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

The IX. Chapter.

ANd after sixe dayes Iesus toke vnto [ A] him Peter, Iames and Ihon,* 1.1 and brought them vp in to an hye moun∣tayne out of the waye alone, and was ttāsfi¦gured before them, and his clothes were bright and very whyte as y^e snowe, so why∣te as no fuller can make vpon earth. And there appeared vnto thē Elias with Mo∣ses, and they talked with Iesus. And Peter answered, and sayde vnto Iesus: Rabbi, he∣re is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles: one for the, one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he knewe not what he sayde, and they were very fearfull. And the∣re was a cloude, which ouershadowed thē. And out of the cloude there came a voyce,* 1.2 and sayde: This is my deare sonne, * 1.3 heare him. And immediatly they loked aboute them, and sawe noman more then Iesus onely with them.

But whan they wente downe from the mountayne, Iesus charged them,* 1.4 that they shulde tell no man what they had sene, tyll the sonne of man were rysen agayne from the deed.

And they kepte that sayenge by them, [ B] and axed one another: What is that rysinge agayne from the deed? And they axed him, and sayde: Why saye the scrybes then, that * 1.5 Elias must first come? He answered and sayde vnto them: Elias shal come first in dede, and brynge all thinges to right agay∣ne. The sonne of man also shal suffre many thinges, and be despysed, * 1.6 as it is wrytten. But I saye vnto you: Elias is come, and they haue done vnto him what they wol∣de, acordinge as it is wrytten of him?

And he came to his disciples, and sawe moch people aboute them,* 1.7 and the scrybes disputynge with them. And as soone as the people sawe, they were astonnyed, and ran∣ne vnto him, and saluted him. And he axed the scrybes: What dispute ye with them? And one of the people answered, and sayde: Master, I haue brought vnto the my son∣ne, which hath a domme sprete: and whan so euer he taketh him, he teareth him, and he fometh, and gnaszheth with the teth, and pyneth awaye, & I haue spoken to thy disci¦ples that they shulde cast him out, and they coude not.

He answered him, and sayde: O thou vn∣faithfull [ C] generacion, how longe shal I be with you? How longe shal I suffre you? Brynge hī hither to me. And they brought him vnto him. And as soone as the sprete sawe him, he tare him, and fell vpon the

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earth, and weltred and fomed. And he axed his father: How longe is it, sens this happe¦ned vnto him? He sayde: Of a childe, and oft tymes hath he cast him in to the fyre and water, to destroye him: but yf thou canst do eny thinge, haue mercy vpon vs, and helpe vs. Iesus sayde vnto him: Yf thou couldest beleue: All thinges are possible vnto him that beleueth. And immediatly the father of the childe cried with teares, and sayde: LORDE I beleue: O helpe thou myne vn∣beleue.

Now whan Iesus sawe that the people ranne to, he rebuked the foule sprete, and sayde vnto him: Thou domme and deaf spre¦te, I charge the, departe out of him, and en∣tre nomore in to him from hence forth. And he cried, and rent him sore, and departed. And he was as though he had bene deed, in so moch that many sayde: he is deed. But Iesus toke him by the hande, and set him vp. And he arose. And whan he came home, his disciples axed him secretly:* 1.8 Why coulde not we cast him out? And he sayde: This kynde cā go out by no meanes, but by pray∣er and fastynge.

[ D] And they departed thēce, and toke their iourney thorow Galile,* 1.9 and he wolde not that eny man shulde knowe of it. But he taught his disciples, and sayde vnto them: The sonne of mā shalbe delyuered in to the handes of men, and they shal put him to death: and whan he is put to death, he shal ryse ageyne the thirde daye. But they vn∣derstode not that worde, and were afrayed to axe him.

And he came to Capernaum. And whan he was at home,* 1.10 he axed them? What dispu¦ted ye amonge youre selues by y^e waye? But they helde their tūges: For they had dispu∣ted by the waye amonge them selues,* 1.11 who shulde be y^e greatest. And he sat downe, and called the twolue, and sayde vnto them: Yf eny man wyl be the first,* 1.12 the same shal be the last of all, and the seruaunt of all. And he toke a childe, and set him in the myddest of them, and toke him in his armes, and say¦de vnto them:* 1.13 Who so euer receaueth soch a childe in my name, receaueth me: and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth not me, but him that hath sent me.

Ihon answered him, and sayde: Master, we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name, but he foloweth not vs, and we forbad him because he foloweth vs not. But Iesus say¦de: Forbyd him not: for * 1.14 there is no mā that doth a myracle in my name, and can soone speake euell of me. For who so euer is not agaynst vs, the same is for vs. And whoso¦euer [ E] euer geueth you a cuppe of water to drynke in my name, because ye belonge vnto Christ,* 1.15 verely I saye vnto you: he shal not lose his rewarde.* 1.16 And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me, it were better for him, that a mylstone were hāged abou∣te his neck, and he cast in to the see.* 1.17 Yf thy hāde offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the to entre in to life lame, thē hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre, where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out.

Yf thy fote offende the, cut him of. Bet∣ter it is for the to entre into life crepell, thē hauynge two fete to be cast into hell in the fyre euerlastynge, where their worme dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. Yf thine eye offende the, cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to y^e kyngdome of God with one eye, then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell:* 1.18 where their wor∣me dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. For euery mā must be salted w^t fyre, & * 1.19 euery offerynge shalbe seasoned w^t salt.* 1.20 The salt is good: but yf y^e salt be vnsauery, wherwith all shal it be salted? Haue salt in you, & peace amonge yo selues one with another.

Notes

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  Mat. 17. a Luc. 9. d
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  Mat. 3. b Marc. 1. a Luc. 3. c
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  Deu 18
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  Mat. 17. ••
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  Mala. 3. ••
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  Esa. 53. Psal. 21. a
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  Mat. 17. •• Luc. 9. d
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  Mat. 17. c
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  Mat. 17. d Marc. 8. d ••nd 10. d ••uc. 18. d ••nd 9. c
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  Mat. 18. a
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  Marc. 10. e
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  Mat. 20. d
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  Luc. 9. e ••nd 10. b ••ohā. 13. c
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  1. Co. 12. a
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  Mat. •••• Luc. ••
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  Mat. 5. •• and ••••
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  Esa. •• Eze•• ••
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