The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.1FOr the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vn¦to an houssholder / which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde. And he agreed w^t the labou∣rers for a peny a daye / & sent them into his vy¦neyarde. And he went out about the thyrde houre / & sawe other stonding ydell in the mar∣ket place / and sayd vnto them / go ye also into my vyneyarde: & whatsoever is right / I will geve you. And they went there waye. Agayne he wēt out about the * 1.2 sixte & nynthe houre / and dyd lyke wyse. And he went out abou∣te the eleventhe houre and founde other ston¦dynge ydell / & sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell? They sayde vnto hym: because noman hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde / and what so ever is right / that shall ye receave.

[ B] When even was come / the lorde of the vy∣neyarde sayde vnto hys steward: call the la∣bourers / and geve them their hyre / beginnyng at y^e laste / tyll thou come to y^e fyrste. And they whiche were hyred aboute the eleventhe hou∣re / came & receaved every man a peny. Then came y^e fyrst / supposyng y^t they shuld receave moare: & they like wyse receaved every man a peny. And when they had receaved it / they murmured agaynst the good man of the hous¦se saying: These laste have wrought but one houre / & thou hast made them equall vnto vs which have born y^e burthē & heet of the daye.

[ C] He answered to one of thē sayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddest thou not agre w^t

me for a pēny? Take that which is thy duty / and go thy waye. I will geve vnto this last / as moche as to the. Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thy∣ne eye evyll because I am good? Soo the laste shalbe fyrste / and the fyrste shalbe laste. * 1.3For many are called and feawe be chosen. ⊢

✚ [ C] * 1.4And Iesus ascended to Ierusalem / & to∣ke the .xii. disciples a parte in the waye / & say¦de to thē. Beholde we goo vp to Ierusalem / & the sonne of mā shalbe betrayed vnto y^e chefe prestes / & vnto the scribes / & they shall condē¦ne him to deeth / and shall delyvre him to the gētils / to be mocked / to be scourged / and to be crucified: & y^e thyrd daye he shall ryse agayne.

✚ * 1.5Then came to hym the mother of zebe∣des chyldren with her sonnes / worshippynge him / and desyringe a certayne thinge of him. And he sayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She sayde vnto him: Gravnte that these my two sonnes may sit / y^e one on thy right hond / & the other on y^e lifte hond in thy kyngdome.

Iesus answered & sayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe y^t I shall drynke of / & to be baptised w^t the bapty∣me that I shalbe baptised with? They answe¦red to him / that we are. And he sayd vnto thē: Ye shall drinke of my cvp / and shalbe bapti∣sed with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hond & on my lyft hond / is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. ⊢

[ D] And when the ten hearde this / they disday¦ned

at y^e two brethrē: * 1.6But Iesus called them vnto him & sayde: Ye knowe y^t the lordes of the gentyls have dominaciō over them. And they that are great / exercise power over thē. It shall not be so amōge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amōge you / let him be youre mi¦nister: & whosoever wilbe chefe / let him be you¦re servaūt / evē as the sonne of man came / not to be ministred vnto / but to minister / & to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many. ⊢

* 1.7And as they departed frō Hierico / moche people folowed him. And beholde two blinde men sittinge by y^e way syde / whē they hearde Iesus passe by / cryed sayinge: Thou Lorde y^e sonne of David have mercy on vs. And y^e peo¦ple rebuked them / be cause they shulde holde their peace. But they cryed y^e moare / sayinge: have mercy on vs thou Lorde which arte y^e son¦ne of David. Then Iesus stode styll / & called thē / & sayde: what will ye that I shulde do to you: They sayd to him: Lorde that oure eyes maye be opened. Iesus had cōpassion on thē / & touched their eyes. And immediatly their eyes receaved syght. And they folowed him.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. d Vyneyar¦de.
• * 1.2

  The Ie∣wes reken one, whē the sonne is vp an houre.
• * 1.3

  Last shal¦be fyrst. Manye called.
• * 1.4

  Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. f Mar. x. e. Luke. xviij. e. Passion.
• * 1.5

  Mar. x. e. Mother of zebe∣des chyl∣dren.
• * 1.6

  Mar. x. g Lu. xx. c. Greate.
• * 1.7

  Hiericho Mar. x. •• Luke .xviij. c. Two blinde