice, gaue vp the ghost.

38   And the vele of the temple vvas rent in tvvo, from the toppe to the bottome.

39   And the Centurion that stoode ouer against him, seeing that so crying he had giuen vp the ghost, said, In deede this man vvas the sonne of God.

40   And there vvere also vvomen looking on a farre of: among vvhom vvas Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames the lesse and of Ioseph, and Salóme:

41   and vvhen he vvas in Galilee, they folovved him, and ministred to him, and many other vvomen that came vp together vvith him to Hierusalem.

42   And vvhen euening vvas come (because it vvas the Parasceue, vvhich is the Sabboth-eue)

43   came Ioseph of Arimathæa a noble Senatour, vvho him self also vvas expecting the kingdom of God: and he vvent in boldly to Pilate, and asked the body of Iesvs.

44   But Pilate marueled if he vvere novv dead. And sending for the Centurion, asked him if he vvere novv dead.

45   And vvhen he vnderstoode by the Centurion, he gaue the body to Ioseph.

46   And Ioseph 09Q0658 bying sindon, and taking him dovvne, vvrapped him in the sindon, and laid him in a monument, that vvas hevved out of a rocke. And he rolled a stone to the doore of the monument.

47   And Marie Magdalene and Marie of Ioseph beheld vvhere he vvas laid. ^note

^{note note} Chap. XVI. The third day, to three vvomen at his Sepulcher, an Angel telleth that he is risen, and vvil (as he promised Mar. 14, 28.) shevv him self in Galilee. 9 The same day he appeareth to Marie Magdalene, aftervvard to tvvo Disciples: yet the Eleuen vvil not beleeue it, vntil to them also he appeareth. 15 To vvhom hauing giuen commi&esset;ion into al nations, vvith povver also of Miracles, he ascendeth, and they plant his Church euery vvhere.

1    ^{note note}And vvhen the Sabboth vvas past, Marie Magdalene and Marie of Iames, and Salôme09Q0659 bought spices, that comming they might anoint Iesvs. ^note

2   And very early the first of the Sabboths, they come to the monument: the sunne being novv risen.

3   And they said one to an other, Vvho shal roll vs backe the stone from the doore of the monument?

4   And looking, they savv the stone rolled backe. for it vvas very great.

5   And entring into the monument, they savv a yong man sitting on the right hand, couered vvith a vvhite robe: and they vvere astonied.

6   Vvho saith to them, Be not dismaied: you seeke Iesvs of Nazareth, that vvas crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place vvhere they laid him.

7   But goe, tel his Disciples and ^note Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there you shal see him, ^note as he told you. &cross4;

8   But they going forth, fled from the monument. for trembling and feare had inuaded them: and they said nothing to any body. for they vvere afraid.

9   And he rising early the first of the Sabboth, ^note appeared first to Marie Magdalene, ^note out of vvhom he had cast seuen deuils.

10   She vvent and told them that had been vvith him, that vvere mourning and vveeping.

11   And they hearing that he vvas aliue and had been seen of her, did not beleeue.

12   And ^note after this he appeared in an09Q0660 other shape to tvvo

of them vvalking, as they vvere going into the countrie.

13   and they going told the rest: neither them did they beleeue.

14    ^noteLast ^note he appeared to those eleuen as they sate at the table: and he exprobrated their incredulity and hardnes of hart, because they did not beleeue them that had seen him risen againe.

15   And he said to them, ^note Going into the vvhole vvorld preach the Gospel to al creatures.

16   He that09Q0661 beleeueth and is baptized, shal be saued: but he that beleeueth not, shal be condemned.

17   And them that beleeue09Q0662 these signes shal folow: In my name shal they cast out deuils, They shal speake vvith nevv tonges,

18   Serpents shal they take avvay, And if they drinke any deadly thing, it shal not hurt them, They shal impose hands vpon the sicke: and they shal be vvhole.

19    ^noteAnd so our Lord Iesvs after he spake vnto them, ^note vvas assumpted into heauen, and sate on the right hand of God.

20   But they going forth preached euery vvhere: our Lord working vvithal, and confirming the vvord vvith signes that folovved. &cross4; ^{note note note note}

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