S. Lukes Gospel may be diuided into fiue partes.

The first part is, of the Infancie both of the precursor, and of Christ him selfe: chap. 1 and 2.

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

The third, of Christes manifesting him selfe, by preaching and miracles, specially in Galilee: the other piece of the 4 chap. vnto the middes of the 17.

The fourth of his comming into Iurie tovvards his Pa&esset;ion: the other piece of the 17 chap. vnto the middes of the 19.

The fifth, of the Holy weeke of his Pa&esset;ion in Hierusalem: the other part of the 19 chap. vnto the end of the booke.

S. Luke vvas sectator (saith S. Hierome) that is, a disciple of the Apostle Paul, and a companion of al his peregrination. ^note And the same vve see in the Actes of the Apostles: Vvhere, from the 16 chap. S. Luke putteth him selfe in the traine of S. Paul, vvriting thus in the storie. Forthwith we sought to goe into Macedonia. and in like maner, in the first person, commonly through the rest of that booke. Of him and his Gospel, S. Hierom vnderstandeth this saying of S. Paul: Vve haue sent with him the brother, vvhose praise is in the Gospel through al Churches. where also he addeth: Some suppose, so often as Paul in his Epistles saith, According to my Gospel, that he meaneth of Lukes booke. ^note And againe: Luke learned the Gospel not onely of the Apostle Paul, who had not been with our Lord in flesh, but of the other Apostles: which him selfe also in the beginning of his booke declareth, saying, As they deliuered to vs who them selues from the beginning saw, and were ministers of the word. ^note It foloweth in S. Hierome: Therfore he wrote the Gospel, as he had heard. but the Actes of the Apostles he compiled as he had seen. S. Paul vvriteth of him by name to the Colo&esset;ians: Luke the Physicion saluteth you. and to Timothee: Luke alone is with me. ^note Finally of his end thus doth S. Hierome vvrite: He liued fourescore and foure yeres, hauing no wife. He is buried at Constantinople: to vvhich citie his bones vvith the Relikes of Andrew the Apostle were translated out of Achaia the twentith yere of ^note Constantinus. ^note And of the same Translation also in another place against Vigilantius the Heretike: It grieueth him that the Relikes of the Martyrs are couered with pretious couerings, and that they are not either tied in cloutes or throwen to the dunghil. why, are we then ^note sacrilegious, when we enter the Churches of the Apostles? Was ^note Constantinus the Emperour sacrilegious, who translated to Constantinople the holy Relikes of Andrew, Luke, and Timothee: at which the Diuels rore, and the inhabiters of Vigilantius confesse that they feele their presence?

His sacred body is novv at Padua in Italie, Vvither it vvas againe translated from Constantinople.

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF IESVS CHRIST ACCORDING TO LVKE. Chap. I. ^noteThe Annunciation and Conception, first of the Precursor: 26 and sixe moneths after, of Christ also him self. 39 The Visitation of our Ladie, vvhere both the mothers do Prophecie. 57 The Natiuitie and Circuncision of the Precursor, vvhere his father doth prophecie. 80 The Precursor is from a childe an Eremite.

1   Becavse many haue gone about to compile a narration of the things that haue been accomplished among vs:

2   according as they haue deliuered vnto vs, vvho from the beginning them selues savv and vvere ministers of the vvord:

3   it seemed good also vnto me09Q0663 hauing diligently atteined to al things from the beginning, to vvrite to thee in order, good ^note Theophilus,

4   that thou maist knovv the veritie of those vvordes vvhereof thou hast been instructed.

5    ^noteThere vvas in the daies of Herod the king of Ievvrie, a certaine Priest named Zacharie, of the ^note course of Abia: and his vvife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

6   And they vvere both09Q0664 iust before God, vvalking09Q0665 in al the commaundements09Q0666 and iustifications of our Lord vvithout blame,

7   and they had no sonne: for that Elizabeth vvas barren, and both vvere vvel striken in their daies.

8   And it came to passe: vvhen he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,

9   according to the custome of the Priestly function, he vvent forth by lot ^note to offer incense, entring into the temple of our Lord:

10   and ^note al the multitude of the people vvas ^note praying vvithout at the houre of the incense.

11   And there appeared to him an Angel of our

Lord, standing on the right hand of the altar of incense.

12   And Zacharie vvas troubled, seeing him: and feare fel vpon him.

13   But the Angel said to him, Feare not Zacharie, for thy praier is heard: and thy vvife Elizabeth shal beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt cal his name Iohn:

14   and thou shalt haue09Q0667 ioy and exultation, and many shal reioyce in his natiuitie.

15   for he shal be great before our Lord: ^note and vvine and sicer he shal not drinke: and he shal be replenished vvith the Holy Ghost euen from his mothers vvombe.

16   and he shal ^note conuert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

17   and he shal goe before him ^note in the spirit and vertue of Elias: that he may conuert the hartes of the fathers vnto the children, and the incredulous to the vvisedom of the iust, to prepare vnto the Lord a perfect people. &cross4;

18   And Zacharie said to the Angel, Vvhereby shal I knovv this? for I am old: and my vvife is vvel striken in her daies.

19   And the Angel ansvvering said to him, I am Gabriel that assist before God: and am sent to speake to thee, and to euangelize these things to thee.

20   And behold, ^note thou shalt be dumme, and shalt not be able to speake vntil the day vvherein these things shal be done: for-because thou hast not beleeued my vvordes, vvhich shal be fulfilled in their time.

21   And the people vvas expecting Zacharie: and they marueled that he made tariance in the temple.

22   And comming forth he could not speake to them, and they knevv that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he made signes to them, and remained dumme.

23   And it came to passe, after the daies of his office vvere expired,09Q0668 he departed into his house.

24   And after these daies Elizabeth his vvife conceiued: and hid her self fiue moneths, saying,

25   For thus hath our Lord done to me in the daies vvherein he had respect to take avvay my reproche among men.

26    ^noteAnd in the sixt moneth, the Angel Gabriel vvas sent of God into a citie of Galilee, called Nazareth,

27    ^noteto a virgin despoused to a man vvhose name vvas Ioseph, of the house of Dauid: and the virgins name vvas Marie.

28   And the Angel being entred in, said vnto her,09Q0669 Haile09Q0670 ful of grace, our Lord is vvith thee: blessed art thou among vvomen. ^note

29   Vvho hauing heard, vvas troubled at his saying, and thought vvhat maner of salutation this should be.

30   And the Angel said to her, Feare not Marie, for thou hast found grace vvith God.

31    ^noteBehold

thou shalt conceiue in thy vvombe, and shalt beare a sonne: and thou shalt call his name Iesvs.

32   he shal be great, and shal be called the sonne of the most High, and our Lord God shal giue him the seate of Dauid his father:

33    ^noteand he shal reigne in the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdom there shal be no end.

34   And Marie said to the Angel, ^note Hovv shal this be done?09Q0671 because I knovv not man?

35   And the Angel ansvvering, said to her, The Holy Ghost shal come vpon thee, and the povver of the most High shal ouershadovv thee. And therfore also that vvhich of thee shal be borne Holy, shal be called the sonne of God.

36   And behold 09Q0672 Elisabeth thy cosin, she also hath conceiued a sonne in her old age: and this moneth, is the sixt to her that is called barren:

37   because there shal not be impossible vvith God any vvord.

38   And Marie said, ^note Behold the handmaid of our Lord, be it done to me according to thy word. &cross4; And the Angel departed from her.

39    ^noteAnd Marie rising vp in those daies, vvent vnto the hil countrie vvith speede, into a citie of Iuda.

40   and she entred into the house of Zacharie, and saluted Elisabeth.

41   And it came to passe: as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Marie, the ^note infant did leape in her vvombe. and Elisabeth vvas replenished vvith the Holy Ghost:

42   and she cried out vvith a loude voice, and said,09Q0673 Blessed art thou among vvomen, and blessed is the fruite of thy vvombe.

43   And vvhence is this to me, that the09Q0674 mother of my Lord doth come to me?

44   For behold as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the infant in my vvombe did leape for ioy.

45   And blessed is she that beleeued, because those things shal be accomplished that vvere spok&ebar; to her by our Lord.

46   And Marie said,

46    ^noteMY SOVLE doth magnifie our Lord.

47   And my spirit hath reioyced in God my Sauiour. &cross4;

48   Because he hath regarded the humilitie of his handmaid: for behold from hence forth ^note al generations09Q0675 shal call me blessed.

49   Because he that is mightie hath done great things to me, and holy is his name.

50   And his mercie from generation vnto generations, to them that feare him.

51   He hath shevved might in his arme: he hath dispersed the proude in the conceit of their hart.

52   He hath deposed the mightie from their seate, and hath exalted the humble.

53   The hungrie he hath filled vvith good things: and the riche he hath sent avvay emptie.

54   He hath receiued Israel his childe, being mindeful of his mercie,

55   As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham and his seede for euer.

56   And Marie taried vvith her about three moneths: and she returned into her house.

57    ^noteAnd Elisabeths ful time vvas come to be deliuered: and she bare a sonne.

58   And her neighbours and kinsfolke heard that our Lord did magnifie his mercie vvith her, and they did congratulate her.

59   And it came to passe: on the eight day they came to circuncise the childe, and they called him by his fathers name, Zacharie.

60   And his mother ansvvering, said, Not so, but he shal be called Iohn.

61   And they said to her, That there is none in thy kinred that is called by this name.

62   And they made signes to his father, vvhat he vvould haue him called.

63   And demaunding a vvriting table, he vvrote, saying,09Q0676 ^note Iohn is his name. And they al marueled.

64   And forthvvith his mouth vvas opened, and his tonge, and he spake blessing God.

65   And feare came vpon al their neighbours: and al these things vvere bruited ouer al the hil-countrie of Ievvrie:

66   and all that had heard, laid them vp in their hart, saying, What an one, trovv ye, shal this childe be? For the hand of our Lord vvas vvith him.

67   And Zacharie his father vvas replenished vvith the Holy Ghost: and he prophecied, saying,

68    ^noteBlessed be ovr lord God of Israel: because he hath visited and vvrought the redemption of his people: &cross4;

69   And hath erected the horne of saluation to vs, in the house of Dauid his seruant.

70   As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, that are from the beginning.

71   Saluation from our enemies, and from the hand of al that hate vs:

72   To vvorke mercie vvith our fathers: and to remember his holy testament,

73    ^noteThe othe vvhich he svvare to Abraham our father,

74   that he vvould giue to vs,

74   That vvithout feare being deliuered from the hand of our enemies, vve may serue him.

75   In holines and09Q0677 iustice before him, al our daies.

76   And thou childe, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for ^note thou shalt goe before the face of our Lord to prepare his vvaies.

77   To giue knovvledge of saluation to his people, vnto remi&esset;ion of their sinnes,

78   Through the bovvels of the mercie of our God, in vvhich09Q0678 the ^note Orient, from on high, hath visited vs,

79   To illuminate them that sit in darkenes, and in the shadovv of death: to direct our feete into the vvay of peace.

80   And the childe grew, and vvas strengthened in spirit, and vvas ^note in the deserts vntil the day of his manifestati&obar; to Israel.

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^{note note note note note note note} Chap. II. The Natiuitie of Christ, 8 and manifestation thereof to the Shepheards by an Angel, and by them to others. 21 His Circuncision. 22 His Presentation, together with Simeons (as also Annes) attestation and prophecying of his Pa&esset;ion, of the Iewes reprobation, and of the Gentils illumination. 41 His annual ascending to Hierusalem with his parents, to whom he was subiect, and his fulnes of wisedom shewed among the Doctors at twelue yeres of his age.

1    ^noteAnd it came to passe, in those daies there came forth an edict from Cæsar Augustus, that the vvhole vvorld should be enrolled.

2   This first enrolling vvas made by the President of Syria Cyrinus.

3   And al vvent to be enrolled, euery one into his ovvne citie. ^note

4   And Ioseph also vvent vp from Galilee out of the citie of Nazareth into Ievvrie, to the citie of Dauid that is called Beth-lehem: for-because he vvas of the house and familie of Dauid,

5   to be enrolled vvith Marie his despoused vvife that vvas vvith childe.

6   And it came to passe, vvhen they vvere there, her daies vvere fully come that she should be deliuered.

7   And she brought forth her first begotten sonne,

and svvadled him in clothes, and laid him dovvne in a manger: because there vvas not place for them in the inne.

8   And there vvere in the same countrie shepheards vvatching, and keeping the night vvatches ouer their flocke.

9   And behold, an Angel of our Lord stood beside them, and the brightnes of God did shine round about them, and they feared vvith a great feare.

10   And the Angel said to them, Feare not: for behold I euangelize to you great ioy, that shal be to al the people:

11   because this day is borne to you a Saviovr vvhich is Christ our Lord, in the citie of Dauid.

12   And this shal be a signe to you, You shal finde the infant svvadled in clothes: and laid in a manger.

13   And sodenly there vvas vvith the Angel a multitude of the heauenly armie, praising God, and saying,

14   Glorie in the highest to God: and in earth peace to 09Q0679 men of good vvil. ^note &cross4;

15    ^noteAnd it came to passe: after the Angels departed from them into heauen, the shepheards spake one to an other: Let vs goe ouer to Bethlehem, and let vs see this vvord that is done, vvhich our Lord hath shevved to vs.

16   And they came vvith speede: and they found Marie and Ioseph, and the infant laid in the manger.

17   And seeing it, they vnderstood of the vvord that had been spoken to them concerning this childe.

18   And al that heard, did maruel: and concerning those things that vvere reported to them by the shepheards.

19   But Marie09Q0680 kept al these vvordes, conferring them in her hart.

20   And the shepheards returned, glorifying and praysing God in al things that they had heard, and seen, as it vvas said to them. &cross4;

21    ^noteAnd ^note after eight daies vvere expired, that the childe should be circuncised: his name vvas called Iesvs, vvhich vvas ^note called by the Angel, before that he vvas conceiued in the vvombe. &cross4;

22    ^noteAnd after the daies vvere fully ended of her purification ^note according to the lavv of Moyses, they caried him into Hierusalem, to present him to our Lord

23   (as it is vvritten in the lavv of our Lord, That euery male opening the matrice, shal be called holy to the Lord.) ^note

24   and to giue a sacrifice ^note according as it is vvritten in the lavv of our Lord, a paire of turtles, or tvvo yong pigeons.

25   And behold, there vvas a man in Hierusalem, named Simeon, and this man vvas iust and religious, expecting the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost vvas in him.

26   And he had receiued an ansvver of the Holy Ghost, that he

should not see death vnles he savv first the ^note Christ of our Lord.

27   And he came in spirit into the temple. And vvhen his parents brought in the childe Iesvs, to doe according to the custome of the Lavv for him:

28   he also tooke him into his armes, and blessed God, and said,

29    ^noteNow thov doest dimisse thy seruant O Lord, according to thy vvord in peace.

30   Because mine eies haue seen, thy Salvation,

31   Vvhich thou hast prepared before the face of al peoples:

32   A light to the reuelation of the Gentils, and the glorie of thy people Israel. &cross4;

33   And his father and mother vvere marueling vpon those things vvhich vvere spoken concerning him.

34   And Simeon blessed them, and said to Marie his mother, Behold this is set09Q0681 vnto the ruine, and unto the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a signe vvhich shal be contradicted,

35   and ^note thine ovvne soule shal a svvord pearce, that out of many hartes cogitations may be reuealed.

36   And there vvas Anne a prophetisse, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she vvas farre striken in daies, and had liued vvith her husband seuen yeres from her virginitie.

37   And she vvas09Q0682 a vvidovv vntil eightie and foure yeres: vvho departed not from the temple,09Q0683 by fastings and praiers ^note seruing night and day.

38   And she at the same houre sodenly comming in, confessed to our Lord: and spake of him to al that expected the redemption of Israel.

39   And after they had vvholy done al things according to the lavv of our Lord, they returned into Galilee, into their citie Nazareth.

40   And the childe grevv, and vvaxed ^note strong: ful of vvisedom, and the grace of God vvas in him.

41   And his parents vvent euery yere vnto Hierusalem, ^note at the solemne day of Pasche.

42   And vvhen he vvas tvvelue yeres old, they going vp into Hierusalem according to the custome of the festiual day, ^note

43   and hauing ended the daies, vvhen they returned, the childe Iesvs remained in Hierusalem: and his parents knew it not.

44   And thinking that he vvas in the companie, they came a daies iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke and acquaintance.

45   And not finding him, they returned into Hierusalem, seeking him.

46   And it came to passe, after three daies they found him in the temple sitting in the middes of the Doctors, hearing them, and asking them.

47   And al vvere astonied that heard him, vpon his vvisedom and ansvvers.

48   And seeing him, they vvondered. And his mother said to him, Sonne, vvhy hast thou so done to vs? behold thy father and I sorovving did seeke thee.

49   And he said to them, Vvhat is it that you sought me? did you not knovv, that I must be about those things, vvhich are my fathers?

50   And they vnderstood not the vvord that he spake vnto them.

51   And he vvent dovvne vvith them, and came to Nazareth: and vvas 09Q0684 subiect to them. And his mother kept al these vvordes in her hart.

52   And Iesvs proceeded in vvisedom and age, and grace vvith God and men. &cross4; ^{note note note note note note} Chap. III. ^noteIohn, to prepare al to Christ (as Esay had prophecied of him) baptizeth them to penance, 7 insinuating their reprobation, and the Gentils vocation, 10 teaching also and exhorting ech sort to doe their dutie. 15 That him self is not Christ, he sheweth by the difference of their tvvo baptismes: 17 and saith that Christ vvil also iudge his baptized. 19 Iohns imprisonment. 21 Christ being him self also baptized of Iohn, hath testimonie from heauen, 23 as he vvhose generation reduceth vs againe to God.

1    ^noteAnd in the fiftenth yere of the empire of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being Gouernour of Ievvrie, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch of Ituréa and the countrie Trachonîtis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilîna,

2   vnder the high Priests Annas and Caiphas: the vvord of our Lord vvas made vpon Iohn the sonne of Zacharie, in the desert.

3   And ^note he came into al the countrie of Iordan, preaching the baptisme of ^note penance vnto remission of sinnes: as it is vvritten in the booke of the sayings of Esay the Prophet:

4   A voice of one crying in the desert: prepare the vvay of our Lord, make straight his pathes.

5   Euery valley shal be filled: and euery mountaine and hil shal be made lovv, and crooked things shal become straight: and rough vvaies, plaine:

6   and al flesh shal see the Salvation of God. ^note

7   He said therfore to the multitudes that vvent forth to be baptized of him, ^note Ye vipers broodes, vvho hath shevved you to flee from the vvrath to come?

8   Yeld therfore ^note fruites vvorthie of penance. and doe ye not begin to say, Vve haue Abraham to our father. For I tel you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children to Abraham.

9   And novv the axe is put to the roote of the trees. ^noteEuery tree therfore that yeldeth not good fruite, ^note shal be cut dovvne, and cast into fire.

10   And the multitudes asked him, saying, Vvhat shal vve doe then?

11   And he ansvvering, said vnto them: ^note He that hath tvvo coates, let him giue to him that hath not: and he that hath meate, let him doe likevvise.

12   And the Publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him, Maister, vvhat shal vve doe?

13   But he said to them, Doe nothing more then that vvhich is appointed you.

14   And the souldiars also asked him, saying, Vvhat shal vve also doe? And he said to them, Vexe not neither calumniate any man: and be content vvith your stipends.

15   And ^note the people imagining, and al men thinking in their harts of Iohn, lest perhaps he vvere Christ:

16   Iohn ansvvered, saying vnto al, ^{note note} I in deede baptize you vvith vvater: ^note but there ^note shal come a mightier then I, vvhose latchet of his shoes I am not vvorthie to vnloose, he shal baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.

17   vvhose fanne is in his hand, and he vvil purge his floore: and vvil gather the vvheate into his barne, but the chaffe he vvil burne vvith vnquencheable fire.

18   Many other things also exhorting did he euangelize to the

people.

19    ^noteAnd Herod the Tetrarch, vvhen he vvas rebuked of him for Herodias his ^note brothers vvife, and for al the euils vvhich Herod did:

20   09Q0685he added this also aboue al, and shut vp Iohn into prison.

21    ^noteAnd it came to passe vvhen al the people vvas baptized, Iesvs also being baptized and praying, heauen vvas opened:

22   and the Holy Ghost descended in corporal shape as a doue vpon him: and a voice from heauen vvas made: Thou art my beloued sonne, in thee I am vvel pleased.

23   And Iesvs him self was beginning to be about thirtie yeres old: as it was thought, the sonne of Ioseph, vvho vvas09Q0686 of Heli,

24   vvho vvas of Matthat, vvho vvas of Leui, vvho vvas of Melchi, vvho vvas of Ianné, vvho vvas of Ioseph,

25   vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Amos, vvho vvas of Naum, vvho vvas of Hesli, vvho vvas of Naggé,

26   vvho vvas of Mahath, vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Semei, vvho vvas of Ioseph, vvho vvas of Iuda,

27   vvho vvas of Iohanna, vvho vvas of Resa, vvho vvas of Zorobabel, vvho vvas of Salathiel, vvho vvas of Neri,

28   vvho vvas of Melchi, vvho vvas of Addi, vvho vvas of Cosam, vvho vvas of Elmadan, vvho vvas of Her,

29   vvho vvas of Iesus, vvho vvas of Eliézer, vvho vvas of Iorim, vvho vvas of Matthat, vvho vvas of Leui,

30   vvho vvas of Simeon, vvho vvas of Iudas, vvho vvas of Ioseph, vvho vvas of Iona, vvho vvas of Eliacim,

31   vvho vvas of Melcha, vvho vvas of Menna, vvho vvas of Matthatha, vvho vvas of Nathan, vvho vvas of Dauid,

32   vvho vvas of Iessé, vvho vvas of Obed, vvho vvas of Booz, vvho vvas of Salmon, vvho vvas of Naasson,

33   vvho vvas of Aminadab, vvho vvas of Aram, vvho vvas of Esron, vvho vvas of Phares, vvho vvas of Iudas,

34   vvho vvas of Iacob, vvho vvas of Isaac, vvho vvas of Abraham, vvho vvas of Tharé, vvho vvas of Nachor,

35   vvho vvas of Sarug, vvho vvas of Ragau, vvho vvas of Phaleg, vvho vvas of Heber, vvho vvas of Salé,

36    ^notevvho vvas of Cainan, vvho vvas of Arphaxad, vvho vvas of Sem, vvho vvas of Noë, vvho vvas of Lamech,

37   vvho vvas of Mathusalé, vvho vvas of Henoch, vvho vvas of Iared, vvho vvas of Malaleel, vvho vvas of Cainan,

38   vvho vvas of Henos, vvho vvas of Seth, vvho vvas of Adam, vvho vvas of God.

^{note note} Chap. IIII. Christ going into the Desert to prepare him self before his manifestation, ouercommeth the tentations of the Diuel. 14 then beginning gloriously in Galilee, 16 he sheweth to them of Nazareth his commi&esset;ion out of Esay the Prophet, 23 insinuating by occasion the Ievves his countriemens reprobation. 31 In Capharnaum his doctrine is admired, 33 specially for his miracle in the Synagogue. 38. from vvhich, going to Peters house, he shevveth there much more povver. 42 Then retiring into the vvildernesse, he preacheth aftervvard to the other cities of Galilee.

1    ^noteAnd Iesvs ful of the Holy Ghost, returned from Iordan, and vvas driuen in the spirit into the desert,

2    ^notefourtie daies, and vvas tempted of the deuil. And he did eate nothing in those daies: and vvhen they vvere ended, he vvas an hungred.

3   And the Deuil said to him, If thou be the sonne of God, say to this stone that it be made bread.

4   And Iesvs made ansvver vnto him, It is vvritten, That not in bread alone shal man liue, but in euery vvord of God. ^note

5   And the Deuil brought him into an high mountaine, and shevved him al the kingdoms of the vvhole vvorld in a moment of time:

6   and he said to him, To thee vvil I giue this vvhole povver, and the glorie of them: for to me they are deliuered, and to vvhom I vvil, I doe giue them.

7   Thou therfore if thou vvilt adore before me, they shal al be thine.

8   And Iesvs ansvvering said to him, It is vvritten, ^note Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou ^note serue. ^note

9   And he brought him into Hierusalem, and set him vpon the pinnacle of the temple: and he said to him, If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy self from hence dovvnevvard.

10   For ^note it is vvritten, that He hath giuen his Angels

charge of thee, that they preserue thee: ^note

11   and that in their hands they shal beare thee vp, lest perhaps thou knocke thy foote against a stone.

12   And Iesvs ansvvering said to him, It is said, Thou shal not tempt the Lord thy God. ^note

13   And al the tentation being ended, the Deuil09Q0687 departed from him vntil a time.

14    ^{note note}And Iesvs returned in the force of the spirit into Galilee, and the same vvent forth through the vvhole countrie of him.

15   And he taught in their synagogues, and vvas magnified of al.

16    ^noteAnd he came to Nazareth vvhere he vvas brought vp: and he entred ^note according to his custom on the Sabboth day into the synagogue: and he rose vp to reade.

17   And the booke of Esay the Prophet vvas deliuered vnto him. And as he vnfolded the booke, he found the place vvhere it vvas vvritten,

18   The Spirit of the Lord vpon me, for vvhich he anointed me, to euangelize vnto the poore he sent me, to heale the contrite of hart,

19   to preach to the captiues remission, and sight to the blinde, to dimisse the bruised vnto remissi&obar;, to preach the acceptable yere of the Lord, and the day of retribution. ^note

20   And vvhen he had folded the booke, he rendred it to the minister, and sate dovvne. And the eies of al in the synagogue vvere bent vpon him.

21   And he began to say vnto them: That this day is fulfilled this scripture in your eares.

22   And al gaue testimonie to him: and they ^note marueled in the vvordes of grace that proceded from his mouth, and they said, Is not this Iosephs sonne?

23   And he said to them, Certes you vvil say to me this similitude, Physicion, cure they self: as great things as vve haue heard09Q0688 done in Capharnaum, doe also here in thy countrie. ^note

24   And he said, Amen I say to you, that no Prophet is accepted in his ovvne countrie.

25   In truth I say to you, ^note there vvere many vvidovves in the daies of Elias in Israel, vvhen the heauen vvas shut three yeres and six moneths, vvhen there vvas a great famine made in the vvhole earth:

26   and to none of them vvas Elias sent, but into Sarepta of Sidon, to a vvidovv vvoman.

27    ^noteAnd there vvere many lepers in Israel vnder Elisæus the Prophet: and none of them vvas made cleane but Naam&abar; the Syrian.

28   And al in the synagogue vvere filled vvith anger, hearing these things.

29   And they rose, and cast him out of the citie: and they brought him to the edge of the hil, vvherevpon their citie vvas built, that they might throvv him dovvne headlong.

30   But he09Q0689 passing through the middes of them, vvent his vvay. &cross4;

31    ^noteAnd he vvent dovvne into Capharnaum a citie of Galilee: and there he taught them on the Sabboths.

32   And they vvere astonied at his doctrine: because his talke vvas in povver.

33   And in the synagogue there vvas a man hauing an vncleane Diuel, and he cried out vvith a loud voice,

34   saying, Let be, vvhat to vs and thee Iesvs of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy vs? I know thee vvho thou art, the Sainct of God.

35   And Iesvs rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, & goe out of him. And vvhen the Deuil had throvven him into the middes, he vvent out of him, and hurted him nothing.

36   And there came feare vpon al, and they talked together one vvith an other, saying, Vvhat vvord is this, that in povver and vertue he commaundeth the vncleane spirits, and they goe out?

37   And the fame of him vvas published into euery place of the countrie.

38    ^noteAnd Iesvs rising vp out of the synagogue, entred into Simons house. ^noteAnd09Q0690 Simons vviues mother vvas holden vvith a great feuer: and they besought him for her.

39   And standing ouer her, he commaunded the feuer, and it left her. And incontinent rising, she ministred to them.

40   And vvhen the sunne vvas dovvne, al that had diseased of sundrie maladies, brought them to him. But he imposing hands vpon euery one, cured them.

41   And Deuils vvent out from many, crying and saying, That thou art the sonne of God. And rebuking them he suffred them not to speake, that they knevv he vvas Christ.

42   And vvhen it vvas day, going forth he vvent into a desert place: and the multitudes sought him, and came euen vnto him: and they held him that he should not depart from them.

43   To vvhom he said, That to other cities also must I euangelize the kingdom of God: because therfore I vvas sent.

44   And he vvas preaching in the synagogs of Galilee. &cross4; ^{note note}

^{note note} Chap. V. Hauing taught the people out of Peters ship, 4 he shevveth in a miraculous taking of fishes, hovv he vvil make him the fisher of men. 13 He cureth a leper by touching him, and sendeth him to the Priest in vvitnesse that he is not against Moyses. 15 The people stocking vnto him, he retireth into the vvildernesse. 17 To the Pharisees in a solemne assembly he proueth by a miracle his povver to remit sinnes in earth. 27 He defendeth his eating vvith sinners, as being the Physicion of soules, 33 and his not prescribing as yet of any fastes to his Disciples.

1    ^noteAnd it came to passe, vvhen the multitudes pressed vpon him to heare the vvord of God, and him self stoode beside the lake of Genesareth.

2    ^noteAnd he savv tvvo shippes standing by the lake: and the fishers vvere gone dovvne, and vvashed their nettes.

3   And he going vp into09Q0692 one ship that vvas Simons, desired him to bring it backe a litle from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

4   And as he ceased to speake, he said to Simon, Launche forth into the deepe, and let loose your nettes to make a draught.

5   And Simon ansvvering, said to him, Maister, labouring al the night, vve haue taken nothing: but in thy vvord I vvil let loose the nette.

6   And vvhen they had done this, they inclosed09Q0693 a very great multitude of fishes, and their nette vvas broken.

7   And they09Q0694 beckened to their fellovves that vvere in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both shippes, so that they did sinke.

8   Vvhich vvhen Simon Peter did see, he fel dovvne at Iesvs knees, saying, Goe forth from me, because I am a sinful man, O Lord.

9   For he vvas vvholy astonished and al that vvere vvith him, at the draught of fishes vvhich they had taken.

10   In like maner also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee, vvho vvere Simons fellovves. And Iesvs said to Simon, Feare not: from this time novv,09Q0695 thou shalt be taking men.

11   And hauing brought their shippes to land, leauing al things they folovved him. &cross4;

12    ^noteAnd it came to passe, vvhen he vvas in one of the cities,

and behold a man ful of leprosie, and seeing Iesvs, and falling on his face, besought him saying, Lord, if thou vvilt, thou canst make me cleane.

13   And stretching forth the hand, he touched him, saying, I vvil. be thou made cleane. And immediatly the leprosie departed from him.

14   And he commaunded him that he should tel no body, but, Goe, ^note shevv thy self to the Priest, and offer for thy cleansing ^note as Moyses commaunded, for a testimonie to them.

15   But the bruite of him vvent abrode the more. and great multitudes came together to heare, and to be cured of their infirmities.

16   And he retired into the desert, and praied.

17    ^{note note}And it came to passe one day, and he sate teaching. And there vvere Pharisees sitting and Doctors of Lavv that vvere come out of euery tovvne of Galilee and Ievvrie and Hierusalem: and the vertue of our Lord vvas to heale them.

18   And behold men carying in a bed a man that had the palsey: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

19   And not finding on vvhich side they might bring him in for the multitude, they09Q0696 vvent vp vpon the roofe, and through the tiles let him dovvne vvith the bed into the middes, before Iesvs.

20   09Q0697Vvhose faith vvhen he savv, he said, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

21   And the Scribes and Pharisees began to thinke, saying, who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgiue sinnes, but only God?

22   And vvhen Iesvs knevve their cogitations, ansvvering he said to them, Vvhat doe you thinke in your hartes?

23   Vvhich is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee: or to say, Arise, and vvalke?

24   but that you may knovv that09Q0698 the sonne of man hath povver in earth to forgiue sinnes (he said to the sicke of the palsey) I say to thee, Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe into thy house.

25   And forthvvith rising vp before them, he tooke that vvherein he lay: and he vvent into his house, magnifying God.

26   And al vvere astonied: and they magnified God. And they vvere replenished vvith feare, saying, That vve haue seen maruelous things to day. &cross4;

27    ^{note note}And after these things he vvent forth, and savv a Publican called Leui, sitting at the Custome-house, and he said to him, Folovv me.

28   And09Q0699 leauing al things, he rose and folovved him.

29   and Leui made him a great feast in his house: and there vvas a great multitude of Publicans, and of others that vvere sitting at the table vvith them.

30   And their Pharisees and Scribes

murmured, saying to his disciples, why doe you eate and drinke vvith Publicans and sinners?

31   And Iesvs ansvvering said to them, They that are vvhole, neede not the Physicion: but they that are il at ease.

32    ^noteI came not to call the iust, but sinners to penance. &cross4;

33   But they said to him, ^note Vvhy doe the disciples of Iohn ^note fast often, and make obsecrations, and of the Pharisees in like maner: but thine doe eate and drinke?

34   To vvhom he said, why, can you make the children of the bridegrome fast vvhiles the bridegrome is vvith them?

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

36   And he said a similitude also vnto them, That no man putteth a peece from a nevv garment into an old garment: othervvise both he breaketh the nevv, and the peece from the nevv agreeth not vvith the old.

37   And no bodie putteth nevv vvine into old bottels: othervvise the nevv vvine vvil breake the bottels, and it self vvil be shed, and the bottels vvil be lost.

38   But nevv vvine is to be put into nevv bottels: and both are preserued together.

39   And no man drinking old, vvil nevv by and by for he saith, The old is better. ^{note note note note note note}

^{note note} Chap. VI. For reprouing by Scripture and miracle (as also by reason) the Pharisees blindnes about the obseruation of the Sabboth, 11 they seeke his death. 12 Hauing in the mountaine prayed al night, he chooseth tvvelue Apostles. 17 and after many miracles vpon the diseased, 20 he maketh a sermon to his Disciples before the people: proposing heauen to such as vvil suffer for him. 24 and vvo to such as vvil not. 27 Yet vvithal exhorting to doe good euen to our enemies also. 39 and that the Maisters must first mend them selues. 46 finally, to doe good vvorkes, because only faith vvil not suffice.

1    ^noteAnd it came to passe on the ^note Sabboth second-first, vvhen he passed through the corne, his Disciples did plucke the eares, and did eate rubbing them vvith their hands.

2   And certaine of the Pharisees said to them, Vvhy doe you that vvhich is not lavvful on the Sabboths?

3   And Iesvs ansvvering them, said,09Q0700 Neither this haue you read vvhich Dauid did, vvhen him self vvas an hungred and they that vvere vvith him:

4    ^notehovv he entred into the house of God, and tooke the loaues of Proposition, and did eate, and gaue to them that vvere vvith him, vvhich it is not lavvful to eate ^note but only for Priests?

5   And he said to them, That the sonne of man is Lord of the Sabboth also.

6   And it came to passe on an other Sabboth also, that he entred into the synagogue, and taught. ^noteAnd there vvas a man, and his right hand vvas vvithered.

7   And the Scribes and Pharisees vvatched if he vvould cure on the Sabboth: that they might finde hovv to accuse him.

8   But he knevv their cogitations: and he said to the man that had the vvithered hand, Arise, and stand forth into the middes. And rising he stoode.

9   And Iesvs said to them, I aske you, if it be lavvful on the Sabboths to doe vvel or il: to09Q0701 saue a soule or to destroy?

10   And looking about vpon them al, he said to the

man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand vvas restored.

11   And they vvere replenished vvith madnes: and they communed one vvith an other vvhat they might doe to Iesvs.

12    ^noteAnd it came to passe in those daies, he vvent forth into the mountaine to pray, and he passed09Q0702 the vvhole night in the prayer of God.

13    ^noteAnd vvhen day vvas come, he called his Disciples: and he chose tvvelue of them(09Q0703 vvhom also he named Apostles) ^note

14   09Q0704Simon vvhom he surnamed Peter, and Andrevv his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe and Bartholomevv,

15   Matthevv and Thomas, Iames of Alphæus and Simon that is called Zelótes,

16   and Iude of Iames, and Iudas Iscariote vvhich vvas the traitour. ^note

17   And descending vvith them he stoode in a plaine place, and the multitude of his Disciples, and a very great companie of people from al Ievvrie and Hierusalem: and the sea coast both of Tyre and Sidon,

18   vvhich vvere come to heare him, and to be healed of their maladies. And they that vvere vexed of vncleane spirits, vvere cured.

19   And al the multitude sought to touch him, because vertue vvent forth from him, and healed al. &cross4;

20   And he lifting vp his eies vpon his Disciples, said,

20    ^noteBlessed are ye poore: for yours is the kingdom of God.

21   Blessed are you that novv are an hungred: because you shal be filled. Blessed are you that novv doe vveepe: because you shal laugh.

22   Blessed shal you be vvhen men shal hate you, and vvhen they shal separate you, and vpbraide you, and abandon your name as euil, for the sonne of mans sake.

23   09Q0705Be glad in that day and reioyce: for behold, your revvard is much in heauen. &cross4; for according to these things did their fathers to the Prophets.

24   But vvo to you that are riche, because you haue your consolation.

25   Vvo to you that are filled: because you shal be hungrie. Vvo to you that novv doe laugh: because you shal mourne and vveepe.

26   Vvo, when al men09Q0706 shal blesse you. for according to these things did their fathers to the false-Prophets.

27   But to you I say that doe heare, Loue your enemies, doe good to them that hate you.

28   Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you.

29   And he that striketh thee on the cheeke, offer also the other. And from him that taketh avvay from thee thy robe, prohibit not thy coate also.

30   And ^note euery one that asketh thee, giue: and of him

that taketh avvay the things that are thine, aske not againe.

31   And according as you vvil that men doe to you, doe you also to them in like maner.

32   And if you loue them that loue you, vvhat thanke is to you? for sinners also loue those that loue them.

33   And if ye doe good to them that doe you good: vvhat thanke is to you? for sinners also doe this.

34   And if ye lend to them of vvhom ye hope to receiue: vvhat thanke is to you? for sinners also lend vnto sinners, for to receiue as much.

35   But loue ye your enemies: doe good and09Q0707 lend, hoping for nothing thereby, and your revvard shal be much, and you shal be the sonnes of the Highest, because him self is beneficial vp&obar; the vnkinde and the euil.

36   Be ye therfore merciful as also your father is merciful. ^note

37   Iudge not, & you shal not be iudged. condemne not, & you shal not be c&obar;demned. forgiue, and you shal be forgiuen.

38   Giue, and there shal be giuen to you. good measure & pressed dovvne and shaken together and running ouer shal they giue into your bosome. For vvith the same measure that you do meate, it shal be measured to you againe.

39   And he said to them a similitude also: Can the blinde leade the blinde? doe not both fal into the ditch?

40   The disciple is not aboue his maister: but euery one shal be perfect, if he be as his maister.

41   And vvhy seest thou the mote in thy brothers eie: but the beame that is in thine ovvne eie thou considerest not?

42   Or hovv canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote out of thine eie: thy self not seeing the beame in thine ovvne eie? Hypocrite, cast first the beame out of thine ovvne eie: and then shalt thou see clerely to take forth the mote out of thy brothers eie. &cross4;

43   For there is no good tree that yeldeth euil fruites: nor euil tree, that yeldeth good fruite.

44   For euery tree is knovven by his fruite. For neither doe they gather figges of thornes: neither of a bush doe they gather the grape.

45   The good man of the good treasure of his hart bringeth forth good: and the euil man of the il treasure bringeth forth euil. for of the abo&ubar;dance of the hart the mouth speaketh.

46   And vvhy cal you me, Lord, Lord: and doe not the things vvhich I say?

47   Euery one that commeth to me, and heareth my vvords, and doeth them: I vvil shevv you to vvhom he is like.

48   He is like to a man ^note building a house, that digged deepe, and laid the foundation vpon a rocke. And vvhen an inundation rose, the riuer bette against that

house, and it could not moue it: for it vvas founded vpon a rocke.

49   But he that heareth, and doeth not: is like to a man building his house vpon the earth vvithout a foundation: against the vvhich the riuer did beate: and incontinent it fell, and the ruine of that house vvas great. ^{note note note note note note note}

^note Chap. VII. He testifieth, the faith of the Centurion who was a Gentil, to be greater then he found among al the Iewes, and cureth his seruant absent. 11 the vvidovves sonne he reuiueth and restoreth to her, and is renowmed therevpon. 18 To Iohns messengers he answereth vvith miracles, leauing to Iohn to preach thereby vnto them that he is Christ. 24 And afterward he declareth how vvorthy credit was Iohns testimonie, 29 inueighing against the Pharisees, 31 Who vvith neither of their maners of liuing could be wonne. 36 shewing also vnto them by occasion of Marie Magdalen, how he is a frende to sinners, not to maintaine them in sinne, but to forgiue them their sinnes vpon their faith and penance.

1    ^noteAnd vvhen he had fully said al his vvords into the eares of the people, he entred into Capharnaum.

2   And the seruant of a certaine Centurion being sicke, vvas readie to die: vvho vvas deere vnto him.

3   And when he had heard of Iesvs, he sent vnto him the Auncients of the Ievves, desiring him to come and heale his seruant.

4   But they being come to Iesvs, besought him earnestly, saying to him, That he is vvorthie that thou shouldest doe this for him.

5   for he loueth our nation: and he hath09Q0708 built a synagogue for vs.

6   And Iesvs vvent vvith them. And vvhen he vvas novv not farre from the house, the Centurion sent his frends vnto him, saying, Lord, trouble not thy self. for ^note I am not vvorthie that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe.

7   for the vvhich cause neither did I thinke my self vvorthie to come to thee: but say the vvord, and my seruant shal be made whole.

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

9   Vvhich Iesvs hearing, marueiled: and turning to the multitudes that folovved him he said, Amen I say to you, neither in Israel haue I found so great faith.

10   And they that vvere sent, being returned home, found the seruant that had been sicke, vvhole.

11    ^noteAnd it came to passe, aftervvard he vvent into a citie that is called Naim: and there vvent vvith him his Disciples and a very great multitude.

12   And vvhen he came nigh to the gate of the citie, behold a dead man vvas caried forth, the only sonne of his mother: and she, vvas a vvidovv: and a great multitude of the citie vvith her.

13   Vvhom vvhen our Lord had seen, being moued vvith mercie vpon her, he said to her, Vveepe not.

14   And he came neere and touched the coffin. And they that caried it, stood stil: and he said, Yong man, I say to thee, Arise.

15   And he that vvas dead, sate vp, and beganne to speake. And he gaue him to his mother.

16   And feare tooke them al: and they magnified God, saying, That a great Prophet is risen among vs: and, That God hath visited his people.

17   And this saying vvent forth into al Ievvrie of him, and into al the countrie about.

18   And Iohns disciples shevved him of al these things.

19    ^noteAnd Iohn called tvvo of his disciples, and sent them to Iesvs, saying, Art thou he that art to come: or expect vve an other?

20   And vvhen the men vvere come vnto him, they said, Iohn the Baptist hath sent vs to thee, saying, Art thou he that art to come: or expect vve an other?

21   (And the self same houre, he cured many of maladies, and hurtes, and euil spirits: and to many blinde he ^note gaue sight.)

22   And ansvvering, he said to them, Goe and report to Iohn vvhat you haue heard and seen: ^note That the blinde see, the lame vvalke, the lepers are made cleane, the deafe heare, the dead rise againe,

23    ^notethe poore are euangelized: and blessed is he vvhosoeuer shal not be scandalized in me.

24    ^noteAnd vvhen Iohns messengers vvere departed, he began to say of Iohn to the multitudes, Vvhat vvent you out into the desert to see? a reede moued vvith the vvinde?

25   But vvhat vvent you forth to see? a man clothed in ^note soft garments? behold they that are in costly apparel and delicacies, are in the house of kings.

26   But vvhat vvent you out for to see? a Prophet? Certes I say to you, and more then a Prophet.

27   this is he of vvhom it is vvritten, Behold I send mine Angel before thy face, vvhich shal prepare thy vvay before thee. ^note

28   For I say to you, A greater Prophet among the children of vvomen then Iohn the Baptist, there is no man. but he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater then he.

29   And al the people hearing and the Publicans, iustified God, being baptized vvith

Iohns baptisme.

30   But the Pharisees and the lavvyers ^note despised the counsel of God against them selues, being not baptized of him.

31   And our Lord said, Vvherevnto then shal I liken the men of this generation, and vvherevnto are they like?

32   They are like to children sitting in the market-place, and speaking one to an other, and saying, Vve haue piped to you, and you haue not daunced: vve haue lamented, and you haue not vvept.

33   For Iohn the Baptist came ^note neither eating bread nor drinking vvine: and you say, He hath a deuil.

34   The sonne of man came eating and drinking: and you say, Behold a man that is a gurmander and a drinker of vvine, a frende of Publicans and sinners.

35   And vvisedom is iustified of al her children.

36    ^noteAnd one of the Pharisees desired him to eate vvith him. And being entred into the house of the Pharisee, he sate downe to meate.

37   And behold a vvoman that was in the citie, a sinner, as she knevv that he vvas set dovvne in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster boxe of ointment:

38   and standing behind beside his feete, she began to ^note vvater his feete vvith teares, & vviped them vvith the heares of her head, and kissed his feete, & anointed them with the ointm&ebar;t.

39   And the Pharisee that had bid him, seeing it, spake vvithin him self, saying, This man if he vvere a Prophet, vvould knovv certes vvho and vvhat maner of vvom&abar; she is vvhich toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

40   And Iesvs answering said to him, Simon, I haue somevvhat to say vnto thee. but he said, Maister, say.

41   A certaine creditour had tvvo debters: one did ovve fiue h&ubar;dred pence, and the other fiftie.

42   They hauing not vvherevvith to pay, he forgaue both. Vvhether therfore doth loue him more?

43   Simon ansvvering said, I suppose that he to vvhom he forgaue more. But he said to him, Thou hast iudged rightly.

44   And turning to the vvoman, he said vnto Simon, Doest thou see this vvoman? I entred09Q0709 into thy house, vvater to my feete thou didst not giue: but she vvith teares hath vvatered my feete, and vvith her heares hath vviped them.

45   Kisse thou gauest me not: but she since I came in, hath not ceased to kisse my feete.

46   Vvith oile thou didst not anoint my head: but she vvith ointment hath anointed my feete.

47   For the vvhich I say to thee, Many sinnes are forgiuen her, because she hath ^note loued much. But to vvhom lesse is forgiuen, he loueth lesse.

48   And he said to her, Thy sinnes are forgiuen

thee.

49   And they that sate together at the table, began to say vvithin them selues, ^note Vvho is this that also forgiueth sinnes?

50   And he said to the vvoman,09Q0710 Thy faith hath made the safe, goe in peace. &cross4; ^{note note note} Chap. VIII. Going ouer al Galilee with his traine, 4 he preacheth to the Iewes in parables because of their reprobation: 9 but to his Disciples manifestly: because he wil not for the Iewes incredulity haue his comming frustrate: 19 signifying also that we are his kinne (though we be Gentils) and not his carnal brethren the Iewes. 22 To whom also (signified by the Gerasens) after the tempest in his sleepe (that is, in his death) and caulme in his resurrection, he commeth: but they preferring their temporals before his presence, he leaueth them againe. 41 Likewise comming to cure the Iewes (who were borne when the Gentils sickened, about Abrahams time) he is preuented with the faith of the Gentils, and then the Iewes die. but them also in the end he wil restore.

1   And it came to passe afterward, and he made his iourney by cities and tovvnes preaching and euangelizing the kingdom of God: and the Tvvelue vvith him,

2   and some vvomen that had been cured of vvicked spirits and infirmities, ^note Marie vvhich is called Magdalene, out of vvhom seuen deuils vvere gone

forth,

3   and Ioane the vvife of Chusa Herods procurator, and Susan, and ^note many others that09Q0711 did minister vnto him of their substance.

4    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen a very great multitude assembled, and hastened out of the cities vnto him, he said by a similitude.

5   The sovver vvent forth to sovv his seede. and vvhiles he sovveth, some fel by the vvay side, and vvas troden vpon, and the foules of the aire did eate it.

6   And other some fel vpon the rocke: and being shot vp, it vvithered, because it had not moisture.

7   And othersome fel among thornes, and the thornes grovving vp vvithal, choked it.

8   And other some fel vp&obar; good ground: and being shot vp, yelded fruite an hundred fold. Saying these things he cried, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

9   And his disciples asked him vvhat this parable vvas.

10   To vvhom he said, To you it is giuen to knovv the mysterie of the kingd&obar; of God, but to the rest in parables, ^note that ^note seeing they may not see, and hearing may not vnderstand.

11   And the parable is this: The seede, is the vvord of God.

12   And they besides the vvay: are those that heare, then the deuil c&obar;meth, and taketh the vvord out of their hart, lest beleeuing they be saued.

13   For they vpon the rocke: such as vvhen they heare, vvith ioy receiue the vvord: and these haue no rootes: because ^note for a time they beleeue, and in time of tentation they reuolt.

14   And that vvhich fel into thornes, are they that haue heard, and going their vvaies, are choked vvith cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and render not fruite.

15   And that vpon good ground: are they vvhich in a good and very good hart, hearing the vvord, doe reteine it, and yeld fruite in patience. &cross4;

16   And no man lighting a candel doth couer it vvith a vessel, or put it vnder a bed: but setteth it vp&obar; a c&abar;delsticke, that they that enter in, may see the light.

17   For there is not any thing secrete, that shal not be made manifest: nor hid, that shal not be knowen, & come abrode.

18   See therfore how you heare. For he that hath, to him shal be giuen: and vvhosoeuer hath not, that also vvhich he thinketh he hath, shal be taken avvay fr&obar; him.

19   And ^note his mother and brethren came vnto him: and they could not come at him for the multitude.

20   And it vvas told him, Thy mother and09Q0712 thy brethren stand vvithout, desirous to see thee.

21   Who ansvvering said to them, My ^note mother and

my brethren, are they that heare the vvord of God and doe it.

22    ^noteAnd it came to passe one day: and he vvent vp into a boate, and his disciples, and he said to them, Let vs strike ouer the lake. And they launched forth.

23   And vvhen they vvere sailing, he slept: and there fel a storme of vvinde into the lake, and they ^note vvere filled, and vvere in danger.

24   And ^note they came and raised him, saying, Maister, vve perish. But he rising, rebuked the vvinde and the tempest of vvater: and it ceased, and there vvas made a calme.

25   And he said to them, Vvhere is your faith? Who fearing, marueiled one to an other, saying, Vvho is this (trovv ye) that he commaundeth both the vvindes and the sea, and they obey him?

26    ^noteAnd they sailed to the countrie of the Gerasens vvhich is ouer against Galilee.

27   And vvhen he vvas come forth to the land, there mette him a certaine man that had a deuil novv a very long time, and he did vveare no clothes, neither did he tarie in house, but in the monum&ebar;ts.

28   And as he savv Iesvs, he fel dovvne before him: and crying out vvith a great voice, he said, Vvhat is to me and thee Iesvs sonne of God most high? I beseech thee doe not torment me.

29   For he commaunded the vncleane spirit to goe forth out of the man. For many times he caught him, and he vvas bound vvith chaines, and kept vvith fetters: and breaking the bondes vvas driuen of the deuil into the deserts.

30   And Iesvs asked him saying, Vvhat is thy name? But he said, Legion. because many deuils vvere entred into him.

31   And they besought him that he vvould not commaund them to goe into the depth.

32   And there vvas there a heard of many svvine feeding on the mountaine: and they desired him, that he vvould permit them to enter into them. And he permitted them.

33   The deuils therfore vvent forth out of the man, and entred into the svvine: and the heard vvith violence vvent headlong into the lake, and vvas stifled.

34   Which vvhen the svvine heards savv done, they fled: and told into the citie and into the tovvnes.

35   And they vvent forth to see that vvhich vvas done: and they came to Iesvs, and found the man, out of vvh&obar; the deuils vvere gone forth, sitting at his feete, clothed, and vvel in his vvittes, and they vvere afraid.

36   And they also that had seen, told them hovv he had been made whole from the legion.

37   And al the multitude of the countrie of the Gerasens besought him to depart from

them: for they vvere taken vvith great feare. And he going vp into the boate, returned.

38   And the man out of vvhom the deuils vvere departed, desired him that he might be vvith him. But Iesvs dimissed him, saying,

39   Returne into thy house, and tel hovv great things God hath done to thee. And he vvent through the vvhole citie, preaching hovv great things Iesvs had done to him.

40   And it came to passe: vvhen Iesvs vvas returned, the multitude receiued him. and al vvere expecting him.

41   And ^note behold there came a man vvhose name vvas Iaîrus, and he vvas Prince of the Synagogue: and he fel at the feete of Iesvs, desiring him that he vvould enter into his house,

42   because he had an only daughter almost tvvelue yeres old, and she vvas a dying. And it chaunced, vvhiles he vvent, he vvas thronged of the multitudes.

43   And there vvas ^note a certaine vvoman in a fluxe of bloud from tvvelue yeres past, vvhich had bestovved al her subst&abar;ce vpon Physicions, neither could she be cured of any:

44   she came behind him, and touched the hemme of his garment: and forthvvith the fluxe of her bloud stinted,

45   And Iesvs said, Vvho is it that touched me? And al denying, ^note Peter said, and they that vvere vvith him, Maister, the multitudes throng and presse thee, and doest thou say, Vvho touched me?

46   And Iesvs said, Some bodie hath touched me. for I knovv that there is vertue proceded from me.

47   And the vvoman seeing, that she vvas not hid, came trembling, and fel dovvne before his feete: and for vvhat cause she had touched him, she shevved before al the people: and hovv forthvvith she vvas made vvhole.

48   But he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made the safe, goe thy vvay in peace.

49   As he vvas yet speaking, there c&obar;meth one to the Prince of the synagogue, saying to him, That thy daughter is dead, trouble him not.

50   And Iesvs hearing this vvord, ansvvered the father of the maide, Feare not: ^note beleeue only, and she shal be safe.

51   And vvhen he vvas come to the house, he permitted not any man to enter in vvith him, but Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and the father and mother of the maide.

52   And al vvept, and mourned for her. But he said, Vveepe not, the maide is not dead, but sleepeth.

53   And they derided him, knovving that she vvas dead.

54   But he holding her hand cried saying, Maide arise.

55   And09Q0713 her spirit returned, and she rose

incontinent. And he bade them giue her to eate.

56   And her parentes vvere astonied, vvhom he commaunded to tel no man that vvhich vvas done. ^{note note note} Chap. IX. His Twelue also now preaching euery where and working miracles. 6 Herod and al do wonder much. 10 After vvhich, he taketh them and goeth into the vvildernesse: Where he cureth and teacheth, feeding 5000 vvith fiue loaues. 18 Peter confessing him to be Christ, 21 he on the other side foretelleth his Pa&esset;ion, and that al must in time of persecution folovv him therein. 27 Vvhereunto to encourage vs the more, 27 he giueth in his Transfiguration a sight of the glorie, vvhich is the revvard of suffering. 17 The next day he casteth out a diuel vvhich his Disciples could not. 43 Vvhom amiddes these vvonders he fore vvarneth againe of his scandalous Pa&esset;ion. 49 And to cure their ambition, he telleth them, that the most humble he esteemeth most: 49 bidding them also, not to prohibit any that is not against them. 51 Yea and tovvard such as be against them Schismatically, to shevv mildnes for al that. 57 Of folowing him, three examples.

1    ^{note note}And calling together the tvvelue Apostles, he gaue them ^note vertue and povver ouer al deuils, and to cure maladies.

2   And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God: and to heale the sicke.

3   And he said to them, Take nothing for the vvay, neither rod, nor skrippe, nor bread, nor money, neither haue tvvo coates.

4   And into vvhatsoeuer house you enter, tarie there, and thence doe not depart.

5   And vvhosoever shal not receiue you, going forth out of that citie,

shake of the dust also of your feete ^note for a testimonie vpon them.

6   And going forth they vvent a circuite from tovvne to tovvne euangelizing and curing euery vvhere. &cross4;

7   And ^note Herod the Tetrarch heard al things that vvere done by him: and he staggered because it vvas said of some, That Iohn vvas risen from the dead.

8   but of other some, That Elias hath appeared: and of others, that a Prophet one of the old ones vvas risen.

9   And Herod said, Iohn I haue beheaded: but vvho is this of vvhom I heare such things? And he sought for to see him.

10   And ^note the Apostles being returned, reported to him vvhatsoeuer they did: and taking them he retired apart into a desert place, vvhich belongeth to Beth-saida.

11   Which the multitudes vnderst&abar;ding, folovved him: & he receiued them, and spake to them of the kingdom of God, and them that had neede of cure he healed.

12   And the day began to dravv tovvards an end. And the Tvvelue comming neere, said to him, Dimisse the multitudes, that going into tovvnes and villages here about, they may haue lodging, and finde meates: because here vve are in a desert place.

13   And he said to them, Giue you them to eate. But they said, We haue no more but fiue loaues and tvvo fishes: vnles perhaps vve should goe and bie meates for al this multitude.

14   And there vvere men almost fiue thousand. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit dovvne by companies fiftie and fiftie.

15   And so they did. And they made al sit dovvne.

16   And taking the fiue loaues and the tvvo fishes, he looked vp vnto heauen, and ^{note note} blessed them: and he brake, and distributed to his disciples, for to set before the multitudes.

17   And ^note they did al eate, and had their fill. And there vvas taken vp that vvhich remained to them, tvvelue baskets of fragments.

18    ^noteAnd it came to passe: vvhen he vvas alone praying, his disciples also vvere vvith him: and he asked them saying, Vvhom doe the multitudes say that I am?

19   But they ansvvered, and said, Iohn the Baptist: and some, Elias: but some, that one of the Prophets before time, is risen.

20   And he said to th&ebar;, But vvhom say ye that I am? Simon Peter ansvvering, said, The Christ of God.

21   But he rebuk&ibar;g them, c&obar;maunded that they should tell this to no man,

22   saying, That the sonne of man must suffer many things, and be reiected of the Auncients and cheefe Priests and Scribes, and be killed, and the

third day rise againe.

23   And he said to al, If any man vvil come after me, let him denie him self, and take vp his crosse daily, and folovv me.

24   For he that vvil saue his life, shal lose it: for he that shal lose his life for my sake, shal saue it.

25   for vvhat profit hath a man if he gaine the vvhole vvorld, and lose him self, and cast avvay him self?

26   For he that shal be ashamed of me and of my vvordes, him the Sonne of man shal be ashamed of, vvhen he shal come in his maiestie, and his fathers, and of the holy Angels.

27   And I say to you assuredly, There be some standing here that shal not tast death,09Q0714 til they see the kingdom of God.

28    ^{note note}And it came to passe after these vvordes almost eight daies, and he tooke Peter and Iames and Iohn, and vvent into a mountaine to pray.

29   And vvhiles he prayed, the shape of his countenance vvas altered: and his raiment vvhite and glistering.

30   And behold tvvo men talked vvith him. And they vvere Moyses and Elias,

31   appearing in maiestie. And they told his decease that he should accomplish in Hierusalem.

32   But Peter and they that vvere vvith him, vvere heauie vvith sleepe. And avvaking, they savv his maiestie, and the tvvo men that stoode vvith him.

33   And it came to passe, vvhen they departed from him, Peter said to Iesvs, Maister, 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: not knovving vvhat he said.

34   And as he spake these things, there came a cloud, and ouershadovved them: and they feared, vvhen they entered into the cloude.

35    ^noteAnd a voice vvas made out of the cloude, saying, This is my beloued sonne, heare him.

36   And vvhiles the voice vvas made, Iesvs vvas found alone. And they held their peace, and told no man in those daies any of these things vvhich they had seen.

37    ^noteAnd it came to passe the day folovving, vvhen they came dovvne from the mountaine, there mette him a great multitude.

38   And behold a man of the multitude cried out, saying, Maister, I beseeche thee, looke vp&obar; my sonne because he is mine only one.

39   and loe, the spirit taketh him, and he sodenly crieth, and he dasheth him, and teareth him that he fometh, and vvith much a doe departeth renting him.

40   And I desired thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not.

41   And Iesvs ansvvering said, ^note O faithles and peruerse

generation, hovv long shal I be vvith you and suffer you? bring hither thy sonne.

42   And vvhen he came to him, the deuil dashed, and tore him. And Iesvs rebuked the vncleane spirit, and healed the lad: and rendred him to his father.

43   And al vvere astonied at the might of God: and al merueiling at al things that he did, he said to his disciples,

44   Lay you in your hartes these vvordes, for it shal come to passe that the Sonne of man shal be deliuered into the hands of men.

45   But they did not knovv this vvord, and it vvas couered before them, that they perceiued it not. And they vvere afraid to aske him of this vvord.

46    ^noteAnd there entred ^note a cogitation into them, vvhich of them should be greater.

47   But Iesvs seeing the cogitations of their hart, tooke a childe and set him by him,

48   and said to them, Whosoeuer receiueth this childe in my name, receiueth me: and vvhosoeuer receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me. For he that is the lesser among you al, he is the greater.

49    ^noteAnd Iohn ansvvering said, Maister, vve savv a certaine man casting out deuils in thy name, and vve prohibited him, because he folovveth not vvith vs.

50   And Iesvs said to him, ^note Prohibit not. for he that is not against you, is for you.

51   And it came to passe, vvhiles the daies of his assumption vvere acc&obar;plishing, and he fixed his face to goe into Hierusalem.

52   And he sent messengers before his face: and going they entred into a citie of the Samaritans to prepare for him.

53   And they receiued him not, because his09Q0715 face vvas to goe to Hierusalem.

54   And vvhen his disciples Iames and Iohn had seen it, they said, Lord vvilt thou vve say that fire come dovvne from heauen and consume ^note them?

55   And turning,09Q0716 he rebuked them, saying, You knovv not of vvhat spirit you are.

56   The sonne of man came not to destroy soules, but to saue. And they vvent into an other tovvne.

57   And it came to passe as they vvalked in the vvay, a certaine man said to him, ^note I vvil folovv thee vvhithersoeuer thou goest.

58   Iesvs said to him, ^note The foxes haue holes, and the foules of the aire nestes: but the sonne of man hath not vvhere to repose his head.

59   But he said to an other, Folovv me. And he said, Lord, permit me first to goe, and to burie my father.

60   And Iesvs said to him, Let the dead burie their dead: but goe thou, set forth the kingdom of God.

61   And an other said, I vvil folovv thee Lord, but permit me

first to take my leaue of them that are at home.

62   Iesvs said to him,09Q0717 No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking backe, is apt for the kingdom of God. ^{note note note note} Chap. X. He sendeth yet 72 moe to preach to the Iewes, with power also of miracles, 13 crying wo to the cities impenitent. 17 At their returne he agniseth the great power he gaue them, but yet teacheth them not to be proud thereof, 21 and praiseth God for his grace, 23 his Church also for her happy state. 25. To one of the Scribes he sheweth, that the loue of God and of his neighbour wil bring him to life euerlasting, 29 teaching him by the parable of the Samaritane, to take euery one for his neighbour that needeth his charitie. 38 To Martha he sheweth that Maries Contemplatiue life is the better.

1    ^noteAnd after this our Lord designed also other ^note seuentie tvvo: and he sent them tvvo and tvvo before his face into euery citie and place vvhither him self vvould come.

2   And he said to them, The haruest truely is much: but the vvorkemen fevv. Desire therfore the lord of the haruest, that he send vvorkemen into his haruest.

3   Goe: behold I send you as lambes among vvolues.

4   Carie not purse nor skrip, nor shoes: and salute no body by the vvay.

5   Into vvhatsoeuer house you enter, first say, Peace to this house.

6   and if the sonne of peace be

there, your peace shal rest vpon him: but if not, it shal returne to you.

7   And in the same house tarie you, eating and drinking such things as they haue. ^noteFor the vvorkeman is vvorthie of his hire. Remoue not from house to house.

8   And into vvhat citie soeuer you enter, and they receiue you, eate such things as are set before you:

9   and cure the sicke that are in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh vpon you. &cross4;

10   And into vvhatsoeuer citie you enter, and they receiue you not, going forth into the streates thereof, say,

11   The dust also of your citie that cleaueth to vs, vve doe vvipe of against you. yet this knovv ye that the kingdom of God is at hand.

12   I say to you, it shal be ^note more tolerable for Sodom in that day, then for that citie.

13   Vvo to thee Corozáim, vvo to thee Beth-saida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been vvrought the miracles that haue beene vvrought in you, they had done penance sitting ^note in sacke cloth and ashes long agoe.

14   But it shal be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the iudgement, then for you.

15   And thou Capharnaum that art exalted vnto heau&ebar;: thou shalt be thrust dovvne euen vnto hel.

16    ^noteHe that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me. And he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.

17   And the Seuentie-tvvo returned vvith ioy, saying, Lord, the Deuils also are subiect to vs in thy name.

18   And he said to them, I savv Satan as a lightening fal from heauen.

19   Behold, I haue giuen you povver to treade vpon serpents, and scorpions, and vpon al the povver of the enemie, and nothing shal hurt you.

20   But yet reioyce not in this, that the spirits are subiect vnto you: but reioyce in this, that your names are vvritten in heauen. &cross4;

21   In that very houre he reioyced in spirit, and said, I confesse to thee O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the vvise and prudent, and hast reuealed them09Q0718 to litle ones. Yea Father, for so hath it vvel pleased thee.

22   Al things are deliuered to me of my father. And no man knovveth vvho the Sonne is, but the Father: and vvho the Father is, but the Sonne, and to vvhom the Sonne vvil reueale.

23   And turning to his Disciples, he said, Blessed are the eies that see the things that you see.

24   For I say to you, that many Prophets and Kings desired to see the things that you see, and savv them not: and to heare the

things that you heare, and heard them not. ^note

25   And behold a certaine lavvyer stoode vp, tempting him and saying, Maister, by doing of vvhat thing shal I possesse life euerlasting?

26   But he said to him, In the lavv vvhat is vvritten? hovv readest thou?

27   He ansvvering said, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God vvith thy vvhole hart, and vvith thy vvhole soule, and vvith al thy strength, and vvith al thy minde: and thy neighbour as thy self. ^note

28   And he said to him, Thou hast ansvvered right,09Q0719 this doe and thou shalt liue.

29   But he desirous to iustifie him self, said to Iesvs, And vvho is my neighbour?

30   And Iesvs taking it, said, A certaine man vvent dovvne from Hierusalem into Iericho, and fel among theeues, vvho also spoiled him, and giuing him vvoundes vvent avvay leauing him09Q0720 halfe-dead.

31   And it chaunced that a certaine Priest vvent dovvne the same vvay: and seeing him, passed by.

32   In like maner also a Leuite, vvhen he vvas neere the place, and savv him, passed by.

33   But a certaine Samaritane going his iourney, came neere him: and seeing him, vvas moued vvith mercie.

34   And going vnto him, bound his vvoundes, povvring in oile and vvine: and setting him vpon his ovvne beast, brought him into an inne, and tooke care of him.

35   And the next day he tooke forth tvvo pence, and gaue to the host, and said, Haue care of him: and vvhatsoeuer thou shalt ^{note note} supererogate, I at my returne vvil repay thee.

36   Vvhich of these three in thy opinion vvas neighbour to him that fel among theeues?

37   But he said, He that did mercie vpon him. And Iesvs said to him, Goe, and doe thou in like maner. &cross4;

38    ^noteAnd it came to passe as they vvent, and he entred into a certaine tovvne: and a certaine vvoman named Martha, receiued him into her house,

39   and she had a sister called Marie. vvho sitting also at our Lords feete, heard his vvord.

40   But Martha vvas busie about much seruice. vvho stoode and said, Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serue? speake to her therfore, that she help me.

41   And our Lord ansvvering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled about very many things.

42   But one thing is necessarie. 09Q0721Marie hath chosen the best part vvhich shal not be taken avvay from her. &cross4;

^{note note note note} Chap. XI. He teacheth a forme of prayer, 5 and exhorteth to pray instantly, 11 assuring that so God wil giue vs good things. 14 The Iewes blaspheming his casting out of Diuels, and as king for a miracle from heauen, 17 he defendeth his doing: 22 foretelling also the Diuels expulsion by him out of the world (that is, the vocation of the Gentils) 24 and his reentrie into their nation, 27 with their reprobation though he be of their flesh, 29 and also their final most worthy damnation. 37 Againe, to the Pharisees and Scribes be crieth wo, as authors of the said reprobation now at hand.

1   And it came to passe, vvhen he vvas in a certaine place, praying, as he ceased, one of his Disciples said to him, Lord teach vs to pray, as Iohn also taught his Disciples.

2   And he said to them, ^note Vvhen you pray, say, Father, sanctified be thy name. Thy kingdom come,

3   Our daily bread giue vs this day,

4   and forgive vs our sinnes, for because our selues also doe forgiue euery one that is in debt to vs. And lead vs not into temptation.

5   And he said to them, Vvhich of you shal haue a frende, and shal goe to him at midnight, and shal say to him, Frende, lend me three loaues,

6   because a frende of mine is come out of his way to me, and I haue not what to set before him: ^note

7   & he from vvithin ansvvering saith, Trouble me not, novv the doore is shut, and my children are vvith me in bed: I can not rise and giue thee.

8   And if he shal perseuêre knocking, I say to you, although he vvil not rise and giue him because he is his frende, yet for his importunitie he vvil rise, and giue him as many as he needeth. ^note

9    ^noteAnd I say to you, Aske, and it shal be giuen you: seeke, and you shal finde: knocke, and it shal be opened to you.

10   For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shal be opened.

11   And vvhich of you if he aske his father bread, vvil he giue him a stone? or a fish, vvil he for a fish giue him a serpent?

12   Or if he aske an egge, vvil he reach him a scorpion?

13   If you then being naught, knovv hovv to giue good giftes to your children, hovv much more vvil your father from heauen giue the good spirit to them that aske him? &cross4;

14    ^note And he vvas casting out a deuil, and that vvas dumme. And vvhen he had cast out the deuil, the dumme spake: and the multitudes marueiled. ^note

15    ^noteAnd certaine of them said, In Beel-zebub the prince of Deuils he casteth out Deuils.

16   And other tempting, asked of him a signe from heauen.

17   But he seeing their cogitations, said to them, Euery kingdom deuided against it self, shal be made desolate, and ^note house vpon house, shal fall.

18   And if Satan also be deuided against him self, hovv shal his kingdom stand? because you say that in Beel-zebub I doe cast out Deuils.

19   And if I in Beel-zebub cast out Deuils: your children, in vvhom doe they cast out? therfore they shal be your iudges.

20   But if I in the ^note finger of

God doe cast out Deuils: surely the kingdom of God is come vpon you.

21   Vvhen the strong armed keepeth his court: those things are in peace that he possesseth.

22   But if a stronger then he, come vpon him and ouercome him: he vvil take avvay his vvhole armour vvherein he trusted, and vvil distribute his spoiles.

23   He that is not vvith me, is against me: and he that gathereth not vvith me, scattereth.

24   Vvhen the vncleane spirit shal depart out of a man, he vvandereth through places vvithout vvater, seeking rest. And not finding, he saith, I vvil returne into my house vvhence I departed.

25   And vvhen he is come, he findeth it svvept vvith a besome, and trimmed.

26   Then he goeth and taketh seuen other spirits vvorse then him self, and entring in they dvvel there. And the ^note last of that man be made vvorse then the first.

27    ^noteAnd it came to passe: vvhen he said these things, a certaine vvoman lifting vp her voice out of the multitude said to him,09Q0722 Blessed is the vvombe that bare thee, and the pappes that thou didst sucke.

28   But he said, ^note Yea rather, blessed are they that heare the vvord of God, and keepe it. &cross4;

29   And the multitudes running together, he began to say, ^note This generation, is a vvicked generation: it asketh a signe, and a signe shal not be giuen it but09Q0723 the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

30    ^noteFor as Ionas vvas a signe to the Niniuites: so shal the Sonne of man also be to this generation.

31    ^noteThe Queene of the South shal rise in the iudgement vvith the men of this generation, and shal condemne them: because she came from the endes of the earth to heare the vvisedom of Salomon. and behold, more then Salomon here.

32   The men of Niniuee shal rise in the iudgement vvith this generation, and shal condemne it, ^note because they ^note did penance at the preaching of Ionas. and behold, more then Ionas here.

33    ^{note note}No man lighteth a candel, and putteth it in secrete, neither vnder a bushel: but vpon a candlesticke, that they that goe in may see the light.

34    ^noteThe candel of thy body, is thine eie. If thine eie be simple, thy vvhole body shal be lightsome: but if it be naught, thy body also shal be darkesome.

35   See therfore that the light vvhich is in thee, be not darkenesse.

36   If then thy vvhole body be light some, hauing no part of darkenesse: it shal be lightsome vvholy, and as a

bright candel it shal lighten thee. &cross4;

37   And vvhen he vvas speaking, a certaine Pharisee desired him that he vvould dine vvith him. and he going in sate dovvne to eate.

38   And the Pharisee began to thinke vvithin him self and to say, Vvhy he vvas not vvashed before dinner.

39   And our Lord said to him, ^note Novv you Pharisees doe make cleane that on the out side of the cuppe and of the platter: but that of yours vvhich is vvithin, is ful of rapine and iniquitie.

40   Fooles, did not he that made that on the outside, make that also that is on the inside?

41   But yet ^note that that remaineth, 09Q0724 giue almes, & behold al things are cleane vnto you.

42   But vvo to you Pharisees, because you tithe minte and revve and euery herbe: and passe ouer iudgement and the charitie of God. but these things you ought to haue done, and not to omit those.

43   Vvo to you Pharisees, because you loue the first chaires in the synagogs, and salutations in the market-place.

44   Vvo to you, because you are as monuments that appeare not, and men vvalking ouer, are not vvare.

45   And one of the Lavvyers ansvvering saith to him, Maister, in saying these things, thou speakest to our reproche also.

46   But he said,09Q0725 Vvo to you Lavvyers also: because you lode men vvith burdens which they can not beare, and your selues touch not the packes vvith one of your fingers. ^note

47   Wo to you that ^note build the monum&ebar;ts of the Prophets: and your fathers did kil them.

48   Surely you doe testifie that you consent to the vvorkes of your fathers: because they in deede did kil them, and you build their sepulchres.

49   For this cause the vvised&obar; also of God said, I vvil send to them Prophets and Apostles, and of them they vvil kil and persecute.

50   that the bloud of al the Prophets that vvas shed from the making of the vvorld, may be required of this generation,

51    ^notefrom the bloud of Abel vnto the ^note bloud of Zacharie that vvas slaine betvvene the altar and the temple. Yea I say to you, it shal be required of this generation. &cross4;

52   Vvo to you Lavvyers, because you haue taken avvay the key of knovvledge: your selues haue not entred, and those that did enter you haue prohibited.

53   And vvhen he said these things to them, the Pharisees and the Lavvyers began vehemently to vrge him, and to stoppe his mouth about many things,

54   lying in waite for him, & seeking to catch something of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

^{note note note note} Chap. XII. He prepareth his Disciples against persecutions to come vpon them at their publishing of his doctrine. 13 With deuiding the brethrens inheritance he wil not medle, but exhorteth them against auarice, 22 and his Disciples (by this occasion) against solicitude so much as of necessaries, 32 yea counseling them so geue al in almes, 35 and to be ready at a knocke: 41 namely admonishing Peter and other Prelats to see to their charge: 49 and al, not to looke but for persecution. 54 The Iewes he reprehendeth for that they wil not see this time of grace, 58 whereas it is so horrible to die without reconciliation.

1   And when great multitudes stoode about him, so that they trode one an other, he began to say to his Disciples, Take good heede of the leauen of the Pharisees, vvhich is hypocrisie.

2    ^noteFor nothing is hid, that shal not be reuealed: nor secrete, that shal not be knovven.

3   For the things that you haue said in darknesse, shal be said in the light: and that vvhich you haue spoken into the eare in the chambers, shal be preached in the house-toppes.

4   And I say to you my frendes, Be not afraid of them that kil the body, and after this haue no more to doe.

5   But I vvil shevv you vvhom ye shal feare: ^note feare him vvho after he hath killed, hath povver to cast into hel. yea I say to you, feare him.

6   Are not fiue sparovves sold for tvvo farthings: and one of them is not forgotten before God?

7   Yea the heares also of your head are

al numbered. Feare not therfore: you are more vvorth then many sparovves.

8    ^noteAnd I say to you,09Q0726 Euery one that confesseth me before men, the Sonne of man also vvil confesse him before the Angels of God.

9   But he that denieth me before men, shal be denied before the Angels of God.

10    ^noteAnd ^note euery one that speaketh a vvord against the sonne of man, it shal be forgiuen him: but he that shal blaspheme against the holy Ghost, to him it shal not be forgiuen.

11    ^noteAnd vvhen they shal bring you in to the synagogs and to magistrates and potestates,09Q0727 be not careful in vvhat maner, and vvhat you shal ansvver, or vvhat you shal say.

12   For the holy Ghost shal teach you in the very houre vvhat you must say.

13   And one of the multitude said to him, Maister, speake to my brother that he deuide the inheritaunce vvith me.

14   But he said to him, Man,09Q0728 vvho hath appointed me iudge or deuider ouer you?

15   And he said to them, See and bevvare of al auarice: for not in any mans aboundance doth his life consist, of those things vvhich he possesseth.

16   And he spake a similitude to them, saying, A certaine riche m&abar;s field yelded plentie of fruites.

17   and he thought vvithin him self, saying, ^note Vvhat shal I doe, because I haue not vvhither to gather my fruites?

18   And he said, This vvil I doe, I vvil destroy my barnes, and vvil make greater: and thither vvil I gather al things that are grovven to me, and my goods,

19   and I vvil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laid vp for many yeres, take thy rest, eate, drinke, make good cheere.

20   But God said to him, ^note Thou foole, this night they require thy soule of thee: and the things that thou hast prouided, vvhose shal they be?

21   So is he that laieth vp treasure to him self, and is not09Q0729 riche to God vvard.

22   And he said to his Disciples, ^note Therfore I say to you, ^note Be not careful for your life, vvhat you shal eate: nor for your body, vvhat you shal doe on.

23   The life is more then the meate, and the body is more then the raiment.

24   Consider the rauens, for they sovv not, neither doe they reape, vvhich neither haue storehouse nor barne, and God feedeth them. Hovv much more are you of greater price then they?

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

26   If then you be not able to doe so much as the least thing, for the rest vvhy are you careful?

27   Consider the lilies hovv

they grovv: they labour not, neither doe they spinne. But I say to you, Neither Salomon in al his glorie vvas araied as one of these.

28   And if the grasse that to day is in the field, and to morovv is cast into the ouen, God so clotheth: hovv much more you. O ye of litle faith!

29   And you, doe not seeke vvhat you shal eate, or vvhat you shal drinke: and ^note be not lifted vp on high.

30   For al these things the nations of the vvorld doe seeke. but your father knovveth that you haue neede of these things.

31   But seeke first the kingdom of God, and al these things shal be giuen you besides.

32    ^noteFeare not ^note litle flocke, for it hath pleased your father to giue you a kingdom.

33   Sel the things that you possesse, and giue almes. ^noteMake to you purses that vveare not, treasure that vvasteth not, in heauen: vvhither the theefe approcheth not, neither doth the mothe corrupt.

34   For09Q0730 vvhere your treasure is, there vvil your hart be also. &cross4;

35    ^noteLet your ^note loynes be girded, and candles burning in your handes,

36   and you like to men expecting their lord, when he shal returne from the mariage: that vvhen he doth come and knocke, forthvvith they may open vnto him.

37   Blessed are those seruants, vvhom vvhen the Lord commeth, he shal finde vvatching. Amen I say to you, that he vvil gird him self, and make them sit dovvne, and passing vvil minister vnto them.

38   And if he come in the second vvatch, and if in the third vvatch he come, and so finde, blessed are those seruants.

39    ^noteAnd this knovv ye, that if the housholder did knovv vvhat houre the theefe vvould come, he vvould vvatch verely, and vvould not suffer his house to be broken vp.

40   Be you also ready: for at vvhat houre you thinke not, the Sonne of man vvil come. &cross4;

41   And Peter said to him, Lord, doest thou speake this parable to vs, or likevvise to al?

42   And our Lord said, Vvho (thinkest thou) is a faithful stevvard and vvise, vvhom the lord appointeth ouer his familie, to giue them in season their measure of vvheate?

43   Blessed is that seruant, vvhom vvhen the lord commeth, he shal finde so doing.

44   Verely I say to you, that ouer al things vvhich he possesseth, he shal appoint him.

45   But if that seruant say in his hart, My lord is long a comming: and shal begin to strike the seruants and handmaides, and eate and drinke, and be drunke:

46   the lord of that seruant shal come in a day that he hopeth not, and at an houre that he knovveth not, and shal deuide him, and

shal appoint his portion vvith the infidels.

47   And that seruant that knevv the vvil of his lord, and prepared not him self, and did not according to his vvil: shal be beaten vvith many stripes.

48   But he that knevv not, and did things vvorthie of stripes: shal be beaten vvith fevv. And euery one to vvhom much vvas giuen, much shal be required of him: and to vvhom they committed much, more vvil they demaund of him.

49   I came to cast fire on the earth: and vvhat vvil I, but that it be kindled?

50   But I haue to be baptized with a baptisme: and hovv am I straitened vntil it be dispatched?

51    ^noteThinke you that I came to giue ^note peace on the earth? No, I tel you, but separation.

52   For there shal be from this time, fiue in one house deuided: three against tvvo, and tvvo against three.

53   There shal be deuided, the father against the sonne, and the sonne against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in lavv against her daughter in lavv, and the daughter in lavv against her mother in lavv.

54    ^noteAnd he said also to the multitudes, when you see a cloude rising from the vvest, by and by you say, A shoure commeth, and so it commeth to passe:

55   and vvhen the south vvinde blovving, you say, That there vvil be heate: and it commeth to passe.

56   Hypocrites, the face of the heauen and of the earth you haue skil to discerne: but this time hovv doe you not discerne?

57   And vvhy of your selues also iudge you not that vvhich is iust?

58    ^noteAnd ^note vvhen thou goest vvith thy aduersarie to the Prince, in the vvay endeuour to be deliuered from him: lest perhaps he dravv thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the exactour, and the exactour cast thee into prison.

59   I say to thee, thou shalt not goe out thence, vntil thou pay the very last mite. ^note

^{note note note note} Chap. XIII. He threateneth the Iewes to be sone forsaken vnles they doe penance, 10 and confoundeth them for maligning him for his miraculous good doing on the Sabboths. 18 but his kingdom (the Church) as contemptible as it seemeth to them now in the beginning, shal spread ouer al the world, 20 and conuert al, 23 and what an hartsore it shal be to them at the last day, to see them selues excluded from the glorie of this kingdom, and the Gentils admitted in their place. 31 foretelling that it is not Galilee that he feareth, but that obstinate and reprobate Hierusalem vvil nedes murder him as also his messengers afore and after him,

1   And there vvere certaine present at that very time telling him of the Galilæans, vvhose bloud Pilate mingled vvith their sacrifices.

2   And he ansvvering said to them, Thinke you that09Q0731 these Galil&ecedil;ans vvere sinners more then al the Galilæans that they suffred such things?

3   No, I say to you: but vnles you ^{note note} haue penance, you shal al likevvise perish.

4   As those eightene vp&obar; vvhom the toure fel in Silóe, and slevv them: thinke you that they also vvere detters aboue al the men that dvvel in Hierusalem?

5   No, I say to you: but if you haue not penance, you shal al likevvise perish.

6    ^noteAnd he said this similitude, A certaine man had ^note a figtree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking for fruite on it, and found not.

7   And he said to the dresser of the vineyard, Loe it is three yeres since I come seeking for fruite vpon this figtree: and I finde not. Cut it dovvne therfore: vvhereto doth it also occupie the ground?

8   But he ansvvering saith to him, Lord, let it alone this yere also, vntil I digge about it, and dung it.

9   and if happily it yeld fruite: but if not, hereafter thou shalt cut it dovvne.

10   And he vvas teaching in their synagogue on the Sabboths.

11   And behold a vvoman that had a spirit of infirmitie eightene yeres: and she vvas crooked neither could she looke vpvvard at al.

12   Whom vvhen Iesvs savv, he called her vnto him, and said to her, woman, thou art deliuered from thy infirmitie.

13   And he imposed hands vpon her, and forthvvith she vvas made straight and glorified God.

14   And the Archsynagogue ansvvering (because he had indignation that Iesvs had cured on the Sabboth) said to the multitude, Sixe daies there are vvherein you ought to vvorke. in them therfore come, and be cured: and not in the Sabboth day.

15   And our Lord ansvvering to him, said, Hypocrite, doth not euery one of you vpon the Sabboth loose his oxe or his asse from the manger, and leadeth them to vvater?

16   But09Q0732 this daughter of Abraham vvhom Satan hath bound, loe, these eightene yeres, ought not she to be loosed from this bond on the Sabboth day?

17   And vvhen he said these things, al his aduersaries vvere ashamed: and al the people reioyced in al things that vvere gloriously done of him. &cross4;

18   He said therfore, ^note Vvherevnto is the kingdom of God like, and vvherevnto shal I esteeme it like?

19   It is like to a ^note mustard seede, vvhich a man tooke and cast into his garden, and it grevv: and became a great tree, and the foules of the aire rested in the boughes thereof.

20   And againe he said, ^note Like to vvhat shal I esteeme the kingdom of God?

21   It is like to leauen, vvhich a vvoman tooke and hid in three measures of meale, til the vvhole vvas leauened.

22   And he vvent by cities and tovvnes teaching, and making his iourney vnto Hierusalem.

23   And a certaine man said to him, Lord, be they fevv that are saued? ^noteBut he said to them,

24    ^noteStriue to enter09Q0733 by the narrovv gate: because many, I say to you,09Q0734 shal seeke to enter,

and shal not be able.

25   But vvhen the good man of the house shal enter in, and shut the doore, and you shal begin to stand vvithout, and knocke at the doore, saying, Lord op&ebar;n to vs: and he ansvvering shal say to you, I knovv you not vvhence you are:

26   then you shal begin to say, Vve did09Q0735 eate before thee and drinke, and in our streates didst thou teach.

27   And he shal say to you, I knovv you not vvhence you are, depart from me al ye vvorkers of iniquitie.

28   There shal be vveeping and gnashing of teeth: vvhen you shal see Abraham and Isaac and Iacob, and al the Prophets in the kingdom of God, and you to be thrust out.

29   And there shal come from the East and the Vvest and the North and the South: and shal sit dovvne in the kingdom of God.

30   And behold, they are ^note last that shal be first, and they be first that shal be last.

31   The same day there came certaine of the Pharisees, saying to him, Depart and get the hence, because Herod vvil kil thee.

32   And he said to them, Goe, and tel that foxe, Behold I cast out deuils, and perfite cures this day and to morovv, and the third day I am consummate.

33   But yet I must vvalke this day and to morovv and the day folovving, because it ^note cannot be that a Prophet perish out of Hierusalem.

34    ^noteHierusalem, Hierusalem vvhich killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, hovv often vvould I gather thy childr&ebar; as the bird doth her brood vnder her vvings, and ^note thou vvouldest not?

35   Behold your house shal be left desert to you. And I say to you, that you shal not see me til it come vvhen you shal say, Blessed is he that commeth in the name of our Lord. ^{note note note}

^{note note} Chap. XIIII. By occasion of dining with a Pharisee, 2 after that he hath againe confounded them for maligning him for his miraculous good doing on the Sabboth, 7 he teacheth them humilitie, seing their ambition, 12 and in their workes to seeke retribution not of men in this worlde, but of God in the world to come: 16 foretelling also that the Iewes for their worldly excuses shal not tast of the Supper, but the Gentils in their place. 25 Yea that so far must men be from al worldlines, that they must earnestly bethinke them before they enter into his Church, and be ready to forgoe all: 34 specially considering they must be the salt of others also.

1    ^noteAnd it came to passe vvhen Iesvs entred into the house of a certaine Prince of the Pharisees vpon the Sabboth to eate bread, and they vvatched him.

2   And behold there vvas a certaine man before him that had the dropsie.

3   And Iesvs ansvvering, spake to the Lavvyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it Lavvful to cure on the Sabboth?

4   But they held their peace. but he taking him, healed him, and sent him avvay.

5   And ansvvering them he said, Vvhich of you shal haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pit: and vvil not incontinent dravv him out on the Sabboth day?

6   And they could not ansvver him to these things.

7   And he spake to them also that vvere inuited a parable, marking hovv they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them,

8   When thou art inuited to a mariage, sit not dovvne in the first place, lest perhaps a more honorable then thou be inuited of him:

9   and he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Giue this man place: and then thou begin vvith shame to take the last place.

10   But vvhen thou art bidden, goe, sit dovvne in the lovvest place: that vvhen he that inuited thee, commeth, he may say to thee, Frende, sit vp higher: then shalt thou haue glorie before them that sit at table vvith thee.

11   because euery one that exalteth him self, shal be humbled: and he that humbleth him self, shal be exalted. &cross4;

12   And he said to him also that had inuited him, Vvhen thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy frendes, nor thy brethr&ebar; nor kinsmen, nor thy neighbours that are riche: lest perhaps they also inuite thee againe, and recompense be made to thee.

13   But vvhen thou makest a feast, cal the poore, feeble, lame, and blinde,

14   and thou shalt be blessed, because they haue not to rec&obar;pense thee: for ^note recompense shal be made thee in the resurrection of the iust.

15   Vvhen one of them that sate at the table vvith him, had heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shal eate bread in the kingdom of God.

16    ^noteBut he said to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and called many.

17   And he sent his seruant at the houre of supper to say to the inuited, That they should come, because novv al things are ready.

18   And they began al at once to make excuse. The first said to him, ^note I haue bought a farme, and I must needes goe forth and see it, I pray thee hold me excused.

19   And an other said, I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I goe to proue them, I pray thee, hold me excused.

20   And an other said, I haue maried a vvife, and therfore I can not come.

21   And the seruant returning told these things to his lord. Then the maister of the house being angrie, said to his seruant, Goe forth quickly into the streates and lanes of the citie, and the poore and feeble and blinde and lame bring in hither.

22   And the seruant said, Lord, it is done as thou didst commaunde, and yet there is place.

23   And the lord said to the seruant, Goe forth into the waies and hedges: and09Q0736 compel them to enter, that my house may be filled.

24   But I say to you, that none of those men that vvere called, shal tast my supper. &cross4;

25    ^noteAnd great multitudes vvent vvith him: and turning, he said to them,

26    ^noteIf any man come to me and hateth not his ^note father and mother, and vvife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea and his ovvne life besides: he can not be my disciple.

27   And he that doth not beare his crosse and come after me: cannot be my disciple.

28   For, vvhich of you minding to build a toure, doth not first sit dovvne and recken the charges that are necessarie, vvhether he haue to finish it:

29   lest, after that he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, al that see it, begin to mocke him,

30   saying, That this man began to build, and he could not finish it?

31   Or

vvhat king about to goe to make vvarre against an other king, doth not first sit dovvne and thinke vvhether he be able vvith ten thousands to meete him that vvith tvventie thousands commeth against him?

32   Othervvise vvhiles he is yet farre of, sending a legacie he asketh those things that belong to peace.

33   So therfore euery one of you that doth not ^note renounce al that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple. &cross4;

34    ^noteSalt is good. But if the salt leese his vertue, vvherevvith shal it be seasoned?

35   It is profitablè neither for the ground, nor for the dunghil, but it shal be cast forth. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare. &cross4; ^note Chap. XV. By occasion of the Pharisees murmuring at him for receiuing penitent sinners, he sheweth what ioy shalbe in heauen for the conuersion of one sinner, 11 and for the yonger sonne, which is the Gentils: 25 the elder (to wit the Iewes) in the meane time disdaining thereat, and refusing to come into his Church.

1    ^noteAnd there approched Publicans and sinners vnto him for to heare him.

2   And the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured saying, That this man receiueth sinners, and eateth vvith them.

3   And he spake to them this parable, saying,

4    ^noteVvhat ^note man of you hauing an hundred sheepe: and if he hath lost one of them, doth he not leaue the ninetie nine in the desert, and goeth after that vvhich vvas lost vntil he finde it?

5   And vvhen he hath found

it, laieth it vpon his shoulders reioycing:

6   and comming home calleth together his frendes and neighbours, saying to them, Reioyce vvith me, because I haue found my sheepe that vvas lost?

7   I say to you, that euen so there shal be ioy in heauen vpon one sinner that doth penance,09Q0737 then vpon ninetie nine iust that neede not penance.

8   Or vvhat ^note vvoman hauing ten grotes: if she leese one grote, doth she not light a candle, and svveepe the house, and seeke diligently, vntil she finde?

9   And vvhen she hath found, calleth together her frendes and neighbours, saying, Reioyce vvith me, because I haue found the grote vvhich I had lost?

10   So, I say to you, there shal be ioy09Q0738 before the Angels of God vpon one sinner that doth penance. &cross4;

11    ^noteAnd he said, A certaine man had tvvo sonnes:

12   and the yonger of them said to his father, Father, giue me the portion of substance that belongeth to me. And he deuided vnto them the substance.

13   And not many daies after the yonger sonne gathering al his things together vvent from home into a farre countrie: and there he vvasted his substance, liuing riotously. ^note

14   And after he had spent al, there fel a sore famine in that countrie, and he began to be in neede.

15   And he vvent, and cleaued to one of the citizens of that countrie. And he sent him into his farme to feed svvine.

16   And he vvould faine haue filled his bellie of the huskes that the svvine did eate: and no bodie gaue vnto him.

17   And returning to him self he said, Hovv many of my fathers hirelings haue aboundance of bread: and I here perish for famine?

18   I vvil arise, and vvil goe to my father, and say to him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen and before thee:

19   I am not novv vvorthie to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hirelings.

20   And rising vp he came to his father. And ^note vvhen he vvas yet farre of, his father savv him, and vvas moued vvith mercie, and running to him fel vpon his necke, and kissed him.

21   And his sonne said to him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen & before thee, I am not novv vvorthie to be called thy sonne.

22   And the father said to his seruants, Quickely bring forth the first stole, and doe it on him, and put a ring vp&obar; his hand, and shoes vpon his feete:

23   and bring09Q0739 the fatted calfe, and kil it, and let vs eate, and make merie:

24   because this my sonne vvas dead, and is reuiued: vvas lost, and is found. And they began to make merie.

25   But his elder sonne vvas in the field.

and vvhen he came and drevv nigh to the house, he heard musicke and dauncing:

26   and he called one of the seruants, and asked vvhat these thinges should be.

27   And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calfe, because he hath receiued him safe.

28   But he had indignation, and vvould not goe in. His father therfore going forth began to desire him.

29   But he ansvvering said to his father, Behold, so many yeres doe I serue thee, and I neuer transgressed thy commaundement, and thou didst neuer giue me a kidde to make merie vvith my frendes:

30   but after that thy sonne, this that hath deuoured his substance vvith whoores, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calfe.

31   But he said to him, Sonne, thou art alvvaies vvith me, and al my things are thine.

32   But it behoued vs to make merie and be glad, because this thy brother vvas dead, and is reuiued, vvas lost, and is found. &cross4; ^{note note note} Chap. XVI. He teacheth the riche to procure heauen vvith their riches. 14 And being therfore derided of the couetous Pharisees (vvho savv temporal riches promised in the letter of the Lavv) he shevveth that novv is come the preaching of the kingdom of God, be wheit the Lavv for al that in no iote shal be frustrat. 19 foretelling them also, that the couetous Ievves shal be denied of their father Abraham, when poore Laxarus (the penitent Gentil) shal rest in his bosome.

1    ^noteAnd he said also to his Disciples, There vvas a cartaine riche man that had a ^note bailife: & he vvas il reported of vnto him, as he that had vvasted his goods.

2   And he called him, and said to him, Vvhat heare I this of thee? render account of thy ^note bailiship: for novv thou canst no more be bailife.

3   And the bailife said vvithin him self, Vvhat shal I doe, because my lord taketh avvay from me the bailiship? digge I am notable, to begge I am ashamed.

4   I knovv vvhat I vvil doe, that vvhen I shal be remoued from the bailiship, they may receiue me into their houses.

5   Therfore calling together euery one of his lords detters, he said to the first, Hovv much doest thou ovve my lord?

6   But he saith, An hundred pipes of oile. And he said to him, Take thy bil: and sit dovvne, quickly vvrite fiftie.

7   After that he said to an other, But thou, hovv much doest thou ovve? Vvho said, An hundreth quarters of vvheat. He said to him, Take thy bil, and vvrite eightie.

8   And09Q0740 the lord praised the bailife of iniquitie, because he had done vvisely: for the children of this vvorld, are vviser then the children of light in their generation.

9   And I say to you, Make vnto you frendes of the ^note mammon of iniquitie: that vvhen you faile,09Q0741 they may receiue you into the eternal tabernacles. &cross4;

10   He that is faithful in the lest, is faithful in the greater also: and he that is vniust in litle, is vniust in the greater also.

11   If then you haue not been faithful in the vniust mammon: vvith that vvhich is the true vvho may credit you?

12   And if you haue not been faithful in other mens: that vvhich is yours, vvho vvil giue you?

13    ^noteNo seruant can serue tvvo maisters, for either he shal hate the one, and loue the other: or cleaue to one, and contemne the other. You can not serue God and mammon.

14   And the Pharisees vvhich vvere couetous, heard al these things: and they derided him.

15   And he said to them, You are they that iustifie your selues before men, but god knovveth your hartes, because that vvhich is high to men, is abomination before God.

16    ^noteThe lavv and the prophets, vnto Iohn. from that time the kingdom of God is euangelized, and euery one doth force tovvard it.

17    ^noteAnd it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one tittle of the lavv to fall.

18    ^noteEuery one that dimisseth his vvife,09Q0742 and marieth an other, committeth aduoutrie: and he that marieth her that is dimissed from her

husband, committeth aduoutrie.

19    ^noteThere vvas a certaine riche man, & he vvas clothed vvith purple and silke: and he fared euery day magnifically.

20   And there vvas a certaine begger called Lazarus, that lay at his gate, ful of sores:

21   desiring to be filled of the crommes, that fel from the riche mans table, but the dogges also came, and licked his sores.

22   And it came to passe that the begger died, and vvas caried09Q0743 of the Angels into09Q0744 Abrahams bosome. And the riche man also died: and he vvas buried in hel.

23   And lifting vp his eies, vvhen he vvas in torments, he savv Abraham a farre of, ^note and Lazarus in his bosome:

24   and he crying said, Father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and send Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his finger into vvater, for to coole my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame.

25   And Abraham said to him, Sonne, remember that thou didst receiue ^note good things in thy life time, and Lazarus likevvise euil: but novv he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26   And beside al these things, betvvene vs and you there is fixed09Q0745 a great ^note chaos: that they vvhich vvil passe from hence to you, may not, neither goe from thence hither.

27   And he said, Then, father, I beseeche thee that thou vvouldest send him vnto my fathers house, for I haue fiue brethren,

28   for to testifie vnto them,09Q0746 lest they also come into this place of torments.

29   And Abraham said to him, ^note They haue Moyses and the Prophets: let them heare them.

30   But he said, No, father Abraham, but if some man shal goe from the dead to them, they vvil doe penance.

31   And he said to him, If they heare not Moyses and the Prophets, neither if one shal rise againe from the dead, vvil they beleeue. &cross4; ^{note note}

^{note note note note note} Chap. XVII. So damnable it is to be author of a Schisme, 3 that we must rather forgiue be it neuer so often. 5 We must be seruent in faith, 7 and humble withal, knowing that we are bound to God, and not he to vs. The nine Iewes are vngrateful after that he hath cured their leprosie: but the one Samaritane (the one Catholike Church of the Gentils) far otherwise. 20 The Pharisees asking, when cometh this kingdom of God (of whose approching they had now heard so much) he teacheth that God must reigne within vs: 22 and warneth vs after his Pa&esset;ion neuer to goe out of his Catholike Church for any new secrete c&obar;ming of Christ that Heretikes shal pretend, but onely to expect his second c&obar;ming in glorie, 26 preparing our selues vnto it, because it shal come vpon many vnprouided, 31 specially through the persecution of Antichrist a litle before it.

1    ^noteAnd he said to his Disciples, It is ^note impossible that09Q0747 scandale should not come: but vvo to him by vvhom they come.

2   It is more profitable for him, if a mil-stone be put about his necke, and he be cast into the sea, then that he sc&abar;dalize one of these litle ones.

3   Looke vvel to your selues, ^note If thy brother sinne against thee, rebuke him: and if he doe penance, forgiue him.

4   And if he sinne against thee seuen times in a day, and seuen times in a day be conuerted vnto thee, saying, It repenteth me, forgiue him.

5   And the Apostles said to our Lord, Increase faith in vs.

6   And our lord said, ^note If you had faith like to a mustard seede, you might say to this mulberie tree, be thou rooted vp, and be transplanted into the sea: and it vvould obey you.

7   And vvhich of you hauing a seruant plovving or keeping cattle, that vvil say to him returning out of the field, Passe quickly, sit dovvne:

8   and saith not to him, Make ready supper, and gird thy self, and serue me vvhiles I eate and drinke, and aftervvard thou shalt eate and drinke? ^note

9   Doth he giue that seruant thankes, for doing the things vvhich he commaunded him?

10   I trovv not. So you also, vvhen you shal haue done al things that are commaunded you, say, Vve are09Q0748 vnprofitable seruants: vve haue done that vvhich vve ought to doe.

11    ^noteAnd it came to passe, as he vvent vnto Hierusalem, he passed through the middes of Samaria and Galilee.

12   And vvhen he entred into a certaine tovvne, there mette him ten men that vvere lepers, vvho stoode a farre of:

13   and they lifted vp their voice, saying, Iesvs maister, haue mercie on vs.

14   Vvhom as he savv, he said, Goe, ^note shevv your selues09Q0749 to the Priests. And it came to passe,09Q0750 as they vvent, they vvere made cleane.

15   And one of them as he savv that he vvas made cleane: vvent backe vvith a loud voice magnifying God,

16   and he fel on his face before his feete, giuing thankes: and this vvas a Samaritane.

17   And Iesvs ansvvering said, Vvere not ten made cleane? and vvhere are the nine?

18   There vvas not found that returned, and gaue glorie to God, but this stranger.

19   And he said to him, Arise, goe thy vvaies: because ^note thy faith hathmade thee safe. &cross4;

20   And being asked of the Pharisees, Vvhen commeth the kingdom of God? he ansvvered them and said, The kingdom

of God commeth not vvith obseruation:

21   neither shal they say, Loe here, or loe there. for loe ^note the kingdom of God is vvithin you.

22   And he said to his Disciples, The daies vvil come vvhen you shal desire to see one day of the Sonne of man: and you shal not see.

23    ^noteAnd they vvil say to you, Loe here and loe there. ^noteGoe not, neither doe ye folovv after.

24   For euen as the lightening that lighteneth from vnder heauen, vnto those partes that are vnder heauen, shineth: so shal the Sonne of man be in his day.

25   But first he must suffer many things and be reiected of this generation.

26   And as it came to passe in the ^note daies of Noé, so shal it be also in the daies of the Sonne of man.

27   They did eate and drinke, they did marie vviues and vvere giuen to mariage euen vntil the day that Noé entred into the arke: and the floud came, and destroyed them al.

28   Likevvise as it came to passe in the ^note daies of Lot: They did eate and drinke, bought and sould, planted, and builded:

29   and in the day that Lot vvent out from Sodome, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all:

30   according to these things it shal be in the day that the Sonne of man shal be reuealed.

31   In that houre he that shal be in the house-toppe, and his vessel in the house, let him not goe dovvne to take them vp: and he that is in the field, in like maner let him not returne backe.

32   Be mindeful of ^note Lots vvife.

33   Vvhosoeuer seeketh to saue his life, shal lose it: and vvhosoeuer doth lose the same, shal quicken it.

34   I say to you, in that night there shal be tvvo in one bed: the one shal be taken, and the other shal be left:

35   tvvo vvomen shal be grinding together: the one shal be taken, and the other shal be left: tvvo in the field: the one shal be taken, and the other shal be left.

36   They ansvvering say to him, Vvhere Lord?

37   Vvho said to them, Vvheresoeuer the body shal be, thither vvil the eagles also be gathered together. ^note

^{note note} Chap. XVIII. The Church is taught to commit the reuenge of her persecutions to God, and to pray incessantly, for he no doubt (though in the persecution of Antichrist fevv vvil so thinke) vvil at length come. 9 We must also pray vvith humility, because vve knovv not with the Pharisee if we be iust, but vve knovv vvith the Publicane that vve be sinners. 15 He vvil haue children to be brought to him, and al to be as children. 18 What is to be done to get life euerlasting. 22 What also, to get perfection, 23 and vvhat revvard they shal haue that leaue al, yea or any part, for his sake. 31 he foretelleth of his Passion most particularly, 33 and entring into Iericho, cureth one blinde man.

1   And he spake also a parable to them that it behoueth ^note alwaies to pray, & not to be weary,

2   saying, There was a certaine iudge in a certaine citie, vvhich feared not God, and of man made no accoumpt.

3   And there vvas a certaine vvidow in that citie: and she came to him, saying, Reuenge me of mine aduersarie.

4   And he vvould not of a long time. but aftervvard he said vvithin him self, Although I feare not God, nor make accoumpt of man:

5   yet because this vvidovv is importune vpon me, I vvil reuenge her, lest at the last she come and defame me.

6   And our Lord said, Heare vvhat the iudge of iniquitie sayeth.

7   And vvil not God reuenge his elect that crie to him day and night: and vvil he haue patience in them?

8   I say to you that he vvil quickly reuenge them. But yet the Sonne of man comming,09Q0751 shal he finde trovv you, faith in the earth?

9    ^noteAnd he said also to certaine that trusted in them selues as iust, and despised others, this parable:

10   Tvvo men vvent vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publicane.

11   The Pharisee standing, praied thus vvith

him self: God, I giue thee thankes that I am not as the rest of men, extorcioners, vniust, aduouterers, as also this Publicane.

12    ^noteI fast tvvise in a vveeke: I giue tithes of al that I possesse.

13   And the Publicane standing a farre of vvould not so much as lift vp his eies tovvard heauen: but he ^note knocked his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

14   I say to you, this man vvent dovvne into his house iustified more then he: because euery one that exalteth him self, shal be humbled: and he that humbleth him self, shal be exalted. &cross4;

15    ^noteAnd they brought vnto him infants also, that he might touche them. Vvhich thing vvhen the Disciples savv, they rebuked them.

16   But Iesvs calling them together, said, Suffer children to come vnto me, and forbid them not, for the kingdom of heauen is for such.

17   Amen I say to you, Vvhosoeuer receiueth not the kingdom of God ^note as a childe, shal not enter into it.

18    ^noteAnd a certaine Prince asked him, saying, Good maister, by doing vvhat, shal I possesse euerlasting life?

19   And Iesvs said to him, Vvhy doest thou call me good? None is good but only God.

20   Thou knovvest ^note the commaundements: Thou shalt not kil, Thou shalt not commit aduoutrie, Thou shalt not beare false vvitnes, Thou shalt not steale, Honour thy father and mother. ^note

21   Vvho said, Al these things haue I kept from my youth.

22   Vvhich Iesvs hearing, said to him, Yet one thing thou lackest: ^note Sel al that euer thou hast, and giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come, folovv me.

23   He hearing these things, vvas stroken sad: because he vvas very riche.

24   And Iesvs seeing him stroken sad, said, Hovv hardly shal they that haue money, enter into the kingdom of God?

25   For it is easier for a camel to passe through the eie of a nedle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdom of God.

26   And they that heard, said, And vvho can be saued?

27   He said to them, The things that are impossible vvith men, are possible vvith God.

28   And Peter said, Loe, vve haue left al things, and haue folovved thee.

29   Vvho said to them, Amen I say to you, There is no man that hath leaft house, or parents, or brethren, or ^note vvife, or children for the kingdom of God,

30   and shal not receiue much more in this time, and in the vvorld to come ^note life euerlasting.

31    ^{note note}And Iesvs tooke the Tvvelue, and said to them, Behold vve goe vp to Hierusalem, and al things shal be consummate

vvhich vvere vvritten by the Prophets of the sonne of man.

32   For he shal be deliuered to the Gentiles, and shal be mocked, and scourged, and spit vpon:

33   and after they haue scourged him, they vvil kil him, and the third day he shal rise againe.

34   And they vnderstoode none of these things, and this vvord vvas hid from them, and they vnderstoode not the things that vvere said.

35   And it came to passe, vvhen he drevv nigh to Iericho, a certaine blinde man sate by the vvay, begging.

36   And vvhen he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this should be.

37   And they told him that Iesvs of Nazareth passed by.

38   And he cried saying, Iesvs sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon me.

39   And they that vvent before, rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much more, Sonne of Dauid haue mercie vpon me.

40   And Iesvs standing, commaunded him to be brought vnto him. And vvhen he vvas come neere, he asked him,

41   saying, Vvhat vvilt thou that I doe to thee? but he said, Lord, that I may see.

42   And Iesvs said to him, Do thou see, thy faith hath made thee vvhole.

43   And forthvvith he savv, and folovved him, magnifying God. And al the people as they savv it, gaue praise to God. &cross4; ^note Chap. XIX. In Iericho he lodgeth in the house of Zachaus a Publicane, and against the murmuring Iewes openeth the reasons of his so doing. 11 He shevveth, that the last day should not be yet, 15 and what then in the iudgement he vvil doe both to vs of his Church as vvel good as bad, 47 and also to the reprobate Ievves. 29 Being novv come to the place of his Pa&esset;ion, he entreth (vveeping and foretelling the destruction of blinde Hierusalem) vvith triumph as their Christ 45 He shevveth his zeale for the house of God, and teacheth therein euery day. 47 The rulers would, destroy him, but for feare of the people.

1    ^noteAnd entring in, he vvalked through Iericho.

2   And behold a man named Zachæus: and this vvas a Prince of the Publicans, and he riche.

3   And he sought to see Iesvs vvhat he vvas, and he could not for the multitude, because he vvas litle of stature.

4   And running before, he09Q0752 vvent vp into a sycomore tree that he might see him: because he vvas to passe by it.

5   And vvhen he vvas come to the place, Iesvs looking vp, savv him, and said to him, Zachæus, come dovvne in hast: because this day I must abide in thy house. ^note

6   And he in hast came dovvne, and receiued him reioycing.

7   And vvhen al savv it, they murmured, saying that he turned in, to a man that vvas a sinner.

8   But Zachæus standing, said to our Lord, Behold the halfe of my goods, Lord, I giue to the poore: and if I haue defrauded any man of any thing,09Q0753 I restore fourefold.

9   Iesvs said to him, That this day saluation is made to this house: because that he also is the sonne of Abraham.

10    ^noteFor the Sonne of man is come to seeke and to saue that vvhich vvas lost. &cross4;

11   They hearing these things, he added and spake a parable, for that he was nigh to Hierusalem, and because they thought that fortvvith the kingdom of God should be manifested.

12   He said therfore, ^note A certaine noble man vvent into a farre countrie to take to him self a kingdom, and to returne. ^note

13   And calling his ten seruants, he gaue them ten poundes, and said to them, Occupie til I come.

14   And his citizens hated him: and they sent a legacie after him, saying, Vve vvil not haue this man reigne ouer vs.

15   And it came to passe after he returned, hauing receiued his kingdom: and he commaunded his seruants to be called, to vvhom he gaue the money: that he might knovv hovv much euery m&abar; had gained by occupying.

16   And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gotten ten poundes.

17   And he said to him, Vvel fare thee good seruant, because thou hast been faithful in a litle, thou shalt haue povver ouer ^note ten cities.

18   And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made fiue poundes.

19   And he said to him, And be thou ouer fiue cities.

20   And an other came, saying, Lord, loe here thy pound, vvhich I haue had laid vp in a napkin.

21   for I feared thee, because thou art an austêre man: thou takest vp that thou didst not set dovvne, and thou reapest

that vvhich thou didst not sovv.

22   He saith to him, By thine ovvne mouth I iudge thee, naughtie seruant. Thou didst knovv that I am an austere man, taking vp that I set not dovvne, and reaping that vvhich I sovved not:

23   and vvhy didst thou not giue my money to the banke, and I comming might certes vvith vsurie haue exacted it? ^note

24   And he said to them that stoode by, Take the pound avvay from him, and giue it to him that hath the ten poundes.

25   And they said to him, Lord, he hath ten poundes.

26   But I say to you, that to euery one that hath shal be giuen: and from him that hath not, that also vvhich he hath shal be taken from him. &cross4;

27   But as for those mine enemies that vvould not haue me reigne ouer them, bring them hither: and kil them before me. ^note

28   And hauing said these things, he vvent before ascending to Hierusalem.

29   And it came to passe ^note vvhen he vvas come nigh to Bethphagé and Bethania vnto the mount called Oliuet, he sent tvvo of his Disciples,

30   saying, Goe into the tovvne vvhich is ouer against, into the vvhich as you enter, you shal finde the colt of an asse tied, on vvhich no man euer hath sitten: loose him, and bring him. ^note

31   And if any man aske you, Vvhy loose you him? You shal say thus to him, because our Lord needeth his seruice.

32   And they that vvere sent, vvent their vvaies, and found as he said to them, the colt standing.

33   And vvhen they loosed the colt, the ovvners thereof said to them, Vvhy loose you the colt?

34   But they said, because our Lord hath neede of him.

35   And they brought him to Iesvs. And casting their garments vpon the colt, they set Iesvs therevpon.

36   And as he vvent, they spred their garments vnderneath in the vvay.

37   And vvhen he approched novv to the descent of mount- Oliuet, al the multitudes of ^note them that descended, began vvith ioy to praise God vvith a loude voice, for al the miracles that they had seen,

38   saying, Blessed is he that commeth king in the name of our Lord, peace in heauen, and glorie on high.

39   And certaine Pharisees of the multitudes said to him, Maister, rebuke thy disciples.

40   To vvhom he said, I say to you, That if these hold their peace, the stones shal crie.

41   And as he drevv neere, seeing the citie, he vvept vpon it, saying,

42   Because if thou also hadst knovven, and that in this thy day, the things that pertaine to thy peace: but novv they are hid from thine

eies.

43   For ^note the daies shal come vpon thee: and thy enemies shal compasse thee vvith a trenche, and inclose thee about, and straiten thee on euery side,

44   and beate thee flat to the ground, and thy children that are in thee. and they shal not leaue in thee a stone vpon a stone: because thou hast not knovven the time of thy visitation.

45    ^noteAnd entring into the temple, he began to cast out the sellers therein and the biers,

46   saying to them, It is vvritten, That my house is the house of praier. ^note But you haue made it a denne of theeues. ^note

47   And he vvas teaching daily in the temple. And the cheefe Priests and the Scribes and the Princes of the people sought to destroy him:

48   and they found not vvhat to doe to him. For al the people vvas suspense, hearing him. ^{note note} Chap. XX. To the Iewes he auoucheth his power by the vvitnes of Iohn vvho vvas a man sent of God. 9 and foretelleth in a parable their reprobation most vvorthy (vvith the vocation of the Gentils in their place) 17 and consequently their irreparable damnation that shal ensue thereof. 20 He defeateth their snare about paying tribute to Cæsar: 27 he ansvvereth also the inuention of the Sadduces against the Resurrection. 40 And so hauing put them al to silence, 41 he turneth and poseth them, because they imagined that Christ should be no more but a man: 45 bidding al to bevvare of the Scribes (authors of the Ievves schisme from him) being ambitious and hypocrites.

1    ^{note note}And it came to passe: in one of the daies vvhen he vvas teaching the people in the temple and euangelizing, the cheefe Priests and the Scribes vvith the auncients assembled,

2   and spake saying to him, ^note Tel vs, in vvhat povver doest thou these things? or, vvho is he that hath giuen the this povver?

3   And Iesvs ansvvering, said to them, I also vvil aske you one vvord. Ansvver me,

4   The baptisme of Iohn was it from heau&ebar;, or of men?

5   But they thought within them selues, saying, That if vve say, From heauen: he vvil say, Vvhy then did you not beleeue him?

6   But if vve say, Of men: the vvhole people vvil stone vs: for they are certaine that Iohn is a Prophet.

7   And they ansvvered that they knevv not vvhence it vvas.

8   And Iesvs said to them, Neither doe I tel you in vvhat povver I doe these things.

9   And he began to say to the people this parable, ^note A certaine ^note man planted a vineyard, & let it out to husbandmen: and he vvas from home a long time.

10   And in time he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that they should giue him of the fruit of the vineyard. Vvho beating him, sent him avvay emptie.

11   And againe he sent an other seruant. But they beating him also and reprochfully abusing him, sent him avvay emptie.

12   And againe he sent the third: vvho vvounding him also, cast him out.

13   And the lord of the vineyard said, Vvhat shal I doe? I vvil send my beloued sonne: perhaps vvhen they shal see him, they vvil reuerence him.

14   Vvhom vvhen the husbandmen savv, they thought vvithin them selues, saying, This is the heire, let vs kil him, that the heritage may be ours.

15   And casting him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. Vvhat therfore vvil the Lord of the vineyard doe to them?

16   He vvil come, and vvil destroy these husbandmen, and vvil giue the vineyard to others. Vvhich they hearing, said to him, God forbid.

17   But he beholding them said, Vvhat is this then that is vvritten, The stone vvhich the builders reiected, the same is become into the head of the corner? ^note

18   Euery one that falleth vpon this stone, shal be quashed: and vpon vvhom it shal fall, it shal breake him to pouder.

19   And the cheefe Priests and Scribes sought to lay handes vpon him that houre: and they feared the people. for they knevv that he spake this similitude to them.

20    ^noteAnd watching, they sent spies which should feine them selues iust: that they might take him in his talke, and deliuer him to the principaltie and povver of the Præsident.

21   And they asked him, saying, Maister, vve knovv that thou speakest and teachest rightly: and thou doest not accept person, but teachest the vvay of God in truth.

22   Is it lavvful for vs to giue tribute to Caesar, or no?

23   But considering their guile, he said to them, Vvhy tempt you me?

24   Shevv me a penie. Vvhose image hath it and inscription? They ansvvering said, Caesars.

25   And he said to them, Render therfore the things that are Caesars, ^note to Caesar: and the things that are Gods, to God.

26   And they could not reprehend his vvord before the people: and marueiling at his ansvver, they held their peace.

27    ^noteAnd there came certaine of the Sadducees, vvhich denie that there is a resurrection, and they asked him,

28   saying, Maister, Moyses gaue vs in vvriting, ^note If a mans brother die hauing a vvife, and he haue no children, that his brother take her to vvife, and raise vp seede to his brother.

29   There vvere therfore seuen brethren: and the first tooke a vvife, and he died vvithout children.

30   And the next tooke her, and he died vvithout children.

31   And the third tooke her. In like maner also al the seuen, and they left no seed, and died.

32   Last of al the vvoman died also.

33   In the resurrection therfore, vvhose vvife shal she be of them? sithens the seuen had her to vvife.

34   And Iesvs said to them, The children of this vvorld marrie, and are giuen in mariage:

35   but they that09Q0754 shal be ^note counted vvorthie of that vvorld and the resurrection from the dead, neither marrie, nor take vviues,

36   neither can they die any more, for they are09Q0755 equal to Angels: and they are the sonnes of God, seeing they are the sonnes of the resurrecti&obar;.

37   But that the dead rise againe, Moyses also shevved, beside the bush, as he calleth the Lord, The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. ^note

38   For God is not of the dead, but of the liuing, for al liue to him.

39   And certaine of the Scribes ansvvering, said to him, Maister, thou hast said vvel.

40   And further they durst not aske him any thing.

41   But he said to them, ^note Hovv say they that Christ is the sonne of Dauid?

42   and Dauid him self saith in the booke of psalmes, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand,

43   til I put thine enemies, the foote stoole of thy feete? ^note

44   Dauid then calleth him Lord: and hovv is he his sonne?

45   And al the people hearing him, he said to his Disciples,

46    ^noteBevvare of the Scribes, that vvil vvalke in robes, and loue salutations in the market-place, and the first chaires in the synagogs, and the cheese roomes in feastes.

47   vvhich deuoure vvidovves houses: feining long praier. These shal receiue greater damnation. ^{note note} Chap. XXI. He commendeth the poore vvidovv for her tvvo mites, aboue al. 5 Hauing said that the Temple shal be quite destroied, 7 he foretelleth first many things that shal goe before, 20 then a signe also vvhen it is neere, after vvhich shal come the destruction it self in most horrible maner, vvithout hope of restitution, vntil al Nations of the Gentils be gathered into his Church in the very end of the vvorld. 25 And then vvhat signes shal come of the last day, terrible to the vvorld, 28 but comfortable to vs of his Church, 34 so that vve be alvvaies vvatchful.

1    ^noteAnd beholding, he savv them that did cast their giftes into the treasurie, riche persons.

2   And he savv also a certaine poore vvidovv casting tvvo brasse mites.

3   And he said, Verely I say to you, that this poore vvidovv hath cast more then al.

4   For al these of their aboundance haue cast into the giftes of God: but she09Q0756 of her penurie, hath cast in al her liuing that she had.

5   And certaine saying of the temple that it vvas adorned

vvith goodly stones and donaries, he said,

6   These things vvhich you see, ^note the daies vvil come vvherein ^note there shal not be left a stone vpon a stone that shal not be destroied.

7   And they asked him, saying, Maister, when shal these things be: and vvhat shal be the signe vvhen they shal begin to come to passe? ^note

8   Vvho said, See you be not seduced. for ^note many vvil come in my name, saying that I am he: and the time is at hand, goe not therfore after them.

9    ^noteAnd vvhen you shal heare of vvarres and seditions, be not terrified: these things must first come to passe, but the end is not yet by and by.

10   Then he said to them, Nation shal rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

11   And there shal be great earth-quakes in places, and pestilences and famines, and terrours from heauen, and there shal be great signes.

12   But before al these things they vvil ^note lay their hands vpon you: and persecute you deliuering you into synagogs and prisons, dravving you to kings and presidents for my name.

13   and it shal happen vnto you for testimonie.

14   Lay vp this therfore in your hartes, not to premeditate hovv you shal ansvver.

15   For I vvil giue you mouth and vvisedom, vvhich al your aduersaries shal not be able to resist and gainesay.

16   And you shal be deliuered vp of your parents and brethren, and kinsemen & frendes: and they vvil put to death of you.

17   And you shal be odious to al men for my name:

18   and a heare of your head shal not perish.

19   In your patience you shal possesse your soules. &cross4;

20   And vvhen you shal see Hierusalem compassed about vvith an armie: then knovv that the desolation thereof is at hand.

21   then they that are in Ievvrie, let them flee to the mountaines: and they in the middes thereof, let them depart: and they in the countries, let them not enter into it.

22   for these are the daies of vengeance, that al things may be fulfilled that are vvritten.

23   But vvo to them that are vvith childe and that giue sucke in those daies. for these shal be great affliction vpon the land, and vvrath on this people.

24   And they shal fall by the edge of the svvord: and shal be led captiue into al nations. and Hierusalem shal be troden of the Gentiles: til the times of nations be fulfilled.

25    ^{note note}And there shal be signes in the sunne and the moone and the starres: and vpon earth distresse of nations, for the confusion of the sound of sea and vvaues,

26   men vvithering

for feare and expectation, vvhat shal come vpon the vvhole vvorld. for the povvers of heau&ebar; shal be moued:

27   and then they shal see the Sonne of man comming in a cloude vvith great povver and maiestie.

28   But vvhen these things begin to come to passe, looke vp and lift vp your heades: because your redemption is at hand.

29   And he spake to them a similitude. See the figtree and al trees:

30   Vvhen they novv budde forth fruite out of them selues, you knovv that summer is nigh.

31   So you also vvhen you shal see these things come to passe, knovv that the kingdom of God is nigh.

32   Amen I say to you, that this generation shal not passe, til al be done.

33   Heauen and earth shal passe: but my vvordes shal not passe. &cross4;

34   And looke vvel to your selues, lest perhaps your hartes be ouercharged vvith surfetting and drunk&ebar;nesse and cares of this life: and that day come vpon you sodenly.

35   For as a snare shal it come vpon al that sit vpon the face of al the earth.

36   Vvatch therfore, praying at al times, that you may be ^note accounted vvorthie to escape al these things that are to come, and to stand before the Sonne of man.

37   And the daies he vvas teaching in the temple: but the nightes going forth, he abode in the ^note mount that is called Oliuet.

38   And al the people in the morning vvent vnto him in the temple to heare him. ^note Chap. XXII. Iudas doth sell him to the Ievves. 7 After the old Paschal, 19 he giueth to his disciples the bread of life in a mystical sacrifice of his body and bloud, for an euerlasting comemoration of his Pa&esset;ion. 21 He couertly admonisheth the traitour. 24 Against their ambitious contention he shevveth them that the maioritie of any among them in this vvorld is for their seruice, as his ovvne also vvas: 28 and hovv he vvil exalt them al in the vvorld to come: 31 foretelling Peter the singular priuilege of his faith neuer failing, 33 and his three negations: 35 and hovv they shal al now be put to their shiftes. 39 And that night, after his praier with svveating of bloud, 43 he is taken of the Ievves men, Iudas being their captaine: yet shevving them both by miracle and vvord, that they could doe nothing vnto him but by his ovvne permi&esset;ion. 54 Then in the cheefe Priestes house he is thrise denied of Peter, 63 shamefully abused of his keepers, 66 and in the morning impiously condemned of their Councel, for confe&esset;ing him self to be the Sonne of God.

1    ^{note note}And the festiual day of the Azymes approched, vvhich is called Pasche:

2   and the cheefe Priests and the Scribes sought hovv they might kil him: but they feared the people.

3   And Satan entred into Iudas that vvas surnamed Iscariote, one of the Tvvelue.

4   And he vvent, and talked vvith the cheefe Priests and the Magistrates, hovv he might betray him to them. ^note

5   And they vvere glad, and bargained to giue him money.

6   And he promised. And he sought opportunitie to betray him apart from the multitudes.

7    ^noteAnd the day of the Azymes came, vvherein it vvas necessarie that the Pasche should be killed.

8   And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying, Goe and prepare vs the Pasche, that vve may eate. ^note

9   But they said, Vvhere vvilt thou that vve prepare it?

10   And he said to them, Behold, as you enter into the citie, there shal meete you a man carying a pitcher of vvater: folovv him into the house into vvhich he entreth,

11   and you shal say to the good man of the house, The Maister saith to thee, Vvhere is the inne vvhere I may eate the Pasche vvith my Disciples?

12   And he vvil shevv you a great refectorie adorned: and there prepare.

13   And they going, found as he said to them, and prepared the Pasche.

14   And vvhen the houre vvas come, he sate dovvne, and the tvvelue Apostles vvith him.

15   And he said to them, 09Q0757 Vvith desire I haue desired to eate this Pasche vvith you before I suffer.

16   For I say to you, that from this time I vvil not eate it, til it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17   And 09Q0758 taking the chalice he gaue thankes, and said, Take and deuide among you,

18   for I say to you, That I vvil not drinke of the generation of the vine, til the kingdom of God doe come.

19    ^noteAnd taking bread, he gaue thankes, and brake: and gaue to them, saying,09Q0759 This is my body09Q0760 vvhich is given for yov.09Q0761 Doe this09Q0762 for a commemoration of me.

20   In like maner the chalice also, after he had supped, saying, ^note This is the chalice09Q0763 the nevv testament in my blovd,09Q0764 vvhich shal be shed for yov.

21    ^noteBut yet behold, the hand of him that betraieth me, is vvith me on the table.

22   And the Sonne of man in deede

goeth according to that vvhich is determined: but yet vvo to that man by vvhom he shal be betrayed.

23   And they began to question among them selues, vvhich of them it should be that should doe this.

24    ^noteAnd there fel also a09Q0765 c&obar;tention betvvene them, vvhich of them seemed to be greater.

25   And he said to them, The kinges of the Gentiles ouerrule them: and they that haue povver vpon them, are called beneficial.

26   But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the yonger: & he that is the leader, as the waiter.

27   For which is greater, he that sitteth at the table, or he that ministreth? is not he that sitteth? but I am in the middes of you, as he that ministreth:

28   & you are they that haue remained vvith me in my t&ebar;tations.

29   And I dispose to you, as my father disposed to me, a kingd&obar;:

30   that you may eate & drinke vpon my table in my kingdom, & may sit ^note vpon thrones, iudging the tvvelue tribes of Israel.

31   And our Lord said,09Q0766 Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath required to haue you for to sift as vvheate:

32   Bvt I have praied for thee, that thy faith faile not: and thou once conuerted, confirme thy brethren.

33   Vvho said to him, Lord, vvith thee I am readie to goe both into prison and vnto death.

34   And he said, ^note I say to thee, Peter, the cocke shal not crovv to day, til thou denie thrise that thou knovvest me.

35   And he said to them, Vvhen I sent you ^note vvithout purse and skrippe and shoes, did you lacke any thing? But they said, Nothing.

36   He said therfore vnto them, But novv he that hath a purse, let him take it, likevvise also a skrippe: and he that hath not, let him sel his coate, and bie a svvord.

37   For I say to you, that yet this that is vvritten, must be fulfilled in me, And vvith the vvicked vvas he reputed. ^note For those things that are concerning me, haue an end.

38   But they said, Lord, Loe tvvo svvordes here. But he said to them, It is ynough.

39    ^noteAnd going forth he vvent according to his custome into mount-Oliuet. And his Disciples also folovved him. ^note

40   And vvhen he vvas come to the place, he said to them, Pray, lest ye enter into tentation.

41   And he vvas pulled avvay from them a stones cast: and kneeling he praied,

42   saying, Father, if thou vvilt, transferre this chalice from me. But yet not my vvil, but thine be done.

43   And there appeared to him an Angel from heauen, strengthening him. And being in an agonie, he praied the longer.

44   And his svveat became

as droppes of bloud trikling dovvne vpon the earth.

45   And vvhen he vvas risen vp from praier, and vvas come to his Disciples, he found them sleeping for pensifenes.

46   And he said to them, Vvhy sleepe you? arise, pray, lest you enter into tentation.

47   As he vvas yet speaking, behold a multitude: and he that vvas called Iudas, one of the Tvvelue, vvent before them, and approched to Iesvs, for to kisse him.

48   And Iesvs said to him, Iudas with a kisse doest thou betray the sonne of man?

49   And they that vvere about him, seeing vvhat vvould be, said to him, Lord, Shal vve strike vvith the svvord?

50   And one of them smote the seruant of the high Priest: and cut of his right eare.

51   But Iesvs ansvvering, said, Suffer ye thus farre. And vvhen he had touched his eare, he healed him.

52   And Iesvs said to them that vvere come vnto him, the cheefe Priests, and magistrates of the temple, and auncients, As it vvere to a theefe are you come forth vvith svvordes and clubbes?

53   Vvhen I vvas daily vvith you in the temple, you did not lay handes vpon me, but this is your houre, and the povver of darkenesse.

54   And apprehending him, they led him to the high Priests house: but Peter folovved a farre of.

55   And a fire being kindled in the middes of the court, & they sitting about it, Peter vvas in the middes of them.

56   Vvhom vvhen a certaine vvenche savv sitting at the light, and had beheld him, she said, This fellovv also vvas vvith him.

57   But he denied him, saying, Vvoman, I knovv him not.

58   And after a vvhile an other man seeing him, said, And thou art of them. But Peter said, O man I am not.

59   And after the space as it vvere of one houre, a certaine other man affirmed, saying, Verely this fellovv also vvas vvith him. for he is also a Galilaean.

60   And Peter said, Man I knovv not vvhat thou sayest. And incontinent as he vvas yet speaking, the cocke crevv.

61   And our Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembred the vvord of our Lord, as he had said, That before the cocke crovv, thou shalt thrise denie me.

62   And Peter going forth a doores, vvept bitterly.

63   And the men that held him, mocked him, beating him.

64   And they did blindefold him, and smote his face. And they asked him saying, Prophecie, vvho is it that smote thee?

65   And blaspheming many other things they said against him.

66   And vvhen it vvas day, there assembled the auncients of the people and cheefe Priests and Scribes, and they brought him into their councel, saying,

67   If thou be Christ tel vs. And he said to them, If I tel you, you vvil not beleeue me:

68   if also I aske, you vvil not ansvver me, nor dimisse me.

69   But from hence forth the Sonne of man shal be sitting on the right hand of the povver of God.

70   And they al said, Art thou then the sonne of God? Vvho said, You say that I am.

71   But they said, Vvhat neede vve testimonie any further? For our selues haue heard of his ovvne mouth. ^{note note note note note}

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Chap. XXIII. The Ievves accuse him to Pilate the Gentil: 4 Who seeking earnestly to deliuer him, specially after that Herod sent him backe, 17 they not onely preferre the murderer Barabbas, but also crie, Crvcifige. 26 In the vvay to Caluarie he foretelleth the vvomen that lamented vpon him, the horrible destruction of their Hierusalem. 12 vpon the crosse he is betvvene tvvo theeues, 35 scorned of the Ievves, 36 of the souldiars, 39 and of one of the theeues, 40 but euen there confessed of the other theefe, 44 and after his death (because of the great miracles concurring) also of the Centurion, 48 yea and of the vvhole multitude. 50 and finally he is buried honorably.

1    ^{note note}And all the multitude of them rising vp, led him to Pilate.

2   And they began to accuse him, saying, Vve haue found this man subuerting our nation, & prohibiting to giue tributes to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ the king.

3   And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Ievves? But he ansvvering said, Thou sayest.

4   And Pilate said to the cheefe Priests and multitudes, I finde no cause in this man.

5   But they vvere more earnest, saying, He stirreth the people teaching through out al Ievvrie, beginning from Galilee euen hither.

6   But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man vvere of Galilee.

7   And vvhen he vnderstoode that he vvas of Herods iurisdiction, he sent him backe to Herod, vvho vvas also him self at Hierusalem in those daies.

8   And Herod seeing Iesvs, vvas very glad, for he vvas desirous of a long time to see him, for because he heard many things of him: and he hoped to see some signe vvrought by him.

9   And he asked him in many vvordes. But he ansvvered him nothing.

10   And there stoode the cheefe Priests and the Scribes constantly accusing him.

11   And Herod vvith his armie set him at naught: and he mocked him, putting on him a vvhite garment, and sent him backe to Pilate.

12   And Herod and Pilate vvere made frendes that day. for before they vvere enemies one to an other.

13   And Pilate calling together the cheefe Priests and magistrates, and the people,

14   said to them, You haue presented vnto me this man, as auerting the people, and behold I examining him before you, haue found no cause in this man of those things vvherein you accuse him.

15   No, nor Herod neither. for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing vvorthie of death is done to him.

16   I vvil chasten him therfore and dimisse him.

17   And he of necessitie had to release vnto them vpon the feast day, one.

18   But the vvhole multitude together cried out, saying, Dispatch him, and release vs Barabbas.

19   vvho vvas for a certaine sedition made in the citie and murder, cast into prison.

20   And Pilate againe spake to them, desirous to release Iesvs.

21   But they cried againe, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.

22   And he the third time said to them, Vvhy, vvhat euil hath this man done? I finde no cause of death in him. I vvil correct him therfore and let him goe.

23   But they vvere instant vvith loude voices requiring that he might be crucified. And their voices preuailed.

24   And Pilate adiudged their petition to be done.

25   And he released vnto them him that for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, vvhom they demaunded: but Iesvs she deliuered to their pleasure.

26   And vvhen they led him, they tooke one Simon of Cyréne comming from the countrie: and they laid the crosse vpon him to carie after Iesvs.

27   And there folovved him a great multitude of people, and of vvomen vvhich bevvailed and lamented him.

28   But Iesvs turning to them, said, Daughters of Hierusalem, vveepe not vpon me, but vveepe vpon your selues, and vpon your children.

29   For behold the daies shal come, vvherein they vvil say, Blessed are the barren, and the vvombes that haue not borne, and the pappes that haue not giuen sucke.

30   Then shal they begin to say to the mountaines, Fal vpon vs: and to the hilles, Couer vs. ^note

31   For if in the greene wood they doe these things, in the drie vvhat shal be done?

32   And there vvere led also other tvvo malefactours vvith him, to be executed.

33   And after they came to the place vvhich is called Caluarie, there they crucified him: and the theeues, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

34   And Iesvs said, Father,09Q0768 forgiue them, for they knovv not vvhat they doe. But they deuiding his garments, did cast lottes.

35   And the people stoode ^note expecting, and the princes vvith them derided him, saying, Others he hath saued, let him saue him self, if this be Christ, the elect of God.

36   And the souldiars also mocked him comming to him, and offering him vinegre,

37   saying, If thou be the king of the Ievves, saue thy self.

38   And there vvas also a superscription vvritten ouer him in Greeke, and Latine, and Hebrevv letters: This

is the king of the ievves.

39   And one of those theeues that vvere hanged, blasphemed him, saying, If thou be Christ, saue thy self, and vs.

40   But the other ansvvering, rebuked him, saying, Neither doest thou feare God, vvhere as thou art in the same damnation?

41   And vve in deede iustly, for vve receiue vvorthie of our doings: but this man hath done no euil.

42   And he said to Iesvs, Lord, remember me vvhen thou shalt come into thy kingdom.

43   And Iesvs said to him, Amen I say to thee: this day thou shalt be vvith me09Q0769 in paradise.

44   And it vvas almost the sixt houre: and there vvas made darkenesse vpon the vvhole earth vntil the ninthe houre.

45   And the ^note sunne vvas darkened: and the veile of the temple vvas rent in the middes.

46   And Iesvs crying vvith a loude voice, said, Father, into thy handes I commend my spirit. ^note And saying this, he gaue vp the ghost.

47   And the Centurion seeing that vvhich vvas done, glorified God, saying, In deede this man vvas iust.

48   And al the multitude of them that vvere present together at that sight, and savv the things that vvere done, returned knocking their breasts.

49   And al his acquaintance stoode a far of: and the vvomen that had folovved him from Galilee, seeing these things.

50    ^noteAnd behold a man named Ioseph, vvhich vvas a senatour, a good man and a iust,

51   he had not consented to their counseil and doings, of Arimathaea a citie of Ievvrie, vvho also him self expected the kingdom of God.

52   This man came to Pilate, and asked the body of Iesvs.

53   And taking it dovvne, vvrapped it in sindon, and laid him in a monument hevved of stone,09Q0770 vvherein neuer yet any man had been laid.

54   And it vvas the day of Parasceue, and the Sabboth drew neere.

55   And the women that vvere come with him from Galilee, folovving after,09Q0771 savv the monument, and hovv his body vvas laid.

59   And returning they prepared spices and ointments: and on the Sabboth they rested according to the commaundement. ^note

^{note note note} Chap. XXIIII. Deuout vvomen not finding his body in the Sepulcher, 4 Angels tel them that he is risen according to his ovvne prediction: 9 yet the Apostles vvil not beleeue it. 12 but neither Peter findeth his body there. 13 He vvalketh vvith tvvo Disciples, declaring al this vnto them out of the Scriptures, and is knovven of them by breaking of bread. 36 The same day he appeareth to the Eleuen and others being together, is felt of them, and eateth vvith them. finally teaching them out of the Scriptures not onely of his Pa&esset;ion and Resurrection, 47 but also of his Catholike Church, 49 he promiseth the Holy Ghost to confirme them, 50 and so ascendeth into heauen.

1    ^{note note}And in the ^note first of the Sabboth very early they came to the monument, carying the spices vvhich they had prepared.

2   And they found the stone rolled backe from the monument.

3   And going in, they found not the body of our Lord Iesvs.

4   And it came to passe: as they vvere astonied in their minde at this, behold tvvo men stoode beside them in glistering appareil.

5   And vvhen they feared and cast dovvne their countenance tovvard the ground, they said vnto them, Vvhy seeke you the liuing vvith the dead?

6   he is not here, but is risen. remember hovv he spake to you, vvhen he yet vvas in Galilee,

7   saying, ^note That the Sonne of man must be deliuered into the handes of sinners and be crucified, and the third day rise againe.

8   And they remembred his vvordes.

9   And going

backe from the monument, they told al these things to those eleuen, and to al the rest.

10   And it vvas Marie Magdalene, and Ioane, and Marie of Iames, and the rest that vvere vvith them, vvhich said these things to the Apostles.

11   And these vvordes seemed before them as dotage, and they did not beleeue them.

12   But ^note Peter rising vp ranne to the monument: and stouping dovvne he savv the linnen clothes lying alone, and went avvay marueiling with him self at that which was done.

13    ^{note note}And behold, tvvo of them vvent the same day into a tovvne vvhich vvas the space of sixtie furlonges from Hierusalem, named Emmaùs.

14   And they talked betvvixt them selues of al those things that had chaunced.

15   And it came to passe: vvhile they talked and reasoned vvith them selues, Iesvs also him self approching vvent vvith them.

16   but their eies vvere held that they might not knovv him.

17   And he said to them, Vvhat are these communications that you conferre one vvith an other vvalking, and are sad?

18   And one vvhose name vvas Cleophas, ansvvering, said to him, Art thou only a stranger in Hierusalem, and hast not knovven the things that haue been done in it, these daies?

19   To vvhom he said, Vvhat things? And they said, concerning Iesvs of Nazareth, vvho vvas a man a Prophet, mightie in vvorke and vvorde before God and al the people.

20   And hovv our cheefe Priestes and Princes deliuered him into condemnation of death, and crucified him.

21   but vve hoped that it vvas he that should redeeme Israel: and novv besides al this, to day is the third day since these things vvere done.

22   But certaine vvomen also of ours, made vs afraid: vvho before it vvas light, vvere at the monument,

23   and not finding his body, came, saying that they savv a vision also of Angels, vvho say that he is aliue.

24   And certaine men of ours vvent to the monument: and they found it so as the vvomen said, but him they found not.

25   And he said to them, O folish, and slovv of hart to beleeue, in al things vvhich the Prophets haue spoken.

26   Ought not Christ to haue suffred these things, and so to enter into his glorie?

27   And beginning from Moyses and al the Prophets, he did interpret to them in al the scriptures the things that vvere concerning him.

28   And they drevv nigh to the tovvne vvhither they vvent: and he made semblaunce to goe furthet.

29   And they forced

him, saying, Tarie vvith vs, because it is tovvard night, and the day is novv farre spent. And he vvent in vvith them.

30   And it came to passe, vvhiles he sate at the table vvith them, he09Q0772 tooke bread, and blessed and brake, and did reach to them.

31   And their eies vvere opened, and they knevv him: and he vanished out of their sight.

32   And they said one to the other, Vvas not our hart burning in vs, vvhiles he spake in the vvay, and opened vnto vs the scriptures?

33   And rising vp the same houre they vvent backe into Hierusalem: and they found the eleuen gathered together, and those that vvere vvith them,

34   saying, That our Lord is risen in deede, and hath appeared to Simon.

35   And they told the things that vvere done in the vvay: and hovv they knevv him in the breaking of bread. &cross4;

36    ^{note note note}And vvhiles they speake these things, Iesvs stoode in the middes of them, and he saith to them, Peace be to you: it is I. feare not.

37   But they being troubled and frighted, imagined that they savv a spirit.

38   And he said to them, Vvhy are you troubled, and cogitations arise into your harts?

39   See my handes, and feete, that it is I my self. handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to haue.

40   And vvhen he had said this, he shevved them his handes and feete.

41   But they yet not beleeuing and marueiling for ioy, he said, Haue you here any thing to be eaten?

42   But they offred him a peece of fish broiled, and a honie combe.

43   And vvhen he had eaten before them, taking the remaines he gaue to them.

44   And he said to them, These are the vvordes vvhich I spake to you, vvhen I vvas yet vvith you, that al things must needes be fulfilled, vvhich are vvritten in the lavv of Moyses, and the Prophets, and the Psalmes, of me.

45   Then he opened their vnderstanding, that they might vnderstand the Scriptures.

46   and he said to them, That so it is vvritten, and so it behoued Christ to suffer, and to rise againe from the dead the third day:

47    ^noteand09Q0773 penance to be preached in his name and remission of sinnes vnto al nations, &cross4; beginning from Hierusalem.

48   And you are vvitnesses of these things.

49    ^noteAnd I send the promes of my Father vpon you: but you, tarie in the citie, til you be endued vvith povver from high.

50   And he brought them forth abrode into Bethánia: and lifting vp his handes he blessed them. ^note

51    ^noteAnd it came to passe, vvhiles he09Q0774 blessed them, he departed from them, and

vvas caried into heauen.

52   And they adoring vvent backe into Hierusalem vvith great ioy:

53   and they vvere alvvaies in the temple praising and blessing God. ^{note note note}

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