The XVII. Chapter.
[ A] HE sayde vnto his disciples: It is vn∣possible that offences shulde not co∣me: but wo vnto him by whom they come: It were better for him, that amylsto∣ne were hanged aboute his neck, and he cast in to the see, then that he shulde offende one of these litle ones. Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him: and yf he amende, forgeue him. And though he synne agaynst the seuentymes in a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to ye agayne, and saye: It repenteth me, forgeue him.
And the Apostles sayde vnto ye LORDE: Increace oure faith. The LORDE sayde: Yf ye haue faith as a grayne of mustarde sede, and saye vnto this Molbery tre: Plucke thy self vp by the rotes, and plāte thy self in the see, it shalbe obediēt vnto you. Which of you is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or fedeth the catell) whā he commeth home from ye felde, that he wil saye vnto him: Go [ B] quyckly, and syt the downe to meate? Is it not thus? that he sayeth vnto him: Make ready, that I maye suppe, gyrde vp thyself, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also. Thanketh he the same seruaunt also, becau∣se he dyd that was commaunded him? I trowe not. So likewyse ye, whā ye haue do∣ne all that is cōmaunded you, saye: We are vnprofitable seruauntes, we haue done that we were bounde to do.
And it fortuned, whan he toke his iour∣ney towarde Ierusalem, he wente thorow the myddest of Samaria and Galile. And as he came in to a towne, there met him ten leporous men, which stode afarre of, and lift vp their voyce, and sayde: Iesu master, haue mercy vpon vs. And whan he sawe them, he sayde vnto thē: Go, and shewe youre selues vnto ye prestes. And it came to passe, as they wente, they were clensed. And one of them whā he sawe that he was clensed, he turned backe agayne, and praysed God with loude voyce, and fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes. And the same was a Samaritane. Iesus answered and saide: Are there not ten clensed? But where are those nyne? There were els none founde, that tur∣ned agayne, and gaue God the prayse, saue onely this straūger. And he sayde vnto him: Aryse, go thy waye, thy faith hath made ye whole.
But whan he was demaunded of ye Pha¦rises: [ C] Whan cōmeth the kyngdome of God? He answered them, and sayde: The kyngdo¦me of God commeth not with outwarde ap¦pearaunce, nether shal it be sayde: lo, here or there is it. For beholde, ye kyngdome of God is inwarde in you.
And he sayde to the disciples: The tyme shal come, whā ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man, and shal not se it. And they shal saye vnto you: Se here, Se there. Go not ye, nether folowe, for as the lighte∣nynge shyneth aboue from the heauen, and lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heauē, so shal the sonne of mā be in his daye. But first must he suffre many thinges, and be refused of this generacion.
And as it came to passe in the tyme of Noe, so shal it come to passe also in ye dayes of the sonne of man. They ate, they dranke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto ye daye that Noe wente in to the Arke, and ye floude came, and destroyed them all.
Likewyse also as it came to passe in the [ D] tyme of Lot, they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buyl∣ded. But euen the same daye that Lot wen¦te out of Sodom, it rayned fyre and brym∣stone from heauē, and destroyed them all. After this maner also shal it go, in the daye whan the sonne of man shal appeare.
In that daye, who so is vpō the rofe, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come dow∣ne to fetch it: Likewyse he that is in the fel∣de, let him not turne backe, for it that is be¦hynde him. Remēbre Lottes wife. Who so euer goeth aboute to saue his life, shal lose it: and who so euer shal lose it, shal saue it.
I saye vnto you: In yt night shal two