John 8

Matthew^{(i) 1} And Iesus wente vnto mounte Oliuete, ² and earlye in the mornynge came agayne into the temple, and all the people came vnto him, and sate doune & taught them. ³ And the Scribes and Phariseis brought vnto hym a woman taken in aduoutrye, and set her in the middest, ⁴ and sayed vnto hym: Mayster, thys woman was taken in aduoutrye, euen as the dede was a doynge. ⁵ Moyses in the lawe commaunded vs that suche shoulde be stoned. What sayest thou therfore? ⁶ And this they sayed to tempte hym, that they myghte haue, whereof to accuse hym. Iesus stouped doune, and with hys fynger wrote on the ground. ⁷ And whyle they continued axynge hym, he lyfte hym selfe vp, and sayd vnto them: let hym that is amonge you without synne caste the fyrst stone at her. ⁸ And agayne he stouped doune, and wrote on the grounde. ⁹ And assone as they hearde that, they went out one by one, the eldest fyrst. And Iesu was left alone, and the woman standynge in the myddes. ¹⁰ When Iesus had lyft vp hym self agayn and sawe no man but the woman, he sayd to her. Woman where are those thyne accusers? Hath no man condemned the? ¹¹ She sayed no man Lorde. And Iesus sayde: Neyther do I condempne the. Go, and synne no more. ¹² Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saiynge. I am the lyghte of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shall not walke in darkenes: but shall haue the lyghte of lyfe. ¹³ The Phariseis sayde vnto hym: thou bearest recorde of thy selfe thy recorde is not true. ¹⁴ Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto them: though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I know whence I came, and whether I go. But ye can not tel, whence I came, and whither I go. ¹⁵ Ye iudge after the flesh. I iudge no man. ¹⁶ Thoughe I iudge, yet is my iudgement true. For I am not alone: but I and the father that sent me. ¹⁷ It is also written in your lawe, that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸ I am one that beare witnes of my selfe, and the father that sent me beareth witnes of me. ¹⁹ Then sayde they vnto hym: where is thy father? Iesus aunswered: ye neyther knowe me nor yet my father. Yf ye had knowen me, ye shoulde haue knowen my father also. ²⁰ These wordes spake Iesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple, and no man layde handes on hym, for hys tyme was not yet come. ²¹ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them. I go my waye, and ye shall seke me, & shall dye in youre synnes. Whether I go, thither can ye not come. ²² Then sayde the Iewes: will he kyll hym selfe, because he sayth: whether I go thyther can ye not come? ²³ And he sayde to them: ye are from beneth. I am from aboue. Ye are of thys worlde. I am not of thys worlde. ²⁴ I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shall dye in your synnes. For except ye beleue that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes. ²⁵ Then sayed they vnto hym, who arte thou? And Iesus sayde vnto them: Euen the very same thynge that I saye vnto you, ²⁶ I haue manye thynges to saye, and to iudge of you: but he that sent me is true. And I speake in the worlde, those thinges which I haue hearde of hym. ²⁷ Howe be it, they vnderstode not that he spake of hys father. ²⁸ Then sayde Iesus vnto them: when ye haue lyfte vp an hye the sonne of man, then shall ye knowe, that I am he, and that I do nothynge of my self: but as my father hath taught me, euen so I speake: ²⁹ and he that sente me, is with me. The father hath not left me alone, for I do alwayes those thynges, that please him. ³⁰ As he spake these wordes, many beleued on hym. Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes whiche beleued on hym. ³¹ Yf ye continue in my wordes: then are ye my very discyples, ³² and shal know the truth, and the truthe shall make you free. ³³ They aunswered hym. We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: why sayest thou then: ye shalbe made, fre? ³⁴ Iesus aunswered them: verelye, verelye I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth synne ³⁵ is the seruaunte of synne. And the seruaunte abydeth not in the house for euer. ³⁶ But the sonne abydeth euer. Yf the sonne therfore shal make you fre, then are ye free in dede. ³⁷ I knowe that ye are Abrahams sede, but ye seke meanes to kyl me, because my sayinges haue no place in you. ³⁸ I speake that I haue sene with my father: and ye do that which ye haue sene with youre father. ³⁹ They aunswered, & sayde vnto hym. Abraham is oure father. Iesus sayde vnto them: yf ye were Abrahams chyldren, ye woulde do the dedes of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But nowe ye go about to kyll me, a man that haue tolde you the truthe whiche I haue hearde of God, thys dyd not Abraham, ⁴¹ ye do the dedes of your father. Then sayde they to him: we were not borne of fornicion. We haue one father, whiche is God. ⁴² Iesus sayde vnto them: yf God were youre father, then woulde ye loue me. For I proceaded forth, and come from God. Neyther came I of my selfe, but he sente me. ⁴³ Why do ye not knowe my speache? Euen because ye cannot abyde the hearynge of my wordes. ⁴⁴ Ye are of youre father the deuyl, and the lustes of your father ye wyll do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truthe in hym. When he speaketh a lye, then speaketh he of hys owne. For he is a lyar, and the father therof. ⁴⁵ And because I tell you the truthe, therfore ye beleue me not. ⁴⁶ Which of you can rebuke me of synne? Yf I saye the truth, why do not ye beleue me? ⁴⁷ He that is of God, heareth Goddes wordes. Ye therfor heare them not, because ye, are not of God. ⁴⁸ Then answered the Iewes, and sayd vnto hym: Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane, and hast the deuyll? ⁴⁹ Iesus aunswered: I haue not the deuyll: but I honoure my father, & ye haue dishonoured me. ⁵⁰ I seke not myne owne prayse: but there is one that seketh, and iudgeth. ⁵¹ Verely verely I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saiynges, he shall neuer she death. ⁵² Then sayed the Iewes to hym. Nowe knowe we that thou haste the deuyll. Abraham is dead, and also the Prophetes, and yet thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saiynges he shall neuer tast of death. ⁵³ Art thou greater then oure father Abraham which is dead? And the Prophetes are dead: Whome makest thou thy selfe? ⁵⁴ Iesus answered. Yf I honoure my selfe, myne honoure is nothynge worthe. It is my father, that honoureth me, which you saye is youre God, ⁵⁵ and ye haue not knowen hym: but I knowe hym, And yf I shoulde saye: I knowe hym not, I shoulde be a lyer lyke vnto you. But I knowe hym, and kepe hys saiynge. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it, and reioyced. ⁵⁷ Then sayed the Iewes vnto hym: thou arte not yet .l. yeares olde, and hast thou sene Abraham? ⁵⁸ Iesus said vnto them: Verelye verely I saye vnto you: yer Abraham was I am. ⁵⁹ Then toke they vp stones to caste at hym. But Iesus hyd him self and wente oute of the temple.