The .ix. Chapter.
HAd when Iesus sawe the faythe of them, he sayde to the seeke of the paisie: sonne, be of good chere, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee.
Why eateth youre mayster with Publicanes and sinners? when Iesus hearde that, he sayde vnto them: The hole nede not the phisicion, but they that are sycke. Go and learne what that mea∣neth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offring. For I am not come to call the righteous, but the synners to repentaunce.
No man pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe clothe: for then taketh he awaye the piece agayne from the garment, and the rente is made greater. Neither do men put newe wyne in olde vessels, for then the vessels breake, and the wyne runneth out, and the vessels perishe. But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels, and so are both saued together.
Then sayde he to his disciples: the harueste is greate, but the labourers are fewe. wherfore praye the Lorde of the haruest, to sende for the la∣bourers into his haruest.