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

The XII. Chapter.

[ A] THere were gathered together an in∣numerable multitude of people, in so moch that they trode one another: Then beganne he, and sayde first vnto his disciples: Bewarre of the leuen of the Pha∣rises, which is ypocrisye. * 1.1 But there is no∣thinge hyd, that shal not be discouered: ne∣ther secrete, that shal not be knowne. Ther∣fore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse, that same shal be herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers, shalbe preached vpon the house toppes.

But I saye vnto you my frendes: Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body, and af∣ter that haue no more that they can do.* 1.2 But I wil shewe you, whom ye shal feare. Feare him, which after he hath kylled, hath power also to cast in to hell: Yee I saye vn∣to you: Feare him. Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges? Yet is not one of them forgotten before God. The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred eue¦ry one. Feare not therfore, for ye are better then many sparowes.

* 1.3I saye vnto you: Who so euer knowle∣geth me before men, him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God: But he that denyeth me before men, shal be denyed before the angels of God. And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man,* 1.4 it shalbe forgeuen him: But who so blasphemeth the holy goost, it shal not be forgeuen him.

[ B] Whan they brynge you in to their syna∣goges,* 1.5 and to the rulers & officers, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal answere, or what ye shal speake: for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre, what ye ought to saye.

But one of the people sayde vnto him: Master, byd my brother deuyde the enheri∣taunce with me. Neuertheles he sayde vn∣to him: Man, who hath set me to be a iud∣ge or heretage parter ouer you? And he say∣de vnto them: Take hede, and bewarre of couetousnesse, for no man lyueth therof, that he hath abundaunce of goodes. And he tol∣de them a symilitude, and sayde: There was a riche man, whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously, and he thought in him∣self, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue no∣thinge wher into gather my frutes. And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes, & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares,* 1.6 take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole,* 1.7 this night shal they requyre thy sou∣le from the, * 1.8 and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared? Thus goeth it with him y^t gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.

But he sayde vnto his disciples? Therfo∣re [ C] I saye vnto you:* 1.9 Take ye no thought for youre life, what ye shal eate: nether for you∣re body, what ye shal put on. The life is mo¦re then meate, and the body more then ray∣mēt. Consydre the rauens, they nether sowe ner reape, they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne, and yet God fedeth them. But how moch better are ye then the foules?

Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubyte vnto his sta¦ture?* 1.10 Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least, why take ye thought for the other? Considre the lilies vpō the felde, how they growe: they laboure not, they spynne not. But I saye vnto you: that euen Salo∣men in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these. Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse, y^t is to daye in y^e felde, and tomorow shalbe cast into the fornace, how moch mo∣re shal he clothe you, o ye of litle faith? Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate, or what ye shal drynke, and clymme not vp an hye: The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges. But seke ye the kyngdome of God, and all these shal be mynistred vnto you.

Feare not thou litle flocke, for it is youre [ D] fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome.* 1.11 Sell that ye haue, and geue almesse. Make you bagges, which waxe not olde: euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen, whe∣re no thefe commeth,* 1.12 and no moth corrup∣peth: for where youre treasure is, there wil youre hert be also.

Let youre loynes be gerded aboute,* 1.13 and youre lightes burnynge, and be ye like vnto men that wayte for their lorde, agaynst he returne from the mariage, that whan he cō¦meth & knocketh, they maye straight waye open vnto him. Blessed are those seruaun∣tes, whom the LORDE (whan he cōmeth) shal fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you: * 1.14 He shal gyrde vp him self, and make them syt downe at the table, and shal go by them, and mynister vnto them. And yf he co¦me in the seconde watch, and in the thirde watch, and fynde them so, blessed are those seruauntes. But be sure of this,* 1.15 that yf the good man of the house knewe, what houre the thefe wolde come, he wolde surely watch,

and not suffre his house to be broken vp. Therfore be ye ready also, for at an houre whan ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.* 1.16

But Peter sayde vnto him: LORDE, tel∣lest [ E] thou this symilitude vnto vs, or to all men also? The LORDE sayde: How greate a thinge is a faithfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde setteth ouer his houszholde, to geue thē their dewtye in due season? Bles¦sed is that seruaunt, whom his lorde (whan he cōmeth) shal fynde so doynge.* 1.17 Verely I saye vnto you: he shal set him ouer all his goodes.* 1.18 But yf the same seruaūt shal saye in his hert: Tush, it wil be longe or my lorde come, and shal begynne to smyte y^e seruaun¦tes and maydens, yee & to eate and drynke, & to be dronkē: the same seruauntes lorde shal come in a daye whan he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not aware of, & shal hew him in peces, and geue him his re∣warde with the vnbeleuers.

* 1.19The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil and prepared not himself, nether dyd acor∣dinge to his will, shal be be••ten with many strypes: But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be bea∣ten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.

I am come to kyndle fyre vpō earth, and [ F] what wolde I rather, thē that it were kynd¦led allready. Notwithstōdinge I must first be baptised with a baptyme, and how am I payned tyll it be ended? Thynke ye, that I am come to brynge peace vpon earth?* 1.20 I tell you nay, but rather debate. For from hence forth there shal be at varyaūce in one house: thre agaynst two, and two agaynst thre. The father shal be deuyded agaynst y^e sonne, and the sonne agaynst the father: the mother agaynst the doughter, & the dough∣ter agaynst the mother: the mother in lawe agaynst hir doughter in lawe, and y^e dough∣ter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe.

And he sayde vnto the people: Whan ye se a cloude ryse out of y^e west,* 1.21 straight waye ye saye: there cōmeth a shower, and so it is: and whan ye se the southwynde blowe, ye saye: It wil be hote, and it commeth so to passe. O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fa¦shion of the skye and of the earth: Why can ye not discerne this tyme also? Yee and why iudge ye not of youre selues, what is right?

Whyle thou goest with thine aduersary vnto the Prynce, geue diligēce by the waye, that thou mayest be quyte of him, lest he brynge the before the iudge, and the iudge delyuer the to the iaylar, and the iaylar cast the in to preson. I tell the, thou shalt not co¦me out thence, tyll thou paye the vttemost myte.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ••at. 16. a ••arc. 8. a ••ap. 1. b ••at. 10. d ••arc. 4. b 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. b
• * 1.2

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 10. d 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••0. c
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 10 d ••••rc. ••. e 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 9 c 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••. a
• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 11. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 3. c
• * 1.5

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 10. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 13. b 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 21. b
• * 1.6

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••1. c
• * 1.7

  Iere. 17. ••
• * 1.8

  Psal. 38. ••
• * 1.9

  Psal. 54. Mat. 6. •• 1. Pet. 5. a
• * 1.10

  Mat. 6. ••
• * 1.11

  Deut 1. c and 20. a
• * 1.12

  Mat. 6. c and 19. c
• * 1.13

  Ephe. 6. •• 1. Pet. 1. c
• * 1.14

  Luc. 22. b
• * 1.15

  Mat. 24. d Marc. 13. d
• * 1.16

  ••at. 25. a
• * 1.17

  ••po. 16. c
• * 1.18

  Mat. ••4. d
• * 1.19

  ••aco. 4. b
• * 1.20

  Mat. 10. c Mich. 7. a
• * 1.21

  Mat. 1••. a