The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XVII.

2 Christ teacheth his disciples to auoid occasions of offēce. 3 One to forgiue another. 5 We oght to pray for the in∣crease of faith. 6 He magnifieth the Vertue of faith, 10 And sheweth the vnhabilitie of mā, 11 Healeth ten Iepers 20 Speaketh of the latter dayes, and of the end of the worlde.

1 THen said he to the disciples, * It can not be auoided, but that offences wil come, but wo (be) to him by whome they come.

2 It were better for him that a great milstone were hanged about his necke, and that he were cast into the sea, then that he shuldea offende one of these litle ones.

3 ¶ Take hede to your selues: if thy brother trespace against thee rebuke him: and if he repent, forgiue him.

4 * And thogh he sinne against theeb seuen ti∣mes in daye, and seuen times in a daye turne againe to thee, saying, It repenteth me, thou shalt forgiue him.

5 ¶ And the Apostles said vnto the Lorde, In∣crease our faith.

6 And the Lord said, * If ye had faith, (as much) as (is)c a graine of mustard sede, and shulde say vnto this mulbery tre,d plucke thy self vp by the rootes, and plante thy self in the sea, it shulde euen obey you.

7 ¶ Who is it also of you that hauing a seruant plowing or feding cattel, wolde saye vnto him by and by, when he were come from the field, Go, and sit downe at table?

8 And wolde not rather say to him,e Dresse where with I may suppe, and girde thy self, and serue me, til I haue eaten and droken, & afterwarde eat thou, and drinke thou?

9 Doeth he thanke that seruant, because he did that which was commaunded vnto him? I trowe not.

10 So likewise ye, when ye haue done all those things, which are commaunded you say, We aref vnprofitable seruants: we haue done that which was our duetie to do.

11 ¶ And so it was when he went to Ierusalem, that he passed through the middes of Sama∣ria and 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

12 And as he entred into a certeine towne, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stode a farre of.

13 And they lift vp their voyces and said, Iesus, Master, haue mercie on vs.

14 And when he sawe (them,) he said vnto thē, * Go, shewe your selues vnto theg Priests. And it came to passe, that as thei went, they were clensed.

15 Then one of them, when he sawe that he was healed, turned backe, and with a loude voyce praised God,

16 And fell downe on his face at his fete, and gaue him thankes: and he was a Samari∣tan.

17 And Iesus answered, and said, Are there not ten clensed? but where (are) theh nine?

18 There are none founde that returned to gi∣ue God praise, saue this stranger.

19 And he said vnto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hathe made thee whole.

20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Phari∣ses, when the kingdome of God shuld come he answered them, and said, The kingdome of God cometh noti with obseruacion.

21 Nether shal men say, Lo here, or lo there: for beholde the kingdome of God is“ k within you.

22 And he said vnto the disciples, The dayes wil come, when ye shal desire to sel one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shal not se it.

23 * Then they shal saye to you, Beholde here, or beholde there: (but) go not thither, nether folowe them.

24 For as the lightening that lighteneth out of the one (parte) vnder heauen, shineth vnto the other (part) vnder heauen, so shal the Sō∣ne of man be in hism daye.

25 But first must he suffer manie things, and be reproued of this generacion.

26 * And as it was in then dayes of Noe, so shal it be in the dayes of the Sonne of man.

27 They ate, they dranke, they maried wiues, and gaue in mariage vnto the daye that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28 * Like wise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they drāke, they boght, they solde they planted, they buylt.

29 But in the daye that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fyre and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.

30 After these (ensamples) shal it be in the daye when the Sonne of man shalbe reueiled.

31 At that daye he that is vpon theo house, and his stuffe in the house, let him not come downe to take it out: & he that is in the field like wise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.

32 * Remember Lots wife.

33 * Whosoeuer wil seke to saue his soule, shal lose it: and who soeuer shal lose it,p shal get it life.

34 * I tell you, in that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there shalbe two in oneq bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.

35 Two women shalbe grinding together: the one shalbe taken, and the other shalbe left.()

36 And they answered, and said to him, Whe∣re, Lord? And he said vnto them, * r Where∣soeuer the bodie (is) thither wil also the egles resorte.

Notes

• Mat. 18. 7.
• Mat. 9. 42.
• a

  That is, to tur∣ne him backe frō the knowledge of God, and his saluacion.
• Mat. 18. 21.
• b

  That is, manie times: for by a certeine nomber he meaneth an vncerteine.
• Mat. 17. 20.
• c

  That is, if thei had neuer so litle of pure and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 faith.
• d

  Meaning, thei shulde do won∣derful and incre dible things.
• e

  Hereby is decla red that it is not ynough to do a piece of our due∣tie for a time, but also we must con 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the end.
• f

  For God recei∣ueth nothing of vs, whereby he shulde stād boū∣de vnto vs.
• Leui 14. 2.
• g

  To whome 〈◊〉〈◊〉 did 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to iudge of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Leui. 14 2: and hereby al∣so the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 haue no oc casion to grudge or murmute.
• h

  He noteth here by their ingrati∣tude, & that the greatest parte ne glect the benefi∣tes of God.
• i

  It can not be de cerned by anie outwarde shew, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉, whereby 〈◊〉〈◊〉 might the rather be knowen.
• “

  Or, among you.
• k

  Ether by reasō of the worde of God, which is re∣ceiued by faith, or that the Mes∣sias whome 〈◊〉〈◊〉 soght, as absent, is now present, euē within their owne dores, and yet they knowe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not.
• l

  He speaketh of his first cōming into the worlde.
• Iohn 1. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• m

  Meaning his secōde comming wherein he shal appeare in glorie
• Mat. 24. 23.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 21.
• n

  When men cō∣temned the iud∣gement of God, where with they were before me∣naced.
• Gen. 7. 5. mat. 24. 38. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. pet. 3. 20.
• Gen. 19. 24.
• o

  We must forgee that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 we ha ue left behinde vs, to the end, that we may the better folowe our heauenlie vo cacion.
• Gen. 19. 26.
• Cha. 9 24 & 16. 25.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 39.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 8. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 12 35.
• p

  This 〈◊〉〈◊〉 death shal engen dre life euerla∣sting.
• Matt. 24. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• q

  He meaneth that no bande or coniunction is so strait that shulde stay vs.
• Mat. 24. 28.
• ()

  Two shalbe in the field: one shal 〈◊〉〈◊〉 receiued, and another shalbe left.
• r

  Nothing can hinder the faith∣ful to be ioyned to their head 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Christ: for thei shal gather vnto him, as the raue∣ning birdes about a 〈◊〉〈◊〉.