The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ He excuseth the disciples that plucke the eares of corne. he healeth the man with the wethered bande, choseth his twelue Apostles, maketh a ••w•••••• sermon, and ••eacheth to do good for euyll.

CAPI. VI.

IT happened on ☞ an after pryncypall [unspec A] Sabboth, that he went thorow the corne felde, and his discyples plucked the eares of corne, and dyd eate, and rubbed them in theyr handes. And certayne of the Pharises sayde vnto them: Why do ye that, whiche is not lawfull to do on the Sabboth dayes? And Iesus answered them, and sayd: Haue ye not red what Dauid dyd, whē he hym selfe was an hungred, and they whiche were with hym: how he went into the house of god, and dyd take and eate the shewe breade, & gaue also to them that were with hym: whiche are not lawfull to eate, but forthe Preestes only? And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is Lorde also of the Sabboth daye.

✚ And it fortuned in another Sabboth also / that he entred into the Synagoge, and [unspec B] taught. And there was a man / whose ryght hande was dryed vp. And the Scrybes and Pharyses watched hym whyther he wolde heale on the Sabboth daye, that they might fynde how to accuse hym. But he knew theyr thoughtes, and sayde to the man whiche had the wethered hande: Ryse vp, and stand forth in the myddes. And he arose and stode forth.

Then sayde Iesus vnto them: I wyll aske you a questyon: Whyther is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good, or to do euyll? To saue ones lyfe, or to destroye it? And be∣helde them all in compasse, and sayde vnto the man: Stretche forth thyn hande. And he dyd so: and his hand was restored agayne as hoole as the other. And they were fylled with madnesse / & cōmuned togyther among them selues, what they myght do to Iesu. ⊢

And it fortuned in those dayes, that he went out in to a mountayne for to pray, and [unspec C] contynued all nyght in prayer to God.

And as soone as it was daye, he called his dyscyples / and of them he chose twelue / whome also he called Apostles. Simon whom he also named Peter, and Andrewe his bro∣ther. Iames and Iohn̄, Philip and Bartel∣mewe, Mathewe and Thomas: Iames the sonne of Alpheus / and Symon which is cal¦led Zelotes / and Iudas Iames sonne, and Iudas Iscarioth, the same that was the tray¦toure. ✚ And he came downe with them, and stode in the playne felde / and the companye of his discyples, and a greate multytude of people (out of all Iurye and Ierusalem, and from the see cooste of Tyre and Sydon) whiche came to heare hym / and to be healed of theyr dyseases, and they that were vexed with foule spirytes and they were healed. And all the people preased to touche hym for there went vertue out of hym, and healed them all.

And he lyfte vp his eyes vpon the discy∣ples, [unspec D] and sayde: Blessed be ☞ ye poore: for yours is the kyngdome of God. Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shall be satisfyed Blessed are ye that wepe nowe: for ye shall laugh. Blessed shal ye be, whē men hate you, and thrust you out of theyr companye, and rayle on you, and abhorre youre name as an euyll thynge, for the sonne of mannes sake. Reioyse ye in that daye / and be glad: for be∣holde, your rewarde is great in heuen. ⊢

For thus dyd theyr fathers vnto the Pro∣phettes. But ☞ wo vnto you that are riche: for ye haue your consolacyon. Wo vnto you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo vnto you that nowe laugh: for ye shall wayle and wepe. Wo vnto you whē all men prayse you: for so dyd theyr fathers to the false prophett{is}

But I saye vnto you whiche heare: Loue youre enemyes. Do good to them which hate you. Blesse them that curse you: and pray for them whiche wrongfullye trouble you. And vnto hym that smyteth the on the one cheke / offer also the other.

And hym that taketh awaye thy gowne / forbyd not to take thy coote also. Gyue to [unspec E] euery man that asketh of the. And of hym that taketh awaye thy goodes, aske them not agayne. And as ye wolde that men shulde do to you, do ye also to them lyke wyse. And yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also loue theyr louers. And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For syn∣ners also do euen the same. And yf ye lende to them of whome ye hope to receyue: what thanke haue ye? for synners also lende to syn∣ners, to receyue soche lyke agayne. But loue ye youre enemyes / and do good / and lende / lokynge for nothynge agayne: and youre re∣warde shall be great, and ye shall be the chyl∣dren of the hyghest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll.

✚ Be ye therfore mercyfull, as youre fa∣ther [unspec F] also is mercyfull. Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged. Condempne not: and ye shall not be condempned. Forgyue, and ye shall be forgyuen. Gyue, and it shall be gy∣uen vnto you: good measure & pressed downe, and shaken togyther and rūnynge ouer, shal men gyue in to youre bosoms. For with the same measure that ye mete withall shall other men mete to you agayne.

And he put forth a similytude vnto them: Can the blynde leade the blynde? Do they not bothe fall in to the dytche? The disciple is not aboue his mayster. Euery man shalbe perfyte, euen as his mayster is. Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye / but consy∣derest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye? Eyther howe cannest thou say to thy bro¦ther: Brother, let me pull out the moote that is in thyne eye, whē thou seest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye. Thou ypocryte / caste out that beame out of thyne owne eye fyrste, and then shalt thou se perfytly, to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye. ⊢

For it is not a good tree, that bryngeth [unspec G] forth euyll fruyte: neyther is that an euyl tre, that bryngeth forth good fruyte.

For euery tree is knowen by his fruyte. For of thorn{is} do not men gather fygges / nor of busshes gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his herte / bryn∣geth forth that whiche is good. And an euyll man, oute of the euyll treasure of his herte bryngeth forth that whiche is euyll. For of the aboundance of the herte, his mouth spea∣keth. Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you: whosoeuer cōmeth to me and heareth my sayeng{is}, and doth the same / I wyll shewe you to whome he is lyke. He is lyke a man whiche buylte an house, and dygged depe, and layde the foundacion on a rocke. When the waters arose, the floode bet vpon that house, and coulde not moue it. For it was grounded vpon a rocke. But he that heareth and doth not, is lyke a man that without foundacyon buylte an house vpon the earth, agaynst whiche the floode dyd beate: and it fell im∣mediatly. And the fall of that house was greate.

Notes

• Math. 〈…〉〈…〉 Mark. ••••
• i. Rig. xx. ••
• i. Reg. xxi. ••
• Exod. xxv ••
• Mat. xii. ••. Mark. ••••••••
• 3 Reg. xiii •• Mat xii. ••. Mat. ••ii. ••.
• Mat. xiiii. ••
• Math. x. a. Mark. iii b
• Mat. iiii. d. Mark. iii. a
• Mat. iiii. d 〈…〉〈…〉 vi. a.
• Math. v. a
• ••••os. vi. a
• Math. v. ••••••
• Mat. vii. b Eccles. 32. b Tobi. iiii. c
• Mark: v. ••
• Math vii a
• Proue. xi. d
• Mat. vii ••. Mat. iiii. c.
• Mat. xv. ••.
• Math. •• c Iohn̄. xiii. d
• Math. vii. ••
• Math. xii. ••
• Math. xii. ••. Psal. xi. ••
• Math. vii. b and. xxv. ••.
• Mat. vii. d. Iames. ••. ••.