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.

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