Luke 14 Cross References - Great

¹ And it chaunsed, that he went into the house of one of the chefe Pharyses to eate breed on a Saboth daye: and they watched hym. ² And beholde, ther was a certayne man before him which had the dropsye. ³ And Iesus answered and spake vnto the lawers and Pharyses, sayinge: is it laufull to heale on the Saboth daye? ⁴ And they helde theyr peace. And he toke him and healed him, and let him go: ⁵ and answered them, sayinge, which of you shall haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pytt and wyll not strayght waye pull him out on the Saboth daye? ⁶ And they coulde not answere him agayne to these thinges. ⁷ He put forth also a symilitude to the gestes, when he marked how they preased to the hyest roumes, and sayde vnto them: ⁸ When thou art bydden of anye man to a weddynge, syt not downe in the hyest rowme, lest a more honorable man then thou be bydden of him, ⁹ and he (that bade him and the) come, and saye to the: geue this man rowme, and thou then beginne wt shame to take the lowest rowme. ¹⁰ But rather when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme: that when he that bade the, commeth, he maye saye vnto the: frende syt vp hyer. Then shalt thou haue worshipp in the presence of them that syt at meate with the. ¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted. ¹² Then sayde he also to hym, that had desired him to dyner: When thou makest a diner or a supper, call not thy frendes, nor thy brethren, nether thy kynsmen ner thy ryche neyghbours: lest they also bydde the agayne, and a recompence be made the. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feble, the lame, and the blynde, ¹⁴ & thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence the But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurreccyon of the iuste men. ¹⁵ When one of them (that sat at meate also) hearde these thynges, he sayd vnto him: happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God. ¹⁶ Then sayde he vnto him. A certayne man ordened a greate supper, and bade many, ¹⁷ and sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to saye to them that were bydden, come: for all thinges are now ready. ¹⁸ And they all atonce beganne to make excuse. The fyrst sayde vnto him: I haue bought a farme, and I must nedes go, & se it, I praye the haue me excused. ¹⁹ And another sayde: I haue bought fyue yooke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I praye the, haue me excused. ²⁰ And another sayde: I haue maried a wyfe, and therfore I cannot come. ²¹ And the seruaunt returned and brought his master worde agayne therof. Then was the good man of the house displeased, and sayde to his seruaunt: Goo out quickly into the stretes and quarters of the cytie, and bring in hyther the poore, and the feble, and the halt and the blynde. ²² And the seruaunt sayd: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme. ²³ And the Lorde sayd to the seruaunt: Go out vnto the hye wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house maye be fylled, ²⁴ For I saye vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall tast of my supper. ²⁵ Ther went a greate company with hym, and he turned, and sayd vnto them: ²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe and chyldren, and brethren, and systers, yee, and his awne lyfe also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸ Which of you disposed to buylde a toure, sytteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to performe it? ²⁹ lest after he hath layde the foundacyon, and is not able to performe it, all that beholde it, begynne to mocke hym, ³⁰ sayinge: this man beganne to buylde, & was not able to make an ende? ³¹ Or what kyng goinge to make batayle agaynst another kinge, sytteth not downe fyrst, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to mete him, that commeth agaynst him with .xx. thousande? ³² Or els while the other is yet a greate waye of he sendeth ambassatoures, and desireth peace. ³³ So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. ³⁴ Salt is good, but yf salt haue loste the saltnes, what shal be seasoned ther with? ³⁵ It is nether good for the lande, nor yet for the donge hill, but men cast it out at the dores. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

³² The lawe of his God is in his hert, and his goynges shall not slyde.

⁶ And yf he come to se me, he speaketh vanite, & his hart conceaueth falshode within him selfe: & whan he commeth forth, he telleth it.

⁴ Their deuyce is onely how to put him out whom God wyll exalte. their delyte is in lyes: they geue good wordes wt their mouth, but curse wt their hert. Sela.

⁵ They courage them selues in myschefe, and commune amonge them selues, how they maye laye snares: and saye, that no man shall se them. ⁶ They ymagin wickednes, & practyse it that they kepe secrete amonge them selues, euery man in the depe of his hert.

⁷ for he doth as a man that pescribeth a mesure to the in his herte. He sayth vnto the: eate & dryncke, where as his herte is not wt the.

²⁰ For he that dyd violence, is brought to naught, and the scornefull man is consumed: and they roted out that were hastie so soone to vnryghteousnes, ²¹ makynge a man to synne in the worde, and that toke hym in a snare which reproued them in the open place: and they that haue turned the cause of the ryghteous to naught.

¹⁰ For why I herde so many derisions and blasphemies on euery syde of me: complayne vpon him, saye they, and we will tell his tale, yee euen of myne awne companions, and soch as were conuersant with me: went about to murther me, saying vpon him, we shall one waye or other begyle him and preuayle agaynst him, and be auenged of hym. ¹¹ But the Lord stode by me, lyke a myghtie giaunt: therfore my persecutours fell, & coulde do nothing. They shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwysely, they shal haue an euerlastinge shame.

² And they watched hym, whether he wolde heale hym on the Sabboth daye, that they myght accuse hym.

⁷ And the scribes & pharises watched hym whether he wolde heale on the sabboth daye, that they myght fynde how to accuse him.

³⁴ The sonne of man is come, and eateth & drincketh, & ye saye: behold a gloutonous man, and an vnmeasurable dryncker of wyne, a frend of publicans and synners. ³⁵ And wysdom is iustifyed of all her children. ³⁶ And one of the pharises desired hym that he wolde eate with hym. And he went into the pharises house, and sat downe to meate.

³⁷ And as he spake, a certayne Pharyse besought him, to dyne with him, and Iesus went in, and sate doune to meate.

⁵³ When he thus spake vnto them, the lawears and the Pharises began to wexe busye aboute him, and capciously to aske him many thinges, ⁵⁴ layinge wayte for him, and sekynge to catche some thinge of his mouth, wherby they might accuse him.

²⁰ And they watched hym, & sent forth spies, which shuld fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take him in hys wordes, and to delyuer him vnto the power & auctorite of the debyte.

¹ Ther was a man of the Pharises named Nycodemus, a ruler of the Iewes.

³⁴ Then stode ther vp one in the counsell, a Pharysey, named Gamaliel, a doctoure of lawe (had in reputacyon among all the people) and commaunded the Apostles to go asyde a lytell space,

¹⁹ For though I be fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I myght wynne the moo. ²⁰ Unto the Iewes, I became as a Iewe, to wynne the Iewes. To them that were vnder the lawe, was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe, to wynne them that were vnder the lawe. ²¹ To them that were wythout lawe, became I as though I had bene wythout lawe (when I was not without lawe as perteyning to God, but vnder the lawe of Chryst) to wynne them that were wythout lawe. ²² To the weake became I as weake, to wynne the weake: In all thinges I fasshyoned my selfe to all men, to saue at the least waye some.

² But when the Pharises sawe it, they sayde vnto hym: Beholde, thy discyples do that which is not lawfull to do vpon the Sabboth daye.

¹⁰ and beholde, ther was a man which had his hande dried vp. And they asked hym, sayinge is it lawfull to heale vpon the Saboth dayes? that they myght accuse him.

³⁵ & one of them which was (a doctour of lawe) asked him a question, temptinge him, & saying:

⁴ And he sayth vnto them, whether is it lawfull to do good on the Sabboth dayes, or to do euyll? to saue lyfe, or to kyll? But they helde their peace.

⁹ Then sayd Iesus vnto them: I wyll aske you a question: Whether is it lawfull on the sabboth dayes to do good, or to do euil? to saue ones life, or to destroye it?

⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrites, for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them. ⁴⁵ Then answered one of the lawears, and sayde vnto him: Master, thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also.

¹⁴ And the ruler of the synagoge answered with indignacion (because that Iesus had healed on the Saboth daye) and sayde vnto the people. Ther are syxe dayes in which men ought to worke, in them come, that ye maye be healed, and not on the Saboth daye. ¹⁵ But the Lorde answered him and sayde: Thou ypocryte, doth not each one of you on the Saboth daye lowse his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him to the water? ¹⁶ And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bounde (lo .xviij. yeares) be lowsed from this bonde on the Saboth daye?

²³ If a man on the Saboth daye receaue circumcysion without breakynge of the lawe of Moses: disdayne ye at me, because I haue made a man euery whit whoale on the Saboth daye?

²⁵ The baptime of Iohn: whence was it? from heauen or of men? And they thought amonge them selues, saying: yf we saye from heauen, he wyll saye vnto vs: why dyd ye not then beleue him? ²⁶ But yf we shall saye of men, then feare we the people. For all men holde Iohn as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered vnto Iesus & sayde: we cannot tell. And he sayd vnto them: nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thynges.

⁴⁶ And no man was able to answere him anye thing: nether durste eny man (from that daye forth) aske him any moo questions.

⁴ Yf thou mete thyne enemies oxe or asse goynge astraye, thou shalt brynge them to hym agayne. ⁵ If thou se thyne enemies asse synke vnder his burthen, thou shalt not passe by and let hym alone: but shalt helpe hym to lyfte hym vp agayne.

²⁴ Thys (O kynge) is the interpretacyon, yee, it is the very deuyce of hym, that is hyest of all and it toucheth my Lorde the kynge.

¹¹ And he sayde vnto them: which of you will it be, that shall haue. a shepe, and yf it fall into a pytte on the Saboth daye, wyl he not take it and lyft it out? ¹² Howe moch more then is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore, it is lefull to do a good dede on the Saboth dayes.

¹⁵ But the Lorde answered him and sayde: Thou ypocryte, doth not each one of you on the Saboth daye lowse his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him to the water?

¹⁷ And when he thus sayde, all hys aduersaries were ashamed, and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes, that were done by him.

²⁶ And they coulde not reproue his sayinge before the people: & they maruayled at his answer, and helde their peace.

⁴⁰ And after that durst they not aske him eny question at all.

¹⁵ for I wyll geue you a mouth & wysdome, where agaynste, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.

¹⁰ And they coulde not resyste the wisdome, & the sprete, which spake.

¹² And Samson sayd vnto them: I wil now put forth a ryddle vnto you. And yf you can declare it me within .vij. dayes of the feast, & fynde it out. I will geue you .xxx. shertes, and .xxx. chaunge of garmentes:

¹ Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstandynge put forth her voyce?

² Thou sonne of man: put forth a darcke speakynge and a parable, vnto the house of Israel,

³⁴ All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the people by similitudes, & with out a parable spake he nothynge vnto them,

⁶ & loue the vppermoste seates at feastes, & to sytt in the chefe place in councels,

³⁸ And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine: beware of the Scribes, which loue to go in longe clothynge: & loue salutacions in the market places, ³⁹ and the chefe seates in the congregacyons, and the vppermost roumes at feastes:

⁴³ Wo vnto you Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seates in the sinagoges, and gretinges in the market.

⁴⁶ beware of the Scribes, whych wyll go in longe clothynge: & loue gretynges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagoges, and the chefe rowmes at feastes,

¹⁸ When Simon sawe that thorow laying on of the apostles handes, the holy ghost was geuen, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying: geue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I put the handes, he maye receaue the holy ghost.

³ that nothinge be done thorowe stryfe or of vayne glory, but in mekenes of mynde, let euery man esteme another better then hym selfe.

⁹ I wrote vnto the congregacion: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence amonge them, receaueth vs not.

⁶ Put not forth thy selfe in the presence of the king, & preace not into the place of greate men. ⁷ Better is it that it be sayde vnto the: come vp hyther, then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thou seyst wt thyne eyes.

⁶ And when Haman came in, the kyng sayd vnto hym: what shall be done vnto the man, whom the the kynge volde fayne brynge vnto worshippe? Haman thought in his hert: Whom desyreth the kyng to bryng vnto worshippe more then me? ⁷ And Haman answered the kyng Let the man whom the kyng pleaseth to bring vnto worshippe, be brought hyther, ⁸ that he maye be arayed with the royall garmentes which the kyng vseth to weare: & the horse that the kyng rydeth vpon, and that the crowne royall maye be set vpon his heed. ⁹ And let this rayment and horse be delyuered vnder the hand of one of the kynges princes, that they maye araye the man withall (whom the kyng is disposed to bryng to honoure) & cary hym vpon the horse thorow the strete of the cytie, and proclayme before him: thus shalt it be done to the man, whom the kynge pleaseth to bryng to honoure. ¹⁰ And the kyng sayde: make hast, and take as thou hast sayde, the rayment & the horse: and do euen so vnto Mardocheus the Iewe, that sytteth before the kynges gate, & let nothing fayle of all that thou hast spoken. ¹¹ Then toke Haman the rayment & the horse, and arayed Mardocheus, and brought him on horsbacke thorow the strete of the cytie, and proclaymed before him: Euen thus shall it be done vnto the man whom the kyng is disposed to honoure. ¹² And Mardocheus came agayne to the kynges gate, but Haman gat hym home in all the hast mournynge bare headed,

³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

² Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusyon: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome.

¹⁸ Presumtpteousnes goeth before destruccyon, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.

² thou sonne of man, tell the prince of Tyre: Thus sayeth the Lorde God, because thou hast a proude hert and hast sayde: I am a God, I haue my seate in the myddest of the see lyke a God: where as thou art but a man and not God, and yet standest in thyne awne conceate, that thou arte God: ³ Beholde, thou thynckest thy selfe wyser then Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from the. ⁴ Wyth thy wysdome and thy vnderstandyng, thou hast gotten the great welthynes, and gathered treasure of syluer and golde. ⁵ With thy greate wysdome and occupyenge, hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy greate rychesse, thy herte is proude. ⁶ Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde God: For so moch as thou hast lyft vp thyne hert as though thou were God: ⁷ Beholde, I will brynge ennemyes vpon the, euen the tyrauntes of the Heathen: these shall drawe out their sweardes vpon thy bewty and wysdome, & shal defyle thy glory. ⁸ They shall cast the downe to the pitte, so that thou shalt dye in the myddest of the see, ⁹ as they that be slayne. Lett se, yf thou wilt saye then (before them that slaye the) I am God: where as thou art but a man and not God, in the handes of them that slaye the. ¹⁰ Dye shalt thou, euen as the vncircumcised in the handes of the enemyes for I my selfe haue spoken it, sayeth the Lorde God.

³⁰ and sayde. Thys is the greate cyte of Babylon, which I my selfe (with my power and strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honour of my magestye. ³¹ While these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauen, sayinge: O kynge Nabuchodonosor, to the be it spoken: Thy kyngdome shall departe from the, ³² thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellynge shalbe with the beastes of the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse lyke as an oxe, tyll seuen yeares become and gone ouer the. euen vntyll thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & that he may geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him. ³³ The very same houre was thys matter fulfylled vpon Nabuchodonosor: so that he was cast out of mens company, and dyd eate grasse lyke an oxe. Hys body was wet with the dewe of heauen, tyll hys heares were as great as Aegles fethers, and hys nayles lyke byrdes clawes. ³⁴ When thys tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lyfte vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstandinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hyghest. I magnifyed and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth alwaye, and hys kyngdome from one generacyon to another:

¹⁷ Samuel sayde when thou wast lytle in thyne awne syght, wast thou not made the heed of the trybes of Israel? And the Lorde anoynted the kyng ouer Israel.

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wysdome, and lowlynes goeth before honoure.

¹⁴ Moreouer, those shall come knelyng vnto the, that haue vexed the: and all they that despysed the, shall fall downe at thy fote. Thou shalt be called the cytie of the Lorde, Sion the cytie of the holy one of Israel.

⁹ Beholde, I make them of the congregacyon of Sathan, whych call them selues Iewes, and are not, but do lye: Beholde, I wyll make them that they shall come, and worshypp before thy fete: and shall knowe, that I haue loued the.

²⁹ For who so humbleth hym selfe, him shall be set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed.

¹⁰ Then arme thy selfe wyth thyne awne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye, ¹¹ powre out the indignacion of thy wrath: se that thou cast downe all the proude, ¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade downe all the vngodly in their place,

²⁷ For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersite, and shalt brynge downe the hye lookes of the proude.

⁶ For though the Lorde be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly: as for the proude, he beholdeth him a farre of.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowely sprete bringeth greate worshyp.

¹¹ Which casteth downe the high lookes of presumptuous personnes, and bringeth lowe the pryde of man, and the Lorde only shall be exalted in that daye.

¹⁷ And it shall brynge downe the pryde of man, and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe, and the Lorde shall only haue the vyctory in that daye.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye & excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastyngnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuary, and wyth hym also, that is of a contrite and humble sprete do I dwell: that I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a contrite herte.

¹² But whosoeuer exalteth him selfe? shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

⁵¹ He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacyon of their herte.

¹⁴ I tell you: thys man departed home to hys house iustyfyed, more then the other. For euery one that exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

⁶ but geueth more grace.

¹⁰ Humble youre selues in the sight of the lord, & he shal lyft you vp.

⁵ Lykewyse ye yonger, submyt your selues vnto the elder: Submit youre selues euery man, one to another, knyt youre selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humbl

²⁰ The poore is hated euen of hys awne neyghboures, but the ryche hath many frendes.

¹⁶ Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his awne riches, & geueth vnto the riche to please him, at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe.

⁵ Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the prestes, and saye: when ye fasted and mourned in the fyfth & seuenth moneth (now this .lxx. yeares) dyd ye fast vnto me? ⁶ When ye dyd eate also and droncke, dyd ye not eate & dryncke for youre awne selues? ⁷ Are not these the wordes, which the Lorde spake by his prophetes afore tyme, when Ierusalem was yet inhabited and welthy, she and the cytyes rounde aboute her: when there dwelt men, both towarde the south and in the playne countrees?

⁴⁶ For yf ye loue them which loue you: what reward haue ye? Do not the publycans also euen the same?

¹ Take heade, that ye geue not your almose in the sight of men, to the intent that ye wold be sene of them. Or els ye haue no rewarde with youre father which is in heauen. ² Therfore, whan thou geuest thyne almes, let not trompetes be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes: for to be praysed of men. Uerely, I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde. ³ But when thou wylt geue almes, let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryghte hande doth, ⁴ that thyne almes maye be in secrete: and thy father whych seeth in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

¹⁶ Moreouer, when ye fast, be not sad as the ypocrites are. For they disfigure their faces, that it maye appeare vnto men, how that they fast. Uerely, I saye vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde. ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoynte thyne heed, and wash thy face, ¹⁸ that it appere not vnto men, how that thou fastest: but vnto thy father, which is in secret: and thy father which seeth in secrete, shal rewarde the openly.

⁵³ He hath fylled the hongrye with good thynges: and sent awaye the ryche emptye.

³² And yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also loue theyr louers. ³³ And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also do euen the same. ³⁴ And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue: what thanke haue ye? for synners also lende to synners, to receaue soch lyke agayne. ³⁵ But loue ye youre enemyes, and do good, and lende, lokynge for nothynge agayne: and your reward shalbe greate, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll. ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercyfull, as your father also is mercyfull.

¹ My brethren, esteme not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christ the Lorde of glory wt respecte of persons. ² For if ther come into youre company a man wearyng a golden ryng, clothed in goodly aparell, and ther come in also a poore man in vyle rayment, ³ & ye haue a respecte to him that weareth the gaye clothing, and say vnto him: Syt thou here in a good place: and saye vnto the poore: stande thou there, or syt here vnder my fote stole: ⁴ are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes? ⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of thys worlde, soch as are ryche in faythe, & heyres of the kyngdome, whych he promysed to them that loue hym? ⁶ But ye haue despysed the poore. Do not rych men execute tyrannye vpon you, and draw you before the iudgement seates.

²⁹ And the Leuite whych hath no parte nor enheritaunce with the, shall come, & the straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe, which are within thy gates, shall eate & be fylled: that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the, in all the workes of thyne hande which thou doest.

¹¹ And reioyse before the Lorde thy God, thou & thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunte & thy mayde and the Leuite that is within thy gates, and the straunger, the fatherlesse & the wedowe that are amonge you, in the place whych the Lorde thy God hath chosen to put hys name there.

¹⁴ And thou shalt reioyse in that thy feast, thou and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunte, and thy mayde, the Leuite, the straunger, and the fatherlesse & the wedowe, that are wythin thy gates.

¹² When thou hast made an ende of tythinge all the tythes of thyne encrease the thyrde yere, which is the yere of tythynge: thou shalt geue it vnto the Leuite, the straungers, the fatherlesse and the wedowes, that they maye eate wythin thy gates, and fyll them selues. ¹³ And thou shalt saye before the Lorde thy God. I haue brought the halowed thynges out of myne house, and haue geuen them vnto the Leuites, the straungers, the fatherlesse and the wedowes accordynge to all thy commaundmentes which thou hast commaunded me: I haue not ouerskypped thy commaundementes, nor forgotten them.

¹⁹ & gaue among all the folke, euen amonge the hole multitude of Israel, as well to the wemen as men, to euerye one a Cake of breed, & a pece of fleshe, & a flasket of drincke. And so all the people departed euery one to his house.

²⁴ For Hezekia kinge of Iuda toke out (from amonge his catel) for the congregacion, a thousande yonge oxen, and seuen thousande shepe. And the Lordes gaue out to the congregacion a thousande yonge oxen, and ten thousande shepe. And a greate nombre of the preasts were sanctifyed.

¹⁰ And he sayd vnto them: go youre waye, and eate the fat, & drincke the swete, & sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared them selues: for thys daye is holy vnto oure Lorde, be not ye sory therfore: for the ioye of the Lorde is youre strength.

¹² And all the people wente theyr waye to eate and drincke, and to sende parte vnto other, and to make greate myrth, because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them.

¹³ He that shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me.

¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blynde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe?

⁹ Honoure the Lord wt thy substaunce: and with thy firstlinges of all thyne encrease ¹⁰ so shall thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse: and thy presses shall flowe ouer with swete wyne.

³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but whoso hath pytie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

⁶ Geue stronge drincke vnto soch as are condempned to death, and wyne vnto those that mourne: ⁷ that they maye drincke it, and forgett theyr mysery & aduersytie.

⁷ to deale thy bread to the hongry, & bringe the poore wandringe, home into thy house, when thou seest the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face from thy neyghboure.

¹⁰ yf thou hast compassyon vpon the hongrye, & refreshest the troubled soule: Then shall thy lyght sprynge out in the darcknesse, & thy darcknesse shalbe as the noone day.

¹⁴ And Iesus went forth, & sawe moch people, and was moued with mercy toward them, and he healed of them those that were sycke. ¹⁵ And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to him, saying: this is a deserte place, & the houre is now past, let the people departe, that they maye go into the townes, and bye them vytaylles. ¹⁶ But Iesus sayde vnto them. They haue no nede to go awaye. Geue ye them to eate. ¹⁷ They saye vnto him: we haue here but .v. loues and two fysshes. ¹⁸ He sayde: brynge them hyther to me. ¹⁹ And he commaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse, & he toke the .v. loues & the .ij. fysshes, and lyft vp hys eyes toward heauen & blessed. And whan he had broken them, he gaue the loaues to hys disciples, & his discyples gaue them to the people. ²⁰ And they dyd all eate, and were suffysed. And they gathered vp (of the fragmentes that remayned.) .xij. basketesfull. ²¹ And they that dyd eate, were aboute .v.M. men, besyde wemen and chyldren.

³² Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, & sayde: I haue compassyon on the people, because they continue with me nowe .iii. dayes, & haue nothing to eate: & I will not let them departe fastynge, lest they myscary by the waye. ³³ And his disciples saye vnto him whence shulde we get so moche bread in the wyldernes, as to suffyse so greate a multitude? ³⁴ And Iesus sayeth vnto them: howe many loaues haue ye? And they saye seuen, & a fewe lytle fysshes. ³⁵ And he commaunded the people to syt doune on the grounde: ³⁶ and toke the seuen loaues, & the fysshes: & after that he had geuen thankes, he brake them, and gaue to his disciples, & the discyples gaue them to the people. ³⁷ And they dyd all eate, and were suffysed. And they toke vp (of the broken meate that was lefte) seuen baskettes full. ³⁸ And yet, they that dyd eate were .iiii.M. men. besyde wemen & chyldren. ³⁹ And he sent awaye the people, and toke shyppe, & came into the parties of Magdala.

¹⁰ And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, & gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good & bad, & the weddynge was furnisshed with gestes.

⁴¹ Neuerthelesse, geue almose of that ye haue, and behold, all thinges are cleane vnto you.

²¹ And the seruaunt returned and brought his master worde agayne therof. Then was the good man of the house displeased, and sayde to his seruaunt: Goo out quickly into the stretes and quarters of the cytie, and bring in hyther the poore, and the feble, and the halt and the blynde.

⁴⁴ And all that beleued, kept them selues together, & had all thynges commen, ⁴⁵ and solde their possessions and goodes, and parted them to all men, as euery man had nede.

³⁴ Nether was ther eny among them, that lacked. For as many as were possessers of landes or houses, solde them, and brought the pryce of the thinges that were solde, ³⁵ and layed it downe at the Apostles fete: And distribucion was made vnto euery man accordynge as he had nede.

³⁹ Peter arose, & came with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the chamber. And all the widdowes stode round about him, wepynge, and shewyng the coates and garmentes, which Dorcas made, whyle she was with them.

¹³ Distribute vnto the necessite of the sayntes: be readie to harboure. ¹⁴ Blesse them which persecute you: blesse (I saye) and course not. ¹⁵ Be mery with them that are mery. Wepe also with them that wepe. ¹⁶ Be of lyke affeccion one towardes another. Be not hye mynded: but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opynyons.

² A Bisshoppe therfore must be blameles, the husbande of one wyfe, dilygent, sober, discrete, a keper of hospitalite: apte to teach:

¹⁰ and well reported of men in good workes: yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged strangers, yf she haue wesshed the saynctes fete, yf she haue mynistred vnto them whych were in aduersytie, yf she haue bene contynually geuen vnto all maner of good worckes.

⁸ but a keper of hospitalite, one that loueth goodnes sobre, ryghteous, godly, temperat,

⁷ For we haue great ioye and consolacyon in thy loue: because that by the (brother) the sayntes hertes are conforted.

² Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers, For therby haue dyuers men lodged angels vnwares.

¹⁷ He that hath pitye vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed hym agayne.

² Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some to the euerlastynge lyfe, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe. ³ The wyse (soch as haue taught other) shall glyster, as the shynynge of heauen: and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse, shalbe as the starres, worlde without ende.

⁴ that thyne almes maye be in secrete: and thy father whych seeth in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

⁴¹ He that receaueth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shal receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a righteous mans rewarde: ⁴² And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these lytle ones to dryncke, a cuppe of colde water onely (in the name of a disciple) verely I saye vnyou, he shall not lose his rewarde.

³⁴ Then shall the Kynge saye to them that shalbe on hys ryghte hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inheret the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hongred, & ye gaue me meate. I was thyrstye, & ye gaue me drincke. I was herbourlesse, & ye toke me in: ³⁶ Naked, & ye clothed me: Sicke & ye visyted me. I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answere him saying: Lord, when sawe we the an hongred, and fedd the? or thirstye, & gaue the drinke? ³⁸ when sawe we the herborlesse, & tooke the in? or naked, and clothed the? ³⁹ or when sawe we the sycke, or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall answere, and saye vnto them: veryly I saye vnto you: in as moch as ye haue done it vnto one of the leest of these my brethren, ye haue done it to me.

³⁵ but they whych shalbe counted worthy of that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed, do not mary wyues, nether are maryed, ³⁶ nor yet can dye eny more, For they are equall vnto the angels, and are the sonnes of God, in as moch as they are chyldren of the resurreccion.

²⁹ and shall come forth: they that haue done good, vnto the resurreccion of lyfe: and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurreccion of damnacion.

¹⁵ and haue hope towardes God, that the same resurreccion of the deed (which they them selues loke for also) shalbe, both of iust and vniust.

¹⁸ Neuertheles I receaued all, and haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I receaued of Epaphroditus the thinges, which were sent from you, an odoure of a swete smell a sacrifyce accepted and pleasaunt to God. ¹⁹ My God shall supplye all youre nede thorow his gloryous riches by Iesu Christ.

⁴ And I sawe seates, and they sat vpon them, & iudgement was geuen vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the wytnes of Iesu, and for the worde of God: & which had not worshipped the beast, nether his ymage, nether had taken his marke vpon their forheades, or in their handes: and they lyued, and raygned with Christ a .M. yere: ⁵ but the other of the deed men lyued not agayne, vntyll the thousand yere were finisshed. This is that first resurreccion.

¹¹ I saye vnto you that many shall come from the east, and west, and shall rest with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen:

¹⁰ And whyll they went to bye, the brydgrome came: & they that were ready went in with hym to the mariage, & the gate was shut vp.

³⁷ Happy are those seruauntes, whom the Lorde (when he commeth) shall fynde wakynge. Uerely I saye vnto you, that he shall gyrde hym selfe and make them to syt downe to meate, and walke by, and minister vnto them.

²⁹ And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall syt downe in the kyngdome of God.

³⁰ that ye maye eate and dryncke at my table in my kyngdome, & syt on seates, iudgynge the twelue trybes of Israell.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate whych perissheth, but for that whych endureth vnto euerlastinge lyfe, whych meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed. ²⁸ Then sayde they vnto him: what shal we do, that we myght worcke the worckes of God? ²⁹ Iesus answered & sayde vnto them: This is the worcke of God, that ye beleue on him, whom he hath sent, ³⁰ They sayde therfore vnto him what sygne shewest thou then, that we maye se, and beleue the? What doest thou worcke? ³¹ Oure fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert as it is wrytten: He gaue them breed from heauen to eate. ³² Then Iesus sayde vnto them: verely, verely I saye vnto you: Moses gaue you not that breed from heauen: but my father geueth you the true breed from heauen. ³³ For the breed of God is he, whych commeth downe from heauen, and geueth lyfe vnto the worlde. ³⁴ Then sayd they vnto him: Lord, euermore geue vs this breed. ³⁵ And Iesus sayd vnto them. I am the breed of lyfe. He that commeth to me shall not honger: and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thurst. ³⁶ But I sayde vnto you: that ye also haue sene me, and yet ye beleue not. ³⁷ All that the father geueth me shall come to me: and he that commeth to me, I cast not awaye? ³⁸ For I came downe from heauen: not to do that I will, but that he will, whych hath sent me. ³⁹ And this is the fathers wyll whych hath sent me, that of all whych he hath geuen me, I shall loose nothinge: but rayse them vp agayne at the last daye. ⁴⁰ And thys is the will of him that sent me: that euery one whych seeth the sonne and beleueth on him, haue euerlasting lyfe. And I wyll rayse him vp at the last daye. ⁴¹ The Iewes then murmured at him, because he sayd: I am the breed whych came downe from heauen. ⁴² And they sayde: Is not this Iesus the sonne of Ioseph, whose father & mother we knowe? How is it then that he sayeth, I came downe from heauen? ⁴³ Iesus answered & sayd vnto them. Murmur not amonge youre selues. ⁴⁴ No man can come to me, except the father which hath sent me, drawe hym: And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophetes: and they shalbe all taught of God. Euery man therfore that hath hearde, and hath learned of the father, commeth vnto me. ⁴⁶ Not that eny man hath sene the father, saue he which is of God: the same hath sene the father. ⁴⁷ Uerely, verely, I saye vnto you: he that putteth his trust in me, hath euerlastinge lyfe. ⁴⁸ I am that breed of lyfe. ⁴⁹ Youre fathers dyd eate Manna in the wyldernes, & are deed? ⁵⁰ Thys is that breed, whych commeth downe from heauen, that a man maye eate therof, & not dye. ⁵¹ I am that lyuinge bread, whych came downe from heauen. If eny man eate of this bread, he shall liue for euer And the breed that I will geue, is my flesshe, whych I will geue for the lyfe of the worlde. ⁵² The Iewes therfore stroue amonge them selues, saying: How can this felowe geue vs the flessh of his, to eate? ⁵³ Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Uerely, verely, I saye vnto you, except ye eate the flesshe of the sonne of man, and drinke his bloude: ye haue no lyfe in you. ⁵⁴ Whoso eateth my flesshe & dryncketh my bloude, hath eternall lyfe, & I wyll rayse him vp at the last daye. ⁵⁵ For my fleshe is meate in dede: and my bloude is drincke in dede. ⁵⁶ He that eateth my flesshe & drinketh my bloude, dwelleth in me and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the lyuinge father hath sent me, and I liue for the father: Euen so he that eateth me, shall lyue by the meanes of me. ⁵⁸ This is the breed, which cam downe from heauen: not as youre fathers dyd eate Manna, & are deed: He that eateth of this breed, shall lyue euer. ⁵⁹ These thinges sayd he in the synagoge, as he taught in Capernaum.

⁹ And he sayd vnto me, wryte, happy are they whiche are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage. And he sayd vnto me: these are the true sayinges of God.

¹ Wysdome hath buylded her selfe an house, & hewen out seuen pyllers: ² she hath kylled her vitayles, powred out her wyne, & prepared her table.

¹ I Am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse: I haue gathered my Myrre with my spyce. I haue eaten hony with my hony combe, I haue dronke my wyne with my mylke. Eate, O ye frendes, dryncke and be mery, O ye beloued.

⁶ And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hostes make vnto all people a feaste of plenteous & delicate thinges, euen of most pleasaunt & deyntie disshes. ⁷ And in this mountayne shall the Lorde destroie the couering, that all people are wraped in, and the hanging that is spred vpon all nacyons.

¹ Come to the waters all ye, that be thursty, and ye that haue no money. Come, bye, that ye maye haue to eate. Come, bye wyne and mylck, wythout any money, or money worth. ² Wherfore do ye laye out youre money, for the thynge that fedeth not, & spende youre laboure aboute the thynge that satisfyeth you not. But herken herken rather vnto me, & ye shall eate of the best, and youre soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnes. ³ Enclyne your eares, and come vnto me, take hede (I saye) & your soule shall lyue. For I will make an euerlastynge couenaunt wyth you, euen the sure mercyes of Dauid. ⁴ Beholde, I gaue him for a wytnesse among the folke, for a Prynce and captayne vnto the people. ⁵ Lo, thou shalt call an vnknowne people: & a people that had not knowledge of the, shall runne vnto the: because of the Lord thy God, and the holy one of Israel, whych glorifyeth the. ⁶ Seke the Lorde, whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, & the vnryghtuous hys owne ymagynacyons, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde: so shall he be mercyfull vnto hym: and to oure God, for he is very ready to forgeue.

¹² And they shall come, & reioyce vpon the hyll of Sion, and shall haue plenteousnes of goodes, which the Lorde shall geue them. Namely, wheate, wyne, oyle, yonge shepe & calues. And theyr conscience shalbe as a well watred garden, for they shall nomore be hongrye. ¹³ Then shall the mayde reioyce in the daunce, yee, both yonge and olde folkes. For I wyll turne their sorowe into gladnesse, and wyll conforte them from theyr sorowes and make them ioyfull. ¹⁴ I wyll powre plenteousnesse vpon the hertes of the prestes, and my people shalbe satisfyed with my goodnesse, sayth the Lord

⁷ Ephraim shalbe as a gyaunt, and their hert shalbe chereful as thorow wyne: yee, their children shall se it, and be glad, and their hert shall reioyce in the Lorde.

² The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kynge, whych made a mariage for hys sonne ³ & sent forth his seruauntes, to call them that were byd to the weddynge, & they wolde not come. ⁴ Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes sayinge: Tell them whych are bydden: beholde, I haue prepared my dynner: my oxen & my fatlynges are kylled, & all thinges are ready, come vnto the mariage. ⁵ But they made lyght of it, & went their wayes: one to his ferme place, another to hys marchaundise, ⁶ & the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, & intreated them shamefully and slewe them. ⁷ But when the kyng hearde therof, he was wroth, & sent forth his men of warre & destroyed those murtherers, and brent vp theyr cytie. ⁸ Then sayd he to his seruauntes: the mariage in dede is prepared. But they whych were bydden, were not worthy. ⁹ Goo ye therfore out into the hye wayes: & as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage. ¹⁰ And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, & gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good & bad, & the weddynge was furnisshed with gestes. ¹¹ Then the kyng came in, to se the gestes, & whan he spyed there a man, whych had not on a weddynge garment, ¹² he sayd vnto hym: frende, how camest thou in hyther not hauyng a weddynge garment? And he was euen spechlesse. ¹³ Then sayd the king to the ministers: take & bynde him hand and fote, & cast hym into vtter darcknes there shall be wepynge & gnasshynge of teth. ¹⁴ For many be called but feaw are chosen.

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Goo ye into al the worlde, and preache the gospell to all creatures, ¹⁶ he that beleueth & is baptised, shalbe saued. But he that beleueth not, shalbe dampned.

¹⁶ Then sayde he vnto him. A certayne man ordened a greate supper, and bade many, ¹⁷ and sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to saye to them that were bydden, come: for all thinges are now ready. ¹⁸ And they all atonce beganne to make excuse. The fyrst sayde vnto him: I haue bought a farme, and I must nedes go, & se it, I praye the haue me excused. ¹⁹ And another sayde: I haue bought fyue yooke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I praye the, haue me excused. ²⁰ And another sayde: I haue maried a wyfe, and therfore I cannot come. ²¹ And the seruaunt returned and brought his master worde agayne therof. Then was the good man of the house displeased, and sayde to his seruaunt: Goo out quickly into the stretes and quarters of the cytie, and bring in hyther the poore, and the feble, and the halt and the blynde. ²² And the seruaunt sayd: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme. ²³ And the Lorde sayd to the seruaunt: Go out vnto the hye wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house maye be fylled, ²⁴ For I saye vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall tast of my supper.

²⁰ Beholde, I stande at the dore, & knocke. If eny man heare my voyce, and open the dore, I wyll come in to hym, and wyll suppe with hym, and he with me.

¹⁷ And the sprete and the bryde saye come. And let him that heareth, saye also: come. And let him that is a thyrst: come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, fre.

¹ Wysdome hath buylded her selfe an house, & hewen out seuen pyllers: ² she hath kylled her vitayles, powred out her wyne, & prepared her table. ³ She hath sent forth her maydens to crye vpon the hyest place of the cytie: ⁴ Who so is ignoraunt, let hym come hyther. And to the vnwyse she sayde: ⁵ O come on your waye, eate my bread, and drincke my wyne, which I haue poured out for you.

¹ In those dayes came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iewry, ² and sayeng: Repent of the life that is past, for the kingdome of heauen is at hand. ³ For this is he, of whom the Prophete Esaye spake, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes, prepare ye the waye of the Lorde: & make hys pathes streyght. ⁴ Thys Iohn had hys rayment of camels heer. And a gyrdell of a skynne about hys loynes. His meat was locustes and wylde hony. ⁵ Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iewrye, and all the regyon rounde about Iordan, ⁶ and were baptysed of hym in Iordan, confessyng their synnes. ⁷ But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to hys baptyme, he sayd vnto them: O generacion of vypers, who hath taught you to fle from the vengeaunce to come? ⁸ Bring forth therfore the frutes that belong to repentaunce. ⁹ And be not of soch mynde that ye wolde saye wtin your selues: we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you: that God is able to bryng to passe, that of these stones ther shall ryse vp children vnto Abraham. ¹⁰ Euen now is the axe also put vnto the rote of the trees: so that euery tree which bringeth not forth good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. ¹¹ I baptyse you in water vnto repentaunce: but he that shall come after me is myghtyer then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with the holy ghost and with fyre: ¹² whose fan is in hys hand, & he wyll purge hys floore, & gather his wheat into the barne, but wyll burne the chaffe wt vnquencheable fyre.

¹ And whan his .xij. disciples were called vnto him, he gaue them power agaynst vncleane spretes, to cast them out, and to heale all maner of syckenesse, and all maner of dysease. ² The names of the .xij. Apostles are these The fyrst, Symon which is called Peter: and Andrew his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: ³ Philip & Bartholomew: Thomas and Mathew, which had bene a Publican. Iames the sonne of Alphe, and Lebbeus (whose syrname was Taddeus) ⁴ Simon of Canaan, and Iudas Iscarioth, which also be traied him.

²⁷ All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father. And noman knoweth the sonne but the father: nether knoweth eny man the father, saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne will open him. ²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that laboure: and are laden, and I will ease you. ²⁹ Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke & lowly in herte: and ye shall fynde rest vnto youre soules.

³ & sent forth his seruauntes, to call them that were byd to the weddynge, & they wolde not come. ⁴ Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes sayinge: Tell them whych are bydden: beholde, I haue prepared my dynner: my oxen & my fatlynges are kylled, & all thinges are ready, come vnto the mariage.

⁴ as it is wrytten in the boke of the wordes of Esayas the prophet, sayenge: The voyce of a cryar in wyldernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lord, make his pathes strayght. ⁵ Euery valley shalbe fylled, & euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe. And thinges that be croked, shalbe made streyght: & the rough wayes shalbe made playne: ⁶ & all flesshe shall se the Saluacion of God.

¹ Iesus called the twelue together, and gaue them power, and auctorite ouer all deuyls, and that they might heale diseases. ² And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God, and to heale the syck. ³ And he sayd vnto them: Take nothing to your iourney: nether staffe, nor scrype, nether bread, nether money, nether haue two coates. ⁴ And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abyde, and thence departe. ⁵ And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you, when ye go out of the citie, shake of the very dust from youre fete, for a testimonye agaynst them.

¹ After these thynges, the Lorde appoynted other .lxx. also, and sent them two and two before hym into euery cytie & place, whyther he him selfe wolde come. ² Therfore sayd he vnto them: the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. Praye ye therfore the lord of the haruest, to sende forth labourers into his haruest. ³ Go your wayes: behold, I sende you forth as lambes among wolues. ⁴ Beare no wallet, nether scryp, nor shoes, & salute no man by the waye. ⁵ Into whatsoeuer house ye enter, fyrst saye: Peace be to thys house. ⁶ And yf the sonne of peace be there, your peace shall rest vpon him: yf not, it shall turne to you agayne. ⁷ And in the same house tary styll, eatyng and drinckyng soch as they geue: For the labourer is worthy of hys rewarde. Go not from house to house, ⁸ & into whatsoeuer cytie ye entre, & they receaue you, eate soch thynges as are set before you, ⁹ and heale the sicke that are therin, and saye vnto them: the kingdome of God is come nye vpon yo ¹⁰ But into whatsoeuer citie ye enter, & they receaue you not, go your wayes out into the stretes of the same, & saye: ¹¹ euen the very dust of youre cytie (which cleaueth on vs) do we wype of agaynst you: Not withstanding, be ye sure of thys, that the kyngdome of God was come nye vpon you. ¹² I saye vnto you: that it shalbe easier in that daye for Zodome, then for that cytie.

³⁷ In the last daye, that great daye of the feast Iesus stode, and cryed, sayinge: If eny man thyrst, lett him come vnto me, & drincke.

³⁸ Peter sayde vnto them: repent of youre synnes, and be baptysed euery one of you in the name of Iesus Chryst for the remission of synnes, and ye shall receaue the gyfte of the holy goost. ³⁹ For the promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde oure God shall call.

²⁴ All the Prophetes also from Samuel and thence forth (as many as haue spoken) haue in lyke wyse tolde of these dayes. ²⁵ Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes, and of the couenaunt, which God made vnto oure fathers, sayinge to Abraham: Euen in thy seede shal all the kynredes of the earth be blessed. ²⁶ Fyrst whan God had raysed vp hys sonne Iesus vnto you, he sent him to blesse you, that euery one of you shulde turne from his wyckednes.

²⁶ Ye men and brethren, chyldren of the generacyon of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is thys worde of saluacyon sent.

³⁸ Be it knowne vnto you therfore (ye men and brethren) that thorowe thys man is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes, ³⁹ and that by hym, all that beleue, are iustyfyed from all thynges, from which ye coulde not be iustifyed by the lawe of Moses.

¹⁸ Neuerthelesse, all thynges are of God, whych hath reconcyled vs vnto him selfe by Iesus Christ, and hath geuen to vs the offyce to preache the attonement.

¹² lo, this is the rest wherwith ye maye ease hym that is weerye, thys is the refresshinge, they wyll not herken. ¹³ Therfore, the worde of the Lorde (lesson vpon lesson, commaundement vpon commaundement, rule vpon rule, instruccyon vpon instruccion, there a lytle and there a lytle) shall be vnto them an occasyon of stombling that they maye go on, and fall backward, be brused, tangled and snared.

¹¹ And the visyon of all the prophetes is become vnto you, as the wordes of a boke that is sealed vp, which men deliuer to one that is learned, saying: Reade thou in it. And he sayth: I cannot, for it is sealed. ¹² And the boke is geuen vnto him that is not learned, saying: Reade thou in it, and he sayth: I am not learned.

⁴ Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so symple and foolysshe, that they vnderstand nothing of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of our God. ⁵ Therfore, wyll I go vnto theyr heedes & rulers, & talke with them: yf they knowe the waye of the Lord and the iudgementes of oure God. But these (in lyke maner) haue broken the yocke, and burst the bondes in sondre.

¹⁰ But vnto whom shall I speake, whom shall I warne that he maye take hede? Their eares are so vncircumcised, that they maye not heare. Beholde, they take the worde of God but for a scorne, & haue no lust therto.

¹⁶ Thus sayeth the Lord: go into the streates, consydre & make inquisicyon for the olde waye: and yf it be the good and ryght waye, then go therin, that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules. But they saye: we wyll not walcke therin, ¹⁷ and I wyll sett wacthmen ouer you, & therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompett. But they saye: we wyll not take hede.

⁵ But they made lyght of it, & went their wayes: one to his ferme place, another to hys marchaundise, ⁶ & the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, & intreated them shamefully and slewe them.

³⁸ For as in the dayes (that went before the floud) they dyd eate and dryncke, mary, and were maryed, euen vntyll the daye that Noe entred into the shyppe, ³⁹ and knewe not tyll the floud came and toke them all awaye: So shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be.

¹⁴ And that which fell amonge thornes, are they which whan they haue heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and ryches, and volupteous lyuinge, and brynge forth no frute.

²⁶ And as it happened in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man. ²⁷ They dyd eate & dryncke, they maryed wyues and were maried, euen vnto that same daye that Noe went into the Arke: and the floude cam, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Lykewyse also as it chaunced in the dayes of Lot. They dyd eate, they drancke, they bought, they solde they planted, they buylded: ²⁹ But euen the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom, it rayned with fyre and brymstone from heauen, & destroyed them all. ³⁰ Euen thus, shall it be in the daye, when the sonne of man shall appere. ³¹ At that daye he that is on the house topp, and his stuffe in the house: let him not come downe to take it out. And let not him that is in the felde, turne backe agayne to the thinges that he lefte behinde.

²⁴ When Iesus sawe that he was sory, he sayde wyth what difficulte shall they that haue mony, enter into the kingdome of God?

⁴ The baptyme of Iohn: was it from heauen or of men? ⁵ And they thought wyth in them selues sayinge: yf we saye from heauen, he will saye: why then beleued ye hym not?

¹¹ He cam amonge hys awne, and hys awne receaued him not.

⁴⁰ And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.

⁴⁵ But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignacion & spake agaynst those thynges, which were spoken of Paul, spekynge agaynst it, & raylinge on it: ⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas wexed bolde, & sayde: it was mete that the worde of God shulde fyrst haue bene preached to you. But seynge ye put it from you, and thynke youre selues vnworthy of euerlastynge lyfe: lo, we turne to the Gentyls:

⁵ When Silas, and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the sprete, to testyfye to the Iewes that Iesus was very Chryst. ⁶ And when they sayde contrary & blasphemed he shoke hys rayment and sayde vnto them: youre bloude be vpon youre awne heedes: from hence forth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentyls.

²⁵ And when they agreed not amonge them selues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one worde: well spake the holy ghost by Esay the prophet vnto oure fathers, ²⁶ saying: Go vnto thys people, and saye: wyth youre eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and wyth youre eyes shall ye se, & not perceaue. ²⁷ For the hert of thys people is wexed grosse, and wyth their eares haue they had no lust to heare, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shulde se wyth their eyes, & heare wyth their eares, and vnderstande with their hertes, and shuld be conuerted, and I shuld heale them.

⁹ They that wylbe ryche, fall into temptacyon and snares, & into many folysshe & noysome lustes, which droune men into perdicyon & destruccyon. ¹⁰ For coueteousnes of money is the rote of all euyll: whych whyll some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & tanglyd them selues with many sorowes.

⁴ and shall withdrawe their eares from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.

¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, and loueth thys present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galacia, Tytus vnto Dalmacia.

¹⁶ that ther be no fornicator, or vncleane person, as Esau whych for one mease of meate solde his byrthryght.

¹⁵ Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether the thynges that are in the worlde. If eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym. ¹⁶ For all that is in the worlde (as the lust of the flesshe, and the lust of the eyes, & the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

⁵ When a man taketh a newe wyfe, he shall not go a warrefare, nether shalbe charged wyth any busynesse: but shalbe fre at home one yere, & reioyse with hys wyfe whych he hath taken.

²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe and chyldren, and brethren, and systers, yee, and his awne lyfe also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸ Which of you disposed to buylde a toure, sytteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to performe it?

²⁹ He sayde vnto them: Uerely I saye vnto you: ther is no man that hath forsaken house, ether father or mother, ether brethren, or wyfe, or chyldren (for the kyngdome of Goddes sake) ³⁰ whych shall not receaue moch more in this worlde, and in the worlde to come, lyfe euerlastynge.

²⁹ This saye I brethren, the tyme is shorte. It remayneth, that they whych haue wyues, be as though they had none: ³⁰ and they that wepe, be as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, be as though they reioyced not: & they that bye, be as though they possessed not: ³¹ and they that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed it not. For the fassyon of thys worlde goeth awaye.

³³ But he the hath maryed a wyfe careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, howe he maye please his wyfe.

⁸ He reyseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the begger from the dong hyll: to sett them amonge princes, and to enherett them with the seate of glorye. For the pillers of the erth are the lordes, and he hath sett the rounde worlde vpon them.

¹² And so Dauids seruauntes turned their waye, and went agayne, and came and told him all those sayinges.

¹² Kysse the sonne, lest he be angrye, & so ye perysshe from the waye, yf his wrath be kyndled (yee but a lytle) blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym.

⁷ For my loynes are fylled with a sore disease, & there is no whole parte in my body.

⁷ He taketh vp the simple out of the dust, and lyfteth the poore out of the myre. ⁸ That he maye sett him with the princes, euen with the prynces of his people.

²⁰ Wisdome cryeth wtout, & putteth forth her voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before the congregacyon in the open gates, & sheweth her wordes thorow the citye, saying: ²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught.

² Standeth she not in the hye places in the stretes and wayes? ³ doth she not crye before the whole cytie, and in the gates where men go out and in? ⁴ It is you, O ye men (sayeth she) whom I call: Unto (the chyldren of men) do I lyft vp my voyce.

³ She hath sent forth her maydens to crye vpon the hyest place of the cytie: ⁴ Who so is ignoraunt, let hym come hyther. And to the vnwyse she sayde:

²³ There are the coardes so layde abroade, that they cannot be better. And therfore they haue not fyxed their maste, nor spredde abroade their sayle. Then there is dealed great spoyle: yee, lame men ronne after the pray.

⁶ Then shall the lame man leape as an hert, & the domme mans tonge shall geue thanckes. In the wildernes also, there shall welles spring, & floudes of water in the desert.

¹ Loke thorowe Ierusalem, beholde and se: Seke thorowe her stretes also within, if ye can fynde one man that doeth equall and ryght, or seketh for the truthe, and I shall spare that cytie (sayeth the Lorde)

⁷ I my selfe fedde the slaughter shepe (a poore flocke verely) and toke vnto me two staues: the one is called louyng mekenesse, the other is called destroyer, and so kepte the shepe.

¹¹ And so it was broken in that daye. Then the poore symple shepe that had a respect vnto me, knewe therby, that it was the worde of the Lorde.

⁵ The blynd receaue their sight: the lame walke, the lepers are clensed: and the deef heare, the deed are raysed vp, & the poore receaue the glad tidinges of the gospell.

²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that laboure: and are laden, and I will ease you.

¹² Then came his disciples, and sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, that the Pharises were offended at this saying?

³¹ So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory, and came, & tolde vnto their Lord all that had happened.

²⁸ What saye ye to this? A man had two sonnes, & cam to the fyrst, & sayde: sonne, go & worke to daye in my vineyarde. ²⁹ He answered & sayde, I wyll not, but afterward, he repented, & went. ³⁰ Then cam he to the seconde, & sayd lykewise. And he answered, & sayd: I will syr, & went not. ³¹ Whether of them twayne dyd the wyll of the father? And they saye vnto him: the fyrst. Iesus sayeth vnto them: verely I saye vnto you, the publicans & harlotes go into the kyngdom of God before you.

⁷ But when the kyng hearde therof, he was wroth, & sent forth his men of warre & destroyed those murtherers, and brent vp theyr cytie. ⁸ Then sayd he to his seruauntes: the mariage in dede is prepared. But they whych were bydden, were not worthy.

²² And he answered, & sayd vnto them: Go your waye and bring worde agayne to Iohn, what thinges ye haue sene & heard, how that the blynde se, the halt go, the lepers are clensed, the deaff heare, the dead ryse agayne: to the poore is the glad tydinges preached, ²³ and happy is he that is not offended at me.

¹⁰ And the apostles returned: & tolde him all that they had done. And he toke them, & went asyde into a solitary place nye vnto the cytie that is called Bethsaida.

¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feble, the lame, and the blynde,

²⁴ For I saye vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall tast of my supper.

⁴⁷ & that repentaunce and remyssyon of synnes shulde be preached in hys name amonge all nacyons, and must begynne at Ierusalem.

³⁹ Many of the Samaritans of that cytie beleued on him, for the saying of the woman, which testified that he tolde her all that euer she dyd. ⁴⁰ So, when the Samaritans were come vnto him, they besought him, that he wolde tary with them. And he abode there two dayes. ⁴¹ And many moo beleued because of his awne wordes, ⁴² and sayde vnto the woman. Now we beleue, not because of thy sayinge: for we haue herde him oure selues, and knowe that thys is euen Christ, the sauioure of the worlde.

⁴⁷ Then answered them the Pharises: are ye also disceaued? ⁴⁸ Doth eny of the rulers or of the Pharises beleue on him? ⁴⁹ But this comen people whych knowe not the lawe, are cursed,

³⁹ And Iesus sayd vnto him: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde: that they which se not, myght se: and that they which se, might be made blynde.

⁴ Therfore, they that were scatered abrode, went euery where preachyng the worde of God. ⁵ Then came Philip into a cytie of Samaria, & preached Christ vnto them. ⁶ And the people gaue hede vnto those thynges which Philip spake wt one accord, hearyng & seyng the myracles whych he dyd. ⁷ For vncleane spretes cryinge with loude voyce, came out of many that were possessed of them. And many taken wt palsyes, & many that halted, were healed.

³ howe shall we escape, yf we despyse so great saluacyon, which at the fyrst began to be preached of the Lorde hym selfe, and was confirmed vnto vs warde, by them that hearde it?

²⁵ Se that ye despyse not hym, that speaketh. For yf they escaped not, whych refused him that spake on erth: moch more shall we not escape, yf we turne awaye from hym, that speaketh from heauen: ²⁶ whose voyce then shoke the erth, and now hath declared sayinge: yet once more will I shake, not the erth onely, but also heauen.

¹⁷ Obeye them that haue the ouer syght of you, & submyt your selues vnto them, for they watch for your soules, euen as they that must geue acomptes: that they maye do it with ioye, & not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thyng for you.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of thys worlde, soch as are ryche in faythe, & heyres of the kyngdome, whych he promysed to them that loue hym?

¹ And I sawe another sygne in heuen gret and meruellous, seuen Angels, hauyng the seuen laste plages, for in them is fulfylled the wrath of God. ² And I sawe as it were a glassye see, myngled wt fyre, & them that had gotten victory of the beast, and of hys ymage, and of the nombre of hys name, stande on the glassye see, hauyng the harpes of God, ³ and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God, & the songe of the lambe, sayinge: Gret and maruelous are thy workes: Lorde God almyghtye, iuste & true are thy wayes, thou Kyng of Saynctes. ⁴ Who shall not feare o Lorde, & gloryfy thy name? For thou only arte holy, and all gentyls shall come and worshyppe before the, for thy iudgementes are made manyfeste. ⁵ And after that, I loked, and beholde, the temple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen, ⁶ and the seuen Angels came out of the temple whych had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnen, and hauyng theyr brestes gyrded with golden gerdels. ⁷ And one of the fowre beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden vyalles, full of the wrath of God, whych lyueth for euermore. ⁸ And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God & of hys power, and no man was able to entre into the temple, tyll the seuen plages of the seuen Angels were fulfylled.

¹⁵ and out of hys mouthe wente a sharpe two edged swerde, that wyth it he shulde smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them wyth a rodde of yron, and he trode the wynefat of fearsnes and wrath of almyghty God.

⁶ The Lorde executeth ryghteousnesse and iudgment, for all them that are oppressed with wronge.

⁷ O Israel trust in the Lorde, for wyth the Lorde there is mercy, and with hym is plenteous redempcyon.

² In my fathers house are many mansions: If it were not so, I wolde haue tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you.

¹ In the former treatyse (Deare Theophylus) we haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teache, ² vntyll the daye in which he was taken vp, after that he, thorow the holy goost, had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles, whom he had chosen: ³ to whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after hys passion (and that by many tokens) appearynge vnto them fourtye dayes, and speakynge of the kyngdome of God, ⁴ and gathered them together, and commaunded them, that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem: but to wayte for the promys of the father wherof (sayeth he) ye haue hearde of me. ⁵ For Iohn truly baptysed with water, but ye shalbe baptysed with the holy goost after these feawe dayes. ⁶ When they therfore were come together, they asked of him, sayinge: Lorde, wilt thou at this tyme, restore agayne the kyngdome to Israel? ⁷ And he sayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes, or the seasons, which the father hath put in his awne power: ⁸ but ye shal receaue power after that the holy goost is come vpon you. And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me not onely in Ierusalem, but also in all Iewry and in Samary, and euen vnto the worldes ende. ⁹ And when he had spoken these thynges, whyle they beheld, he was taken vp an hye, & a cloude receaued him vp out of their sight.

⁸ Unto me the least of all saynctes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preache amonge the Gentyls the vnsearcheable riches of Christ

⁹ For in hym dwelleth all the fulnes of the God heed bodely,

⁵ For ther is one God, and one mediator betwene God and man, euen the man Christ Iesus, ⁶ whych gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that it shulde be testifyed at hys tyme,

² & he it is that obtayneth grace for oure synnes, not for oure synnes onely: but also for the synnes of all the worlde.

⁴ And I hearde the nombre of them whych were sealed, & ther were sealed an .C. & .xliiii.M. of all the trybes of the chyldren of Israel. ⁵ Of the trybe of Iuda were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed .xii.M. ⁶ Of the trybe of Aser were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Neptali were sealed .xii.M. Of the tryb of Manasses were sealed .xii.M. ⁷ Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Leuy were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Isacar were sealed .xii.M. ⁸ Of the trybe of Zabulon were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Ioseph were sealed .xii.M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed .xii.M. ⁹ After this I behelde, & lo, a gret multitude (which noman coulde nombre) of all nacyons & people, & tonges, stode before the seate, & before the lambe, clothed with longe white garmentes, & palmes in their handes,

² And he sayde: my Lordes, turne in I praye you in to youre seruauntes house & tary all nyghte & washe youre fete & ye shall ryse vp early to go on youre wayes. Whych sayde: nay, but we wyll byde in the streates all nyghte. ³ And he in maner dyd euen compelle them violently. And they turnynge in vnto him entred in to his house, & he made them a feaste & did bake swete bred, & they did eat

³ The Lord declared hys saluacyon, his ryghteousnes hath he openly shewed in the syght of the Heathen.

³ In the daye of thy power shall thy people offre the frewyll offrynges wt an holy worshippe, the dewe of thy byrth is of the wombe of the mornyng.

¹⁰ And in that daye shal the gentyles enquere after the rote of Iesse which shalbe set vp for a token vnto the people, & hys dwellynge shalbe glorious.

²⁴ In that daye shal the nacion of Israel be the thyrde wyth Egypte & Assyria, ²⁵ and they shalbe blessed in the myddes of the lande, which lande the Lord of hoostes hath blessed, sayeng: blessed is my people of Egypte, Assur also is the worke of myne handes, and Israel is myne inheritaunce.

¹³ In that daye shall the great trompe be blowne, so that they which were lost in the lande of Assiria: & they that were banisshed into the lande of Egipt, shall come and worshyp the Lorde in the holy mount at Ierusalem:

⁵ And nowe sayth the Lorde, euen he that fashyoned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaunte, that I maye bryng Iacob agayn vnto him: howbeit, Israel wyll not be gathered vnto hym agayne. In whose sight I am greate, which also is my Lorde, my God and my strength. ⁶ And he sayde: It is but a small thinge that thou art my seruaunt, to sett vp the kynreddes of Iacob, and to restore the destruccyon of Israel. For I haue made the the light of the Gentyls, that thou mayst be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.

¹⁹ Unto them shall I geue a token, and sende certayne of them (that be delyuered) amonge the Gentiles: into Cilycia, Affryca, and Lydia (where men can handle bowes) into Italye and also Greke lande. The Iles farre of, that haue not herde speake of me, and haue not sene my glory, shall preache my prayse amonge the Gentiles, ²⁰ and shall brynge all youre brethren for an offrynge vnto the Lorde, out of all the people, vpon horses, charrettes and horse lytters, vpon Mules and cartes to Ierusalem my holy hyll (sayeth the Lorde) lyke as the chyldre of Israel brynge the offrynge in cleane vessels, to the house of the Lorde.

⁸ In that tyme shall there waters of lyfe runne out from Ierusalem: the halfe potte of them towarde the east see, and the other halfe towarde the vttermost see, and shall continue both somer and wynter. ⁹ And the Lorde hym selfe shalbe kynge ouer all the earth. At that tyme shall there be one Lord onely, & his name shalbe but one.

¹¹ For from the risyng vp of the sonne vnto the going downe of the same, my name is greate amonge the Gentiles: yee, in euery place shal there sacrifice be done, and clene meatoffring offred vp vnto my name: for my name is great amonge the Heathen, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.

⁴³ Therfore saye I vnto you, the kyngdom of God shalbe taken from you, and geuen to a nacion, whych shall brynge forth the frutes therof.

⁹ Goo ye therfore out into the hye wayes: & as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage. ¹⁰ And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, & gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good & bad, & the weddynge was furnisshed with gestes.

¹⁹ Go ye therfore, & teach all nacions, baptising them in the name of the father, & of the sonne, & of the holy goost: ²⁰ Teachinge them to obserue all thinges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo I am wyth you allwaye, euen vntyll the ende of the worlde.

²⁹ And they constrayned hym sayinge: abyde wyth vs, for it draweth towardes nyght, and the daye is farre passed. And he went into tary wyth them.

¹⁵ The Lorde vnto him: go thy waye, for he is a chosen vessel vnto me, to beare my name before the Gentyls, and kynges, and the chyldren of Israel.

⁴⁴ Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes, the holy ghost fell on all them which heard the preachyng. ⁴⁵ And they of the circumcisyon which beleued, were astonnied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentils also was shed out the gyft of the holy ghost. ⁴⁶ For they hearde them speake with tonges, & magnify God. Then answered Peter: ⁴⁷ can eny man forbyd water, that these shuld not be baptysed, which haue receaued the holy ghost as well as we? ⁴⁸ And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the Lord. Then prayd they him, to tary a few dayes.

¹⁸ When they heard this, they helde theyr peace, and glorifyed God, sayinge: then hath God also to the Gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe. ¹⁹ They also which were scattred abrode thorow the affliccyon that arose about Steuen, walked thorowout vnto Phenices and Cypers, and Antioche, preachinge the worde to no man, but vnto the Iewes onely ²⁰ some of them were men of Cypers & Siren: which when they were come to Antioche, spake vnto the Grekes, and preached the Lorde Iesus. ²¹ And the hande of the Lorde was with them, & a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the Lorde.

⁴⁷ For so hath the Lorde commaunded vs. I haue made the a lyght of the Gentyls, that thou be the saluacyon vnto the ende of the worlde. ⁴⁸ Whan the gentyls hearde thys, they were glad and glorifyed the worde of the Lorde, & beleued: euen as many as were ordeyned vnto eternal lyfe.

¹⁵ When she was baptised, and her housholde, she besought vs, sayinge: If ye thyncke that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

⁶ And when they sayde contrary & blasphemed he shoke hys rayment and sayde vnto them: youre bloude be vpon youre awne heedes: from hence forth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentyls.

²¹ And he sayd vnto me departe, for I wyll sende the a farre hence vnto the Gentyls. ²² They gaue hym audience vnto thys worde, and then lyft vp theyr voyces and sayde: awaye with soche a felowe from the earth: for it is not reason that he shuld lyue.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they maye be turned from darckness to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whych are sanctified by fayth that is toward me. ¹⁹ Wherfore (O kynge Agryppa) I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visyon: ²⁰ but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco, and at Ierusalem, and thorow out all the coastes of Iewry, and then to the gentyls, that they shuld repent, and turne to God, and do soch workes as become them that repent.

²⁸ Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that thys saluacyon of God is sent to the gentyls, and they shall heare it.

¹⁸ But I aske: haue they not herde? No dout, their sounde went out into all landes: and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.

¹³ I speake to you gentyls, in as moch as I am the Apostle of the gentyls, I wyll magnify myne office, ¹⁴ yf by any meane I maye prouoke them which are my flesshe, and myght saue some of them.

⁹ that the gentyls myght prayse God for hys mercy, as it is wrytten. For this cause I will prayse the amonge the gentyls, and synge vnto thy name. ¹⁰ And agayne he sayth: reioyse ye gentyles wyth hys people. ¹¹ And agayne, prayse the Lorde all ye gentyls, and laude hym all ye nacyons together. ¹² And agayne Esay sayth: ther shalbe the rote of Iesie, and he that shall ryse to raygne ouer the gentyls: in hym shall the gentyls trust.

¹⁹ For though I be fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I myght wynne the moo. ²⁰ Unto the Iewes, I became as a Iewe, to wynne the Iewes. To them that were vnder the lawe, was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe, to wynne them that were vnder the lawe. ²¹ To them that were wythout lawe, became I as though I had bene wythout lawe (when I was not without lawe as perteyning to God, but vnder the lawe of Chryst) to wynne them that were wythout lawe. ²² To the weake became I as weake, to wynne the weake: In all thinges I fasshyoned my selfe to all men, to saue at the least waye some. ²³ And this I do for the gospels sake, that I myght haue my parte therof.

¹¹ Seynge then that we knowe, how the Lorde is to be feared, we fare fayre wyth men. For we are knowen well ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.

²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ euen as though God dyd beseche you thorow vs. So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be reconcyled vnto God:

¹ We also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.

¹¹ Wherfore, remember that ye beynge in tyme passed gentyls in the flesshe, were called vncircumcisyon from that whych is called circumcisyon in the flesshe, which circumcision is made by handes: ¹² remember (I saye) that at that tyme ye were without Chryst, beynge aliauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and straungers from the testamentes of the promes hauynge no hope, and beynge with out God in this worlde. ¹³ But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu, ye which somtyme were farre of, are made nye by the bloude of Chryst. ¹⁴ For he is oure peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs, ¹⁵ and hath also put awaye thorowe his flesshe, the cause of hatred, euen the lawe of commaundementes contayned in the lawe wrytten, for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe, so makynge peace, ¹⁶ and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorowe the crosse, & slewe hatred therby: ¹⁷ and came, and preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nye. ¹⁸ For thorowe hym we both haue an intraunce, in one sprete vnto the father. ¹⁹ Now therfore, ye are not straungers, and foreyners: but citesyns with the sayntes & of the housholde of God: ²⁰ and are buylt vpon the foundacyon of the Apostles and Prophetes, Iesus Chryst him selfe beynge the heed corner stone, ²¹ in whom what buyldynge soeuer is coupled together, it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde, ²² in whom ye also are buylt together, to be an habitacion of God thorowe the ghost.

²³ yf ye contynue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth, and be not moued awaye from the hope of the Gospell, wherof ye haue herde, howe that it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a mynyster.

²⁸ whom we preache, warnynge all men, and teachynge all men in all wysdome, to make all men parfecte in Christ Iesu.

² preache thou the worde, be feruent, in season & oute of season. Improue, rebuke, exhorte wt all longe sufferynge and doctryne.

²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in youre destruccion, & mocke you, when that thinge that ye feare commeth vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your misery lyke a tempest: yee, when trouble & heuines commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon.

⁸ Then sayd he to his seruauntes: the mariage in dede is prepared. But they whych were bydden, were not worthy.

³⁸ Beholde youre house is left vnto you desolate. ³⁹ For I saye vnto you: ye shall not se me hence forth, tyll that ye saye blessed is he, that commeth in the name of the Lorde.

¹⁹ And thys is the condemnacion: that lyght is come into the world, and men loued darcknes more then light, because their dedes were euyll.

³⁶ He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlastinge lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not se lyfe, but the wrath of God abydeth on him.

²¹ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, & ye shall seke me, & shall dye in youre synnes. Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

²⁴ I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas wexed bolde, & sayde: it was mete that the worde of God shulde fyrst haue bene preached to you. But seynge ye put it from you, and thynke youre selues vnworthy of euerlastynge lyfe: lo, we turne to the Gentyls:

¹ As ther gathered together an innumerable multitude of people (in so moche that they trood one another) he began to saye vnto his disciples: fyrst of all be warre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisy.

²⁴ when the people therfore sawe that Iesus was not there, nether hys disciples, they also toke shypping, & came to Capernaum, sekynge for Iesus. ²⁵ And when they had founde hym on the other syde of the see, they sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, when camest thou hyther? ²⁶ Iesus answered them, and sayde: verely, verely I saye vnto you: ye seke me, not because ye sawe the myracles but because ye dyd eate of the loaues, and were fylled. ²⁷ Laboure not for the meate whych perissheth, but for that whych endureth vnto euerlastinge lyfe, whych meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed.

³⁰ So laye he by Rahel also, and loued Rahel more than Lea and serued hym yet .vij. yeares more. ³¹ When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her frutefull. And Rahel remayned baren.

⁶ If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thyne awne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome, or thy frende which is as thyne awne soule vnto the, entice the secretly, saying: let vs go & serue straunge Goddes, whych thou hast not knowen nor yet thy fathers, ⁷ And they be of the Goddes of the people which are rounde aboute you, whether they be nye vnto the or farre of from the, from the one ende of the erth vnto the other, ⁸ Thou shalt not consente vnto him, nor herken vnto him: thine eye shall not pitie him nether shalt thou haue compassion on him, nor kepe him secret but cause him to be slayne.

¹⁵ If a man haue two wyues, one loued and another hated, & they haue borne him chyldren, both the loued and also the hated:

⁹ He that hath sayde vnto his father and to his mother: I haue not sene him, And he that knewe not his brethren, ner knewe his awne chyldren, those are they that haue obserued thy worde, and shall kepe thy couenaunt.

¹⁵ that my soule wissheth rather to perish and dye, then my bones to remayne. ¹⁶ I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne.

²⁵ Whom haue I in heauen but the? And there is none vpon earth, that I desyre in comparyson of the. ²⁶ My fleashe and my hert fayleth, but God is the strength of my hert, and my porcyon for euer.

¹⁷ Thus beganne I to be weery of my lyfe, in so moch that I coulde awaye with nothing that is done vnder the Sunne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of minde: ¹⁸ Yee I was weery of all my labour, whych I had taken vnder the Sunne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me: ¹⁹ And who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse man or a fole? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with soch wysdome haue taken vnder the Sunne Thys is also a vayne thyng.

² I haue loued you, sayeth the Lorde: & yet ye saye wherin haste thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iacobs brother, sayeth the Lorde? yet haue I loued Iacob, ³ and hated Esau: yee, I haue made hys hylles wast and his heritage a wildernesse for dragons.

³⁷ He that loueth father, or mother more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter more then me, is not worthy of me.

²⁵ He that loueth hys lyfe, shall destroye it: and he that hateth hys lyfe in thys world, shal kepe it vnto lyfe eternall.

²⁴ But none of these thinges moue me nether is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, that I might fulfyll my course with ioye, and the ministracyon which I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God.

¹³ As it is wrytten: Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated.

⁸ ye I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Chryst Iesu my Lorde. For whom I haue counted all thynge losse, and do iudge them but vyle, that I maye wynne Chryst,

¹¹ And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, & they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.

³⁸ And he that taketh not hys crosse and foloweth me, is not worthy of me

²¹ yet hath he no rote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for whan tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth because of the worde, by and by he falleth.

²⁴ Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If eny man wil folowe me, let him forsake him selfe & take vp his crosse, & folowe me ²⁵ For whoso wil saue his lyfe, shall loose it. Agayne, whoso doth lose his life for my sake, shall fynde it. ²⁶ For what doth it proffet a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde: & lose hys awne soule? Or what shal a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all?

³⁴ And when he had called the people vnto hym with hys discyples also, he sayde vnto them. Whosoeuer wyll folowe me, lett hym forsake him self, and take vp hys crosse, and folowe me. ³⁵ For whosoeuer wil saue his life, shal lose it. But whosoeuer shal lose his life, for my sake & the gospels, the same shall saue it. ³⁶ For what shall it profet a man, yf he wynne all the world, and lose his awne soule: ³⁷ or what shall a man geue to redeme hys soule with all agayne?

²¹ Iesus behelde hym, and fauoured hym, and sayd vnto hym: one thynge thou lackest. Go thy waye Sell that thou hast, and geue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me and take vp my crosse vpon thy shulders.

²¹ And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus) which came out of the felde, to beare his crosse.

²³ And he sayd to them all, yf eny man will come after me, let him denye him self, & take vp his crosse dayly, & folowe me. ²⁴ For whosoeuer wyll saue hys lyfe shall lose it. But whosoeuer doth lose his lyfe for my sake, the same shall saue it. ²⁵ For what auauntageth it a man, yf he wynne the whole worlde, and lose him selfe, or runne in dammmage of hym selfe?

¹⁷ And he bare hys crosse, and went forth into a place, which is called the place of deed mens sculles. But in Hebrue, Golgotha:

²² and strengthed the discyples soules agayne, and exhorted them to contynue in the fayth affirmynge that we must thorowe moche tribulacyon enntre into the kyngdome of God.

¹² for the whych cause I also suffre these thynges. Neuerthelesse, I am not ashamed. For I knowe, and am sure, that he (in whom I haue put my trust) is able to kepe that whych I haue committed to hys kepynge, agaynst that daye.

¹² Yee, and all they that wyll lyue godly in Christ Iesu shall suffre persecutyon.

⁴ And they sayde: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heauen: & let vs make vs a name, lest haply we be scatred abrode in to the vpper face of the whole erth. ⁵ But the Lord came downe, to se the cytie and tower whych the chyldren of men buylded. ⁶ And the Lorde sayde: Beholde, the people is one, and they haue all one language, & thys they begynne to do, neyther wyll it be restrayned from them, whatsoeuer they haue ymagined to do. ⁷ Come on, let vs go downe, and confounde theyr language, that euery one perceaue not hys neyghbours speche. ⁸ And so the Lorde scatred them from that place into the vpper face of all the erth. And they left of to buylde the cytie. ⁹ And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lorde dyd there confounde the language of all the erth. And from thence dyd the Lorde scater them abrode vpon the face of all the erth.

¹⁹ And Iosua sayd vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lorde: for he is an holye God, and a gelous God, and cannot beare youre iniquite and synne. ²⁰ Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes, he will turne and do you euell, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. ²¹ And the people sayde vnto Iosua: naye, but we will serue the Lorde. ²² And Iosua sayde vnto the people: ye are witnesses youre selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde, to serue him: and they sayd: we are wytnesses. ²³ Then put awaye (sayde he) the straunge goddes which are amonge you, and bowe youre hertes vnto the Lorde God of Israell. ²⁴ The people sayde vnto Iosua: the Lord oure God will we serue, and his voyce will we obeye,

²⁷ Fyrst make vp thy worck that is without, & loke well vnto that which thou hast in the felde & then buylde thyne house.

²⁰ And Iesus sayeth vnto him: the foxes haue holes, and the byrdes of the ayer haue nestes: but the sonne of man hath not where to reste his head.

²² & ye shalbe hated of all men for my name sake. But he that endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

²² But Iesus answered & sayde: Ye wot not what ye aske. Are ye able to dryncke of that cuppe that I shall drynke of: & to be baptised wt the baptyme, that I am baptised wt? ²³ They saye vnto him: we are. He sayde vnto them: ye shall dryncke in dede of my cup: & be baptised wt the baptyme that I am baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hande & on my left, is not myne to geue: but it shall chaunce vnto them, that it is prepared for of my father.

³³ So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

¹³ Then Paul answered, & sayde: what do ye wepynge & veryng myne herte? I am ready, not to be bounde onely, but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.

⁴ For when we were wyth you, we tolde you before, that we shude suffre tribulacyon, euen as it came to passe, and as ye knowe. ⁵ For this cause when I coulde no lenger forbeare, I sent that I myght haue knowledge of youre fayth, lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene bestowed in vayne.

¹³ Notwythstandynge I thynke it mete (as longe as I am in thys tabernacle) to strete you vp by puttyng you in remembraunce, for as moch, ¹⁴ as I am sure, that shortly I must put of thys my tabernacle, euen as oure Lorde Iesus Christ shewed me.

²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it.

³ Then Iudas (which had betrayed him) seyng that he was condempned, repented him selfe, and brought agayne the thirtye plates of syluer, to the chefe Prestes and elders, ⁴ sayinge: I haue synned, betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayd: what is that to vs? Se thou to that. ⁵ And he cast downe the syluer plates in the temple, and departed and went and hanged hym selfe. ⁶ And the chefe prestes toke the syluer plates and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them into the treasure, because it is the pryce of bloud. ⁷ And they toke counsell: and bought wt them a potters felde to bury straungers in. ⁸ Wherfore that felde is called the felde of bloud, vntyll this daye.

¹⁸ And the same hath now possessed a plat of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite: and when he was hanged, he burst a sondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out. ¹⁹ And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Ierusalem: in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge, Acheldama, that is to saye, the bloude felde.

¹¹ For another foundacyon can no man laye, then it that is layde, whych is Iesus Christ. ¹² If eny man buylde on this foundacyon, golde, syluer, precyous stones, tymber, haye or stoble: ¹³ euery mannes worcke shall appeare. For the daye shall declare, whych shalbe shewed in fyre. And the fyre shall trye euery mannes worcke, what it is. ¹⁴ If eny mannes worcke that he hath bylt vpon, byde, he shall receaue a rewarde.

⁴ For it can not be that they which were once lyghted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyfte, & were become partakers of the holy goost, ⁵ and haue tasted of the good worde of God, and of the power of the worlde to come: ⁶ yf they fall awaye (and as concernynge them selues crucifye the sonne of God a fresshe, and make a mocke of him) that they shulde be renued agayne by repentaunce. ⁷ For the erth which dryncketh in the rayne that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth forth herbes mete for them that dresse it, receaueth blessinge of God. ⁸ But that grounde which beareth thornes and bryars, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be burned.

¹¹ Yee, and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the full stablishinge of hope, euen vnto the ende,

³⁸ But the iust shall lyue by faith. And yf he withdrawe him selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

¹⁹ while they promes them libertie, where as they them selues are the bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouer come, vnto the same is he brought in bondage. ²⁰ For yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesu Christ) are yet tangled againe therin, and ouercome then is the latter ende worse wyth them then the begynninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of ryghteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holy commaundement that was geuen vnto them: ²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe. The dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow that was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.

⁸ Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we maye haue ful rewarde.

¹¹ And the kynge of Israel answered, & sayde: tell hym: let not him that putteth on his harnesse boste hym selfe, as he that putteth it of.

²⁰ By councell and power I wilbe ready to make warre. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest agaynst me? ²¹ dost thou truste to the staffe of this broken rede Egypte, on which yf a man leane, it wyll go into his hande, and pearce it. Euen so is Pharao kynge of Egypte vnto all that trust on him. ²² If ye saye vnto me, we trust in the Lorde oure God: Is not that he whose hilaulters and his other aulters, Hezekia hath put downe, and hath sayde to Iuda & Ierusalem, ye shall worshyppe before this aulter here in Ierusalem.

¹⁸ Thorowe councell, the thynges that men deuyse go forwarde: and wt discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

⁸ Be not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye thou do some offence after the strife be ended wherby thy neyghbour put the to shame.

³¹ And his seruauntes sayde vnto hym. Beholde, we haue hearde saye, that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercyfull kinges. We will therfore put sacke cloth about or loynes and ropes about oure neckes, & go out to the kyng of Israel: yf happlye he wyll saue thy lyfe. ³² And so they gyrded sacke clothe aboute theyr loynes & put ropes aboute theyr heedes, & came to the kyng of Israel, & sayde. Thy seruaunt Benhadad sayth, I praye the let me lyue. He sayde: is he yet alyue? he is my brother. ³³ And they toke the worde for good lucke & hastely caught it out of his mouth & sayde: yee thy brother Benhadad. He sayd: go, bring hym hyther. And Benhadad came out vnto hym, & he caused him to come vp into the charett. ³⁴ And he sayd vnto him: the cyties whych my father toke from thy father, I wyll restore agayne. And thou shalt make streates for the in Damasco, as my father dyd in Samaria. And I wyll make an apoyntment with the, & send the awaye. And so he made an appoyntment with him, and sent hym awaye.

⁴ But they were exceadingly afrayde, & sayde: se, two kinges were not able to stande before hym, how shall we then be able to stande? ⁵ And he that was gouerner of Ahabs house, and he that ruled the citye, the elders also, & the tutours sent to Iehu, saieng: we are thy seruauntes, & will do all that thou shalt byd vs: we wyll make no man kynge: therfore do thou what semeth good in thine eyes.

⁹ Is thy power then lyke the power of God? Maketh thy voyce soch a sounde as hys doth?

²⁵ Agree with thyne aduersary quycklye whyles thou art in the waye with him, lest at any tyme the aduersary deliuer the to the iudge, and the iudge delyuer the to the mynister, and then thou be cast into preson.

⁵⁸ Whan thou goest with thyne aduersary to the ruler, as thou arte in the waye, geue diligence that thou mayst be deliuered from him, least he brynge the to the iudge, and the iudge delyuer the to the iaylar, and the iaylar cast the into preson.

²⁰ Herode was displeased wt them of Tyre and Sidon. But they came all with one accorde, & made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chamberlayne, and desyred peace, because their countre was norysshed by the kynges prouysyon.

⁶ but geueth more grace. ⁷ Submit your selues therfore to God: but resyst the deuyll, and he will flye from you. ⁸ Drawe nye to God, and he will drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye siners, & pourge your hertes ye waueryng mynded. ⁹ Suffre afflictions & mourne, & wepe. Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, & youre ioye to heuynes. ¹⁰ Humble youre selues in the sight of the lord, & he shal lyft you vp.

¹¹ And they brought the shyppes to lande, and forsoke all, and folowed hym.

²⁸ And he left all, and rose vp, and folowed him:

²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe and chyldren, and brethren, and systers, yee, and his awne lyfe also, he cannot be my disciple.

²² When Iesus hearde that, he sayd vnto hym: Yet lackest thou one thynge. Sell all that thou hast, and distrybute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me. ²³ When he hearde thys, he was sory: for he was very ryche.

²⁸ Then Peter sayde. Lo, we haue forsaken all, and folowed the.

¹ A certayne man named Ananias with Saphyra his wyfe solde a possession, ² and kepte awaye parte of the pryce (hys wyfe also beynge of counsell) and brought a certayne parte, and layde it downe at the Apostles fete. ³ But Peter sayde: Ananias, how is it, that Sathan hath fylled thyne hert, that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost, and kepe awaye parte of the pryce of the lande? ⁴ Pertayned it not vnto the onely? & after it was solde, was it not in thyne awne power? Why hast thou conceaued this thinge in thyne herte? Thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God. ⁵ When Ananias herde these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the goost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thinges.

¹⁹ saying: geue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I put the handes, he maye receaue the holy ghost. ²⁰ But Peter sayd vnto him: thy money perisshe with the, because thou hast thought that the gift of God maye be obteyned with money. ²¹ Thou hast nether parte, nor felowshyp in thys busynes. For thy hert is not ryght in the syght of God. ²² Repente therfore of thys thy wyckednes, & praye God, that the thought of thyne herte maye be forgeuen the.

⁷ But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Chrystes sake. ⁸ ye I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Chryst Iesu my Lorde. For whom I haue counted all thynge losse, and do iudge them but vyle, that I maye wynne Chryst,

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: But yf the salt haue lost the saltnes, what shalbe seasoned therwith? It is thence forth good for nothynge, but to be cast out, and to be troaden downe of men.

⁴⁹ Euery man shalbe salted wyth fyre. And euery sacrifyce shalbe seasoned with salt. ⁵⁰ Salt is good. But yf the salt be vnsauery, what shall ye season ther wyth? haue salt in youre selues: and haue peace amonge youre selues, one wyth another.

⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauored & powdred with salt, that ye maye knowe, howe ye ought to answer euery man.

⁴ God bearynge wytnes therto, both with sygnes & wonders also & with diuers myracles, & gyftes of the holy gooste, accordynge to hys awne wyll. ⁵ For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come, wherof we speake, ⁶ but one in a certayne place wytnessed, sayinge, What is man, that thou art myndfull of hym. Or the sonne of man, that thou visitest hym? ⁷ Thou madest hym a lytle lower then the angels: thou hast crowned hym with honour & glory, and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes. ⁸ Thou hast put all thynges in subieccyon vnder hys fete. In that he put all thynges vnder him, he left nothynge that is not put vnder him.

¹⁵ He that hath eares to heare: let hym heare.

⁹ Whosoeuer hath eares to heare, let him heare.

⁸ And some fel on good grounde, and sprange vp, and bare frute, an hundred folde. And as he sayd these thinges, he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.

⁴⁴ Lett these sayinges sinke downe into your eares. For it will come to passe: that the sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the handes of men.

⁶ If a man byde not in me, he is cast forth as a braunche, & is wythered: and men gather them: and cast them into the fyre, and they burne.

⁷ Lett hym that hath eares, heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate of the tre of lyfe, which is in the myddes of the Paradyse of God.

¹¹ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth to the congregacyons. He that ouercommeth, shall not be hurt of the seconde deeth.

¹⁷ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd, & wyll geue hym a whyte stone, & in the stone a newe name wrytten, which no man knoweth, sauynge he that receaueth it.

²⁹ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth to the congregacyons.