Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The VI. Chapter.

[ A] ANd he departed thence, and came in to his awne countre,* 1.1 and his disciples folowed him. And whā y^e Sabbath came, he begāne to teach in their synagoge. And many that herde it, marueled at his ler¦nynge, and sayde: From whēce hath he the∣se thinges? And what wyszdome is this, y^t is geuē him: & soch actes as are done by his handes? Is not this the Carpenter the son¦ne of Mary, and the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iude and Symon? Are not his sisters here with vs also? And they were offended at him. But Iesus saide vnto thē: A prophet is nowhere lesse set by,* 1.2 thē in his awne countre, & at home amonge his awne. And he coude not shew one miracle there, but layed his handes vpon a few sicke, and healed them. And he marueyled at their vn¦beleue.

And he wente aboute in the townes on euery syde, and taught them. And called the twolue, and begāne to sende them two and two, and gaue them power ouer the vnclea¦ne spretes. And commaunded thē, that they shulde take nothinge with them towarde their iourney, saue onely a rodde: no scrippe, no bred, no money in the gerdell, but shulde be shod with sandales, and that they shulde not put on two cotes. And he sayde vnto them: Where so euer ye shal entre in to an house, there abyde, tyll ye go thence. And [ B] who so euer wyll not receaue you, ner heare you,* 1.3 departe out from thence, and shake of the dust from youre fete, for a wytnesse vn∣to them. I saye vnto you verely: It shal be easyer for Sodome and Gomorra in the daye of iudgment,* 1.4 then for that cite.

* 1.5And they wēte forth, and preached, that men shulde amēde them selues, and they cast out many deuyls: and many that were sicke anoynted they with oyle, and healed thē.

And it came to kynge Herods eares (for his name was now knowne) and he sayde:* 1.6 Ihon the baptist is rysen agayne from the deed, and therfore are his dedes so mightie. But some sayde: It is Elias. Some sayde: It is a prophet, or one of y^e prophetes. But when Herode herde it, he sayde: It is Ihon whom I beheeded, he is rysen againe from the deed. This Herode had sent forth, and taken Ihon, and put him in preson, because of Herodias his brother Philippes wife, for he had maried her. Neuertheles Ihon say∣de vnto Herode * 1.7 It is not laufull for the to haue y^e brothers wife. But Herodias layed wayte for him, and wolde haue slayne him, and coude not. Notwithstōdinge Herode feared Ihō, for he knew that he was a iust and holy man: and he kepte him, and herke∣ned vnto him in many thinges, and herde him gladly.

And there came a conuenient daye, that [ C] Herode on his byrth daye made a supper to the lordes,* 1.8 captaynes and chefe estates of Galile. Then the daughter of Herodias ca∣me in, and daunsed, and pleased Herode, and them that sat at the table. Then sayde the kynge vnto y^e damsel: Axe of me what thou wilt, I wil geue it the. And he sware vnto her: What soeuer thou shalt axe of me, I wil geue it the, euen vnto y^e one half of my kyng¦dome. She wente forth, and sayde vnto hir mother: what shal I axe? She sayde: Ihon baptistes heade. And immediatly she wēte in to the kinge with haist, and sayde: I will that thou geue me straight waye in a plat∣ter the heed of Ihon the baptist. Then the kynge was sory: Yet for the oothes sake and thē that sat at the table, he wolde not saye her nay.

And immediatly he sent the hangman, [ D] and commaunded his heade to be brought in. So he wēte, and heeded him in the preson, and brought his heade in a platter, and ga¦ue it vnto the damsell, and the damsell gaue it vnto hir mother. And whan his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 herde that, they came and toke his body, & layed it in a graue.

And the Apostles came together vnto Iesus, and tolde hī all,* 1.9 and what they had done and taught. And he sayde vnto them: Let vs go out of the waye in to the wylder∣nes, and rest a litle. For there were many cō∣mers and goers, and they had not tyme ynough to eate. And there he passed by ship¦pe out of y^e waye in to a deserte place. And the people sawe thē departynge awaye, and many knewe of it, & ranne thither together of fote out of all cities, & came before thē, & came vnto him. And Iesus wente out,* 1.10 and sawe moch people, and had cōpassion vpon them: for they were * 1.11 as the shepe, that haue no shepherde, and he begāne a lōge sermon.

Now whan the daye was farre past, his disciples came vnto him, and sayde: This is

a deserte place,* 1.12 let them departe, that they maye go in to the vyllagies and townes rounde aboute, and bye themselues bred, for they haue nothinge to eate. But Iesus an∣swered and sayde vnto them: geue ye them to eate.

[ E] And they sayde vnto him: Shal we go then, and bye two hundreth peny worth of bred, and geue them to eate? He sayde vnto them:* 1.13 How many loaues haue ye? Go and se. And when they had searched, they sayde: Fyue, and two fiszhes. And he commaunded them all to syt downe by table fulles vpon the grene grasse. And they sat downe here arowe and there arowe by hundreds and by fifties. And he toke the fyue loaues and two fiszhes, and loked vp vnto heauen, and gaue thankes, and brake the loaues, and ga¦ue to the disciples, to set before them. And the two fiszhes parted he amonge them all. And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they toke vp twolue baskettes full of y^e bro∣ken peces and of the fiszhes. And they that ate, were aboute fyue thousande men. And anone he caused his disciples to go in to the shippe,* 1.14 and to passe ouer before him vnto Bethsaida, whyle he sent awaye the people. And at euen was the shippe in the myddest of the see, and he alone vpon the londe. And he sawe that they were in parell with rowynge, for the wynde was agaynst them.

[ F] And aboute the fourth watch of y^e night he came vnto them, and walked vpon the see, and wolde haue gone ouer by thē. And whan they sawe him walkinge vpon the see, they thought it had bene asprete, and cried out, for they sawe him all, and were afrayed. But immediatly he talked with them, and sayde vnto them: Be of good comforte, it is I,* 1.15 be not afrayed. And he wēte vnto them in to the shippe, and the wynde ceassed. And they were astonnyed, and marueled ex∣ceadingly: for they had forgotten the * 1.16 loa∣ues, and their hert was blynded.

And whan they were passed ouer, they ca¦me in to lande of Genezareth, and drue vp in to the hauen. And whan thy were come out of the shippe, immediatly they knewe him, and ranne thorow out all the region aboute, and beganne on euery syde to bryn∣ge vnto him in beddes soch as were sicke, where they herde that he was. And whi∣ther so euer he entred in to townes, cities or vyllagies, there layed they the sicke in the market place, and prayed him, that they might but touch the hemme of his gar∣ment. And as many as touched him, were made whole.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mat. 13. a Luc. 4. b
• * 1.2

  Mat. 13. g Luc. 4. c Iohā. 4. c
• * 1.3

  Mat. 10. b Luc. 9. a
• * 1.4

  Mat. 11. d Luc. 10. a
• * 1.5

  Mat. 10. a
• * 1.6

  Mat. 14. a Luc. 9. a
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• * 1.8

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• * 1.9

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• * 1.10

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• * 1.11

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• * 1.12

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 14. b
• * 1.13

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 8. a
• * 1.14

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••4. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 6. b
• * 1.15

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 14. d
• * 1.16

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 6. e