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 Gospell of S. Marke. (Book Mark)

¶ The fyrste Chapter. ✚

[illustration]

[ A] * 1.1THe beginnynge of the Gospell of Ie¦su Christ the sonne of God / as yt is wrytten in the Prophetes: * 1.2beholde I sende my messenger before thy face / which shall prepa¦red thy waye before y^e. * 1.3The voyce of a cryer in the wil∣dernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lorde / make his pathes streyght.

* 1.4Iohn dyd baptise in the wyldernes / & pre∣che the baptyme of repentaūce / for the remis∣sion of synnes. And all the londe of Iurie & they of Ierusalem / went out vnto him / & were all baptised of him in the ryver Iordan / con∣fessynge their synnes.

* 1.5Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer / & with a gerdyll of a skyn about hys loynes. And he dyd eate locustes & wylde hony / and preached sayinge: a stronger then I commeth after me / whose shue latchet I am not wor∣thy to stoupe doune and vnlose. I have bapti¦sed you with water: but he shall baptise you with the holy goost. ⊢

[ B] * 1.6And yt came to passe in those dayes / that Iesus cam from Nazareth / a cyte of Galile: & was baptised of Iohn in Iordan. And assone as he was come out of the water / Iohn sa∣we heaven open / and the holy goost descen∣dinge vpon him / lyke a dove. And ther came

a voyce from heaven: Thou arte my dere sonne in whom I delyte.

* 1.7And immediatly the sprete drave him into wildernes: and he was there in the wildernes xl / dayes / and was tempted of Satan / & was with wilde beestes. And the aungels mini∣stred vnto him.

* 1.8After Iohn was taken / Iesus came in to Galile / preachinge the gospell of the kyngdo¦me of God / and sayinge: the tyme is come / & the kyngdome of God is at honde / repent and beleve the gospell.

* 1.9As he walked by the see of Galile / he sawe Simon & Andrew his brother / castinge nett{is} in to y^e see / for they were fysshers. And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me / and I will make you fisshers of men. And strayght waye / they forsoke their nettes / and folowed him.

* 1.10And when he had gone a lytell further thence / he sawe Iames the sonne of zebede / & Iohn his brother / even as they were in the shyppe mendinge their nettes. And anōne he called them. And they leeft their father zebe∣de in the shippe with his hyred servauntes / and went their waye after him.

[ C] * 1.11And they entred in to Capernaū: & streight waye on y^e Saboth dayes / he entred in to y^e sy¦nagoge & taught. And they merveled at his learninge. For he taught them as one that had power with him / & not as the Scribes.

* 1.12And there was in their synagoge a mā ve∣xed w^t an vnclene spirite / y^t cried sayinge: let be: what have we to do with the thou Iesus

of Nazareth? Arte thou come to destroye vs? I knowe the what thou arte / euē that holy of god. And Iesus rebuked him sayinge: hoolde thy peace & come out of him. And y^e vnclene spirite tare him / & cryed with a loude voyce / & came out of him. And they were all amased / in so moche that they demaunded one of ano¦ther amōge them selves saying: what thinge is this? what newe doctryne is this? For he cōmaundeth the foule spirites with power / & they obeye him. And immediatly his fame spreed abroade throughoute all the region borderinge on Galile.

* 1.13And forth with / assone as they were come out of the synagoge / they entred in to y^e housse of Symon and Andrew / with Iames & Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe lay sicke of a fever. And anone they tolde him of her. And he came and toke her by the honde and lifte her vp: and the fever sorsoke hir by and by: & she ministred vnto them.

[ D] And at even when the sunne was downe / they brought to him all that were diseased / & them that were possessed with devyls. And all the cite gaddred to gedder at the dore / & he healed many y^t were sicke of divers deseases. And he cast out many devyls / and suffred not y^e devyls to speake / because they knewe him.

And in the morninge very erly / Iesus aro¦se and went out in to a solitary place / & there prayed. And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him. And when they had founde him / they sayde vnto him: all men se∣ke

for the. And he sayd vnto them: let vs go in to the next tounes / that I maye preache there also: for truly I cam out for that purpo¦se. And he preached in their synagog{is} / throu∣ghout all Galile / and cast the devyls out.

* 1.14And there came a leper to him / besechinge him / & kneled doune vnto him / & sayde to him: yf thou wilt / thou cānest make me clene. And Iesus had cōpassion on him / & put forth his honde / touched him / & sayde to him: I will be thou clene. And assone as he had spokē / imme¦diatly y^e leprosy departed frō him / & was clen¦sed. And he charged him / & sent him awaye forthwith & sayd vnto him: Se thou saye no¦thinge to any man: but get the hence & shewe thy silfe to y^e preste / & offer for thy clensinge / those thing{is} which Moses cōmaunded / for a testimoniall vnto them. But he (assone as he was departed) beganne to tell many thing{is} / & to publyshe the dede: in so moche that Iesus coulde no more opēly entre in to the cite / but was with out in desert places. And they came to him frō every quarter.

¶ The .ii. Chapt.

[ A] * 1.15AFter a feawe dayes / he entred into Ca¦pernaum agayne / & it was noysed that he was in a housse. And anone many gadered to geder / in so moche that now there was no roume to receave them: no / not so mo¦che as about the dore. And he preached the worde vnto them. And there came vnto him that brought one sicke of the palsie / borne of fower men. And because they coulde not co∣me nye vnto him for preace / they vncovered y^e

rofe of the housse where he was. And when they had broken it opē / they let doune y^e beed where in y^e sicke of the palsie laye. When Ie¦sus sawe their fayth / he sayde to the sicke of the palsie / sonne thy sinnes are forgeven the.

[ B] And ther were certayne of y^e scrib{is} sittinge there / & reasoninge in their hert{is}: how doeth this felowe so blaspheme? Who can forgeve synnes / but God only? And immediatly whē Iesus perceaved in his sprete / y^t they so rea∣soned in thē selves / he sayde vnto them: why thynke ye soche thing{is} in youre hert{is}? Whe¦ther is it easyer to saye to y^e sicke of y^e palsie / thy synnes are forgeven the: or to saye / aryse take vp thy beed / and walke? That ye maye knowe y^t the sonne of man hath power in erth to * 1.16 forgeve synnes / he spake vnto y^e sicke of the palsie: I saye vnto y^e / aryse & take vp thy beed / & get y^e hense in to thyne awne housse. And by and by he arose / toke vp the beed / and went forth before them all: in so moche that they were all amased / and glorified God say∣inge: we never sawe it on this fassion.

[ C] * 1.17And he went agayne vnto the see / and all the people resorted vnto him / & he taught thē. And as Iesus passed by / he sawe Levy y^e son∣ne of Alphey syt at the receyte of custome / & sayde vnto him: folowe me. And he arose & fo¦lowed him. And it came to passe / as Iesus sa¦te at meate in his housse / many publicans & synners sate at meate also with Iesus & his disciples. For there were many that folowed him. And when the Scribes & Pharises sa∣we

him eate with publicās and synners* 1.18 / they sayde vnto his disciples: how is it / that he ea∣teth & drynketh with publicās and synners? When Iesus hearde y^t / he sayde vnto them. The whole have no nede of the phisiciō / but the sicke. I came not to call the rightwise / but the synners to repentaunce.

* 1.19And the disciples of Iohn & the Pharises dyd faste: & therfore came & sayde vnto him. Why do y^e disciples of Iohn & of the Phari∣ses faste / & thy disciples fast not. And Iesus sayde vnto them: can the chyldren of a wed∣dinge faste / while the brydgrome is w^t them. As longe as they have the brydgrome with them / they cannot faste. But the dayes will come when the brydgrome shalbe taken from them & then shall they faste in those dayes.

[ D] * 1.20Also no mā soweth a pece of newe cloth vn¦to an olde garmēt / for then taketh he awaye y^e newe pece frō the olde / & so is the rent worsse.

In lyke wyse / no man poureth newe wyne in to olde vessels: for yf he do / the newe wyne breaketh the vessels / and the wyne runneth out / and the vessels are marred. But new wy∣ne must be poured in to new vessels.

* 1.21And it chaunsed that he wēt thorow / y^e cor¦ne feldes on the Saboth daye: and his disci∣ples as they went on their waye / beganne to plucke the eares of corne. And the Pharises sayde vnto him: beholde / why do they on the Saboth dayes y^t which is not laufull? And he sayde to them: have ye never rede what Da¦uid dyd / when he had nede / & was anhōgred /

bothe he & they that were with him? How he went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar y^e hye preste / & dyd eate y^e halowed lo¦ves / which is not laufull to eate / but for y^e pre¦stes only: & gave also to thē which were with him? And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man / and not man for the Sa∣both daye. Wherfore the sonne of man is Lor¦de evē of the Saboth daye.

¶ The .iii. Cha. ✚

[ A] * 1.22ANd he entred agayne into y^e synagoge / & there was a man there which had a widdred honde. And they watched him to se / whether he wolde heale him on the Sa∣both daye / y^t they might accuse him. And he sayde vnto y^e man which had y^e wyddred hon¦de: arise & stonde in y^e middes. And he sayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on y^e Saboth dayes / or an evyll? to save life or kyll? But they helde their peace. And he lo∣ked round aboute on them angerly / mourny∣ge on the blindnes of their hertes / and say∣de to the man: stretch forth thyne honde. And he stretched it oute. And his honde was re∣stored / even as whole as the other. ⊢

And y^e Pharises departed / & streyght waye gaddred a counsell with thē that belonged to Herode agaynst him / y^t they might destroye him. And Iesus auoyded w^t his disciples to y^e sea. And a greate multitude folowed him frō Galile & frō Iurie / & frō Hierusalem / & frō Idumea / & frō beyonde Iordane: & they y^t dwelled about Tyre & Sidon / a greate mul∣titude: which whē they had herde what thin∣ges

he dyd / came vnto him.

[ B] And he cōmaunded his disciples / y^t a ship∣pe shuld wayte on him / because of the people / leste they shuld throūge him. For he had hea¦led many / in somoche that they preased apon him / for to touche him / as many as had pla∣ges. And when the vnclene sprit{is} sawe him / they fell doune before him / & cryed sayinge: thou arte the sonne of God. And he straygtly charged them that they shuld not vtter him.

* 1.23And he wēt vp into a mountayne / & called vnto him whom he wolde / & they came vnto him. And he ordeyned y^e .xii. that they shuld be w^t him / & that he myght sende thē to prea∣che: and that they might have power to heale syknesses / & to cast out devyls. And he gave vnto Simon / to name Peter. And he called Ia¦mes the sonne of zebede & Iohn Iames bro∣ther / & [ C] gave them Bonarges to name / which is to saye the sonnes of thounder. And An∣drew / & Philip / & Bartlemew / & Mathew / & Thomas / & Iames the sonne of Alphey / and Taddeus / & Symon of Cane / & Iudas Isca∣rioth / which same also betrayed him.

* 1.24And they came vnto housse / & the people assembled togedder agayne / so greatly that they had not leesar so moche as to eate breed. And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it / they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beside him selfe. And y^e Scribes which came frō Ierusalem / sayde: he hath Belzebub / & by y^e power of the chefe de∣vyll / casteth out devyls. And he called them

vnto him / & sayde vnto them in similitudes.

How can Satan drive out Satan: For yf a realme be devided ageynste it silfe / that real∣me cannot endure. Or yf a housse be devided agaynste it silfe / that housse cannot continue: So yf Satā make insurreccion agaynste him silfe and be devided / he cannot continue: but is at an ende. No man can entre into a stron∣ge mans housse / & take awaye hys gooddes / excepte he fyrst bynde that stronge man / and then spoyle hys housse.

[ D] * 1.25Verely I saye vnto you / all synnes shalbe forgeven vnto mens chyldren & blasphemy wherwith they blaspheme. But he that blas∣phemeth y^e holy goost / shall never have forge¦venes: but is in daūger of eternall dāpnacion: because they sayde / he had an vnclene sprete.

* 1.26Then came his mother & his brethrē / & sto¦de with out / & sent vnto him and called him. And the people sate aboute hym / & sayde vn∣to him: beholde thy mother & thy brethrē se∣ke for the with out. And he answered them sayinge: who is my mother and my brethrē. And he loked rounde about on his disciples which sate in compasse about hym / & sayde: beholde my mother & my brethren. For who¦soever doeth y^e will of God / he is my brother my syster and mother.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

[ A] * 1.27ANd he began agayne to teache by the see syde. And there gadered to gedder vnto him moche people / so greatly y^t he entred into a ship / and sate in the see / & all

the people was by the see side on the shoore.* 1.28 And he taught them many thynges in simi∣litudes / and sayde vnto them in his doctrine: Herken to. Beholde / There wēt out a sower to sowe. And it fortuned as he sowed / that some fell by the waye syde / and the fowles of the ayre came and devoured it vp. Some fell on stony grounde / where it had not mo¦che erth: and by and by sprange vp / because it had not deepth of erth: but assone as the sun∣ne was vp it caught heet / and because it had not rotynge / wyddred awaye.

And some fell amonge the thornes / and the thornes grewe vp and choked it / so that it gave no frute. And some fell vpon good grounde and dyd yelde frute that sprōge and grewe / and brought forthe: some thirty folde / some sixtie folde and some an hundred fol∣de. And he sayde vnto them: he that hath ea∣res to heare / let him heare. ⊢

[ B] * 1.29And when he was alone / they y^t were abou¦te him with y^e .xii. axed him of y^e similitude. And he sayde vnto thē. To you it is gevē to knowe the mistery of the kyngdome of God. But vnto them that are w^t out / shall all thin¦ges be done in similitudes:* 1.30 y^t when they se / they shall se / & not discerne: & when they hea∣re they shall heare / & not vnderstonde: leste at any tyme they shulde tourne / & their synnes shuld be forgevē thē. And he sayde vnto thē: Perceave ye not this similitude? how then shulde ye vnderstonde all other similitudes?

The sower soweth y^e worde. And they that

are by the wayes syde / where the worde is so∣wen / are they to whom assone as they have herde it / Sathā cometh immediatly / & takith awaye the worde that was sowē in their her¦tes. And likewise they that are sowen on the stonye groūde / are they: which when they ha∣ve harde the worde / at once receave it w^t glad∣nes / yet have no rotes in them selves / & so en¦dure but a tyme: & anone as trouble & persecu¦cion aryseth for y^e wordes sake / they fall im∣mediatly. And they that are sowē amōge the thornes / are soche as heare y^e worde: and y^e ca∣r{is} of this worlde & y^e disseytfulnes of ryches & the lustes of other thing{is} / entre in & chooc∣ke y^e worde / & it is made vnfrutfull. And tho∣se that weare sowē in good grounde / are they that heare the worde and receave it / and brin∣ge forth frute / some thirty folde / some sixty folde / some an hundred folde.

[ C] * 1.31And he sayde vnto them: is y^e candle ligh∣ted / to be put vnder a busshell / or vnder y^e ta∣ble / & not rather to be put on a cādelstick? For there is nothinge so prevy / that shall not be opened: nether so secreet / but that it shall co∣me abroade. Yf eny man have eares to heare / let him heare. * 1.32And he sayde vnto them: take hede what ye heare. With what measure ye mete / with the same shall it be measured vnto you agayne. And vnto you that heare shall more be gevē. * 1.33 For vnto him y^t hath / shall it be geven: and from him that hath not / shalbe taken awaye / even that he hath.

And he sayde: so is the kyngdome of God /

even as yf a man shuld sowe seede in y^e groū¦de / & shulde slepe & ryse vp night & daye: and the seede shuld springe & growe vp / he not wa¦re. For y^e erth bringeth forthe frute of her sil¦fe: fyrst the blade / then the eares / after that full corne in the eares. And as sone as the fru¦te is brought forth / anōne he throusteth in y^e sykell / because the hervest is come.

* 1.34And he sayde: where vnto shall we lykē the kyngdome of God? or with what cōpareson shall we cōpare it? It is lyke a grayne of mu∣stard seed / which when it is sowē in the erth / is the leest of all seedes that be in the erth: but after that it is sowen / it groweth vp / and is greatest of all yerbes: & bereth greate braū∣ches / so that y^e fowles of the ayre maye dwell vnder the shadowe of it.

[ D] And with many soche similitud{is} he prea∣ched the worde vnto thē / after as they myght heare it. And without similitude spake he no thinge vnto them. But when they were apar¦te / he expounded all thinges to his disciples. * 1.35And the same daye when even was come / he sayde vnto them: let vs passe over vnto the other syde. And they lefte the people / & toke him even as he was in the shyp. And ther we¦re also with him other shippes.

* 1.36And ther arose a great storme of wynde / & dasshed y^e waves into the ship / so that it was full. And he was in the sterne aslepe on a pe∣lowe. And they awoke him / & sayde to him: Master / carest thou not y^t we perisshe? And he rose vp / & rebuked the wynde / & sayde vnto

the see: peace & be still. And the winde alayed / and ther folowed a greate calme. And he say∣de vnto them: why are ye so fearfull? How is it that ye have no fayth? And they feared ex∣cedingly / & sayde one to another: what felo∣we is this? For booth winde & see obey him.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.37ANd they cam over to the other syde of y^e see in to the coūtre of y^e Gaderenites. And when he was come out of y^e ship∣pe / there met him out of the graves a man possessyd of an vncleane sprete / which had his abydinge amōge the graves. And no man coulde bynde him: no not with cheynes / becau¦se that when he was often bounde w^t fetters & chaynes / he plucked y^e chaynes asundre / & brake the fetters in peac{is}. Nether coulde eny man tame him. And alwayes bothe nyght & daye / he cryed in y^e moūtaynes & in y^e graves / & bet him silfe w^t stones. When he had spied Iesus afarre of / he rāne & worshipped him / & cryed w^t a lowde voyce & sayde: what have I to do w^t the Iesus y^e sonne of the moost hyest God? I requyre y^e in the name of God y^t thou tormēt me not. For he had sayd vnto hym: co¦me out of the man thou fowle sprete. And he axed him: what is thy name? And he answe∣red sayinge: my name is Legion / for we are ma¦ny.* 1.38 And he prayd him instantly / that he wol∣de not sende thē awaye out of the countre.

[ B] * 1.39And ther was there nye vnto y^e moūtayns a greate heerd of swyne fedinge / & all the de∣vyls besought him sayinge: sende vs into the

heerde of swyne / y^t we maye enter in to them. And anone Iesus gave them leave. And the vnclene spret{is} wēt out & entred in to y^e swy∣ne. And the heerd starteled / & ran hedling in to the see. They were about .ii. M. swyne / & they were drouned in the see. And the swyne heerde fleed / & tolde it in y^e cyte / & in the coun∣tre. And they came out for to se what had ha¦pened: & came to Iesus / & sawe hym that was vexed w^t the fende & had the legiō / syt / both clo¦thed & in his right mynde / and were afrayed. And they that sawe it tolde them / how it had happened vnto him that was possessed with the devyll: & also of the swyne. And they be∣gāne to praye him / that he wolde departe frō their coostes. And when he was come in to the shyppe / he that had y^e devyll / prayed him that he myght be with him. Howbeit Iesus wolde not suffre him / but sayde vnto him: goo home in to thyne awne housse and to thy frendes / & shewe thē what great thing{is} y^e Lor¦de hath done vnto the / & how he had cōpas∣sion on the. And he departed / & begāne to pu∣blisshe in y^e ten cyties / what greate thing{is} Ie¦sus had done vnto him / & all mē dyd merveyle.

[ C] * 1.40And when Iesus was come over agayne by shyp vnto the other syde / moche people gade¦red vnto him / & he was nye vnto the see. And∣beholde / ther came one of the rulers of y^e Sy∣nagoge / whose name was Iairus: & when he sawe him / he fell doune at his fete / & besought hym greatly sayinge: my doughter lyith at poynt of deeth / I wolde thou woldest come

and laye thy honde on her / that she myght be safe and live. And he wēt with him / & moche people folowed him / and thronged him.

* 1.41And ther was a certen woman / which was diseased of an yssue of bloude .xii. yeeres & had suffred many thing{is} of many phisiciōs / and had spēt all y^t she had / & felte none amendmēt at all / but wexed worsse & worsse. When she had herde of Iesus: she came into the preace behynde him / & touched his garmēt. For she thought: yf I maye but touche his clothes / I shall be whole. And streyght waye her foū∣tayne of bloude was dryed vp / aud she felt in her body / that she was healed of the plage.

And Iesus immediatly felt in him silfe / y^e vertue that wēt out of him / and tourned him roūde aboute in the preace / & sayde: who tou∣ched my clothes? And his disciples sayde vn∣to him: seist thou y^e people thrust the / and yet axest / who dyd touche me? And he loked roūd about / for to se her that had done that thin∣ge. The woman feared and trembled (for she knew what was done within her) & she came & fell doune before him / & tolde him y^e truth of every thinge. And he sayde to her: Dough∣ter / thy fayth hath made the whoale: goo in peace / and be whole of thy plage.

[ D] Whyll he yet spake / ther came frō the ru∣ler of y^e synagoges housse / certayne which say¦de: thy doughter is deed: why diseasest thou y^e master eny further? Assone as Iesus herde that worde spokē / he sayde vnto the ruler of y^e synagoge: be not afrayed / only beleve. And he

suffred no man to folowe him moo then Peter and Iames and Ihon the brother of Iames. And he came vnto the housse of the ruler of y^e synagoge / & sawe y^• wondrynge / & them that wepte and wayled greatly / & went in & sayde vnto them: why make ye this adoo & wepe? The maydē is not deed / but slepith. And they lawght him to scorne. Then he put them all out / and toke y^e father & the mother of y^e may∣den / and them that were with him / & entred in where the mayden laye / & toke the mayden by the honde / & sayde vnto hyr: Tabitha / cumi: which is by interpretacion: maydē I saye vn∣to the / aryse. And streyght the mayden arose / and went on her fete. For she was of the age of twelve yeres. And they were astonied at it out of measure. And he charged thē straytely that no man shuld knowe of it / & cōmaunded to geve her meate.

¶ The .vi. Chap. ✚

[ A] * 1.42ANd he departed thence / & cam into his awne countre / & his disciples folowed him. And whē the saboth daye was co¦me / he beganne to teache in y^e synagsge. And many that hearde him were astonyed / & sayde: From whens hath he these thinges? & what wysdō is this that is gevē vnto him? & suche vertues y^t are wrought by his honds? Is not this that carpēter Maryes sonne / y^e brother of Iames & Ioses and of Iuda & Simon? & are not his systers here with vs? And they were offended by him. And Iesus sayde vnto thē: a prophet is not despysed but in his awne coū¦tre / & amonge his awne kynne / & amonge thē

that are of the same housholde. And he coul∣de there shewe no miracles / but leyd his hon∣des apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed thē. And he merveyled at their vnbelefe. ⊢

[ B] * 1.43And he went aboute by y^e tounes y^t laye on every syde / teachynge. And he called y^e twelve & beganne to sende them / two and two / & ga∣ve them power over vnclene spretes. And cō∣maunded thē / that they shuld take nothinge vnto their Iorney / save a rodde only: Nether scrippe / nether breed / nether mony in their pourses: but shuld be shood with sandals. And that they shuld not put on two coottes. And he sayd vnto thē: * 1.44whersoever ye entre in to an house / there abyde tyll ye departe thence And whosoever shall not receave you / nor hea¦re you / when ye departe thence / shake of the duste that is vnder youre fete / for a witnesse vnto them. I saye verely vnto you / it shalbe easyer for zodom and Gomor at the daye of iudgement / then for that cite.

And they went out and preached / that they shuld repent: and they caste out many devyl∣les. * 1.45And they annoynted many that were sic∣ke / with oyle and healed them.

[ C] * 1.46And kynge Herode herde of him (for his name was spreed abroade) and sayd: Iohn Baptiste is rysen agayne from deeth / & ther¦fore miracles are wrought by him. Wother sayd / it is Helyas: and some sayde: it is a Pro∣phet or as one of y^e Prophetes. But when He¦rode hearde of him / he sayd: it is Iohn whom I beheded / he is rysen from deeth agayne.

✚ * 1.47For Herode him sylfe / had sent forth and had taken Iohn / and bounde him & cast him into preson for Herodias sake which was his brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried her. Iohn sayd vnto Herode: It is not laufull for the to have thy brothers wyfe. Herodias layd wayte for him / & wolde have killed him / but she coulde not. For Herode feared Iohn / knowynge y^t he was a iuste man and an holy: & gave him reverence: & when he hearde him / he dyd many thing{is} / and hearde him gladly.

[ D] But when a cōuenient daye was come: He∣rode on his birthdaye made a supper to y^e lor∣des / captayns / & chefe estate of Galile. And y^e doughter of y^e sayde Herodias came in & daū∣sed / and pleased Herode and them that sate at bourde also. Then y^e kynge sayd vnto y^e may∣den: axe of me what thou wilt / & I will geve it y^e. And he sware vnto hyr / whatsoever thou shalt axe of me / I will geve it y^e / even vnto y^e one halfe of my kyngdome. And she wēt forth and sayde to her mother: what shall I axe? And she sayde: Iohn Baptistes heed. And she cam in streygth waye with haste vnto y^e kyn∣ge / & axed sayinge: I will / that thou geve me by & by in a charger y^e heed of Iohn Baptist. And y^e kynge was sory: howbeit for his othes sake / and for their sakes which sate at supper also / he wolde not put her besyde her purpose. And immediatly y^e kynge sent y^e hangmā and cōmaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preson / and brought his heed in a charger / & gave it to the

mayden / & the mayden gave it to her mother. And when his disciples hearde of it / they ca∣me & toke vp his body / & put it in a toumbe. ⊢

* 1.48And the apostels gaddered them selves to geddre to Iesus / & tolde him all thing{is} / booth what they had done / & what they had taught. And he sayd vnto them: come ye aparte into the wyldernes / & rest a whyle. For there were many cōmers and goers / that they had no lea∣sure so moche as to eate. And he wēt by ship out of the waye into a deserte place. But the people spyed them when they departed: and many knewe him / & ranne afote thyther out of all cities / and cam thyther before them / & came togedder vnto him. * 1.49And Iesus went out and sawe moche people / and had compas∣sion on them / because they were lyke shepe which had no shepeherde. And he beganne to teache them many thinges.

[ B] * 1.50And when y^e daye was nowe farre spēt / his disciples came vnto him sayinge: this is a de∣sert place / and now the daye is farre passed / let thē departe / that they maye goo into the coun¦trey rounde about / & into the tounes / & bye thē breed: for they have nothinge to eare. He ans∣wered & sayde vnto them: geve ye thē to eate. And they sayde vnto him: shall we goo & bye ii.C. penyworth of breed / & geve thē to eate? He sayde vnto thē: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had serched / they sayde: v. & .ii. fysshes. And he cōmaunded them to make them all syt doune by compa∣nyes apon the grene grasse. And they sate

doune here a rowe and there arowe / by houn∣drede & by fyfties. And he toke y^e .v. loves & y^e [ C] ii. fysshes / & loked vp to heven & blessed & bra∣ke the loves / & gave them to his disciples to put before thē: & the .ii. fysshes he devyded a¦monge them all. And they all dyd eate / & were satisfied. And they toke vp twelve baskettes full of the gobbettes & of y^• fysshes. And they that ate were about fyve thousand men.

* 1.51And streyght waye he caused his disciples to goo into the shipe / & to goo over the water before vnto Bethsaida / whyll he sent awaye the people. And assone as he had sent them away / he departed into a moūtayne to praye. ✚ And when even was come / the ship was in the midde of the see / & he alone on the londe / and he sawe thē troubled in rowynge / for the wynde was cōtrary vnto them. And aboute y^e fourth quartre of y^e nyght / he came vnto thē / walkinge apon the see / and wolde have passed by thē. When they sawe him walkinge apon the see / they supposed it had bene a sprete / & cryed oute: For they all sawe him / and were afrayed. And anon he talked with them / & say∣de vnto them: be of good chere / it is I / be not afrayed. And he went vp vnto them into the shippe / & the wynde ceased / and they were so∣re amased in them selves beyonde measure / & marveyled. For they remembred not / of the loves / because their hertes were blynded.

* 1.52And they came over / & went into the londe of Genezareth / and drue vp into the haven. And assone as they were come out of y^e ship∣pe /

streyght they knewe him / and ran forth throughout all y^e region rounde about / and began to cary aboute in beedd{is} all y^t were sicke / to the place where they heard tell y^t he was. And whyther soever he entred into tounes / cities or villages / they layde their sicke in the stretes / and prayed him / that they myght tou∣che / and it were but the edge of his vesture.* 1.53 And as many as touched him were safe. ⊢

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.54ANd y^e pharises came togedder vnto him & dyvers of y^e scribes which came from Ierusalem. And whē they sawe certay∣ne of his disciples eate breed w^t cōmen hond{is} (that is to saye / w^t vnwesshen hond{is}) they cō¦playned. For the pharises and all the Iewes / excepte they washe their hond{is} ofte / eate not observinge the tradicions of the elders. And whē they come from the market / escept they washe / they eate not. And many other thing{is} ther be / which they have taken apon them to observe / as the wasshinge of cuppes and cru¦ses / and of Brasen vessels / and of tables.

Then axed him the pharises & scribe / why walke not thy disciples accordinge to y^e tradi¦cions [ B] of the elders / but eate breede with vn∣weshen hondes? He answered and sayde vnto them: well prophesied Esaias of you ypocri∣tes / as it is writtē:* 1.55 This people honoreth me with their lyppes / but their hert is farre from me: In vayne they worshippe me / teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but y^e cōmaun∣dementes of men. For ye laye the commaunde¦ment

of God aparte / & observe the tradicions of men / as the wesshinge of cruses and of cup¦pes / and many other suche lyke thing{is} ye do.

* 1.56And he sayde vnto them: well / ye cast asy∣de the cōmaundement of God / to mayntayne youre owne tradiciōs. For Moses sayde: Ho∣noure thy father & thy mother: & whosoever cursseth father or mother / let him dye for it. But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mo∣ther Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with / is geven God. And so ye soffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother / makinge the worde of God of none effecte / through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do.

[ C] * 1.57 And he called all the people vnto him / & say¦de vnto them: Herken vnto me / every one of you & vnderstonde. There is no thinge with out a man that can defyle him when it en∣treth into him: but thoo thinges which proce¦de out of him are those which defyle y^e man. If eny man have eares to heare / let him heare And whē he came to house awaye frō the peo¦ple / his disciples axed him of the similitude. And he sayd vnto thē: Are ye so without vn∣derstondinge? Do ye not yet perceave / y^t what soever thinge from w^t out entreth into a man / it can not defyle him / because it entrith not in to his hert / but into y^e belly: and goeth out in∣to the draught that porgeth oute all meates.

* 1.58And he sayde: y^t defileth a mā which cometh oute of a man. For frō w^t in / even oute of the

herte of men / proceade evill thoughtes: advou¦try / fornicacion / murder / theeft / coveteousnes / wickednes / diceyte / vnclennes / & a wicked eye / blasphemy / pryde / folysshnes: all these evyll thinges come from with in / and defile a man.

* 1.59And from thence he rose & went into y^e bor∣ders of Tyre & Sidon / & entred into an hous∣se / & wolde that no man shuld have knowen: But he coulde not be hyd. For a certayne wo¦mā whose doughter had a foule sprete hearde of him / & came & fell at his fete. The woman was a Greke oute of Syrophenicia / & she be∣sought him y^t he wolde caste out y^e devyll oute of her doughter. And Iesus sayde vnto her: let the chyldren fyrst be feed. For it is not me∣te / to take the chyldrēs breed / & to caste it vn∣to whelpp{is}. She answered and sayde vnto him: even soo master / neverthelesse / the whelp¦pes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. And he sayde vnto her: for this say∣inge goo thy waye / the devyll is gone out of thy doughter. And when she was come ho∣me to her housse / she founde the devyll depar¦ted / and her doughter lyinge on the beed.

[ D] ✚ * 1.60And he departed agayne from the coostes of Tyre & Sidon / & came vnto the see of Gali¦le thorowe y^e midd{is} of the coostes of y^e .x. ci∣ties. And they brought vnto him one y^t was deffe & stambred in his speche / & prayde him to laye his honde apon him. And he toke him a syde from y^e people / & put his fyngers in his eares / & dyd spyt & touched his tounge / and lo¦ked vp to heven and sygthed / and sayde vn∣to

him: ephatha / that is to saye / be openned. And streyght waye his eares were openned / and the stringe of his tounge was loosed / & he spake playne. And he cōmaunded them that they shuld tell no man. But the more he for∣bad them / soo moche the more a greate deale they publesshed it: and were beyonde measu∣re astonyed / sayinge:* 1.61 He hath done all thing{is} well / and hath made booth the deffe to heare / & the dōme to speake. ⊢

¶ The .viii. Cha. ✚

[ A] * 1.62IN those dayes whē ther was a very gre¦ate companye / & had nothinge to eate / Iesus called his disciples to him & sayd vnto thē: I have cōpassion on this people / be∣cause they have nowe bene with me .iii. dayes & have nothinge to eate: And yf I shuld sende thē awaye fastinge to their awne houses / they shulde faynt by the waye. For dyvers of thē came from farre. And his disciples answered him: where shuld a man have breade here in the wildernes to satisfie these? And he axed them: how many loves have ye? They sayde: seven. And he commaunded the people to syt doune on the grounde. And he toke the .vii. lo¦ves / gave thankes / brake / & gave to his disci∣ples / to set before them. And they dyd set thē before the people. And they had a feawe sma∣le fysshes. And he blessed them & cōmaunded them also to be set before them. And they ate & were suffysed: And they toke vp yf the bro∣ken meate that was lefte .vii. baskettes full. And they y^t ate / werein nomber aboute fowre thousand. And he sent them awaye. ⊢

[ B] * 1.63And a none he entred into a ship w^t his di∣sciples / & came into the parties of Dalmanu∣tha. And the pharises cam forth / & begane to dispute with him / sekinge of him a signe frō heven and temptinge him. And he sygthed in his sprete and sayde: why doth this genera∣cion seke a signe? Verely I saye vnto you / ther shall no signe be geven vnto this genera¦cion. And he lefte thē and went into the ship agayne / and departed over the water.

* 1.64And they had forgottē to take breed w^t thē / nether had they in the ship with them more then one loofe. And he charged thē sayinge. ✚ Take hede / & beware of y^e leven of y^e phari¦ses / & of y^e levē of Herode. And they reasoned amonge thē selves sayinge: we have no breed And whē Iesus knewe y^t / he sayde vnto thē: why take ye thought because ye have no bre∣ad? perceave ye not yet / nether vnderstonde? Have ye youre hertes yet blynded? Have ye eyes & se not? & have ye eares and heare not? Do ye not remember? When I brake v. loves* 1.65 amonge .v. M. How many baskettes full of brokē meate toke ye vp? They sayde vnto him twelve. When I brake .vii. amonge .iiii. M. How many baskete of the levinge of broken meate toke ye vp? they sayde .vii. And he say∣de vnto thē: how is it y^t ye vnderstonde not?

✚ [ C] * 1.66And he came to Bethsaida / & they brought a blynde man vnto him and desyred him to touche him. And he caught the blynde by the honde / and leade him out of the toune / & spat in his eyes and put his hondes apon him /

and axed him whether he saw ought. And he loked vp and sayde: I se y^e men: For I se thē walke / as they were trees. After that he put his honde agayne apon his eyes & made him see. And he was restored to his sight / and sa∣we every mā clerly. And he sent him home to his housse sayinge: nether goo into the tou∣ne / nor tell it to eny in the toune. ⊢

* 1.67And Iesus went out and his disciples into the tounes that longe to the cite called Cesa∣rea Philippi. And by the waye he axed his di∣sciples sayinge: whom do men saye y^t I am? And they answered: some saye that thou arte Iohn Baptiste: some saye Helyas: and some / one of the Prophet{is}. And he sayde vnto thē: But whom saye ye that I am? Peter answe∣red & sayd vnto him: Thou arte very Christe. And he charged them / that they shuld tell no man of it. And he beganne to teache them / [ D] * 1.68 how that the sonne of man must suffre many thinges / and shuld be reproved of the elders and of the hye prestes and scribes / and be kyl∣led / and after thre dayes aryse agayne. And he spake that sayinge openly. And Peter toke him a syde / and began to chyde him. Then he tourned aboute and looked on his disciples / * 1.69 & rebuked Peter sayinge: Goo after me Sa∣tan. For thou saverest not y^e thinges of God but the thinges of men.

And he called the people vnto him / with his disciples also / and sayd vnto them: Who∣soever will folowe me / let him forsake him sylfe / and take vp his crosse / and folowe me.

For whosoever will save his lyfe / shall lose it But whosoever shall lose his lyfe for my sake & y^e gospels / y^e same shall save it. What shall it profet a mā / yf he shuld wynne all y^e worlde & loose his awne soule? or els what shall a mā geve / to redeme his soule agayne?* 1.70 Whosoe∣ver therfore shall be asshamed of me & of my worde / amonge this advoutrous and sinfull generacion: of him shall the sonne of man be ashamed / when he cometh in the glory of his father w^t the holy angels. And he sayde vnto them:* 1.71 Verely I saye vnto you: There be some of thē that stonde here / which shall not taste of deeth / tyll they have sene the kyngdome of God come w^t power.

¶ The .ix. Chap.

[ A] * 1.72ANd after .vi. dayes Iesus toke Peter / Iames / and Iohn and leede them vp into an hye mountayne out of y^e waye alone / and he was transfigured before them. And his rayment dyd shyne / and was made very whyte / even as snowe: so whyte as noo fuller can make apon the erth. And ther ape∣red vnto them Helyas with Moses: and they talked with Iesu. And Peter answered & say¦de to Iesu: Master / here is good beinge for vs / let vs make .iii. tabernacles / one for the / one for Moses / and one for Helyas. And yet he wist not what he sayde: for they were af∣rayde. And ther was a cloude that shaddo∣wed thē. And a voyce came out of the cloude sayinge: This is my dere sonne / here him.* 1.73 And sodenly they loked rounde aboute them / & sawe no man more then Iesus only w^t thē.

[ B] * 1.74And as they came doune from the hyll / he charged thē / that they shuld tell no mā what they had sene / tyll the sonne of man were ry∣sen frō * 1.75 deeth agayne. And they kepte that sayinge with them / & demaunded one of a no∣ther / what y^t rysinge from deeth agayne shuld meane? And they axed him sayinge: why then saye y^e scrib{is} / that Helyas muste fyrste come? He answered & sayde vnto them: Helyas vere¦lye shall fyrst come and restore all thinges.* 1.76 And also y^e sonne of mā as it is wryttē / shall suffre many thinges / & shall be set at nought. Moreouer I saye vnto you / that Helyas is come / and they have done vnto him whatsoe∣ver pleased them as it is wrytten of him.

And he came to his disciples / & sawe moche people aboute them / & the scribes disputinge with them. And streyght waye all the people when they behelde him / were amased / & ran to him and saluted him. And he sayde vnto the Scribes: what dispute ye with them? ✚ And one of the cōpanye answered & sayde: Master / I have brought my sonne vnto the / [ C] which hath a dōme spirite. And whensoever he taketh him / he teareth him / and he fometh / & gnassheth with his tethe / & pyneth awaye. And I spake to thy disciples that they shuld caste him out / and they coulde not.

He answered him & sayd: O generacion w^t out faith how longe shall I be with you? How longe shall I suffre you? Bringe him vnto me. And they brought him vnto him. And assone as y^e sprete sawe him / he tare him.

And he fell doune on the grounde walowin∣ge and fomynge. And he axed his father: how longe is it a goo / sens this hath happened him? And he sayde / of a chylde: & ofte tymes casteth him into the fyre / & also into the wa∣ter / to destroye him. But yf thou canste do eny thinge / have mercy on vs / and helpe vs. And Iesus sayde vnto him: ye yf thou coul∣dest beleve / all thinges are possible to him y^t belevith. * 1.77And streygth waye the father of the chylde cryed with teares sayinge: Lorde I be∣leve / helpe myne vnbelefe.

[ D] * 1.78When Iesus sawe / that the people came runnynge togedder vnto him / he rebuked the foule sprete / sayinge vnto him: Thou domme & deffe sprete / I charge the come out of him / and entre no more into him. And the sprete cryed / & rent him sore / and came out: And he was as one that had bene deed / in so moche y^t many sayde / he is deed. But Iesus caught his honde / and lyfte him vp: and he roose. And when he was come into the housse / his disciples axed him secretly: why coulde not we caste him out? And he sayde vnto them:* 1.79 this kynde can by no nother meanes come forth / but by prayer and fastynge. ⊢

✚ [ E] * 1.80And they departed thens / and toke their iorney thorow Galile / & he wolde not that eny man shuld have knowen it. For he taught his disciples / and sayde vnto them:* 1.81 The sonne of man shalbe delyvered into y^e hondes of men / and they shall kyll him / and after that he is kylled he shall aryse agayne the thryd daye.

But they wiste not what that sayinge meāt / and were affrayed to axe him.

[ B] * 1.82And he came to Capernaum. And when he was come to housse / he axed thē: what was it that ye disputed bytwene you by the waye? And they helde their peace: for by the waye they reasoned amonge thē selves / who shuld be the chefest. And he sate doune and called the twelve vnto him / and sayd to them: yf eny man desyre to be fyrst / the same shalbe last of all / and servaunt vnto all. And he toke a chyl∣de & set him in y^e middes of them / & toke him in his armes and sayde vnto them. Whosoe∣ver receave eny soche a chylde in my name / receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me / receaveth not me / but him that sent me. ⊢

Iohn answered him sayinge: ✚ Master / we sawe one castynge out devyls in thy name / which foloweth not vs / and we forbade him / because he foloweth vs not. But Iesus sayde * 1.83 forbid him not. For ther is no mā that shall do a miracle in my name / that can lightlyge speake evyll of me. Whosoever is not agayn¦ste [ C] you / is on youre parte. And whosoever shall geve you a cuppe of water to drinke for my names sake / because ye belonge to Chri∣ste / verely I saye vnto you / he shall not loose his * 1.84 rewarde.

* 1.85And whosoever shall offende one of these ly¦tel ons / y^t beleve in me / it were better for him / y^t a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke / & y^t he he were cast into y^e see: wherfore yf thy hande offende y^e / cut him of. It is better for y^e /

to entre into lyffe maymed / then havynge two hondes / goo into hell / into fire y^t never shalbe quenched / where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. Lykewyse yf thy fote offende the / cut him of. For it is better for the to goo halt into lyfe / then havynge two fete to be cast into hell / into fyre that never shalbe quenched: where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. Even so yf thyne eye offende the / plucke him oute. It is better for the to goo into the kyngdom of god with one eye / then havynge two eyes / to be caste into hell fyre:* 1.86 where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. ⊢

* 1.87Every man therfore shalbe salted w^t fyre: And every sacrifise shalbe seasoned with salt. Salt is good. But yf y^e salt be vnsavery: what shall ye salte therwith? Se y^t ye have salt in youre selves: & have peace amonge youre sel∣ves / one with another.

¶ The .x. Chap.

[ A] * 1.88ANd he rose from thence / & went into y^e coostes of Iurie through the region y^t is beyonde Iordan. And y^e people resor¦ted vnto him afresshe: and as he was wont / he taught them agayne. And the pharises came & axed him a question: whether it were lau∣full for a mā to put awaye his wyfe: to prove him. And he answered & sayd vnto thē: what dyd Moses byd you do? And they sayde: Mo∣ses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of devorse¦ment / & to put hyr awaye. And Iesus answe∣red & sayd vnto thē: For y^e hardnes of youre herte he wrote this precept vnto you. But at

the fyrste creacion / God made thē man & wo¦man.* 1.89 And for this thing{is} sake shall mā leve his father & mother / & bide by his wyfe / & they twayne shalbe one flesshe. So then are they* 1.90 now not twayne / but one flesshe. Therfore what God hath cuppled / let not mā separat.

And in the housse his disciples axed him [ B] * 1.91 agayne of y^t matter. And he sayde vnto them: Whosoever putteth awaye his wyfe & mary∣eth another / breaketh wedlocke to herwarde. And yf a woman forsake her husband and be maryed to another / she cōmitteth advoutrie.

And they brought chyldren to him / that he* 1.92 should touche thē. And his disciples rebuked thoose that brought thē. When Iesus sawe that / he was displeased / & sayd to thē: Suffre* 1.93 the chyldrē to come vnto me & forbid thē not. For of suche is y^e kyngdome of God. Verely I saye vnto you / whosoever shall not receave y^• kyngdome of God as a chylde / he shall not entre therin. And he toke thē vp in his armes & put his honde vpon them / & blessed thē. ⊢

✚ And when he was come in to the waye / * 1.94 ther came one runninge & kneled to him / and axed him: good master / what shall I do / that I maye enheret eternall lyfe? Iesus sayde to [ C] him: why callest thou me good? There is no* 1.95 mā good but one / which is God. Thou kno∣west the cōmaundementes: breake not matri∣mony: kyll not: steale not: bere not falce wyt∣nes: defraude no man: honoure thy father & mother. He answered & sayde to him: master / all these I have observed frō my youth. Ie∣sus

behelde him & had a favour to him / and sayde vnto him: one thynge is lackinge vnto the. Goo and sell all that thou hast / and geve to the povre / and thou shalt have treasure in heven / and come and folowe me / and take vp thy * 1.96 crosse. But he was discūforted with y^t sayinge / and wēt awaye morninge / for he had greate possessions.

And Iesus loked rounde aboute / & sayde [ D] vnto his disciples: what an harde thinge is it for them that have riches / to entre into the kyngdome of God. And his disciples were astonneyd at his wordes. But Iesus answe¦red agayne / & sayde vnto them: chyldrē / how harde is it for them / that trust in riches / to en∣tre in to the kyngdome of God. It is easyer* 1.97 for a camell to go thorowe y^e eye of an nedle / then for a riche man to entre into the kyngdo∣me of God. And they were astonnyed out of measure / sayinge betwene them selves: who then can be saved? Iesus loked vpon them / & sayde: with men it is vnpossible / but not with God: for with God all thynges are possible.

And Peter begāne to saye vnto him: Lo / we have forsaken all / & have folowed the. Iesus answered and sayde: Verely I saye vnto you / ther is no man that for saketh housse / or bre∣thren / or sisters / or father / or / mother / or wyfe / * 1.98 other chyldren / or londes / for my sake & the gospelle / which shall not receave an houn∣dred foolde nowe in this lyfe: houses / and bre¦thren / & sisters / & mothers / & chyldren / & lon∣des with persecucions: & in the worlde to ca∣me /

eternall lyfe. Many that are fyrst / shalbe last: & the last / fyrst. And they were in y^• waye goinge vp to Ierusalem. And Iesus wēt be∣fore them: and they were amased / and as they folowed / were affrayde.

And Iesus toke y^e .vii. agayne / & begāne to [ E] * 1.99 tell thē what thing{is} shuld happē vnto him. Beholde we goo vp to Ierusalem / & the son∣ne of man shalbe delyvered vnto the hye pree¦stes & vnto the Scribes: & they shall condem∣pne him to deeth / & shall delyvre him to the gentyls: and they shall mocke hym / & scour∣ge him / and spit vpō hym / and kyll him. And the thirde daye he shall ryse agayne.

And then Iames & Iohn y^e sonnes of zebe∣de* 1.100 came vnto him / sayinge: master / we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs what soever we desyre. He sayde vnto them: what wolde ye I shuld do vnto you? They sayd to him: graūt vnto vs that we maye sitte one on thy right honde / & the other on thy lyfte honde / in thy glory. But Iesus sayd vnto thē: Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of / & be baptised in y^e baptime that I shalbe baptised in? And they sayde vn¦to him: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: [ F] ye shall dryncke of the cup that I shall drync¦ke of / & be baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised in: but to sit on my right hon∣de and on my lyfte honde ys not myne to ge∣ve / but to them for whom it is prepared.

And when the .x. hearde that / they begā to* 1.101 disdayne at Iames & Iohn. But Iesus cal∣led

thē vnto him / & sayde to them: ye knowe that they which seme to beare rule amonge* 1.102 the gentyls / raygne as lordes over thē. And they that be greate amōge them / exercyse au∣ctorite over them. So shall it not be amonge you / but whosoever of you wilbe greate amō∣ge you / shalbe youre minister. And whosoever wilbe chefe / shalbe servaunt vnto all. For evē the sonne of man came not to be ministred vn to: but to minister / and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

And they came to Hierico. And as he went [ G] * 1.103 oute of Hierico with his disciples / & a greate nōbre of people: Barthime••s y^e sonne of Thi¦meus which was blinde / sate by y^e hye way∣es syde begginge. And when he hearde that it was Iesus of Nazareth / he began to crye and to saye: Iesus the sonne of David / have mer∣cy on me. And many rebuked him / y^t he shuld holde is peace. But he cryed the moore a grea¦te deale / thou sonne of David have mercy on me. And Iesus stode still / and commaunded hym to be called. And they called the blinde / sayinge vnto him: Be of good conforte: ryse / he calleth the. And he threwe awaye his cloo¦ke / and roose and came to Iesus. And Iesus answered & sayde vnto hym: what wilt thou that I do vnto the? The blynde sayde vnto hym: master / that I myght see. Iesus sayde vnto him. goo thy waye / thy faith hath saved the. And by and by he receaved his sight / and folowed Iesus in the waye.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

ANd when they came nye to Hierusalem [ A] * 1.104 vnto Bethphage & Bethanie / besydes moūt olivete / he sent forth two of his hisciples / & sayde vnto thē: Goo youre wayes into the toune that is over agaynst you. And assone as ye be entred into it / ye shall fynde a* 1.105 coolte bounde / wheron never man sate: loose him & bringe him. And if eny man saye vnto you: why do ye soo? Saye that the Lorde hath neade of him: & streight waye he will sende him hidder. And they wēt their waye / & foūd a coolte tyed by the dore with out in a place where two wayes met / & they losed him. And divers of thē that stode there / sayde vnto thē: what do ye loosinge y^e coolte? And they sayd* 1.106 vnto them evē as Iesus had cōmaunded thē. And they let them goo. And they brought y^• coolte to Iesus / & caste their garmēte on him: and he sate vpō him. And many sprede there garmētes in the waye. Other cut doune braū¦ches of the trees / & strawed them in y^e waye. And they y^t went before & they that folowed / cryed sayinge: Hosanna: blessed be he that cō¦meth* 1.107 in y^e name of y^e Lorde. Blessed be y^e king¦dome that cōmeth in y^e name of him y^t is Lor∣de of oure father David. Hosanna in y^e hyest.

And y^e Lorde entred in to Ierusalem / & into [ B] * 1.108 the tēple. And when he had loked roūdabout vpon all thing{is} / & now y^e evē tyde was come / he went out vnto Bethany / with y^e twelve. And on the morowe when they were come out frō Bethany / he hungred / & spyed a fygge* 1.109 tree a farre of havinge leves / & wēt to se whe∣ther

he myght finde eny thinge ther on. But when he came therto / he foūde no thinge but leves: for the tyme of fygges was not yet. And Iesus answered and sayde to it: never man eate frute of the here after whill y^e worl¦de stondith. And his disciples hearde it.

And they came to Ierusalem. And Iesus wēt into the tēple / & begāne to cast out y^e sel∣lers* 1.110 & byers in the tēple / & overthrewe the ta∣bles of the money chaungers / and the stoles of them that solde doves: & wolde not suf∣fre that eny man caried a vessell thorow the temple. And he taught sayinge vnto them / is it not written: my housse shalbe called the* 1.111 housse of prayer vnto all nacions? But ye ha∣ve made it a deen of theves.

And the Scribes & hye prestes hearde yt & [ C] sought howe to distroye him. For they feared him / because all the people marveled at his doctrine. And when evē was come / he went out of the cite. And in the mornynge as they* 1.112 passed by / they sawe the fygge tree dryed vp by y^e rotes. And Peter remembred / & sayde vn to him: master / beholde / the fygge tree which thou cursedest / is widdred awaye. And Iesus answered / & sayde vnto them: Have confidēs in God. ✚ Verely I saye vnto you / that who soever shall saye vnto this mountayne: take awaye thy silfe / & cast thy silfe in to the see / & shall not waver in his herte / but shall beleve y^• those thinges which he sayeth shall come* 1.113 to passe / what soever he sayeth / shalbe done to him. Therfore I saye vnto you / what soe∣ver

ye desyre when ye praye / beleve y^t ye shall have it / & it shalbe done vnto you. And when ye stōd & praye / forgeve / yf ye have eny thinge agaynste eny man / y^t youre father also which is in hevē / maye forgeve you youre trespases.

And they came agayne to Hierusalem. And [ D] as he walked in the tēple / ther came to him y^e* 1.114 hye prestes / & the Scribes / and the elders / & sayd vnto him: by what auctorite doest thou these thinges? & who gave the this auctorite / to do these thinges? Iesus answered & sayde vnto them: I will also axe of you a certayne thinge: & answere ye me / & I wyll tell you by* 1.115 what auctorite I do these thinges. The bap∣tyme of Iohn / was it from heven or of men? Answer me. And they thought in them sel∣ves sayinge: yf we shall saye from heven: he will saye why then dyd ye not beleve him? but if we shall saye / of mē: then feare we y^e peo¦ple. For all men counted Iohn / that he was a verie Prophete. And they answered & sayd vn to Iesu: we cannot tell. And Iesus answered & sayd vnto them: nether wyll I tell you / by what auctorite I do these thynges. ⊢

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

ANd he beganne to speake vnto them in [ A] * 1.116 similitudes. A certayne man planted a vineyarde / & cōpased it with an hedge / & ordeyned a wyne presse / and bylt a toure in yt. And let yt out to hyre vnto husbandmē / and went into a straunge countre. And when* 1.117 the tyme was come / he sent to the tennaun∣tes a servaunt / that he myght receave of the

tenauntes of the frute of the vyneyarde. And they caught him & bet him & sent him agay∣ne emptye. And moreover he sent vnto them another servaunt / & at him they cast stones & brake his heed / and sent him agayne all to re∣vyled. And agayne he sent another / and him they kylled: and many other / beetynge some / and kyllinge some.

Yet had he one sonne whom he loved ten∣derly / him also he sent at the last vnto them sayinge: they wyll feare my sonne. But the te¦nauntes sayde amongest them selves: this is the heyre: come let vs kyll hym / & y^e inheritaū¦ce shalbe oures. And they toke him and kyll'id him / & cast him out of the vyneyarde. What shall then the lorde of the vyneyarde do? He will come & destroye y^e tenaunte / & let out the vyneyarde to other. Have ye not redde this scripture? The stoone which y^e bylders dyd re¦fuse / is* 1.118 made y^e chefe stoone in y^e corner: this was done of y^e Lorde / & is mervelous in oure eyes. And they went about to take him / but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he spake that similitude agaynst them. And they left him and went their waye.

And they sent vnto him certayne of y^• Pha¦rises [ B] * 1.119 with Herodes servante / to take him in his wordes. And allone as they were come / they sayd vnto him: master we knowe y^t thou arte true / & carest for no man: for thou consy∣derest not the degre of men / but teachest the waye of God truly: Ys it laufull to paye tri∣bute* 1.120 to Cesar / or not? Dught we to geve / or

ought we not to geve? He vnderstode their si∣mulacion / and sayde vnto them: Why tēpte ye me? Brynge me apeny / that I maye se yt. And they brought. And he sayde vnto them: Whose ys thys ymage and superscripcion? And they sayde vnto him / Cesars. And Iesus answered & saide vnto thē: Then geve to Ce∣sar* 1.121 that which belongeth to Cesar: & to God / that which perteyneth to God. And they mer¦velled at him.

Then came the Saduces vnto him / which* 1.122 saye / ther is no resurreccion. And they axed hym sayinge: Master / Moses wroote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye / & leve his wyfe be¦hinde him / & leve no chyldren: that then hys brother shuld take his wyfe / & reyse vp seed vnto his brother. Ther were seven brethren: and the fyrst toke a wyfe / and when he dyed leeft no seed behynde him. And the seconde to¦ke hir / & dyed: nether leeft eny seed. And the thyrde lyke wyse. And sevē had her / and leeft no seed behynde them. Last of all the wyfe dyed also. In the resurrecciō then / when they shall ryse agayne: whose wyfe shall she be of them? For seven had her to wyfe. Iesus an∣swered and sayde vnto them: Are ye not ther∣fore deceaved and vnderstonde not the scryp¦tures / nether the power of God? For when they shall ryse agayne frō deeth / they nether mary / nor are maryed: but are as the angels which are in heven. As touchynge the deed / * 1.123 that they shall ryse agayne: have ye not red∣de in the boke of Moses / howe in the busshe

God spake vnto him sayinge: I am the God* 1.124 of Abraham / and God of Ysaac / and the God* 1.125 of Iacob? He is not the God of the deed / but the God of the livynge. Ye are therfore great¦ly deceaved.

And ther came one of the scribes that had [ C] hearde them disputynge to gedder / and per∣ceaved that he had answered them well / and* 1.126 axed him: Which is the fyrste of all the com∣maundemētes? Iesus answered him: the fyr∣ste of all the cōmaundementes is. Heare Is∣rael: The Lorde God / is one Lorde. And thou shalt love the Lorde thy God with all thy hert / and with all thy soule / and with all thy* 1.127 mynde / and with all thy strength. This is the fyrste commaundement. And the seconde is lyke vnto this: Thou shalt love thy negh∣bour as thy silfe. Ther is none other com∣maundement greater then these.

And the Scribe sayde vnto him: well ma∣ster / thou hast sayd y^• truthe / that ther ys one God / and that ther is none but he. And to lo∣ve him with all the herte / & with all the myn∣de / & with all the soule / & with all the strēgth: and to love a mans neghbour as him silfe / ys a greater thinge then all burnt offerings & sa∣crifices. And when Iesus sawe that he an∣swered discretly / he sayde vnto him: Thou ar¦te not farre from the kyngdome of God. And no man after that / durst axe him eny questiō. [ D] * 1.128

And Iesus answered and sayde / teachynge in the temple: how saye the Scribes y^t Christ is the sonne of David? For David him selfe

inspyred with the holy goost / sayde: The Lor¦de sayde to my Lorde / syt on my right honde / tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole. Then David hym silfe calleth him Lorde: & by what meanes is he then his sonne? And moche people hearde him gladly.* 1.129

And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine: be¦ware of the Scribes which love to goo in lon¦ge clothinge: and love salutacions in y^e mar∣ket places / and the chefe seates in the syna∣goges / and to syt in the vppermost roumes at feastes / and devoure widowes houses / & that vnder coloure of longe prayinge. These shall receave greater dampnacion.

✚ And Iesus sat over agaynst the treasu∣ry / and behelde how the people put money in¦to the treasury. And many that were ryche / cast in moch. And ther cam a certayne povre widowe / and she threwe in two mytes / which make a farthynge. And he called vnto him his disciples and sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you / that this pover widowe hath cast moare in / then all they which have caste into the treasury. For they all dyd cast in of their superfluyte: but she of her poverte / dyd cast in all that she had / evē all her livynge. ⊢

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

ANd as he went out of the tēple one of* 1.130 his disciples sayde vnto him: Master / [ A] se what stones / and what byldynges are here. And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Seist thou these greate byldinges? The¦re shall not be leefte one stone vpon a ano∣ther

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/ that shall not be throwen doune.

And as he sate on moūte olivete / over agēst the tēple / Peter / & Iames / & Iohn / & Andrew axed him secretly: tell vs / when shall these thing{is} be? And what is y^e signe whē all these thinges shalbe fulfilled? And Iesus answe∣red thē / & begā to saye: take hede lest eny man* 1.131 deceave you. For many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Christ / & shall deceave many.

When ye shall heare of warre and tydinge of warre / be ye not troubled. For soche thin∣ges muste nedes be. But the ende is not yet. For ther shall nacion aryse agaynste nacion / and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome. And ther shalbe erth quakes in all quarters / & famysh∣ment and troubles. These are the begynnyn¦ge of sorowes.

But take ye hede to youre selves. For they [ B] shall bringe you vp to y^e counsels & into y^• sy∣nagoges / and ye shalbe beaten: ye and shalbe brought before rulers & kynges for my sake / for a testimoniall vnto them. And the gospell must fyrste be publysshed amōge all nacions.

But when they leade you and present you / * 1.132 toke noo thought afore honde what ye shall saye / nether ymagion: but whatsoever is gevē you at the same tyme / that speake. For it shall* 1.133 not be ye that shall speake / but y^e holy goost. Ye and the brother shall delyvre the brother to deeth / & the father the sonne / & the chyldrē shall ryse agaynste their fathers & mothers / & shall put them to deeth. And ye shalbe ha∣ted of all men for my names sake. But who∣soever

shall endure vnto the ende / the same shalbe safe.

Moreover whē ye se the abhominaciō that [ C] * 1.134 betokeneth desolacion / wherof is spoken by Daniel the Prophet / stonde where it ought not / let him that redeth vnderstonde. Then let them that be in Iurie / fle to the mountay∣nes. And let him that is on the housse toppe / not descende doune into the housse / nether en¦tre therin / to fetche eny thinge oute of his housse. And let hym that is in the felde / not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he leeft behynde him / for to take his cloothes with him. Woo is then to them that are w^t chylde / & to them that geve soucke in thoose dayes. But praye / that youre flyght be not in the wynter. For ther shalbe in those dayes su¦che tribulacion / as was not from the begyn∣ninge* 1.135 of creatures which God created / vnto this tyme / nether shalbe. And excepte y^• the* 1.136 Lorde shuld shorten those dayes / no mā shuld be saved. But for the electes sake / which he hath chosen / he hath shortened those dayes.

And then / y•• ••ny man saye to you: loo / here* 1.137 is Christ: loo / he is there / beleve not. For fal∣••e Christes shall aryse / and falce Prophetes and shall shewe myracles and wondres / to deceave yf it were possible / evyn the electe. But take ye hede: beholde I have shewed you* 1.138 all thinges before.

Moreover in thoose dayes / after that tribu¦laciō / the sunne shall wexe darke / and the mo∣ue shall not geve her light / and the starres of

heven shall fall: and the powers wich are in heven / shall move. And then shall they se the [ D] sonne of man cōmynge in the cloudes / with greate power and glory. And then shall he sen¦de his angels / and shall gaddre to gedder his electe from the fower wyndes / and from the one ende of the worlde to the other.

Learne a similitude of y^e fygge tree. When* 1.139 his braunches are yet tender / & hath brought forthe leves / ye knowe that sommer is neare. So in lyke maner when ye se these thinges come to passe: vnderstond / that it ys nye even at the dores. Verely I saye vnto you / y^t this generacion shall not passe / tyll all these thin∣ges be done. Heven and erth shall passe / but* 1.140 my wordes shall not passe. But of the daye & the houre knoweth no mā: no not the angels which are in heven: nether the sonne him sil∣fe / save the father only.

Take hede / watche & praye / for ye knowe* 1.141 not when the tyme ys. As a man which is go¦ne in to a straunge countrey / & hath lefte hys housse / and geven auctorite to his servaūtes / and to every man hys worke / and commaun∣ded the porter to watche. Watche therfore / for ye knowe not when the master of y^e hous∣se will come / whether at evē or at mydnyght / whether at the cocke crowynge or in the dau∣nynge: left yf he come sodenly / he shuld fynde you slepynge. And that I saye vnto you / I saye vnto all men / watche.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

AFter two dayes folowed ester / and the [ A] * 1.142 dayes of swete breed. And the hye pre∣stes and the Scrybes sought meanes / how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to deeth. But they sayde: not in the feast daye / leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people.

When he was in Bethania / in the housse* 1.143 of Simon the leper / even as he sate at meate / ther came a womā hauynge an alablaster bo∣xe of oyntment called narde / that was pure and costly: and she brake the boxe and pow∣red it on is heed. And ther were some that we¦re* 1.144 not content in them selves / & sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment? For it myght have bene soolde for more then thre hundred pens / and bene gevē vnto the poore. And they grudged agaynste hir.

And Iesus sayde: let hir be in reest / why trouble ye hir? She hath done a good worke on me. For ye shall have poore with you all wayes: and when soever ye will / ye maye do them good: but me ye shall not have alwayes. She hath done that she coulde: she came a fo∣re honde to anoynt my boddy to his buryinge warde. Verely I saye vnto you: wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached thorowout the whole worlde: thys also that she hath done / shalbe rehearsed in remembraunce of her.

And Iudas Iscarioth / one of the twelve / [ B] * 1.145 went awaye vnto the hye prestes / to betraye hym vnto them. When they herde that / they were gladde / & promised y^e they wolde geve

him money. And he sought / howe he myght conveniently betraye him.

And the fyrste daye of swete breed / when* 1.146 men offer y^e pascall lambe / his disciples sayd vnto him: where wilt thou that we goo & pre¦pare / that thou mayst eate the ester lambe? And he sent forth two of his disciples / & say∣de vnto them: Goo ye into the cyte / and ther shall a man mete you beringe a pitcher of wa¦ter / folowe him. And whither soever he goeth in / saye ye to y^e good man of y^e housse: the ma∣ster axeth where is the geest chambre / where I shall eate y^e ester lambe with my disciples. And he will shewe you a greate parlour / pa∣ved & prepared: there make ready for vs. And his disciples went forth & came to the cyte / & founde as he had sayd vnto them: and made* 1.147 ready the ester lambe.

And at even he came with the .xii. And as [ C] * 1.148 they sate at borde and ate / Iesus sayde: Dere¦ly I saye vnto you: that one of you shall be∣traye me / which cateth with me. And they be∣gāne to morne / & to saye to him one by one: ys it I? And a nother sayde: ys it I? He answe∣red and sayde vnto them: It ys one of the .xii. and the same deppeth with me in the platter. The sonne of man goeth / as it ys written of* 1.149 him: but woo be to that man / by whome the sonne of man is betrayed. Good were it for him / if that man had never bene borne.

And as they ate Iesus toke breede / blessed* 1.150 & brake & gave to them and sayde: Take / eate / this ys my body. And he toke the cup / gave

thankes / and gave it to them / & they all dran∣ke* 1.151 of it. And he sayde vnto them: This is my bloude of the new testament which is sheed for many. Derely I saye vnto you: I will drin¦ke no moore of this frute of the vyne / vntyll that daye / that I drinke it new in the kyngdo¦me of God. And when they had sayd grace / they went out to mount Olyvete.

And Iesus sayde vnto them: All ye shalbe offended thorow me this nyght. For it is* 1.152 wryttē: I will smyte y^e shepeherd / & the shepe shalbe scattered. But after that I am rysen agayne / I will goo into Galile before you. Peter sayde vnto him: And though all men* 1.153 shuld be offended / yet wolde not I. And Ie∣sus sayd vnto him: Derely I saye vnto y^• / this daye even in this nyght / before y^e cocke crowe twyse / thou shalt denye me thryse. And he spa¦ke boldlyer: no / yf I shulde dye w^t the / I will not deny the. Lyke wyse also sayd they all.

And they came into a place named Gethse∣mani. [ D] * 1.154 And he sayde to his disciples: Syt ye here / whyll I goo aparte & praye. And he toke with him Peter / Iames & Iohn / & he began to waxe abasshed & to be in an agonye & say∣de vnto thē: My soule is very hevy even vn∣to* 1.155 the deeth / tary here and watche. And he went forth a lytle and fell doune on y^e groun∣de & prayed: & prayed: that yf it were possible / the houre myght passe from him. And he sayd: Abba fa∣ther / all thinges are possible vnto the / take awaye this cup from me. Neverthelesse not that I will / but that thou wilt / be done.

And he cam & founde thē slepinge / & sayd to Peter: Simon / slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche with me one houre? watche ye / & praye / leest ye entre into temptacion: y^e spre¦te is redy / but y^e flessh is weeke. And agayne he went awaye & prayde / & spake y^e same wor∣des. And he returned and founde them a slepe agayne / for their eyes were hevy: nether wist they what to answere him. And he cam the thyrde tyme / & sayd vnto thē: slepe hens forth & take youre ease / it is ynough. The houre is come / beholde y^e sonne of man shalbe delyve∣ted into y^e hondes of synners. Ryse vp / let vs goo. Loo he that betrayeth me / is at hande.

And immediatly whyll he yet spake / came* 1.156 Iudas one of the twelve / & with him a grea∣te nomber of people with sweardes & staves [ E] from the hye prestes and scribes and elders. And he that betrayed him / had geven them a generall * 1.157 tokē sayinge: whosoever I do kisse / he it is: take him & leade him awaye warely. And assone as he was come / he went streyght waye to him / and sayd vnto him: master ma∣ster / and kissed him. And they layde their hon¦des on him / & toke him. And one of them that stode by / drue out a swearde / and smote a set∣vaunt of the hye preste / and cut of his eare.* 1.158

And Iesus answered & sayd vnto thē: ye be come out as vnto a thefe w^t sweardes & with staves / for to take me. I was dayly with you in y^e temple teachinge & ye toke me not: but y^t the scriptures shuld be fulfilled. And they all forsoke him & ranne awaye. And ther folowed

him a certerne yonge man / cloothed in lynnen* 1.159 apon y^• bare / & the yongemen caught him / & he lefte his lynnen and fleed from them naked.

And they leed Iesus awaye to y^e hyest pre¦ste of all / and to him came all the hye prestes / and the elders / and the scribes. And Peter fo∣lowed him a greate waye of / even into the pal∣lys of the hye preste / & sat with the servaun∣tes / and warmed him sylfe at the fyre.

And the hye prestes & all y^e counsell sought for witnes agaynste Iesu / to put him to de∣ath / and [ F] founde noone. Yet many bare falce witnes agaynste him / but their witnes ag∣greed not to geder. And ther aroose certayne and brought falce witnes agaynste him / sayin¦ge.* 1.160 We herde him saye: I will destroye this temple made with hondes / and with in thre dayes I will bylde another / made with out honde. But their witnes agreed not to geder.

And the hyeste preste stode vp amongest* 1.161 them / & axed Iesus sayinge: answerest thou nothinge? How is it that these beure witnes agaynst the? And he helde his peace / and ans∣wered noothinge. Agayne the hyeste Preste axed him / & sayde vnto him: Arte thou Christ the sonne of the blessed? And Iesus sayde: I am. And ye shall se the sonne of man syt on the ryght honde of power / and come in the cloudes of heven. Then the hyest preste rent* 1.162 his cloothes and sayd: what nede we eny fur∣ther of witnes? Ye have herde the blasphemy what thinke ye? And they all gave sentence y^t he was worthy of deeth. And some begāne to

spit at him / & to cover his face / & to bete him with fistes / & to saye vnto him / arede vnto vs. And the servauntes boffeted him on the face.

And as Peter was beneeth in y^e pallys / ther came one of y^• wēches of y^e hyest preste: & whē [ G] * 1.163 she saw Petre warmynge him sylfe / she loked on him / & sayd: wast not thou also w^t Iesus of Nazareth? And he denyed it sayinge: I knowe him not / nether wot I what thou sayest. And he went out into y^e poorche / & the cocke crewe.* 1.164 And a damsell sawe him / & agayne beganne to saye to thē that stode by / this is one of thē. And he denyed it agayne. And anone after / they that stode by / sayde agayne to Peter: suer¦ly thou arte one of thē / for thou arte of Gali∣le / &* 1.165 thy speache agreth therto. And he began∣ne to cursse & to sweare sayinge: I knowe not this man of whom ye speake. And agayne the cocke krewe / and Peter remembred the worde that Iesus sayd vnto him: before the cocke crowe twyse / thou shalt deny me thryse & be∣ganne to wepe.

¶ The .xv. Chap.* 1.166

ANd anone in y^• dawnynge the hye pre∣stes helde counsell w^t y^e elders & y^• scri∣bes / & [ A] y^e whoole cōgregacion / & bounde Iesus & ledde him awaye / & delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate axed him: arte thou the* 1.167 kynge of the Iewes? And he answered & say∣de vnto him: thou sayest it. And the hye pre∣stes accused him of many thinges. Wherfore Pilate axed him agayne sayinge: Answerest* 1.168 thou nothinge? Beholde how many thinges they lay vnto thy charge. Iesus yet answe∣red

never aworde / so that Pilate merveled.* 1.169

At that feast Pilate was wont to delivre at their pleasure a presoner: whomsoever they wolde desyre. And ther was one named Bar∣rabas / which laye bounde with thē that made* 1.170 insurreccion / & in the insurreccion cōmitted murther. And y^• people called vnto him / & be∣gan to desyre accordinge as he had ever done vnto them. Pylate answered them and sayd: Will ye that I lowse vnto you the kynge of the Iewes? For he knewe that the hye Pre∣stes had delyvered him of envy. But the hye prestes had moved the people / that he shuld* 1.171 rather delyvre Barrabas vnto them.

And Pylate answered agayne / and sayd vn∣to thē: What will ye then that I do w^t him [ B] whom ye call y^• kynge of y^e Iewes? And they cryed agayne: crucifie him. Pylate sayde vnto them: What evell hath he done? And they cryed y^• moore fervently: crucifie him. And so Pylate willinge to content the people / lowsed them Barrabas / and delyvered Iesus when he had scourged him / for to be crucified.

And the souddeers ledde him awaye into y^e commen hall / and called togedder the whoole* 1.172 multitude / & they clothed him with purple / and they platted a croune of thornes & crou∣ned* 1.173 him with all / and beganne to salute him. Hayle kynge of the Iewes. And they smoote* 1.174 him on the heed w^t a rede / and spat apon him / and kneled doune and worsheped him.

And when they had moocked him / they toke the purple of him / & put his awne cloothes

on him / and ledde him oute / to crucifie him. And they compelled one that passed by / cal∣led Symon of Cyrene (which cam oute of the felde / and was father of Alexander and Ru∣fus) to beare his crosse. And they brought him to a place named Golgotha (which is by* 1.175 interpretacion / the place of deed mens scoul∣les) and they gave him to drinke / wyne myn∣gled with myrte / but he receaved it not. [ C]

And when they had crucified him / they par¦ted his garmentes / castinge loottes for them / what every man shulde have. And it was ab∣oute y^• thyrde houte / and they crucified him. And the tytle of his cause was wrytten: The kynge of the Iewes. And they crucified with him two theves: the one on the ryght honde / and the other on his lyfte. And the scripture was fulfilled which sayeth: he was counted amonge the wicked.

And they that went by / rayled on him: wag¦gynge* 1.176 their heedes and sayinge: Awretche / that destroyest the temple and byldest it in* 1.177 thre dayes: fave thy fylfe / and come doune from the crosse. Lyke wyse also mocked him y^• hye preestes amonge them selves with the scribes and sayde: He saved other men / him sylfe he cannot save. Let Christ the kynge of Israel now descende from the crosse / that we maye se and beleve. And they that were cruci∣fied with him / checked him also.

And when the sixte houre was come / dar∣knes [ D] aroose over all the erth / vntyll y^• nynthe houre. And at the nynthe houre Iesus cryed

with a loude voyce sayinge: Eloi / Eloi / lama∣asbathani / which* 1.178 is yf it be interpreted: my God / my God / why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stode by / when they hearde y^t / sayde: beholde he calleth for Helyas* 1.179 And one ran & filled a sponge full of veneger / and put it on a rede / and gave him to drinke / sayinge: let him alone / let vs se whether He∣lyas will come and take him doune.

But Iesus cryed with aloude voyce / & ga∣ve* 1.180 vp the gooste. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces / from the toppe to the boottome. And when the Centurion which* 1.181 stode before him / sawe that he so cryed & ga∣ve vp the gooste / he sayd: truly this man was the sonne of God. Ther were also wemen a good waye of beholdinge him: amonge whom was Mary Magdalen / & Mary the mother of Iames the lytle and of Ioses / and Mary Salome: which also when he was in Galile / folowed him and ministred vnto him / and ma¦ny other wemen which came vp with him to Hierusalem.

And now when nyght was come (because* 1.182 it was y^• even that goeth before y^• saboth) Io∣seph of Arimathia a noble councelour which [ E] also loked for y^• kyngdome of God / came and went in booldly vnto Pylate / & begged y^e bod¦dy of Iesu. And Pylate merveled that he was alredy deed / & called vnto him y^• Centurion / * 1.183 & axed of him / whether he had bene eny why∣le deed. And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion / he gave y^• body to Ioseph. And he

bought a lynnen cloothe / and toke him doune & wrapped him in y^• lynnen cloothe / & layde him in a tombe y^t was hewen oute of y^• rocke / & / rolled a stone vnto the dore of the sepulcre. And Mary Magdalen & Mary Ioses beheld where he was layde.

¶ The .xvi. Chap.

ANd when y^• saboth daye was past / Ma¦ry [ A] * 1.184 Magdalen / & ✚ Mary Iacobi / & Sa¦lome / bought odures / that they myght come & anoynt him. And erly in the mornin∣ge the nexte daye after the saboth day / they came vnto the sepulcre / when the sunne was rysen. And they sayd one to another: who shall rolle vs awaye the stone from the dore of the sepulcre? And when they looked / they sawe how the stone was rolled awaye: For it was a* 1.185 very greate one. And they went into the sepul¦cre / and sawe a yonge man syttinge on the ryght syde / cloothed in a longe whyte garmēt / and they were abasshed.

And he sayd vnto thē / be not afrayed: ye se∣ke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified. [ B] He is rysen / he is not here. Beholde the place / * 1.186 where they put him. But go youre waye / and tell his disciples / & namely Peter: he will goo before you into Galile: there shall ye se him / as he sayde vnto you. ✚ And they went oute quickly and fleed from the sepulcre. For they trembled & were amased. Nether sayd they eny¦thinge to eny man / for they were afrayed.

✚ When Iesus was rysen the morow after* 1.187 y^• saboth daye / he appered fyrst to Mary Ma∣gdalen / oute of whom he cast seven devyls.

And she wēt and toolde them that were with him as they morned and weapte. And when they herde / that he was alyve and he had ap∣pered to hyr / they beleved it not. After that / * 1.188 he appered vnto two of them in a straunge fi¦gure / as they walked and went into the coun∣try. And they went and toolde it to the rem∣naunt. And they beleved them nether. ⊢

✚ After that he appered vnto the elevē as [ C] * 1.189 they sate at meate: and cast in their tethe the∣ir vnbelefe & hardnes of herte: because they beleued not them which had sene him after his resurrecciō. And he sayd vnto them: Goo ye in to all the worlde / and preache the glad tyges to all creatures / he that beleueth and is baptised / shallbe saved. But he that beleveth not / shalbe dampned.

And these signes shall folowe them that be¦leve: [ D] In my name they shall cast oute devyls and shall speake with newe tonges / and shall kyll serpentes. And yf they drinke eny dedly thinge / yt shall not hurte thē. They shall la∣ye their honde on y^• sicke / & they shall recover.

So then when the lorde had spoken vnto* 1.190 them / he was receaued in to heauen / and is set doune on the ryght honde of God. And they went forth / and preached every where. And the Lorde wrought with them / and confirmed the worde with mi∣racles that folowed. ⊢

¶ The ende of the gospell of S. Marcke.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mat. iij. a. Lu. iij. a
• * 1.2

  Mat. iij. a
• * 1.3

  Esa. x••. a Iohn .j. c.
• * 1.4

  Iohn ba∣ptised. Mat. iij. a
• * 1.5

  Mat. iij. c Luk. iij. c Iohn. j. d.
• * 1.6

  Iesus is baptised. Mat. iij. d Luk. iij. d
• * 1.7

  Mat. iiij. a. Luk. v Iesus fa¦steth.
• * 1.8

  Mathew iiij. b. Lu¦ke. iiij. c. Io. iiij. f.
• * 1.9

  Mar. iiij. c. Lu. v. a. Simon Andrew.
• * 1.10

  Iames Iohn.
• * 1.11

  Mat. viij d. Luke iiij. c
• * 1.12

  The vn∣cleane sprrite is cast oute.
• * 1.13

  Mat. viij. ••. Luke iiij. f. Simons mother lawe.
• * 1.14

  A leper. Mat. viij a. Lu. v. c
• * 1.15

  Mat. ix. a Luke. v. d Palseye.
• * 1.16

  The visi¦ble mira∣cle was a signe of the inuisi∣ble power
• * 1.17

  Mat. ix. a Luk. v. f. Levy.
• * 1.18

  publicās & synners eate with Christ.
• * 1.19

  j. Timo. j. c. Mat. ix. b. and Luk. v. f. Christes disciples faste not
• * 1.20

  New & olde a∣gree not.
• * 1.21

  Mat. xij. a. Luke vj. a They pluck the eares on the Sa∣both daye j. Regum xxi. b The Sa¦both was made for man. Christ is Lorde o∣ver the Saboth.
• * 1.22

  Wethe∣red hāde.
• * 1.23

  Mat.x. a Lu. vj. b. c The apo¦stles are chosen.
• * 1.24

  Mat. ix. d and .xij. b Lu. xj. b. Belze∣bub.
• * 1.25

  Mat. xij. a. lu. xj. b The syn of the ho∣ly goost.
• * 1.26

  Mathe. xij. d. Lu¦ke. viij. c. His mo∣ther se∣keth him
• * 1.27

  Mathe. xiij. a. Lu¦ke viij. a.
• * 1.28

  Sower.
• * 1.29

  The so∣wer is ex¦pownded
• * 1.30

  Esa. vj. e Mat. xiij b. Lu. viij b. Io. xij. f. Actu. xxviij. f. Roman .xj. b
• * 1.31

  Mat. v. b Lu. viij. c and .xj. e. Mat. v. c. Lu. viij. c Candell.
• * 1.32

  Measure
• * 1.33

  A coue∣naunt to them that loue the worde of God to wynne o∣ther with worde ād dede: and another to them that loue it not, that it shalbe their de∣struccion.
• * 1.34

  Mustard seede. Mathe. xiij. c. Lu¦ke .xiij. d
• * 1.35

  Mathe. viij. d. Lu¦ke. viij. d.
• * 1.36

  Iesus sle¦peth in y^e ship.
• * 1.37

  Gadere∣nites. Mathe. viij. d. Lu¦ke. viij. d.
• * 1.38

  Legion.
• * 1.39

  Swyne
• * 1.40

  Mat. ix. c Lu. viij. f The Ru¦lers dau∣ghter.
• * 1.41

  Bloudye issue.
• * 1.42

  Mat. xiij g. Lu. iiij c. Io. iiij. f Carpen∣ter. A prophe¦te is not honou∣red in his awne con¦tree.
• * 1.43

  Mat. x. a. Lu. ix. a. The apo¦stels are sent forth
• * 1.44

  Actu. xiij. g. Dust.
• * 1.45

  Annoyn∣te.
• * 1.46

  Math. xiiij. a. Lu. ix. a.
• * 1.47

  Math. xiiij. a. Lu. iij. d. Iohn ba∣ptistis be heeded.
• * 1.48

  Math. xiiij. b. Lu. ix. b.
• * 1.49

  Mat. ix. d
• * 1.50

  Math. xiij. b. Lu. ix. b. Ioh. vj. a Fyve lo∣ves & .ii. fysshes.
• * 1.51

  Math. xiiij. c. Ioh. vj. b Iesus walketh on the sea
• * 1.52

  Math. xiiij. d.
• * 1.53

  Edge or hemme.
• * 1.54

  mat. xv a Vnwas∣shen hon¦des.
• * 1.55

  Esaie .xxix. d. Mennes cōmaun∣demente.
• * 1.56

  Exo. xx c. Deu. v Ephe. vj. a. Ex xxj. c. Leu. xx b Prouer. xx. Corban.
• * 1.57

  mat. xv b That go∣eth in / de∣fileth not
• * 1.58

  That co∣meth ou∣te of a mā defileth.
• * 1.59

  Mat. xv c The Sy∣rophenis∣sa.
• * 1.60

  Mat. xv c The def∣fe and dō¦me.
• * 1.61

  Gene. j. d Eccle. xxxix. c.
• * 1.62

  Mat. xv. d. Seven loves.
• * 1.63

  Mat. xvj a. Lu. xij g. A signe.
• * 1.64

  Math. xvj. a Leven.
• * 1.65

  Ioh. vj. b
• * 1.66

  A blynde is healed
• * 1.67

  Math. xvj. b. Luk. ix. c Cesarea Philippi
• * 1.68

  The pas∣sion.
• * 1.69

  Peter is Satan. Mat. xvj d. & x. d. Luk. ix. c & .xiiij. f. Christes disciple.
• * 1.70

  Mat. x. d. Lu. ix. c. and .xij. b
• * 1.71

  Math: xvj d. Luk. ix. c
• * 1.72

  Math. xvij. a Luk. ix. d Transfi∣guracion
• * 1.73

  Heare him.
• * 1.74

  Mat. xvij
• * 1.75

  Menciō of the pas¦sion folo∣weth the hye visiō.
• * 1.76

  Malach. iiij. b. Esa. liij. b Math. x & ij. c. Lu. ix. e.
• * 1.77

  Helpe myne vn¦beleffe.
• * 1.78

  The dō∣mee & def∣fe spirite is cast ou¦te.
• * 1.79

  Prayer and fa∣stynge.
• * 1.80

  Math. x vij. d. Lu. ix e.
• * 1.81

  Passion.
• * 1.82

  Math: xviij. a. Lu. ix. f. Chefe or greatest.
• * 1.83

  If he pre¦ache Chr∣ist truly, though he folow not with the in thy ce∣remonies or tradi∣cions let him alone
• * 1.84

  Whatso¦ever is do¦ne for chri¦stes sake{punctel} shalbe re∣warded with the rewarde that christ hath deser¦ved for vs
• * 1.85

  Offende
• * 1.86

  Esaie.. lxvj. g.
• * 1.87

  Fyer and Salt. Fyer is tri¦bulacion: and Salt is Godes worde.
• * 1.88

  Devorce∣ment. Deute. xxiiii. Math. xix. a.
• * 1.89

  Gene. ••. ij. d. i. Lo¦••int. vi. d.
• * 1.90

  Eph. v. ••
• * 1.91

  i. Corint. vij. b.
• * 1.92

  Mat. vix b. Luke. x viii. c.
• * 1.93

  Chyldrē.
• * 1.94

  Mat. vix b. & Luk. xviij. d.
• * 1.95

  Ex. xx. c.
• * 1.96

  The Ry¦che men / maye abi∣de no cros¦se: that is to saye persecu∣cion.
• * 1.97

  Camell.
• * 1.98

  Hundred folde. Mat. xix d. and. xx b. Luke. xx viij. e. Fyrst & last.
• * 1.99

  Passion.
• * 1.100

  The son¦nes of ze∣bede. Mathe. xx. c.
• * 1.101

  Mathe. .xxij. c.
• * 1.102

  Greate.
• * 1.103

  Hierico. Mat. xx. d.. Luke. xviij. f Barthi∣meus the blinde.
• * 1.104

  Mat. xxi a. Luke .xix. c. Betpha∣ge.
• * 1.105

  Colt.
• * 1.106

  Io. xij. b.
• * 1.107

  Hosanna
• * 1.108

  Mat. xxj b. Luke. xix. g.
• * 1.109

  Fygge tree.
• * 1.110

  Sellars & byers are cast oute.
• * 1.111

  Esa. lvj. c Hic. vij. b
• * 1.112

  Mathew xxj. c.
• * 1.113

  Mathew vij. a. and xxij. c. Mat. vj. b Luk. xj. b Coue∣naunt. Ecclesia. xxviij.
• * 1.114

  Mathew xxj. c. & Lu. xx. a
• * 1.115

  The bap¦tyme of Iohn.
• * 1.116

  Mathew xxj. d. Vyneyas de.
• * 1.117

  Lu. xx. b Esai. l. a. Hie. ij. d.
• * 1.118

  Psalm. cxvij. d. Esaie. xxviij. Act. iiij. b Roman. ix. g. i. Pe¦tri. ij. a.
• * 1.119

  Mathe. xxiij. b. Lu. xx. d
• * 1.120

  Tribute to Cesar.
• * 1.121

  Roman. xiij. c
• * 1.122

  Mathew xxij. c Lu. xx. d Deutero. xxv. b Saduces
• * 1.123

  Resurrec¦cion.
• * 1.124

  Ex. iij. b
• * 1.125

  Mathew. xvij. b. Luke. x. c
• * 1.126

  Fyrst cō∣maunde∣ment. Deutero. vj. a.
• * 1.127

  Leui. xix d. Math. xxij. d. Roman. xiij. c Gala. v. c
• * 1.128

  Mat. xxij d. lu. xx g Davids sonne. Psalm .cjx. a.
• * 1.129

  Mathew .xxiij. a. Luk. xj. f Longe clothes. Saluta∣cions. Chefe seates. wydowe houses. Luke. xxj. a. Povre wydowe.
• * 1.130

  Mathe. xiiij. a The de∣struccion of the tē∣ple.
• * 1.131

  Anti∣christ.
• * 1.132

  Mat. x. b.
• * 1.133

  The spi∣rite an∣swereth.
• * 1.134

  Mathew .xxiiij. Lu¦ke .xxj. d. Daniel ix. a. Daniel
• * 1.135

  Wynter
• * 1.136

  Electe.
• * 1.137

  Mathew .xxiiij. Luk. xxi b. c.
• * 1.138

  Ezech. xxxi••. b. E&s;a. xiij b. Ioel .iij. c.
• * 1.139

  Fygge tree.
• * 1.140

  That da∣ye kno∣weth no man.
• * 1.141

  Mathew xxiiij. Watche & praye.
• * 1.142

  Mathew .xxvj. a. & Luke xxij. a.
• * 1.143

  Mathew xxvj. Io. xij. a.
• * 1.144

  Iesus is annoyn¦ted.
• * 1.145

  Mathew .xxvj. Lu¦ke .xxii. •• He is be∣trayed.
• * 1.146

  Mathew .xxvj. Luke xxij. a.
• * 1.147

  Ester lambe.
• * 1.148

  Mathew. xx vj. tu. xxvj. b. Io. xiij ••••.
• * 1.149

  Psal. xl. c
• * 1.150

  f. Lo. xj c
• * 1.151

  The in∣stitution of the sa∣crament.
• * 1.152

  Mathew .xxvj. zacha. xiij. c.
• * 1.153

  Luke. xxij. d. Ioan. xviij. a. Io. xvj ••••
• * 1.154

  Mat. xx vj. lu. xx ij. d.
• * 1.155

  He arme∣th him selfe aga∣ynst his passion.
• * 1.156

  Mathew xxvj Lu. xxij. e. Io. xviij.
• * 1.157

  He is be¦trayed of Iudas, wh¦ich also ga¦ve them a token to know him by.
• * 1.158

  Thre. iiij. d.
• * 1.159

  The yoū¦ge man y^t was clo¦thed in lynen. Mathew .xxvj. Lu. xxij f Iohan .xviij. He is fal∣slye accu∣sed.
• * 1.160

  Ioh. iij.
• * 1.161

  He hol∣deth his peace.
• * 1.162

  He is mo¦cked spyt on / blyn∣folded & boffeded.
• * 1.163

  Mathew .xxvj. g. Lu. xxij. f Iohan. xviij. c.
• * 1.164

  Peter de∣nyeth.
• * 1.165

  Mathew xxij. luk xxij. f. g Iohan .xviiij. e.
• * 1.166

  Mathew xxvij. Lu. xxiii Iohan .xxviij.
• * 1.167

  He is de∣lyvered to Pylate
• * 1.168

  Mathew xxvii. lu. xxiija
• * 1.169

  He hol∣deth his peace.
• * 1.170

  Barra∣bas.
• * 1.171

  Mathew xxvii. d Lu. xxiij Iohan xviij. g. & xix. c. He is sco¦urged & then dely¦vered to deathe.
• * 1.172

  Math. xxvij.
• * 1.173

  He is crouned.
• * 1.174

  He is bof¦feted. Math. xxvij. lu. xxiij.
• * 1.175

  Golgo∣tha. Math. xxvij. Luke. xxiij. d. His gar∣mentes are devy∣ded. Io. xix. d He is cru¦cified. Gsa. liij d
• * 1.176

  He is ray fed on.
• * 1.177

  Io. ij. d.
• * 1.178

  Psal. xx••
• * 1.179

  Vyneger is offred him to drinke.
• * 1.180

  He ge∣veth vp his spirit.
• * 1.181

  The vay lerenteth
• * 1.182

  Mathew xxvij. Luke .xxiij. g. Io. xix. g
• * 1.183

  He is bu∣ryed.
• * 1.184

  Luke .xxiiij. a Io. xx. a.
• * 1.185

  Math. xxviij. Io. xx. c.
• * 1.186

  Math. xxviij. c.
• * 1.187

  Marie Magda∣lene.
• * 1.188

  Luke .xxiiji. b.
• * 1.189

  Math. xxviij. Luke .xxiiij. f. Io. xx. c. Math: xxviij.
• * 1.190

  Luke .xxiiij. g.