The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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Oxford,: University press,
1850.
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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFZ9170.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.

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CAP. II.

[verse 1] And the thridde dai weddyngis weren maad in the Cane [Cana hi.] of Galilee; and the modir of Jhesu was there. [verse 2] And Jhesus was clepid, and hise disciplis, to the wed|dyngis. [verse 3] And whanne wijn failide, the modir of Jhesu seide to hym, Thei han not wijn. [verse 4] And Jhesus seith to hir, What to me and to thee, womman? myn our cam not ȝit. [verse 5] His modir seith to the mynystris, What euere thing he seie [seith IOR.] to ȝou, do ȝe. [verse 6] And there weren set `sixe stonun cannes [sixe stenes E.] , aftir the clensyng of the [Om. K pr. m. b pr. m.] Jewis, holdynge ech tweyne [two Ik.] ether [or E et P passim.] thre metretis [ether mesuris K marg.] . [verse 7] And Jhesus seith to hem, Fille ȝe the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth. [verse 8] And Jhe|sus seide to hem, Drawe ȝe now, and bere ȝe to the architriclyn. And thei baren. [verse 9] And whanne the architriclyn hadde tastid the watir maad wiyn, and wiste not wherof it was, but the mynystris wisten that drowen the watir, the architriclyn [verse 10] clepith the spouse, and seith to hym, Ech man settith first good wiyn, and whanne men [thai O.] ben fulfillid [fillid IKSaegα.] , thanne that that [at O. Om. S.] is [And Natanael k.]

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worse; but thou hast kept the [Om. CIKSgk.] good wiyn `in to [vnto Ca.] this tyme. [verse 11] Jhesus [And Jhesus IKg.] dide this the bigynnyng of signes in the Cane [Cana i.] of Galilee, and schewide his glorie; and hise disciplis bileueden in [in to CIKMRSXb sec. m. ghikβ.] hym. [verse 12] Aftir these thingis he cam doun to Cafarnaum, and his modir, and hise britheren, and hise disciplis; and thei dwelliden `there not [not there EIPR pr. m. Sg.] many daies. [verse 13] And the pask of Jewis was nyȝ, and Jhesus wente vp [Om. k pr. m.] to [in to O.] Jerusa|lem. [verse 14] And he foond in the temple men sillynge oxun, and scheep, and culueris, and chaungeris sittynge. [verse 15] And whanne he hadde maad as it were a scourge of smale cordis, he droof out alle of the temple, and oxun, and scheep; and he schedde the money of chaungeris, and turnede [he turned O.] vpsedoun the boordis. [verse 16] And he seide to hem that selden culueris, Take awei fro hennus these thingis, and nyle ȝe make the hous of my fadir an hous of marchaundise. [verse 17] And hise disciplis hadden mynde, for it was writun, The feruent loue of thin hous hath etun me. [verse 18] Therfor the Jewis answeriden, and seiden to hym, What token schewist thou to vs, that thou doist these thingis? [verse 19] Jhesus an|swerde, and seide to hem, Vndo ȝe this temple, and in thre daies Y schal reise it. [verse 20] Therfor the Jewis seiden to hym, In fourti and sixe ȝeer this temple was bildid, and schalt thou in thre daies reise it? [verse 21] But he seide of the temple of his bodi. [verse 22] Therfor whanne he was risun fro deeth, hise disciplis hadden mynde, that he seide these thingis of his bodi; and thei bileueden to the scripture, and to the word that Jhesus seide. [verse 23] And whanne Jhesus was at Jerusalem in [at c.] pask, in the feeste dai, many bileueden

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in his name, seynge his signes that he dide. [verse 24] But Jhesus trowide not hym silf [verse 25] to hem, for he knewe alle men; and for it was not nede to hym, that ony man schulde bere witnessyng [witnessinge of man IC sec. m. g.] , for he wiste, what was in man.

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