Wycliffe(i)
2 But whanne Joon in boondis hadde herd the werkis of Crist, he sente tweyne of hise disciplis,
3 and seide to him, `Art thou he that schal come, or we abiden another?
4 And Jhesus answeride, and seide `to hem, Go ye, and telle ayen to Joon tho thingis that ye han herd and seyn.
5 Blynde men seen, crokid men goon, meselis ben maad clene, deefe men heren, deed men rysen ayen, pore men ben takun to `prechyng of the gospel.
6 And he is blessid, that shal not be sclaundrid in me.
7 And whanne thei weren goon awei, Jhesus bigan to seie of Joon to the puple, What thing wenten ye out in to desert to se? a reed wawed with the wynd?
8 Or what thing wenten ye out to see? a man clothid with softe clothis? Lo! thei that ben clothid with softe clothis ben in the housis of kyngis.
9 But what thing wenten ye out to se? a prophete? Yhe, Y seie to you, and more than a prophete.
10 For this is he, of whom it is writun, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, that shal make redi thi weye bifor thee.
11 Treuli Y seie to you, ther roos noon more than Joon Baptist among the children of wymmen; but he that is lesse in the kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he.
12 And fro the daies of Joon Baptist til now the kyngdom of heuenes suffrith violence, and violent men rauyschen it.
13 For alle prophetis and the lawe `til to Joon prophecieden; and if ye wolen resseyue,
14 he is Elie that is to come.
15 He that hath eris of heryng, here he.
16 But to whom schal Y gesse this generacioun lijk? It is lijk to children sittynge in chepyng, that crien to her peeris,
17 and seien, We han songun to you, and ye han not daunsid; we han morned to you, and ye han not weilid.
18 For Joon cam nether etynge ne drynkynge, and thei seien, He hath a deuel.