Matthew(i)
15 Wherfore, he sayde vnto them: take hede, and beware of coueteousnes. For no mannes lyfe standeth in the abundaunce of the thynges whiche he possesseth.
16 And he put forth a simylitude vnto them, sayinge. The grounde of a certayne ryche man brought forth frutes plenteouslye,
17 and he thoughte in hym selfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I haue no roume where to bestowe my frutes?
18 And he sayed: Thys will I do. I wyl destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therein wyll I gather all my frutes, and my goodes,
19 and I wyll saye to my soule: Soule thou hast muche goodes layde vp in store for many yeares: take thyne ease, eate, drinke, and be mery.
20 But God sayed vnto hym: Thou fole, thys nyghte wyll they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall these thinges be which thou haste prouyded?
21 So is it with hym that gathereth ryches, and is not ryche in God.
22 And he spake vnto hys disciples: Therfor I saye vnto you: Take no thoughte for youre lyfe, what ye shal eate, neyther for your body what ye shal put on.
23 The lyfe is more then meate, and the bodye is more then raymente.
24 Consyder the rauens, for they neyther sowe, nor repe, which neyther haue store house nor barne, and yet God fedeth them. Howe muche are ye better then the fowles.
25 Which of you with takynge thoughte can adde to hys stature one cubyte?
26 Yf ye then be not able to do that thyng whiche is least: why take ye thoughte for the remnaunt?
27 Consyder the lylyes howe they growe. They laboure not, they spin not, and yet I saye vnto you: that Salomon in all hys royaltte, was not clothed lyke to one of these.
28 If the grasse whiche is to daye in the fielde and to morowe shalbe caste into the fornace, God so cloth: howe muche more wyl he clothe you, o ye endued with lytell faythe.
29 And are not what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, neyther climme ye vp an hye:
30 for all suche thynges the heathen people of the worlde seke for. Your father knoweth that ye haue nede of suche thinges.
31 Wherfore seke ye after the kyngdome of God, and all these thynges shall be ministred vnto you.