The XXII. Chapter.
[ A] THe feast of swete bred (which is cal∣led Easter) drue nye. And ye hye pres¦stes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death, and were afrayed of the people. But * 1.1 Satan was entred in to Iudas, named Iscarioth (which was of ye nombre of ye twolue) and he wēte his waye, and talked with the hye prestes and with ye officers, how he wolde betraye him vnto them. And they were glad, and promysed to geue him money. And he cōsented, & sought oportunite, yt he might betraye hī without eny rumoure.
* 1.2Then came ye daye of swete bred, wherin the Easter lambe must be offered. And he sent Peter and Ihon, and sayde: Go youre waye, prepare vs the Easter lambe, that we maye eate. But they sayde vnto him: Whe∣re wilt thou, that we prepare it? He saide vn¦to them: Beholde, whā ye come in to ye cite, there shal mete you a man, bearinge a pit∣cher of water, folowe him in to the house yt he entreth in, and saye vnto the good man of the house: The master sendeth ye worde: Where is ye gesthouse, wherin I maye eate the Easter lābe with my disciples? And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued. They wente their waye, and founde as he had sayde vnto them, and made ready the Easter lambe.
[ B] And whan the houre came, he sat him downe, and the twolue Apostles with him, and he sayde vnto them: I haue hertely de∣syred to ••ate this Easter lābe with you befo¦re I suffre. For I saye vnto you: that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof, tyll it be ful¦filled in the kyngdome of God.* 1.3 And he toke the cuppe, gaue thankes, and sayde: Take this and deuyde it amonge you. For I laye vnto you: I wil not drynke of the frute of ye vyne, vntyll the kyngdome of God come.
And he toke the bred, gaue thankes, and brake it, and gaue it them, and sayde: This is my body, * 1.4 which shalbe geuen for you. This do in the remembraunce of me. Like∣wyse also the cuppe, after they had supped, and sayde: This cuppe is the new Testa∣mēt in my bloude, which shalbe shed for you.
But lo,* 1.5 the hande of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table. And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth, as it is appoyn∣ted. But wo vnto that man, by whom he is betrayed. And they beganne to axe amonge them selues, which of them it shulde be, that shulde do that.
There rose a strife also amōge thē,* 1.6 which of them shulde be takē for the greatest. But he sayde vnto them: The kynges of ye worl∣de haue domynion ouer ye people, and they that beare rule ouer thē, are called gracious lordes. * 1.7 But ye shal not be so: But the grea¦test amonge you, shalbe as the yongest: and the chefest, as a seruaunt. For which is the greatest? he that sytteth at the table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at the table? * 1.8 But I am amōge you as a mynister. As for you, ye are they, that haue byddē wt me in my temptacions. And I wil appoyn∣te the kyngdome vnto you, euen as my fa∣ther hath appoynted me, that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, * 1.9 and syt vpon seates, and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel.
But the LORDE sayde: Simon Simon, [ C] beholde, Satan hath desyred after you, that he might siffte you euen as wheate: but I haue prayed for ye, that thy faith fayle not. And whan thou art cōuerted, strength thy brethren: But he sayde vnto him: LORDE,* 1.10 I am ready to go with the in to preson, and in to death. Neuertheles he sayde: Peter, I saye vnto the: The cock shal not crowe this daye, tyll thou haue thryse denyed, yt thou knewest me.
And he sayde vnto them: * 1.11 Whan I sent you without wallet, without scryppe, and without shues, lacked ye eny thinge? They sayde: No. Then sayde he vnto them: But now, he that hath a wallet, let him take it