Matthew 11:6-21:46 And happy is he that is not offended in me

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ And happy is he that is not offended in me ⁷ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde ⁸ Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft [clothyng] are in kinges houses ⁹ But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee ¹¹ Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he ¹² From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it [vnto them. ¹³ For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn ¹⁴ And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come ¹⁵ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare ¹⁶ But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes ¹⁷ And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed ¹⁸ For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil ¹⁹ The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an [vnmeasurable] drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children ²⁰ Then began he to vpbrayd the cities which most of his mightie workes were done in, because they repented not ²¹ Wo vnto thee Chorazin, wo vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were shewed in you had ben done in Tyre or Sidon, they had repented long ago in sackcloth and asshes ²² Neuerthelesse I say vnto you, it shalbe easier for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you ²³ And thou Capernaum, which art lift vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: For if the mightie workes which haue ben done in thee had ben done among them of Sodome, they had remayned vntyll this day ²⁴ Neuerthelesse, I say vnto you, that it shalbe easier for the lande of Sodome in the day of iudgement, then for thee ²⁵ At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes ²⁶ Euen so [it is] O father, for so was it thy good pleasure ²⁷ All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him ²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you ²⁹ Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules ³⁰ For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght ¹² ¹ At that tyme Iesus went on the Sabbath dayes through the corne, and his disciples were an hungred, and began to plucke the eares of corne, & to eate ² But when the Pharisees sawe it, they sayde vnto hym: Beholde, thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do vpon the Sabbath day ³ But he sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, and they that were with him ⁴ Howe he entred into the house of God, and did eate the shew bread, which was not lawfull for hym to eate, neither for them which were with hym, but only for the priestes ⁵ Or haue ye not read in the lawe, howe that on the Sabbath dayes the priestes in the temple prophane the Sabbath, and are blamelesse ⁶ But I say vnto you, that in this place is one greater then the temple ⁷ Wherfore if ye wist what this meaneth, I will mercie & not sacrifice: ye woulde not haue condempned the giltlesse ⁸ For the sonne of man also is Lorde euen of the Sabbath day ⁹ And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue ¹⁰ And beholde there was a man which had his hande dryed vp, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawfull to heale vpon the Sabbath dayes? that they might accuse him ¹¹ And he sayde vnto them: What man of you wyll there be that shall haue a sheepe, & if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, wyll he not take holde of it, and lift it out ¹² Howe much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Wherfore it is lawfull to do a good deede on the Sabbath dayes ¹³ Then saith he to the man, Stretch foorth thy hande. And he stretched it foorth: and it was made whole like as the other ¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and helde a counsayle agaynst him, howe they might destroy hym ¹⁵ But when Iesus knewe it, he departed thence: and great multitudes folowed him, and he healed them all ¹⁶ And charged them that they shoulde not make him knowen ¹⁷ That it might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esaias the prophete, saying ¹⁸ Beholde my childe whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule well delighteth: I wyll put my spirite vpon him, and he shall shewe iudgement to the gentiles ¹⁹ He shall not striue nor crye, neither shal any man heare his voyce in the streetes ²⁰ A bruised reede shall he not breake, and smokyng flaxe shall he not quenche, tyll he sende foorth iudgement vnto victorie ²¹ And in his name shall the gentiles trust ²² Then was brought to him one possessed with a deuyll, blinde, and dumbe: and he healed him, insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and sawe ²³ And all the people were amased and sayde: Is not this that sonne of Dauid ²⁴ But when the Pharisees hearde it, they sayde: This [felowe] driueth the deuils no otherwise out, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils ²⁵ But whe Iesus knew their thoughtes, he sayde vnto them, Euery kingdome deuided agaynst it selfe shalbe brought to naught: and euery citie or house deuided agaynst it selfe shall not stande ²⁶ And if Satan cast out Satan, then is he deuided agaynst him selfe: howe shall then his kingdome endure ²⁷ Also if I by Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therfore they shalbe your iudges ²⁸ But if I cast out the deuils by the spirite of God: then is the kingdome of God come vpon you ²⁹ Or els howe can one enter into a strong mans house, & spoyle his goodes, except he first binde the strong man, and then spoyle his house ³⁰ He that is not with me, is agaynst me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abrode ³¹ Wherfore, I say vnto you, all maner of sinne and blasphemy shalbe forgeuen vnto men, but the blasphemy agaynst the spirite, shall not be forgeuen vnto men ³² And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man, it shalbe forgeuen hym: But whosoeuer speaketh agaynst the holy ghost, it shall not be forgeuen hym, neither in this worlde, neither in the worlde to come ³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euyll, and his fruite euyll. For the tree, is knowen by his fruite ³⁴ O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh ³⁵ A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges ³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment ³⁷ For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned ³⁸ Then certayne of the Scribes, and of the Pharisees, aunswered hym, saying. Maister, we wyl see a signe of thee ³⁹ But he aunswered and sayde to them. The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen to it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas ⁴⁰ For as Ionas was three dayes, and three nyghtes, in the Whales belly: so shall the sonne of man be three dayes, and three nyghtes, in the heart of the earth ⁴¹ The men of Niniue shall ryse in the iudgement, with this nation, and condemne it, because they repented at the preachyng of Ionas: and beholde, here [is] one greater then Ionas ⁴² The Queene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement, with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisdome of Solomon. And beholde, in this place [is] one greater then Solomon ⁴³ When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drye places, sekyng rest, and fyndeth none ⁴⁴ Then he sayeth: I wyll returne into my house, from whence I came out. And when he is come, he fyndeth it emptie, swept, and garnyshed ⁴⁵ Then goeth he, and taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites, worse then hym selfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: And the ende of that man, is worse then the begynnyng. Euen so shall it be also, vnto this frowarde generation ⁴⁶ Whyle he yet talked to the people, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stoode without, desyryng to speake with hym ⁴⁷ Then one sayde vnto hym: beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren, stande without, desyryng to speake with thee ⁴⁸ But he aunswered, and sayde vnto hym that had tolde hym: Who is my mother? or who are my brethren ⁴⁹ And he stretched foorth his hande towarde his disciples, & sayde, beholde my mother, and my brethren ⁵⁰ For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother ¹³ ¹ The same day, went Iesus out of the house, & sate by the sea syde ² And great multitudes were gathered together vnto hym, so greatly that he went and sate in a shippe, and the whole multitude stoode on the shore ³ And he spake many thynges to them in parables, saying: Beholde, the sower went foorth to sowe ⁴ And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp ⁵ Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth, and anone they sprong vp, because they had no depenesse of earth ⁶ And when the sonne was vp, they caught heate, and because they had not roote, they wythered away ⁷ Agayne, some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp and choked them ⁸ But some fell into good grounde, and brought foorth fruite, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde ⁹ Who hath eares to heare, let hym heare ¹⁰ And the disciples came, and sayde vnto hym: Why speakest thou to them by parables ¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen ¹² For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath ¹³ Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande ¹⁴ And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue ¹⁵ For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare ¹⁷ Ueryly I say vnto you, that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see, and haue not seene: and to heare those thynges which ye heare, and haue not hearde ¹⁸ Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower ¹⁹ When one heareth the worde of the kyngdome, and vnderstandeth it not, then commeth that euyll, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: this is he, which receaued seede by the way syde ²⁰ But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it ²¹ Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended ²² He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull ²³ But he that receaued seede into the good grounde, is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruite: and bryngeth foorth, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde ²⁴ Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is likened vnto a man, which sowed good seede in his fielde ²⁵ But whyle men slept, his enemye came & sowed tares among the wheate, and went his way ²⁶ But when the blade was sprong vp, and had brought foorth fruite, then appeared the tares also ²⁷ So, the seruauntes of the housholder came, and sayde vnto hym. Sir, diddest not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares ²⁸ He sayde vnto them: the malicious man hath done this. The seruauntes sayde vnto hym: wylt thou then that we go, and gather them vp ²⁹ But he sayde, nay: lest whyle ye gather vp the tares, ye rote vp also the wheate with them ³⁰ Let both growe together vntyll the haruest: & in tyme of haruest, I wyl say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bynde them in bundels to burne them: but carrie the wheate into my barne ³¹ Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying. The kyngdome of heauen is like to a grayne of mustard seede, which a man toke & sowed in his fielde ³² Which in dede is the least of all seedes: But when it is growen, it is the greatest among hearbes: and is a tree, so that the byrdes of the ayre come & make their nestes in the braunches therof ³³ Another parable spake he vnto them: The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto leuen, which a woman taketh & hydeth in three peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened ³⁴ All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them ³⁵ That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde ³⁶ Then Iesus sent the people away, & went into the house: And his disciples came vnto hym, saying: Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of the fielde ³⁷ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: He that soweth the good seede, is the sonne of man ³⁸ The fielde, is the worlde: & the good seede, they are the childre of ye kingdom: the tares, are the chyldren of ye wicked ³⁹ The enemie that soweth them, is the deuyll: the haruest, is the ende of the worlde: the reapers, be the Angels ⁴⁰ Euen as the tares therfore, are gathered and brent in the fyre: so shall it be in the ende of this worlde ⁴¹ The sonne of man shall sende foorth his Angels, and [they] shall gather out of his kyngdome, all thynges that offende, and them which do iniquitie ⁴² And shall cast them into a furnesse of fyre: There shalbe waylyng and gnasshyng of teeth ⁴³ Then shall the ryghteous shine as the Sunne, in the kingdome of their father. Who hath eares to heare, let hym heare ⁴⁴ Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde ⁴⁵ Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a marchaunt man, seekyng goodly pearles ⁴⁶ Which, when he founde one precious pearle, went and solde all that he had, and bought it ⁴⁷ Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of all kynde ⁴⁸ Which when it was full, men drewe to lande, and sat downe, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away ⁴⁹ So shall it be at the ende of the world: The Angels shall come foorth, and seuer the bad from among the iuste ⁵⁰ And shall cast them into a furnesse of fyre: there shalbe waylyng and gnasshyng of teeth ⁵¹ Iesus sayth vnto them: haue ye vnderstande all these thynges? They say vnto hym: yea Lorde ⁵² Then sayde he vnto them: Therfore, euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen, is lyke vnto a man that is an householder, whiche bryngeth foorth out of his treasure, thynges newe and olde ⁵³ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished these parables, he departed thence ⁵⁴ And when he came into his owne countrey, he taught them in their synagogues, in so much, that they were astonyed, and sayde: whence commeth this wysdome and powers vnto hym ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie? and his brethren, Iames, and Ioses, and Simon, and Iudas ⁵⁶ And are not all his sisters with vs? whence hath he then all these thynges ⁵⁷ And they were offended in hym. Iesus sayde vnto them: A prophete is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house ⁵⁸ And he did not many mightie workes there, because of their vnbeliefe ¹⁴ ¹ At that tyme Herode the Tetrarch, hearde of the fame of Iesu ² And sayde vnto his seruauntes: this is Iohn the Baptist, he is risen from the dead, and therfore great workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym ³ For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe ⁴ For Iohn sayde vnto hym: it is not lawfull for thee to haue her ⁵ And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete ⁶ But when Herodes birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, and pleased Herode ⁷ Wherfore he promised with an othe, that he woulde geue her whatsoeuer she woulde aske ⁸ And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter ⁹ And the kyng was sory: Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, and them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her ¹⁰ And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson ¹¹ And his head was brought in a platter, and geuen to the damsell: and [she] brought it to her mother ¹² And his disciples came, and toke vp his body, and buryed it: and went, and tolde Iesus ¹³ When Iesus hearde of it, he departed thence in a shyp, vnto a desert place, out of the way: And when the people had hearde therof, they folowed hym on foote out of the cities ¹⁴ And Iesus went foorth, and sawe much people: and was moued with mercye towarde them, and he healed their sicke ¹⁵ And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to hym, saying: this is a desert place, and the hour is nowe past, let the people depart, that they may go into the townes, and bye them vittels ¹⁶ But Iesus sayde vnto them: They haue no nede to go away, geue ye them to eate ¹⁷ They saye vnto hym: we haue here but fyue loaues, and two fisshes ¹⁸ He sayde: bryng them hyther to me ¹⁹ And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grasse, and he toke the fyue loaues, and the two fisshes, and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen, & blessed: And when he had broken [them], he gaue the loaues to his disciples, and his disciples to the people ²⁰ And they dyd all eate, and were suffised. And they gathered vp (of the fragmentes that remayned) twelue baskets full ²¹ And they that had eaten, were about fyue thousande men, besyde women and chyldren ²² And strayghtway Iesus constrayned his disciples to get vp into a shippe, and to go before hym vnto the other syde, whyle he sent the people away ²³ And when the people were sent away, he went vp into a mountayne alone to pray: And when nyght was come, he was there hym selfe alone ²⁴ But the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, & was tost with waues: for it was a contrary wynde ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the nyght, Iesus went vnto them, walkyng on the sea ²⁶ And when the disciples sawe hym walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirite: and they cryed out for feare ²⁷ But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde ²⁸ Peter aunswered hym, and sayde: Lorde, yf it be thou, byd me come vnto thee, on the water ²⁹ And he sayde: come. And when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus ³⁰ But when he sawe a myghty wynde, he was afrayde: And when he began to sincke, he cryed, saying, Lorde saue me ³¹ And immediatly Iesus stretched foorth his hande, and caught hym, and sayde vnto hym: O thou of litle fayth, wherefore diddest thou doubt ³² And when they were come into the shippe, the wynde ceasse ³³ Then they that were in the shippe, came and worshypped hym, saying: of a trueth thou art the sonne of God ³⁴ And when they were gone ouer, they came into the lande of Gennezaret ³⁵ And when the men of that place, had knowledge of hym, they sent out into all that countrey rounde about: and brought vnto hym all that were sicke ³⁶ And besought hym, that they myght touche the hemme of his garment only: And as many as touched [it] were made whole ¹⁵ ¹ Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying ² Why do thy disciples transgresse the traditions of the elders? for they washe not their handes when they eate bread ³ But he aunswered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, by your tradition ⁴ For God comaunded, saying: honour father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother, let hym dye the death ⁵ But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that [is offered] of me, thou shalt be helped ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition ⁷ Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying ⁸ This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lippes: howbeit, their hearts are farre from me ⁹ But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men ¹⁰ And he called the people to hym, and sayde vnto them: heare, & vnderstande ¹¹ That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man ¹² Then came his disciples, and sayde vnto hym: knowest thou not, that the Pharisees were offended after they hearde this saying ¹³ But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dytche ¹⁵ Then aunswered Peter, and sayde vnto hym: Declare vnto vs this parable ¹⁶ Iesus sayde: Are ye also without vnderstandyng ¹⁷ Do not ye yet vnderstande, that whatsoeuer entreth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught ¹⁸ But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man ¹⁹ For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes ²⁰ These are the thynges, which defyle a man: But to eate with vnwasshen handes, defyleth not a man ²¹ And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon ²² And beholde, a woman of the Chananites, which came out of the same coastes, cryed vnto hym, saying: Haue mercie on me O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid: My daughter is greeuously vexed with a deuyll ²³ But he aunswered her not a worde: and his disciples came, and besought hym, saying: sende her away, for she cryeth after vs ²⁴ But he aunswered, and sayde: I am not sent but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel ²⁵ Then came she, and worshipped him, saying: Lorde, helpe me ²⁶ He aunswered, and sayde: it is not meete to take the chyldrens bread, and to cast it to litle dogges ²⁷ She aunswered and sayde, trueth Lorde: and yet litle dogges eate of the crummes, which fall fro their maisters table ²⁸ Then Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: O woman, great is thy fayth, be it vnto thee, euen as thou wylt. And her daughter was made whole, euen from that same tyme ²⁹ And Iesus went from thence, and came nye vnto the sea of Galilee, and went vp into a mountayne, and sate downe there ³⁰ And great multitudes came vnto him, hauyng with them those that were lame, blynde, dumbe, maymed, & other many, and cast them downe at Iesus feete: And he healed them ³¹ In so much that the people wondred, when they sawe the dumbe speake, the maymed to be whole, the lame to walke, and the blynde to see: And they glorified the God of Israel ³² Then Iesus called his disciples vnto hym, and sayde: I haue compassion on the people, because they continue with me nowe three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I wyll not let them depart fastyng, lest they faynt in the way ³³ And his disciples say vnto hym: whence [shoulde we get] so much bread in the wyldernesse, as to suffise so great a multitude ³⁴ And Iesus sayeth vnto them: howe many loaues haue ye? And they say, seuen, and a fewe litle fisshes ³⁵ And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grounde ³⁶ And toke the seuen loaues, and the fisshes: and after that he had geuen thankes, he brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples gaue them to the people ³⁷ And they dyd all eate, and were suffised: And they toke vp, of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full ³⁸ And yet they that did eate, were foure thousande men, besyde women and chyldren ³⁹ And he sent away the people, and toke shippe, and came into the parties of Magdala ¹⁶ ¹ The Pharisees also, with the Saducees, came, and temptyng, desired hym that he woulde shewe them a signe from heauen ² He aunswered & sayde vnto them: when it is euenyng, ye say, [it wyll be] fayre weather: for the sky is redde ³ And in the mornyng, It wyll be foule weather to day: for the sky is lowryng redde. O ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the sky: but can ye not discerne the signes of the tymes ⁴ The froward and adulterous nation requireth a signe: and there shall no signe be geuen vnto it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas. And he left them, and departed ⁵ And when his disciples were come to the other syde of the water, they had forgotten to take bread [with them] ⁶ Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Take heede and beware of the leuen of the Pharisees, and of the Saducees ⁷ And they thought in them selues, saying: for we haue taken no bread [with vs] ⁸ Which when Iesus vnderstoode, he sayde vnto them: O ye of little fayth, why thynke you within your selues, because ye haue brought no bread ⁹ Do ye not yet perceaue, neither remember those fyue loaues, when there were fyue thousande [men], and howe many baskets toke ye vp ¹⁰ Neither the seuen loaues, when there were foure thousande [men], and howe many baskets toke ye vp ¹¹ Howe is it that ye do not vnderstande, that I spake it not vnto you concernyng bread, [warnyng you] that ye shoulde beware of the leuen of the Pharisees, and of the Saducees ¹² Then vnderstoode they, howe that he bad not them beware of the leuen of bread: but of the doctrine of the Pharisees, and of the Saducees ¹³ When Iesus came into the coastes of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that I the sonne of man am ¹⁴ They sayde: some say [that thou art] Iohn Baptist, some Helias, some Ieremias, or one of the prophetes ¹⁵ He sayth vnto them: but whom say ye that I am ¹⁶ Simon Peter aunswered and sayde: Thou art Christe, the sonne of the lyuyng God ¹⁷ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: happy art thou Simon Bar Iona, for flesh & blood hath not opened [that] vnto thee, but my father which is in heauen ¹⁸ And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation: And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it ¹⁹ And I wyll geue vnto thee, the keyes of the kingdome of heauen: And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth, shalbe bounde in heauen: and whatsoeuer thou loosest in earth, shalbe loosed in heauen ²⁰ Then charged he his disciples, that they shoulde tell no man, that he was Iesus Christe ²¹ From that tyme foorth, began Iesus to shewe vnto his disciples, howe that he must go vnto Hierusalem, and suffer many thynges of the elders, and hye priestes, & scribes, and [must] be kylled, and be raysed agayne the thyrde day ²² And when Peter had taken him aside, he began to rebuke hym, saying: Lorde, fauour thy selfe, this shall not be vnto thee ²³ But he turned hym about, and sayde vnto Peter: go after me Satan, thou art an offence vnto me: for thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God, but those that be of men ²⁴ Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me ²⁵ For, who so wyll saue his lyfe, shall lose it: Agayne, who so doth lose his lyfe for my sake, shall fynde it ²⁶ For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule ²⁷ For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes ²⁸ Ueryly I say vnto you, there be some standyng here, which shall not taste of death, tyll they see the sonne of man come in his kyngdome ¹⁷ ¹ And after sixe dayes, Iesus taketh Peter, Iames, and Iohn his brother, and bryngeth them vp into an hye mountayne, out of the way ² And was transfigured before them, and his face did shyne as the sunne, and his clothes were as whyte as the lyght ³ And beholde, there appeared vnto them, Moyses, and Elias talkyng with hym ⁴ Then aunswered Peter, and sayde vnto Iesus: Lorde, it is good for vs to be here. If thou wylt, let vs make here three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moyses, and one for Elias ⁵ Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bryght cloude shadowed them: And beholde, [there came] a voyce out of the cloude, which sayde, this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased, heare hym ⁶ And when the disciples hearde [these thynges] they fell on their face, and were sore afrayde ⁷ And Iesus came, and touched them, and sayde: aryse, and be not afrayde ⁸ And when they had lyft vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus only ⁹ And when they came downe from the mountayne, Iesus charged them, saying: shewe the vision to no man, vntyll the sonne of man be rysen agayne from the dead ¹⁰ And his disciples asked hym, saying: Why then say the scribes, that Elias must first come ¹¹ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Elias truely shall first come, and restore all thynges ¹² But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted ¹³ Lykewyse, shall also the sonne of man suffer of them. Then the disciples vnderstode, that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist ¹⁴ And when they were come to the people, there came to hym a certayne man, knelyng downe to hym, and saying ¹⁵ Lorde, haue mercy on my sonne, for he is lunaticke, and sore vexed: for oft tymes he falleth into the fyre, and oft into the water ¹⁶ And I brought hym to thy disciples, and they coulde not heale hym ¹⁷ Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me ¹⁸ And Iesus rebuked the deuyll, and he departed out of hym: And the chylde was healed euen that same tyme ¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Iesus secretely, and sayde: why coulde not we cast hym out ²⁰ Iesus sayde vnto them: because of your vnbeliefe. For veryly I say vnto you: If ye haue fayth as a grayne of mustarde seede, ye shall say vnto this mountayne: remoue hence to yonder place, and it shall remoue, neither shall any thyng be vnpossible vnto you ²¹ Howebeit, this kynde goeth not out, but by prayer and fastyng ²² Whyle they were occupyed in Galilee, Iesus sayde vnto them: it wyll come to passe, that the sonne of man shalbe betrayed into the handes of men ²³ And they shall kyll hym, & the thyrde day shall he ryse agayne: And they were exceadyng sory ²⁴ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth not your maister pay tribute ²⁵ He sayth: yes. And when he was come into the house, Iesus preuented hym, saying: What thynkest thou Simon? of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule? of the chyldren, or of straungers ²⁶ Peter sayth vnto hym: of straungers. Iesus sayth vnto hym: Then are the chyldren free ²⁷ Notwithstandyng, lest we shoulde offende them, go thou to the sea, and cast an angle, and take the fisshe that first commeth vp: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a peece of twenty pence: that take, and geue it vnto them for me, and thee ¹⁸ ¹ At the same time, came the disciples vnto Iesus, saying: Who is the greatest in ye kyngdome of heauen ² Iesus called a litle chylde vnto hym, and set hym in the myddest [of them] ³ And sayde. Ueryly I say vnto you: except ye turne, and become as litle chyldren, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen ⁴ Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde, the same is ye greatest in the kingdome of heauen ⁵ And who so shall receaue such a litle chylde in my name, receaueth me ⁶ But who so shall offende one of these litle ones, which beleue in me, it were better for hym, that a myll stone were hanged about his necke, & that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea ⁷ Wo vnto the worlde, because of offences. It must nedes be, that offences come: But wo to that man, by whom the offence commeth ⁸ If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee, cut them of, and cast [them] from thee. It is better for thee to enter into lyfe, halt or maymed, [rather] then thou shouldest, hauyng two handes, or two feete, be cast into euerlastyng fyre ⁹ And yf thyne eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast [it] from thee: It is better for thee to enter into lyfe with one eye, [rather] then, hauyng two eyes, to be cast into hell fyre ¹⁰ Take heede that ye despise not one of these litle ones: For I say vnto you, that in heaue their Angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father, which is in heauen ¹¹ For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost ¹² Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray ¹³ And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray ¹⁴ Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe ¹⁵ Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother ¹⁶ But yf he heare thee not, then take yet with thee one or two: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, euery worde may be stablyshed ¹⁷ If he heare not them, tell it vnto the Churche: If he heare not the Churche, let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man, and a publicane ¹⁸ Ueryly I say vnto you: Whatsoeuer ye bynde on earth, shalbe bounde in heauen: And whatsoeuer ye loose on earth, shalbe loosed in heauen ¹⁹ Agayne, truely I say vnto you, that if two of you agree in earth, as touching any thyng that they shall aske, it shalbe done for them, of my father, which is in heauen ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the myddes of them ²¹ Then came Peter to hym, and sayde: Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me, and I forgeue hym? tyll seuen tymes ²² Iesus sayth vnto hym, I say not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes: but, vntyll seuentie tymes seuen ²³ Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes ²⁴ And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes ²⁵ But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made ²⁶ The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all ²⁷ Then the Lorde of that seruaunt, moued with pitie, loosed hym, and forgaue hym the debt ²⁸ But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest ²⁹ And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all ³⁰ And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt ³¹ So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done ³² Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me ³³ Shouldest not thou also, haue had compassion on thy felowe, euen as I had pitie on thee ³⁴ And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him ³⁵ So lykewyse, shall my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye from your heartes, forgeue not, euery one his brother, their trespasses ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished these sayinges, he gat hym from Galilee, and came into the coastes of Iurie, beyonde Iordane ² And great multitudes folowed hym: and he healed them there ³ The pharisees also came vnto hym, temptyng hym, and saying vnto hym: Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe, for euery cause ⁴ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female ⁵ And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe ⁶ Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together ⁷ They say vnto hym: why did Moyses then commaunde to geue a writyng of diuorcement, and to put her away ⁸ He sayde vnto them: Moyses, because of the hardnes of your heartes, suffred you to put away your wyues: But from the begynnyng it was not so ⁹ I say vnto you: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, except it be for fornication, and maryeth another, committeth adulterie: And who so maryeth her which is diuorced, doth comit adulterie ¹⁰ His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, [then] is it not good to mary ¹¹ He sayde vnto them: all men can not receaue this saying, saue they to whom it is geuen ¹² For there are some chaste, which are so borne, out of their mothers wombe: And there are some chaste, which be made chaste of me: And there be chaste, which haue made themselues chaste, for the kyngdome of heauens sake. He that is able to receaue [it], let him receaue [it] ¹³ Then were there brought vnto hym young chyldren, that he shoulde put his handes on them, and pray: And the disciples rebuked them ¹⁴ But Iesus sayde vnto them: suffer the young chyldren, and forbyd them not to come vnto me: for of such, is the kyngdome of heauen ¹⁵ And when he had put his handes on them, he departed thence ¹⁶ And beholde, one came, and sayde vnto hym: good maister, what good thyng shall I do, that I may haue eternall lyfe ¹⁷ He sayde vnto hym: why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, [and that is] God. But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe, kepe the commaundementes ¹⁸ He sayth vnto hym: Which? Iesus sayde: Thou shalt do no murther, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse ¹⁹ Honour father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ²⁰ The young man sayth vnto hym: All these [thynges] haue I kept, from my youth vp: what lacke I yet ²¹ Iesus sayde vnto hym: yf thou wylt be perfect, go & sell that thou hast, and geue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come & folowe me ²² But when the young man hearde that saying, he went away sory: For he had great possessions ²³ Then Iesus sayde vnto his disciples: Ueryly I say vnto you, that a riche [man] shall hardly enter into the kyngdome of heauen ²⁴ And agayne I say vnto you: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle, then for the riche, to enter into the kyngdome of God ²⁵ When the disciples hearde this, they were exceadyngly amazed, saying: who then can be saued ²⁶ But Iesus behelde them, and sayde vnto them: with men this is vnpossible, but with God all thynges are possible ²⁷ Then aunswered Peter, and sayde vnto hym: Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and folowed thee, what shall we haue therfore ²⁸ Iesus sayde vnto them: veryly I say vnto you, that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie, ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration, shall syt also vpon twelue seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel ²⁹ And euery one that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my names sake, shall receaue an hundred folde, and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe ³⁰ But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last, shalbe first ²⁰ ¹ For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde ² And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde ³ And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place ⁴ And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way ⁵ Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse ⁶ And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle ⁷ They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue ⁸ So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first ⁹ And when they came, that [were hired] about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny ¹⁰ But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny ¹¹ And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house ¹² Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day ¹³ But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny ¹⁴ Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee ¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good ¹⁶ So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen ¹⁷ And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them ¹⁸ Beholde, we go vp to Hierusalem, and the sonne of man shalbe betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the scribes, and they shall condempne hym to death ¹⁹ And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the thirde day, he shall ryse agayne ²⁰ Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren, with her sonnes, worshyppyng hym, and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym ²¹ And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome ²² But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able ²³ He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father ²⁴ And when the ten hearde [this], they disdayned at the two brethren ²⁵ But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them ²⁶ It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister ²⁷ And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt ²⁸ Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many ²⁹ And as they departed from Hierico, much people folowed hym ³⁰ And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs ³¹ And the people rebuked them, because they should holde their peace. But they cryed the more, saying: haue mercy on vs, O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid ³² And Iesus stode styll, & called them, and sayde: what wyll ye that I shall do vnto you ³³ They saye vnto hym? Lord, that our eyes may be opened ³⁴ So Iesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediatly theyr eyes receaued syght. And they folowed hym ²¹ ¹ And when they drewe nye vnto Hierusalem, & were come to Bethphage, vnto the mout of Oliues, the sent Iesus two disciples ² Saying vnto the: Go into the towne that lyeth ouer agaynste you, and anone ye shall fynde an Asse tyed, & a colt with her: loose [them and] bryng [them] vnto me ³ And yf any man saye ought vnto you, saye ye, the Lorde hath nede of them: and strayghtway he wyll let them go ⁴ All this was done, that it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophete, saying ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion: behold, thy kyng commeth vnto thee meke, and syttyng vpon an Asse, & a colt, the foale of [the Asse] vsed to the yoke ⁶ The disciples went, and did as Iesus commaunded them ⁷ And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set hym theron ⁸ And many of the people spread their garmetes in the way. Other cut downe braunches from the trees, and strawed them in the way ⁹ Moreouer, the multitudes that went before, & that came after, cryed, saying: Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid. Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde, Hosanna in the hyest ¹⁰ And when he was come into Hierusale, all the citie was moued, saying: who is this ¹¹ And the multitude saide: This is Iesus that prophete of Nazareth in Galilee ¹² And Iesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers, and the seates of them that solde doues ¹³ And sayde vnto them, it is written: My house shalbe called the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of thieues ¹⁴ And the blynde and the halt came to hym in the temple, and he healed them ¹⁵ When the chiefe priestes and scribes sawe the wonders that he dyd, and the chyldren crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid, they disdayned ¹⁶ And sayde vnto hym: Hearest thou what these saye? But Iesus sayth vnto them, yea, haue ye neuer read: Out of the mouth of babes & suckelynges thou hast ordeyned prayse ¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the citie, vnto Bethanie: and he lodged there ¹⁸ In the mornyng, as he returned into the citie, he hungred ¹⁹ And when he sawe one fygge tree in the waye, he came to it, and founde nothyng theron but leaues only, & said vnto it: neuer fruite growe on thee henceforwarde. And anone the figge tree withered away ²⁰ And when his disciples sawe it, they marueyled, saying: Howe soone is the figge tree wythered away ²¹ Iesus aunswered, and saide vnto the: Ueryly I saye vnto you, yf ye haue fayth, and doubt not, ye shall not onlye do this [which is done] to the figge tree: but also, yf ye shall say vnto this mountayne, be thou remoued, and, be thou cast into the sea, it shalbe done ²² And all thynges, whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer, beleuyng, ye shall receaue them ²³ And when he was come into the temple, the chiefe priestes, & the elders of the people, came vnto hym teaching, and saye: By what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges? and who gaue thee this power ²⁴ Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: I also wyll aske you one questio, which yf ye tell me, I in likewise wyll tell you by what aucthoritie I do these thinges ²⁵ The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym ²⁶ But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all [men] holde Iohn as a prophete ²⁷ And they aunswered vnto Iesus, and sayde: we can not tell. And he saide vnto them: neither tell I you, by what aucthoritie I do these thynges ²⁸ But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde ²⁹ He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went ³⁰ Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not ³¹ Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you ³² For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene [it] were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym ³³ Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey ³⁴ And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it ³⁵ And the husbande men caught his seruauntes, and beatte one, killed another, and stoned another ³⁶ Agayne, he sent other seruauntes, mo then the first: and they dyd vnto them lykewyse ³⁷ But laste of all, he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne ³⁸ But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce ³⁹ And they caught hym, and thrust him out of the vineyarde, and slewe [hym] ⁴⁰ When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth, what wyll he do vnto those husbande men ⁴¹ They sayde vnto hym: He wyll miserably destroy those wicked [men] & wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men, which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons ⁴² Iesus sayth vnto them. Did ye neuer reade in the Scriptures: The stone which the buylders refused, the same is become the head of the corner. This is the Lordes doing, and it is marueylous in our eyes ⁴³ Therefore saye I vnto you, the kyngdome of God shalbe taken from you, & geuen to a nation bryngyng foorth the fruites therof ⁴⁴ And whosoeuer falleth on this stone, shalbe broken in peeces: but on whomsoeuer it falleth, it shal all to grynd him ⁴⁵ And when the chiefe priestes and pharisees had heard his parables, they perceaued that he spake of them ⁴⁶ And they went about to laye handes on hym, but they feared the multitudes, because they toke him as a prophet