Matthew 18:7 Cross References - Wycliffe

⁷ Woo to the world, for sclaundris; for it is nede that sclaundris come; netheles wo to thilke man bi whom a sclaundre cometh.

⁷ Wherfor also strijf was maad bitwixe the keperis of flockis of Abram and of Loth. Forsothe Chananei and Feresei dwelliden in that lond in that tyme.

¹⁷ Therfor the synne of the children was ful greuouse bifor the Lord; for thei withdrowen men fro the `sacrifice of the Lord.

²² Forsothe Hely was ful eld, and he herde alle `thingis whiche hise sones diden in al Israel, and hou thei slepten with wymmen, that awaitiden at the dore of the tabernacle. <sup>23</sup> And he seide to hem, Whi doen ye siche thingis, the worste thingis whiche Y here of al the puple? <sup>24</sup> Nyle ye, my sones; it is not good fame, which Y here, that ye make the `puple of the Lord to do trespas. ²⁵ If a man synneth ayens a man, God may be plesid to him; forsothe if a man synneth ayens the Lord, who schal preye for hym? And thei herden not the vois of her fadir, for God wolde sle hem.

¹⁴ Netheles for thou madist enemyes to blasfeme the name of the Lord, for this word the child which is borun to thee schal die bi deeth.

⁴¹ Mannus sone shal sende hise aungels, and thei schulen gadere fro his rewme alle sclaundris, and hem that doon wickidnesse; ⁴² and thei schulen sende hem in to the chymney of fier, there shal be weping and betyng to gidere of teeth.

¹³ But wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that closen the kyngdom of heuenes bifore men; and ye entren not, nether suffren men entrynge to entre. ¹⁴ Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that eten the housis of widowis, and preien bi longe preier; for this thing ye schulen take more doom. ¹⁵ Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ypocritis, that goon aboute the see and the loond, to make o prosilite; and whanne he is maad, ye maken hym a sone of helle, double more than ye ben. ¹⁶ Wo to you, blynde lederis, that seien, Who euer swerith bi the temple of God, it is `no thing; but he that swerith in the gold of the temple, is dettoure. ¹⁷ Ye foolis and blynde, for what is grettere, the gold, or the temple that halewith the gold? ¹⁸ And who euer swerith in the auter, it is no thing; but he that swerith in the yifte that is on the auter, owith. ¹⁹ Blynde men, for what is more, the yifte, or the auter that halewith the yifte? ²⁰ Therfor he that swerith in the auter, swerith in it, and in alle thingis that ben ther on. ²¹ And he that swerith in the temple, swerith in it, and in hym that dwellith in the temple. ²² And he that swerith in heuene, swerith in the trone of God, and in hym that sittith ther on. ²³ Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ypocritis, that tithen mynte, anete, and cummyn, and han left tho thingis that ben of more charge of the lawe, doom, and merci, and feith. And it bihofte to do these thingis, and not to leeue tho. ²⁴ Blynde lederis, clensinge a gnatte, but swolewynge a camel. ²⁵ Woo to you, scribis and Farisees, ypocritis, that clensen the cuppe and the plater with outforth; but with ynne ye ben ful of raueyne and vnclennesse. ²⁶ Thou blynde Farisee, clense the cuppe and the plater with ynneforth, that that that is with outforth be maad clene. ²⁷ Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that ben lijk to sepulcris whitid, whiche with outforth semen faire to men; but with ynne thei ben fulle of boonus of deed men, and of al filthe. ²⁸ So ye with outforth semen iust to men; but with ynne ye ben ful of ypocrisy and wickidnesse.

²⁴ Forsothe mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, bi whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed; it were good to hym, if that man hadde not be borun.

⁷ And whanne ye here batels and opynyouns of batels, drede ye not; for it bihoueth these thingis to be doon, but not yit anoon is the ende.

¹ And Jhesu seide to hise disciplis, It is impossible that sclaundris come not; but wo to that man, bi whom thei comen.

¹² While Y was with hem, Y kepte hem in thi name; thilke that thou yauest to me, Y kepte, and noon of hem perischide, but the sone of perdicioun, that the scripture be fulfillid.

¹⁶ Britheren, it bihoueth that the scripture be fillid, whiche the Hooly Goost bifore seide bi the mouth of Dauith, of Judas that was ledere of hem that token Jhesu;

¹⁸ And this Judas hadde a feeld of the hire of wickidnesse, and he was hangid, and `to-brast the myddil, and alle hise entrailes weren sched abrood. ¹⁹ And it was maad knowun to alle men that dwelten in Jerusalem, so that the ilke feeld was clepid Acheldemak in the langage of hem, that is, the feeld of blood. ²⁰ And it is writun in the book of Salmes, The abitacioun of hem be maad desert, and be ther noon that dwelle in it, and an other take his bishopriche.

²³ Thou that hast glorie in the lawe, vnworschipist God bi brekyng of the lawe? ²⁴ For the name of God is blasfemed bi you among hethene men, as is writun.

¹⁹ For it bihoueth eresies to be, that thei that ben prouyd, ben opynli knowun in you.

³ No man disseyue you in ony manere. For but dissencioun come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the sonne of perdicioun, ⁴ that is aduersarie, and is enhaunsid ouer `al thing that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple of God, and schewe hym silf as if he were God. ⁵ Whether ye holden not, that yit whanne Y was at you, Y seide these thingis to you? ⁶ And now what withholdith, ye witen, that he be schewid in his tyme. ⁷ For the priuete of wickidnesse worchith now; oneli that he that holdith now, holde, til he be do awei. ⁸ And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liytnyng of his comyng; ⁹ hym, whos comyng is bi the worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes, ¹⁰ and grete wondris, false, and in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resseyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schulden be maad saaf. And therfor God schal sende to hem a worching of errour, that thei bileue to leesing, ¹¹ that alle be demed, whiche bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse. ¹² But, britheren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for you, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, in halewing of spirit and in feith of treuthe;

¹ But the spirit seith opynli, that in the laste tymes summen schulen departe fro the feith, yyuynge tent to spiritis of errour, and to techingis of deuelis; that speken leesing in ipocrisie, ² and haue her conscience corrupt, ³ forbedinge to be weddid, to absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hem that han knowe the treuthe.

¹ Blame thou not an eldere man, but biseche as a fadir, yonge men as britheren; elde wymmen as modris, ² yonge wymmen as sistris, in al chastite.

¹⁴ Therfor Y wole, that yongere widewis be weddid, and bringe forth children, and ben hosewyues, to yyue noon occasioun to the aduersarie, bi cause of cursid thing. ¹⁵ For now summe ben turned abak aftir Sathanas.

¹ What euere seruauntis ben vndur yok, deme thei her lordis worthi al onour, lest the name of the Lord and the doctryn be blasfemyd.

¹ But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf, ² coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde, ³ cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde, ⁴ with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God, ⁵ hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men.

³ For tyme schal be, whanne men schulen not suffre hoolsum teching, but at her desiris thei schulen gadere `togidere to hem silf maistris yitchinge to the eeris. ⁴ And treuli thei schulen turne awei the heryng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turne.

⁵ and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd.

⁸ An hoolsum word, and vnrepreuable; that he that is of the contrarie side, be aschamed, hauynge noon yuel thing to seie of you.

² And many schulen sue her letcheries, bi whiche the weie of treuthe schal be blasfemyd; ³ and thei schulen make marchaundie of you in coueytise bi feyned wordis. To whiche doom now a while ago ceessith not, and the perdicioun of hem nappith not.

¹⁵ that forsaken the riyt weie, and erriden, suynge the weie of Balaam of Bosor, which louyde the hire of wickidnesse. ¹⁶ But he hadde repreuyng of his woodnesse; a doumb beest vndur yok, that spak with vois of man, that forbede the vnwisdom of the profete. ¹⁷ These ben wellis with out watir, and mystis dryuun with `whirlinge wyndys, to whiche the thicke mijst of derknessis is reseruyd.

⁴ For summe vnfeithful men priueli entriden, that sum tyme weren bifore writun in to this dom, and ouerturnen the grace of oure God in to letcherie, and denyen hym that is oneli a Lord, oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

¹¹ Wo to hem that wenten the weie of Caym, and that ben sched out bi errour of Balaam for mede, and perischiden in the ayenseiyng of Chore. ¹² These ben in her metis, feestynge togidere to filthe, with out drede fedinge hemsilf. These ben cloudis with out watir, that ben borun aboute of the wyndis; heruest trees with out fruyt, twies deed, drawun vp bi the roote; ¹³ wawis of the woode see, fomynge out her confusiouns; errynge sterris, to whiche the tempest of derknessis is kept with outen ende.

¹⁴ But Y haue ayens thee a fewe thingis; for thou hast `there men holdinge the teching of Balaam, which tauyte Balaac for to sende sclaundre bifor the sones of Israel, to ete of sacrificis of ydols, and to do fornicacioun; ¹⁵ so also thou hast men holdinge the teching of Nycholaitis.

²⁰ But Y haue ayens thee a fewe thingis; for thou suffrist the womman Jesabel, which seith that sche is a prophetesse, to teche and disseyue my seruauntis, to do letcherie, and to ete of thingis offrid to idols. ²¹ And Y yaf to hir time, that sche schulde do penaunce, and sche wolde not do penaunce of hir fornycacioun. ²² And lo! Y sende hir in to a bed, and thei that doen letcherie with hir schulen be in moost tribulacioun, but thei don penaunce of hir werkis. ²³ And Y schal slee hir sones in to deth, and alle chirchis schulen wite, that Y am serchinge reynes and hertis; and Y schal yyue to ech man of you after hise werkis.

²⁰ And the beeste was cauyt, and with hir the false prophete, that made signes bifor hir; in whiche he disseyuede hem that token the carect of the beeste, and that worschipiden the ymage of it. These tweyne weren sent quyke in to the pool of fier, brennynge with brymstoon. ²¹ And the othere weren slayn of swerd of hym that sat on the hors, that cometh forth of the mouth of hym; and alle briddis weren fillid with the fleisch of hem.