Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Gospell on the thyrd Sondaye after the ••as of the Epypha. The. viij. Cha. of Mathew. A

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WHen Iesus was come downe from the mountayn. moche people folowed hym & lo ther∣re came a Lepre and worshyp∣ped hym / sayenge / mayster / yf thou wylte thou canste make me clene / he put forth his hande and touched hym sayeng I wyl / be thou clene / & imme∣diatly his leprosy was clēsed / & iesus sayd vnto hym / se thou tell no man / but go and shew thy selfe to the preest / and offre the gyfre that Moy∣ses commaunded. in wytuesse to then whē Ies{us} was entred in to Capernaū / there came vnto hym a cer∣tayne Cēturion / besechyng hym / and sayeng / May∣ster / my seruaūte īyeth syche / at home of the palseye / and is greuously payned / and iesus sayd vnto hym. I wyll come and cure hym. The Cēturyon answe∣red and sayd. Syr I am nat worthy that thou shul∣dest come vnder the rofe of my house but speake the word only and my seruaunt shall be healede / for I also my selfe / am a man vnder power / and haue soul∣dyours vnder me / & I saye to one go / and he goeth / and to another come and he commeth and to my ser¦uaunt do this / and he doeth it. Uvhen Iesus herde that he meruaylede and sayde to them that folowed hym. Uerely I saye vnto you. I haue nat founde so greate fayth: no nat ī israel. I say therfore vnto you that many shall come from the est and west / and shal rest withe Abraham / Isaac and Iacobe / ī the kyng∣dome of heuen / and the chyldren of the kyngdome shal be caste out in to the vtter darknes / there shal be wepynge and gnass••yng of teeth. Then Iesus

sayde vnto the Centureō / go thy waye / and as thou haste byleuede / so be it to the / and hys seruaunt was healed the same houre.