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;

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