The most sacred Bible, whiche is the Holy Scripture conteyning the Old and New Testament / translated into English, and newly recognised with great diligence after most faythful exemplars, by Rychard Taverner.

¶ Chryste with his Apostles goeth frome towne to towne and preacheth, the parable of the sede, who is his mother and his brother, stylleth the see, dely∣uereth the possessed, and dryueth the deuylles in to the herde of swyne, and helpeth the sycke woman, and Iairus daughter.

CAPI. VIII.

ANd it befell after that, that he him self [ A] went throughe out cyties and townes, preachinge, and shewynge the kyng∣dome of God, and the twelue with hym. And also certayne wemen, whiche were healed of euyll spretes, & sickenesses. Mary called Mag¦daleyn, out of whome went seuen deuyls, and Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna, and many other: which myni∣stred vnto hym of their substaunce.

✚* 1.1When moch people were gathered to∣gither, and were come to hym out of al cyties he spake by a parable. A sower wente oute to sowe his seede: and as he sowed, some fell by the waye syde, and it was troden downe, and foules of the ayre deuoured it vp. And some fell on the stone, & as sone as it was spronge vp, it wyddred awaye, because it lacked moyste∣nesse. And some fell amonge thornes, and the [ B] thornes sprange vp with it, & choked it. And some fell on good grounde, and sprange vp, & bare frute, an hundred folde. And as he sayde these thinges, he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.

And his disciples asked hym, sayenge: what maner symilitude is this? And he sayd: Vnto you it is gyuen to knowe the mysteries of the kyngdome of God: but to other in similitu∣des: that when they se they shoulde not se, and when they heare / they shoulde not vn∣derstande.

The parable is this. The sede is the worde of God. Those that are besyde the waye, are they that heare, and afterwarde commeth the dyuell, and taketh awaye the worde oute of their hertes, least they shoulde beleue, and be saued. They on the stonnes, are they whiche when they heare, receyue the worde with ioye And these haue no rotes, whiche for a whyle beleue, and in tyme of temptation go awaye. Nowe, that whiche fell amonge thornes, are they whiche heare, and as they go are choked with cares, and with ryches, and volupteous lyuinge, and brynge forthe no frute. That in the good grounde, are they whiche with a good and pure herte, heare the worde, & kepe it, and brynge forth frute with pacience. ⊦

* 1.2No man lyghteth a candell, and couereth [ C] it vnder a vessell, neyther putteth it vnder a bedde, but setteth it on a candelsticke, that they that enter in, maye se the lyght. For no∣thinge is in secret, that shall not come abrode: Neyther any thynge hyd, that shall not be knowen, and come to lyght. Take hede ther∣fore, howe ye heare. For who soeuer hath, to hym shalbe gyuen: And who so euer hath not, euen that whiche he supposed that he hathe, shalbe taken frome hym.

Then came to him his mother and his bre∣thren, and coulde not come at him for prease. And they tolde hym sayenge: Thy mother & thy brethren stande without, and wold se the.* 1.3 He answered and sayde vnto theym: my mo∣ther and my brethrē are these which heare the worde of God, and do it.

✚ It befell on a certayne daye he went into a shyp, and his disciples also, and he sayd vn∣to them: Let vs go ouer vnto thother syde of

the lake. And they Launched forthe. And as they sayled, he fell a slepe, and there arose a storme of wynde in the lake, and they were fylled with water, and were in ieopardy. So they wente to him, and awoke him, sayenge: [ D] Master, Master, we are lost. Then he arose and rebuked the wynde, and the tempeste of water, and they ceased, and it waxed calme. And he sayde vnto them: where is your faith? But they fearynge, wondred, sayenge one to an other: What person is this? For he com∣maundeth bothe the wyndes and water, and they obeye hym? ⊦ And they sayled vnto the region of the Gaderenites, whiche is ouer a∣gainst Galile.

And as he went out of the shyppe to lande, there met him a certayne man out of the citie, which had a dyuell longe tyme, and ware no clothes, neyther abode in any house: but a∣monge graues.

When he sawe Iesus, he cryed, and fell downe before hym, & with a loude voyce sayd: What haue I a do with the, Iesu the sonne of the hyghest God? I beseche the, torment me not. For he commaunded the foule sprete to come oute of the man. For ofte tymes he caught hym, and he was bounde with chay∣nes, and kept with fetters: and he brake the bondes, and was caryed of the fende, into wyldernesse.

[ E] So Iesus asked him sayenge: What is thy name? And he sayde:* 1.4 Legion, because ma∣ny dyuels were entred into him. And they be∣soughte him, that he wolde not commaunde them to go out into the depe. And there was there by an herde of many swyne, fedynge on an hyll, and they besought him, that he wold suffre them to enter into them. And he suffred them. Then went the deuyls out of the man, and entred into the swyne: And the heerd rus∣shed in hedlonge into the lake, and were cho∣ked. When the heerdmen sawe what was done, they fled, and tolde it in the cytie, and in the villages.

Now, they came out to se what was done: and came to Iesus, and founde the man, out of whome the deuyls were departed, syttinge at the fete of Iesus, clothed and in his righte mynde, and they were afrayed. They also whiche sawe it tolde them howe he that was possessed of the deuyll, was healed. And all y^e multitude of the Gadarenes, besoughte him that he wolde departe frome them: for they were taken with great feare. But he takinge shyp returned. * Then the man out of whom [ F] the deuyls were departed, besought him to be with him. But Iesus sent him awaye, sayeng Retourne into thy house, and shewe all that euer God hathe done to the. And he went his waye, and preached thorowe oute all the cy∣tye, what thinges Iesus had done vnto him.

It happened when Iesus was come agayn that the people receyued him. For they all wayted for him:* 1.5 And beholde, there came a man named Iairus (and he was a rular of the Synagoge) and he fell downe at Iesus fete, and besought him to entre into his house for he hadde one onely doughter, vpon a .xij. yere of age, and she laye a dyenge. Nowe as he went the people thronged him.

And a woman hauynge an yssue of bloude twelue yeres (whiche hadde spent all her sub∣staunce amonge Phisicions, neyther coulde be healed of any) came behynde hym, and tou∣ched the hem of his garmente, and anone her issue of bloude staunched. And Iesus saythe: Who is it that touched me? When euery mā denyed, Peter and they that were with him, sayde: Master, the people thrust the and vexe the: and sayeste thou who touched me? And Iesus sayde: Some body hath touched me. For I perceyue vertue to haue gone out of me When the womā sawe that she was not hyd she came tremblynge, and fell at his fete, and tolde hym before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and howe she was hea∣led immediatly. And he sayd vnto her: Daugh¦ter be of good comforte.* 1.6 Thy faith hathe made the hole, go in peax.

Whyle he yet spake, there came one frome [ G] the rular of the Synagogis house which sayd to him: thy doughter is deed, dysease not the master. When Iesus herde that, He aunswe∣red the father, sayenge:* 1.7 Feare not, beleue onely, and she shall be made hole. And when he came to the house, he suffred no man to go in with him, saue Peter, Iames and Iohn̄, & the father and mother of the mayde. Nowe, euery person wept, and sorowed for her. And he sayde: Wepe not: for she is not deed, but slepeth. And they lowghe him to scorne, kno∣wynge that she deed. But he dryuynge them all oute, caught her by the hande: and cryed, sayenge: Mayde aryse. And her sprete came agayne, and she arose forthwith. And he com¦maunded to gyue her meate. And the father, and the mother of her, were astonyed. But he warned them, that they shoulde tell no man what was done.

Notes

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  Math .v. b Marck .iiii.
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  Math .ix. d Mar .v. d.
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  Math .ix. d Marcke .v. d