Bishops(i)
17 And when he was gone foorth into the way, there came one runnyng, and kneeled to hym, and asked hym: good Maister, what shall I do, that I may inherite eternall lyfe
18 Iesus sayde vnto hym: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good but one, which is God
19 Thou knowest the commaundementes: Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kyll, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse, Thou shalt defraude no man, Honour thy father and mother
20 He aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Maister, all these haue I obserued from my youth
21 Iesus behelde hym, and loued hym, and sayde vnto hym, one thyng thou lackest: Go thy way, sell whatsoeuer thou hast, and geue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come folowe me, and take vp the crosse
22 But he was discomforted because of that saying, and went away mournyng: for he had great possessions
23 And when Iesus had loked rounde about, he sayde vnto his disciples: Howe hardly shall they that haue riches, enter into the kyngdome of God
24 And the disciples were astonyed at his wordes. But Iesus aunswereth agayne, and sayth vnto them: Children, howe harde is it for the that trust in ryches, to enter into ye kyngdome of God
25 It is easier for a camel to go thorowe the eye of a needle, then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God
26 And they were astonyed out of measure, saying betwene them selues: who then can be saued
27 Iesus loked vpon them, & sayde: with men it is vnpossible, but not with God: for with God all thynges are possible
28 And Peter began to say vnto him: Lo, we haue forsaken all, & haue folowed thee
29 Iesus aunswered, & sayde: Ueryly I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my sake and the Gospels
30 But he shall receaue an hundreth folde nowe at this present, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and chyldren, and landes, with persecutions, and in the worlde to come, eternall lyfe
31 But many that are first, shalbe last: and the last, first