Matthew(i)
1 After two dayes folowed easter and the dayes of swete breade. And the hye priestes and the scrybes soughte meanes howe they myght take hym by crafte, and put hym to death.
2 But they sayde: Not in the feast daye least any busynes aryse among the people.
3 When he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, euen as he sate at meate ther came a woman hauynge an alabaster boxe of oyntment called narde, that was pure & costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on hys head.
4 And there were some that were not content in them selues, and sayd: what neded this waste of oyntment?
5 For it myght haue bene solde for more then thre hundred pence, & bene geuen vnto the poore. And they grudged agaynste her.
6 And Iesus sayde: let her be in reste, why troubled ye her? she hath done a good worke on me.
7 For ye shall haue poore men with you alwayes, & whensoeuer ye wyll, ye maye do them good, but me ye shal not haue alwayes.
8 She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hande to anoynte my body to hys buryenge warde.
9 Verelye I saye vnto you: where soeuer this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole worlde, this also that she hath done shalbe rehearsed in remembraunce of her.
10 And Iudas Ischarioth one of the twelue went awaye vnto the hye priestes, to betraye hym vnto them.
11 When they hearde that, they were glad, and promysed that they woulde geue hym money. And he sought howe he myghte conuenientlye betraye hym.
12 And the fyrst daye of swete bread: when men after the pascall lambe, hys discyples sayed vnto him: where wilt thou that we go & prepare that thou mayest eat the easter lambe?
13 And he sente forthe two of his disciples, and sayed vnto them: Go ye into the citye: and there shal a man mete you bearynge a pycher of water, folowe him.
14 And whyther soeuer he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house: the maister axeth: where is the gest chambre, where I shall eat the easter lambe wt my disciples.
15 And he wyll shew you a great parloure, paued & prepared: there make readye for vs.
16 And his discyples went forth, and came to the citie, and founde as he had sayd vnto them: & made ready the easter lambe.
17 And at euen he came with the twelue
18 and as they sate at borde, and eate. Iesus sayd: Verelye I saye vnto you: that one of you shal betraye me, whiche eateth with me.
19 And they beganne to mourne, and to say to him one by one: is it I? and another sayde: is it I?
20 He aunswered, and sayde vnto them: It is one of the .xij. & the same deppeth with me in the platter.
21 The sonne of man goeth as it is written of hym, but woo be to that man, by whom the sonne of man is betrayed: good were it for hym, yf that man had neuer bene borne.
22 And as they eate. Iesus toke bread, blessed and brake & gaue to them & sayd: Take, eat, this is my body.
23 And he toke the cup, gaue thankes, & gaue it to them, & they all dranke of it.
24 And he sayed vnto them: This is my bloud of the new Testament which is shed for many.
25 Verely I saye vnto you: I wyll drinke no more of thys frute of the vyne, vntil that day, that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of God.
26 And when they had grace, they went out to mount Oliuete.
27 And Iesus sayde vnto them. All ye shalbe offended through me this night. For it is written: I wyll smyte the shepeherde, and the shepe shalbe scattered.
28 But after that I am rysen agayne: I wyll go into Galile before you.
29 Peter sayd vnto him. And though all men should be offended, yet woulde not I.
30 And Iesus said vnto hym: Verelye I saye vnto the, this daye euen in thys nyghte before the cocke crowe twyse, thou shalte denye me thryse.
31 And he spake boldelyer: no, yf I shoulde dye wt the I wyll not deuye the. Lykewyse also sayde they all.
32 And they came into a place named Gethsemanye, and he sayde to hys discyples: Syt ye here, whyle I go a parte and praye.
33 And he toke with him Peter, Iames, and Iohn, & he began to waxe abashed, and to be in an agonye,
34 and said vnto them: My soule is very heauye euen vnto the death: tarye here & watche.
35 And he wente forthe a litle and fell doune on the grounde, and prayed: that yf it were possyble, the houre myght passe from hym.
36 And he sayde: Abba father, all thynges are possyble vnto the, take awaye this cup from me. Neuerthelesse, not that I wyll but that thou wylte, be done.
37 And he came, and founde them slepynge, and sayd to Peter: Symon slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche wt me one houre?
38 watche ye, and praye leaste ye enter into temptacyon, the spirite is ready, and the fleshe is weake.
39 And agayne he went away and prayed and spake the same wordes.
40 And he returned and found them a slepe agayn, for theyr eyes were heauy: neither wyste they what to aunswere hym.
41 And he came the thyrde tyme and sayd vnto them: slepe hence forth and take youre ease, it is ynough. The houre is come, beholde the sonne of man shalbe delyuered into the handes of synners.
42 Ryse vp let vs go. Lo, he that betrayeth me, is at hande.
43 And immediatelye whyle he yet spake, came Iudas one of the twelue, and wyth him a great numbre of people wt sweardes & staues from the hyghe Priestes & Scribes & elders.
44 And he that betrayed him, had geuen them a generall token saiyng: whosoeuer I do kysse, he it is: take hym & leade him awaye warely.
45 And assone as he was come, he went straighte waye to hym, and sayed vnto him: mayster, and kyssed him.
46 And they layde theyr handes on hym, and toke him.
47 And one of them that stode by, drue out a swerde & smote a seruaunt of the hye priest, and cut of hys eare.
48 And Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them: ye be come oute as vnto a thefe with swerdes & with staues, for to take me.
49 I was daylye wt you in the temple teachynge, and ye toke me not: but that the scriptures shoulde be fulfylled.
50 And they all forsoke him, & ranne away.
51 And there folowed him a certayne yong man clothed in linnen vpon the bare, and the yong men caught him,
52 and he lefte hys linnen, and fleed from them naked.
53 And they leed Iesus awaye to the hyest priest of all, & to him came all the hye priestes, and the elders, and the scribes.
54 And Peter folowed him a great waye of euen into the pallaice of the hye priest, and sat with the seruauntes, and warmed hym self at the fyre.
55 And the hye priestes, and al the counsell soughte for witnes againste Iesu to put him to death, & founde none.
56 Yet manye bare false witnes againste him, but theyr witnes agreed not together.
57 And there arose certayne and brought false wytnes agaynst hym, saiinge:
58 We hearde him saye: I will destroy this temple made with handes, & within .iij. dayes I will buylde another made without handes.
59 But theyr wytnes agreed not together.
60 And the hyest priest stode vp amongest them: and axed Iesus, sayinge: answerest thou nothynge? Howe is it that these beare witnes agaynst the?
61 And he helde hys peace, and aunswered nothynge. Agayne the hyest priest axed him, and sayed vnto hym: Arte thou christe the sonne of the blessed?
62 And Iesus sayed: I am. And ye shall se the sonne of man sit on the ryght hande of power, and come in the cloudes of heauen.
63 Then the hyest prieste rent hys clothes, & sayd: What nede we any further of witnesse?
64 ye haue hearde the blasphemy, what thynke ye? And then they all gaue sentence, that he was worth of death,
65 and some began to spit at hym, and to couer hys face, and to beate hym wyth fystes, and to saye vnto him: areade vnto vs? And the seruauntes boffeted hym on the face.
66 And as Peter was beneth in the pallayce, there came one of the wenches of the hyest priest,
67 & when she sawe Peter warmyng him selfe she loked on hym, and sayd: Waste not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth?
68 And he denyed it, saying: I know hym not, neyther wot I what thou sayest. And he wente out into the porche, and the cocke crew.
69 And a damsell saw hym, and agayne beganne to saye to them that stode by: thys is one of them.
70 And he denyed it agayne. And anone after, they that stode by, sayed agayne to Peter: Surely thou art one of them, for thou arte of Galile, and thy speache agreeth therto.
71 And he began to cursse and to sweare, saiynge: I know not this man of whome ye speake.
72 And agayne the cocke crewe, and Peter remembred the worde that Iesus sayed vnto hym: before the cocke crowe twyse, thou shalte denye me thyrse, & began to wepe.