Matthew 23 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Then spake Iesus to the multitudes, and to his disciples ² Saying: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate ³ All therfore, whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after their workes, for they say, and do not ⁴ Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with [one] of their fingers ⁵ All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes ⁶ And loue the vppermost seates at feastes, and to syt in the chiefe place in councels ⁷ And greetynges in the markettes, and to be called of men, Rabbi ⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, [euen] Christe, and all ye are brethren ⁹ And call [no man] your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen ¹⁰ Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister [euen] Christe ¹¹ He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt ¹² But whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted ¹³ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: ye neither go in your selues, neither suffer ye them that come, to enter in ¹⁴ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widdowes houses, and that vnder a pretence of long prayer: therfore ye shall receaue the greater dampnation ¹⁵ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and lande, to make one proselite: & when he is become one, ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell, then ye your selues [are] ¹⁶ Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter ¹⁷ Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde ¹⁸ And whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it, he is a detter ¹⁹ Ye fooles and blynde, for whether is greater, the gyft: or the aulter that sanctifieth the gyft ²⁰ Who so therfore sweareth by the aulter, sweareth by it, and by all thynges theron ²¹ And who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by hym that dwelleth therin ²² And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron ²³ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye tythe mynt, and annise, and cummyn: and haue left the wayghtier matters of the lawe, iudgement, mercy, and fayth. These ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone ²⁴ Ye blynde guides, which strayne out a gnat, and swalowe a Camel ²⁵ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse ²⁶ Thou blynde Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outsyde of them may be cleane also ²⁷ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye are lyke vnto paynted sepulchres, which in dede appeare beautifull outwarde, but are within full of dead [mens] bones, and of all fylthynes ²⁸ Euen so, ye also, outwardly appeare ryghteous vnto men: But within, ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie ²⁹ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: ye builde the tombes of the Prophetes, and garnishe the sepulchres of the ryghteous ³⁰ And say, yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes ³¹ And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes ³² Fulfyll ye lykewyse, the measure of your fathers ³³ Ye serpentes, ye generation of vipers, howe wyll ye escape the dampnation of hell ³⁴ Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and [some] of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie ³⁵ That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter ³⁶ Ueryly I say vnto you: all these thynges shal come vpon this generatio ³⁷ O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not ³⁸ Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate ³⁹ For I say vnto you: ye shall not see me hencefoorth, tyll that ye say, blessed [is he] that commeth in the name of the Lorde

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

¹⁴ And when he had called all the people vnto hym, he saide vnto them: Hearken vnto me, euery one of you, and vnderstande

³⁸ And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, whiche desire to go in long clothyng, and salutations in the market places ³⁹ And the chiefe seates in the congregations, and the vppermost rowmes at feastes

¹ In ye meane tyme, whe ther were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people [insomuch] that they trode one another, he began to saye vnto his disciples. First of all, beware of the leuen of the pharisees, which is hypocrisie

⁵⁷ Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght

⁴⁵ Then in the audience of all the people, he saide vnto his disciples ⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes

⁶ This Esdras also went vp from Babylon, and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue: And the king gaue him al that he required, according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him

²⁵ And thou Esdras, after the wysdome of thy God that is in thyne hande, set iudges and arbitrers [by my aucthoritie] to iudge all the people that is beyond the water, euen all such as know the law of thy God: and them that knowe it not, those see that ye teache

⁴ And Esdras the scribe stoode vpon a pulpet of wood which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stoode Mathathia, Sema, & Anaiah, Uriah, Helkia, & Maaseiah, on his right hande: and on his left hand stoode Pedaia, Misael, & Melchia, & Hasum, Hasabadana, Zachari, and Mesullam ⁵ And Esdras opened the booke before all the people, (for he stoode aboue al the people:) and when he opened it, all the people stoode vp ⁶ And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God: And all the people aunswered, Amen, Ame, lifting vp their handes, and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde ⁷ And Iesua, Bani, Serebiah, Iamin, Accub, Sebbethai, Hodaia, Maasia, Celita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, & the Leuites caused the people to geue heede vnto the law: and the people stoode in their place ⁸ And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading

⁷ For the priestes lippes shall kepe knowledge, and they shall seeke the lawe at his mouth: because he is the messenger of the Lorde of hoastes

³⁸ And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine, beware of the scribes, whiche desire to go in long clothyng, and salutations in the market places

⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes

¹⁹ Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God ²⁰ And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do

²³ If thou shalt do this thing, and God charge thee withall, thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to their place in peace

⁵ Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes, such as the Lorde my God comaunded me, that ye should do euen so in the lande whither ye go to possesse it

²⁷ Go thou and heare all that the Lorde our God sayth, and tell thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God sayth vnto thee, and we wyll heare it, and do it

⁹ And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement ¹⁰ And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place (which the Lord had chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee ¹¹ Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee, shalt thou do: and bowe not from that which they shewe thee, neither to the right hande nor to the left ¹² And that man that wyll do presumptuously, and wyll not hearken vnto the priest (that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister) or vnto the iudge: that man shall dye, and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel

¹² And the hande of God was in Iuda, and he gaue them one heart to do the commmaundement of the king and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lorde

¹⁶ But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth ¹⁷ Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee ¹⁸ When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers ¹⁹ Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt ²⁰ Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne

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

³⁰ Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not

²⁹ Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men

¹⁹ And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse ²⁰ An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned: which hast the fourme of knowledge, & of the trueth in the lawe ²¹ Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest not thy selfe? Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale, yet thou stealest ²² Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie, breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest idoles, and yet robbest God of his honour ²³ Thou that makest thy boast of ye lawe, through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God ²⁴ For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written

¹ Let euery soule be subiect vnto the hyer powers: For there is no power but of god. The powers that be, are ordeyned of God

⁵ Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these

¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate

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

²³ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye tythe mynt, and annise, and cummyn: and haue left the wayghtier matters of the lawe, iudgement, mercy, and fayth. These ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone

⁴⁶ And he sayde, Wo vnto you also ye lawyers: for ye lade me with burthens greeuous to be borne, and ye your selues touche not ye burthens with one of your fyngers

¹⁰ Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare

²⁸ For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges [That is to say

¹³ For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe

²⁴ Vnto you I say, and vnto other of the of Thyatira, as many as haue not this learnyng, & which haue not knowe the deepenesse of Satan, as they say, I wyll put vpon you none other burthen

⁹ And it shalbe as a signe vnto thee vppon thyne hande, and as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes, that the Lordes lawe may be in thy mouth: for in a strong hande the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt

³⁸ Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and byd them, that they make them fringes in the borders of their garmentes throughout their generations, and put vpon the fringe of the borders a ribande of blewe silke ³⁹ And the fringe shalbe vnto you to loke vpon, that ye may remember all the comaundementes of the Lorde, and do them: and that ye seeke not after your owne heart, or your owne eyes, after the which ye vse to go a whoryng

⁸ And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes

¹⁸ Therefore shall ye put vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hande, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes

¹² Thou shalt not make thee gardes vppon the foure quarters of thy vesture wherewith thou couerest thy selfe

¹⁶ And sayde: Come with me, and see the zeale that I haue for the Lord. And so they made him ride in his charet

³ Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart

²¹ Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke ²² That shall leade thee when thou goest, preserue thee when thou art asleepe, and when thou awakest talke with thee ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life

¹ Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen ² Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward ³ But when thou doest [thyne] almes, let not thy left hande knowe, what thy ryght hande doeth ⁴ That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde ⁶ But when thou prayest, enter into thy chaumber, and when thou hast shut thy dore, pray to thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly ⁷ But when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do. For they thynke [it wyl come to passe,] that they shalbe heard, for theyr much bablinges sake ⁸ Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym ⁹ After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name ¹⁰ Let thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be done, as well in earth, as it is in heauen ¹¹ Geue vs this day our dayly breade ¹² And forgeue vs our dettes, as we forgeue our detters ¹³ And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen ¹⁴ For, yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses, your heauenly father shall also forgeue you ¹⁵ But, yf ye forgeue not men theyr trespasses: no more shall your father, forgeue [you] your trespasses ¹⁶ Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde

²⁰ ( And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behynde hym, and touched the hemme of his vesture

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God

⁴⁷ Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation

⁴⁴ Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only

¹⁸ He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym

⁴³ For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God

¹⁵ Some preache Christe of enuie & strife, and some of good wyll

³ Let nothyng [be done] through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe ⁴ [Whiche is] an aduersarie, and is exalted aboue all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing hym selfe that he is God

⁶ Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men ⁷ For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes

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

⁴³ Wo vnto you pharisees: for ye loue the vppermost seates in ye synagogues, and greetynges in the markettes ⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees, ye hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them ⁴⁵ Then aunswered one of the lawyers, and sayde vnto him: Maister, thus saying, thou puttest vs to rebuke also ⁴⁶ And he sayde, Wo vnto you also ye lawyers: for ye lade me with burthens greeuous to be borne, and ye your selues touche not ye burthens with one of your fyngers ⁴⁷ Wo vnto you, ye buylde the sepulchres of the prophetes, and your fathers kylled them ⁴⁸ Truely, ye beare witnesse that ye alowe the deedes of your fathers: for they kylled them, and ye buylde their sepulchres ⁴⁹ Therfore saide the wisedome of God, I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles, and some of them they shall slaye and persecute ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophetes, which is shedde, from the foundation of the worlde, may be required of this generation ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation ⁵² Wo vnto you lawyers: for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge, ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbad ⁵³ When he thus spake vnto them, the lawyers & the pharisees began to vrge hym vehemently, and to prouoke hym to speake many thynges ⁵⁴ Laying wayte for hym, and sekyng to catche somethyng out of his mouth, wherby they myght accuse hym

⁷ He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them ⁸ When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym ⁹ And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme ¹⁰ But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee ¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes ⁴⁷ Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation

¹⁰ Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue, in geuyng honour, go one before another

¹ My brethren, haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons ² For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment ³ And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole ⁴ Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes

⁹ I wrote vnto the Churche: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among the, receaueth vs not

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, [euen] Christe, and all ye are brethren

⁵ And Peter aunswered, and sayth to Iesu: Maister, here is good beyng for vs, let vs make also three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moyses, and one for Elias

⁵¹ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: what wylt thou that I do vnto thee? The blynde sayde vnto hym: Maister, that I myght see

³⁸ And Iesus turned about, and sawe them folowe hym, & sayth vnto them: What seeke ye? They sayde vnto hym: Rabbi (which is to say yf one interprete it, Maister) where dwellest thou

⁴⁹ Nathanael aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, thou art euen the [very] sonne of God, thou art ye kyng of Israel

² The same came to Iesus by night, & said vnto him: Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him

²⁶ And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym

²⁵ And whe they had founde hym on the other side of the sea, they said vnto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hyther? Iesus aunswered them, and sayde

¹⁶ Iesus sayth vnto her, Marie. She turned her selfe, and sayde vnto hym: Rabboni, which is to say, Maister

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his maister is: and that the seruaunt, be as his lorde is. If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub: howe much more shall they call them of his householde so

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

¹⁰ Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister [euen] Christe

⁴⁹ And foorthwith, he came to Iesus, and sayde, hayle maister: and kyssed hym

³² But I haue prayed for thee, that thy fayth fayle not: And when thou art couerted, strength thy brethren

¹³ Ye call me Maister, and Lorde, and ye say well, for so am I ¹⁴ If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete

⁹ For to this ende Christe both dyed and rose agayne and reuyued, that he myght be Lorde both of dead & quicke ¹⁰ But why doest thou then iudge thy brother? Either, why doest thou despise thy brother? We shalbe all brought before the iudgement seate of Christe

¹² Nowe this I saye, that euery one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I am of Apollo, and I am of Cephas, and I am of Christe ¹³ Is Christe deuided? was Paul crucified for you? eyther were ye baptized in the name of Paul

³ For ye are carnal. Seing then, there is among you enuying, & stryfe, and sectes, are ye not carnall, and walke as men ⁴ For whyle one sayth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall ⁵ What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man

²⁴ Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande

⁵ For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake

¹⁵ Of who all the famyly in heauen and earth is named

¹ Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christe, by the wyll of God, and Timotheus the brother ² To them which [are] in Colossa, saintes and faythfull brethren in Christe: Grace vnto you, & peace from God our father, and the Lorde Iesus Christe

¹ My brethren, be not manie maisters, knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation

³ Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke

⁹ I Iohn, your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christe, was in the Ile that is called Pathmos, for ye worde of God, and for the witnessyng of Iesus Christe

¹⁰ And I fell at his feete to worship him. And he saide vnto me: See thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and of thy brethren, euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: For the testimonie of Iesus, is the spirite of prophesie

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes, and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke: But worshippe God

¹² And Elisa sawe, and cryed: O my father, O my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he sawe him no more: and he toke his owne clothes, and rent them in two peeces

²¹ And the king of Israel sayde vnto Elisa when he sawe them: My father, shall I smyte them, shall I smyte them

¹⁴ When Elisa was fallen sicke of his sicknesse whereof he dyed, Ioas the king of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept before him, and saide: O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, & the horsemen of the same

²¹ I will regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare ²² For if I woulde go about to please men, I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away

⁶ A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruaunt his maister: If then I be a father, where is myne honour? if I be a maister, where is my feare? Saith the Lorde God of hoastes to you O ye pristes that despise my name, and ye say, Wherein haue we despised thy name

⁸ Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym ⁹ After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name

³² (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges

¹¹ If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym

¹ Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the spirite of God, they are the sonnes of God ¹⁵ For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare: but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption, wherby we cry, Abba, father ¹⁶ The same spirite, beareth witnesse to our spirite, that we are ye sonnes of God ¹⁷ If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together

¹⁵ For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet [haue ye] not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell

¹⁸ And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie

¹ Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren ² The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all chastitie

⁹ Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue

¹ Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god: For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym

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

⁴³ Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister ⁴⁴ And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all

²⁶ But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister ²⁷ For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth

¹⁴ If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete ¹⁵ For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you

¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo

²³ They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft

¹³ For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another

⁵ Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus ⁶ Who beyng in the fourme of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God ⁷ But made hym selfe of no reputation, takyng on him the fourme of a seruaut, and made in the lykenesse of men, and founde in figure as a man ⁸ He humbled hym selfe, made obedient vnto death, euen the death of the crosse

²⁹ When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person

⁶ (138:7) For though God be on high: yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly, and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour

¹⁸ Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall ¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude

²³ After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp

¹⁵ For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart

³⁷ Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse, and extol, & magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase

³ Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is 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

⁵¹ He hath shewed stregth with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude, in the imagination of their heartes ⁵² He hath put downe the myghtie fro their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree

¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

¹⁴ I tell you, this man departed [home] to his house iustified, rather then the other. For euery one that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

⁶ But [the scripture] offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie

⁵ Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble

¹⁴ Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle, bough and reede in one day ¹⁵ By the head, is vnderstande the senatour and honourable man, and by the tayle, the prophete that preached lyes

¹⁴ The sinners at Sion are afrayde, a sodayne fearefulnesse is come vpon the hypocrites: What is he among vs say they that shall dwell by the consumyng fire? Which of vs may abyde the euerlasting heate

¹⁷ O idol shepheard that leaueth the flocke, the sworde shall come vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shalbe cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded

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

¹³ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: ye neither go in your selues, neither suffer ye them that come, to enter in ¹⁴ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widdowes houses, and that vnder a pretence of long prayer: therfore ye shall receaue the greater dampnation ¹⁵ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and lande, to make one proselite: & when he is become one, ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell, then ye your selues [are]

²⁵ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse

²⁷ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye are lyke vnto paynted sepulchres, which in dede appeare beautifull outwarde, but are within full of dead [mens] bones, and of all fylthynes

²⁹ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: ye builde the tombes of the Prophetes, and garnishe the sepulchres of the ryghteous

⁴³ Wo vnto you pharisees: for ye loue the vppermost seates in ye synagogues, and greetynges in the markettes ⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees, ye hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them

⁵² Wo vnto you lawyers: for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge, ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbad

⁴⁶ The seruauntes aunswered: Neuer man spake as this man doeth ⁴⁷ Then aunswered them the pharisees: Are ye also deceaued ⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym ⁴⁹ But this [common] people which know not the lawe, are cursed ⁵⁰ Nicodemus sayth vnto the, he that came to Iesus by nyght, and was one of them ⁵¹ Doth our lawe iudge any man, before it heare hym, and knowe what he hath done ⁵² They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search & loke: For out of Galilee aryseth no prophete

²² Such wordes spake his father & mother, because they feared the Iewes: For the Iewes had decreed alredy, that yf any man dyd confesse that he was Christe, he shoulde be excommunicate out of the synagogue

²⁴ Then agayne called they the man that was blynde, and sayde vnto hym: Geue God the prayse, we knowe that this man is a sinner

³⁴ They aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Thou art altogether borne in sinne, and doest thou teache vs? And they cast hym out

¹⁷ But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this name ¹⁸ And they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wyse they shoulde speake, nor teache in the name of Iesu

²⁸ Saying: dyd not we strayghtly commaunde you, that ye shoulde not teache in this name? And beholde, ye haue fylled Hierusalem with your doctrine, and intende to bryng this mans blood vpon vs

⁴⁰ And to hym agreed the other: And when they had called the Apostles, they beat them, and commaunded that they shoulde not speake in the name of Iesu, and let them go

¹ And Saul consented vnto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against ye Churche which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie, and Samaria, except the apostles

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne the deputie away from the fayth

¹⁵ Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men ¹⁶ And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath [of God] is come on them to the vtmost

⁸ For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses, so do these also resist the trueth: Men of corrupt myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth

¹⁵ Of whom be thou ware also: For he hath greatly withstande our preaching

²² Ye shall trouble no wydowe nor fatherlesse chylde ²³ If ye shall euyll entreate them, and they crye out vnto me, I wyll surelye heare theyr crye ²⁴ And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte, and I wyll kyll you with the sworde, & your wyues shalbe widowes, and your chyldren fatherlesse

⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken

¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe

²⁴ Neuerthelesse, I say vnto you, that it shalbe easier for the lande of Sodome in the day of iudgement, then for thee

³³ Ye serpentes, ye generation of vipers, howe wyll ye escape the dampnation of hell ³⁴ Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and [some] of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie ³⁵ That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter ³⁶ Ueryly I say vnto you: all these thynges shal come vpon this generatio

⁴⁰ Which deuoure widdowes houses, & vnder a pretence, make long prayers: These shal receaue greater dampnatio

⁴⁸ But he that knewe not, and did comit thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whosoeuer much is geuen, of him shalbe much required: and to whom men haue committed much, of hym wyl they aske the more

⁴⁷ Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation

⁶ These are they, which enter into houses, & leade captiue [simple] women laden with sinne, caryed with diuers lustes

¹⁰ For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they [that are] of ye circumcision ¹¹ Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake

³ And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not

¹⁴ Hauyng eyes full of adulterie, & that can not ceasse from sinne, begylyng vnstable soules: Heartes they haue exercised with robberie, they are cursed chyldren ¹⁵ Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse

¹⁷ In all prouinces and cities into what places soeuer the kinges word and commaundement reached, there was ioy and mirth, a feaste and good dayes among the Iewes: insomuch, that many of the people in ye lande became Iewes, for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them

²² But I say vnto you, that who so euer is angry with his brother, vnaduisedly, shalbe in daunger of iudgement. And who so euer shall say vnto his brother, racha, shalbe in daunger of a councell: But, whosoeuer shall saye (thou) foole, shalbe in daunger of hell fire

²⁹ If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng

¹⁰ Phrygia, & Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parties of Lybia, which is besyde Cyrene, & straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes

⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, & Timon, and Permenas, and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche

¹⁰ And sayde: O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, thou chylde of the deuyll, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wylt thou not cease to peruert the wayes of the Lorde

⁴³ Nowe when the congregation was broken vp, many of the Iewes and vertuous proselytes folowed Paul & Barnabas, which spake to them, and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God

² But the vnbeleuyng Iewes, stirred vp, and corrupted the myndes of the Gentiles agaynst the brethren

¹⁹ Then thyther came certayne Iewes from Antioche and Iconium: which, whe they had perswaded the people, and had stoned Paule, drewe hym out of the citie, supposyng he had ben dead

⁵ But the Iewes whiche beleued not, moued with enuie, toke vnto them certaine vagaboundes and euyll men, and gathered a companie, and set all the citie on a rore, and made assault vnto the house of Iason, & sought to bryng them out to the people ⁶ And when they founde them not, they drewe Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world, are come hyther also

¹³ But when the Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge that ye worde of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thyther and moued the people

¹⁷ They are gelouse ouer you amisse: Yea, they intende to exclude you, that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde

¹² As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe

³ Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other

¹⁰ For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng ¹¹ They are shamelesse dogges that be neuer satisfied: The sheepheardes also in like maner haue no vnderstandyng, but euery man turneth his owne way, euery one after his owne couetousnesse with all his power

³³ Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes ³⁴ But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate ³⁵ Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng

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

¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dytche

¹⁷ Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde

¹⁹ Ye fooles and blynde, for whether is greater, the gyft: or the aulter that sanctifieth the gyft

²⁴ Ye blynde guides, which strayne out a gnat, and swalowe a Camel

²⁶ Thou blynde Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outsyde of them may be cleane also

¹⁰ For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death ¹¹ But ye say, yf a man shall say to father or mother Corban (that is, by the gyft) that [is offred] of me, thou shalt be helped ¹² And so ye suffer hym no more to do ought for his father or his mother ¹³ And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye

³⁹ And Iesus sayde vnto hym: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde, that they which see not, myght see: and that they which see, myght be made blynde ⁴⁰ And some of the pharisees which were with hym, hearde these wordes, & sayde vnto hym: Are we blynde also ⁴¹ Iesus sayde vnto them, Yf ye were blynde, ye shoulde haue no sinne: But nowe ye say, we see, therfore your sinne remayneth

³ For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe

¹² But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation

²⁶ It shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment, and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith, and the arke of the testimonie ²⁷ And the table and al his apparell, and the candlesticke and all his vessels, and the aulter of incense ²⁸ And the aulter of burnt sacrifice with all his vessels, and the lauer & his foote ²⁹ And thou shalt sanctifie them, that they may be most holye: whatsoeuer toucheth them, shalbe sanctified

³⁸ The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules: let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter: For they offered them before the Lorde, and therfore they are halowed, and they shalbe a signe vnto the children of Israel ³⁹ And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers, which they that were burnt had offered, and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter

⁸ Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised

³⁷ Seuen dayes thou shalt reconsile vpo the aulter, and sanctifie it, & it shalbe an aulter most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the aulter, shalbe holy

²⁹ And thou shalt sanctifie them, that they may be most holye: whatsoeuer toucheth them, shalbe sanctified

¹³ I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abyde in for euer

²⁷ Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth? Beholde, the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee: and how should then this house do it that I haue builded

² And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for euer

² And the priestes coulde not go into the house of the Lorde, because the glorie of the Lord had filled the lordes house

⁸ O God, I haue loued the habitation of thine house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth

¹³ For God hath chosen [to be in] Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym ¹⁴ This [is sayeth he] my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it

²² In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite

⁹ For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly

⁴ But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men

¹ Thus saith the Lorde: Heauen is my seate, and the earth is my footstoole: Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me? And where shalbe the place that I wyll dwell in

³⁴ But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate

⁴⁹ Heauen is my seate, and earth is my footstoole. What house wyll ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? Or which is the place of my rest

² And immediatly I was in the spirite, and behold, a throne was set in heauen, and one sate on the throne ³ And he that sate, was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone: and there was a raynebowe about the throne, in sight like to an Emeralde

³⁰ Euery tithe of the lande also, both of the seede of the lande, and of the fruite of the trees, is the Lordes, and is sanctified vnto the Lorde

²² And Samuel sayde: Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges, as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, is better then the fat of rammes

³ To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice

¹⁵ Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse ¹⁶ Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde

⁶ For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes

⁸ He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: [namely] to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God

¹⁹ Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen ²⁰ For I say vnto you: except your righteousnes, excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen

¹³ Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll [haue] mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce

⁷ Wherfore if ye wist what this meaneth, I will mercie & not sacrifice: ye woulde not haue condempned the giltlesse

³⁷ Iesus sayde vnto hym: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy mynde ³⁸ This is the first and great commaundement ³⁹ And the seconde is lyke vnto this. Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe ⁴⁰ In these two commaundementes, hang all the lawe and the prophetes

⁴² But wo vnto you pharisees: for ye tithe mint & rue, and al maner hearbes, and passe ouer iudgement, and the loue of God: These ought ye to haue done, and yet not to leaue the other vndone

¹² I fast twise in the weeke, I geue tithe of all that I possesse

²² But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth ²³ Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe

⁴ Or, howe sayest thou to thy brother: suffer me, I wyll plucke out a mote out of thyne eye: and beholde, a beame is in thyne owne eye

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

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

¹⁶ Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter

⁶ And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer, and sayde: It is not lawfull for to put the into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood ⁷ And they toke councell, and bought with them a potters fielde, to burye straungers in ⁸ Wherfore that fielde is called the fielde of blood, vntyll this day

⁷ And the scribes & pharisees watched hym, whether he woulde heale on the Sabboth day: that they myght fynde howe to accuse hym ⁸ But he knewe their thoughtes, and said to the man which had the withered hande: Ryse vp, and stande foorth in the myddes. And he arose, and stoode foorth ⁹ Then sayde Iesus vnto them, I wyll aske you a question: Whether is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good, or to do euyll? to saue ones lyfe, or to destroy it ¹⁰ And he behelde them all in compasse, & sayde vnto the man: Stretche foorth thy hande. And he dyd so: & his hande was restored agayne as whole as the other

²⁸ Then led they Iesus fro Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement. It was in the mornyng: And they them selues went not into the iudgement hall, leste they shoulde be defyled: but that they myght eate the Passouer

⁴⁰ Then cryed they all agayne, saying: Not hym, but Barabbas. This Barabbas was a robber

⁷ But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement ⁸ For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse, that no place is cleane

⁴ And [when they come] from the market, except they wasshe, they eate not. And many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue [as] the wasshyng of cuppes and pottes, and brasen vessels, and of tables ⁵ Then asked hym the pharisees and scribes: Why walke not thy disciples accordyng to the traditio of the elders, but eate bread with vnwasshen handes ⁶ He aunswered, and sayde vnto them, that Esaias hath prophesied well of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre from me ⁷ Howebeit, in vayne do they worship me, teachyng doctrines, the commaundementes of men ⁸ For ye laye the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of me: as the wasshing of pottes & cuppes. And many other such like thinges ye do ⁹ And he sayde vnto them: Well, ye cast asyde the commaundement of God, to mayntayne your owne tradition

³⁹ And the Lorde said vnto him: Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe, and the platter, but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse ⁴⁰ Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also

⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue

¹⁴ O Hierusalem, washe thine heart from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped: Howe long shall thy vayne thoughtes remayne with thee

²⁷ Thy adulteries, thy neyghinges, thy shamefull whoredome on the hylles in the fieldes, and thy abhominations haue I seene: Wo be vnto thee (O Hierusalem) wylt thou neuer be clensed any more? Or when shall that be

³¹ Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed, and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite: for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel

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

⁴⁵ A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth foorth that which is good: And an euyll man, out of the euyll treasure of his heart, bryngeth foorth that which is euyll. For of the aboundaunce of the heart, his mouth speaketh

¹ Seyng that we haue these promises (dearely beloued) let vs clense our selues from all fylthynesse of the flesshe & spirite, and growe vp to full holynesse in the feare of God

²² Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte, in assuraunce of fayth, sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience, and wasshed in body with pure water

⁸ Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded

¹⁶ And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a sworde in the fieldes, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes

¹ Crye nowe as loude as thou canst, leaue not of, lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, & shew my people their offences, and the house of Iacob their sinnes ² For they seeke me dayly, and wyll knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me concerning right iudgement, and wyll be nye vnto God

⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees, ye hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them

³ Then sayde Paul vnto him: God shall smite thee thou paynted wall: For, sittest thou & iudgest me after the lawe, & comaundest me to be smitten contrary to the lawe

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Loke not on his fashion, or on ye height of his stature, because I haue refused him: For [God seeth] not as man seeth. For man loketh on the outward appearaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the heart

⁶ Neuerthelesse, lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes [of me]: & [therfore] thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete [part of myne heart.

⁹ Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it ¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart, & trye the raynes, and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes, and accordyng to the fruite of his workes

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

⁵ All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes

²¹ For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther ²² Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes ²³ All these euyll thynges come fro within, and defyle a man

¹² For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart ¹³ Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake

⁴⁷ Wo vnto you, ye buylde the sepulchres of the prophetes, and your fathers kylled them ⁴⁸ Truely, ye beare witnesse that ye alowe the deedes of your fathers: for they kylled them, and ye buylde their sepulchres

²⁹ Ye men and brethren, let me freely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid: For he is both dead and buryed, and his sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this day

¹⁵ And the Lorde God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising vp betimes, and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place

³⁰ It is but lost labour that I smite your children, for they receaue not my correction: your owne sworde destroyeth your prophetes, lyke a deuouryng lion

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

³⁴ Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and [some] of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie ³⁵ That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter

²² And Iosuah sayde vnto the people: Ye are witnesses against your selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him. And they sayde: we are witnesses

⁵ For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie ⁶ Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee

⁸ Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy the selues: insomuch that who so seeth them, shal desire to flee away [from them

²² He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe

⁵¹ Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye ⁵² Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers

¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full

¹⁴ And beholde, ye are rysen vp in your fathers steade, as an increase of sinfull men, to augment the fierce wrath of the Lorde towarde Israel

⁶ And I said, what is it? He aunswered: This is a measure going out. He saide moreouer: Eue thus are they that dwel vpon the whole earth to loke vpon ⁷ And behold, there was lyft vp a talent of lead: and lo, a woman sate in the middest of the measure ⁸ And he said, This is vngodlinesse: So he cast her into the middest of the measure, and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure ⁹ Then lyft I vp myne eyes, and loked, & beholde, there came out two women, and the winde was in their winges: for they had winges lyke the winges of a storke, and they lyft vp the measure betwixt the earth and the heauen ¹⁰ Then spake I to the angel that talked with me: Whyther wyll these beare the measure ¹¹ And he saide vnto me: Into the land of Sinnaar to builde it an house, & it shal be established, & set there vpon her owne place

¹⁶ And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath [of God] is come on them to the vtmost

¹⁵ I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele

³ The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe: assoone as they be borne, they go astray and speake a lye ⁴ (58:4a) They haue poyson [within them] lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares ⁵ (58:4b) and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers, though he be neuer so skilfull in charming

³ Come hyther therfore ye charmers children, ye sonnes of the adulterer and the whore ⁴ Wherin take ye your pleasure? vpon whom gape ye with your mouth, and bleare out your tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, and a seede of dissimulation

⁷ But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come

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

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

⁷ Then saide he to the people that were come foorth to be baptized of hym: O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come

³ But I feare lest by any meanes, that as the serpent begyled Eue through his subtiltie, euen so your myndes shoulde be corrupted fro the singlenesse that is towarde Christe

³ Howe shall we escape, yf we neglect so great saluation? which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde, and was confirmed vnto vswarde, by them that hearde it

²⁹ Of howe muche sorer punyshement (suppose ye) shall he be worthy, whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God? and counteth the blood of the couenaut wherein he was sanctified, an vnholye thyng, and doth despite to the spirite of grace

²⁵ See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we [not escape] yf we turne away from hym that [speaketh] from heauen

⁹ And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuyll & Satanas, was cast out, which deceaueth all the world: And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with hym

¹⁵ And the Lorde God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising vp betimes, and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place ¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his wordes, and misvsed his prophetes, vntill the wrath of the Lorde arose against his people, and till there was no remedie

³⁰ The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues ¹⁷ But beware of men. For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels, and shal scourge you in their synagogues

²³ But, when they persecute you in this citie, flee ye into another. For verily I say vnto you, ye shall not ende all the cities of Israel, tyll the sonne of man be come

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

¹⁹ Go ye therfore, & teache all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holye ghost ²⁰ Teachyng the to obserue all thynges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the ende of the worlde

⁴⁹ Therfore saide the wisedome of God, I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles, and some of them they shall slaye and persecute ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophetes, which is shedde, from the foundation of the worlde, may be required of this generation ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation

⁴⁷ And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem

² They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice

²¹ Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also

⁸ But ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Samarie, and euen vnto the worldes ende

⁵⁸ And cast hym out of the citie, and stoned him. And ye witnesses layde downe their clothes at a young mans feete, whose name was Saul ⁵⁹ And they stoned Steuen, callyng on, and saying: Lorde Iesu receaue my spirite

¹ And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest ² And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem

²⁷ And in those dayes, came prophetes from Hierusalem vnto Antioche

² And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde

¹ There was also in the Churche that was at Antioche, certayne prophetes, and teachers: as Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, which had ben norisshed vp with Herode the tetrarch, and Saul

³² And Iudas, and Silas, beyng prophetes, exhorted ye brethren with many wordes, and strengthed them

¹⁹ And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee ²⁰ And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym

⁶ And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught

¹⁰ Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon

³ Wherfore I declare vnto you, that no man speakyng by the spirite of God, defieth Iesus. Also no man can say that Iesus is ye Lord, but by the holy ghost ⁴ There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite [is] one ⁵ And there are differences of administrations, but the Lorde [is] one ⁶ And there are diuers maners of operations, but God is one, which worketh all in all ⁷ The manifestation of the spirite, is geuen to euery man, to profite withall ⁸ For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite ⁹ To another [is geuen] fayth, by the same spirite: to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite ¹⁰ To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another [iudgement] to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues ¹¹ But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite, deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft, as he wyll

²⁴ Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie [stripes] saue one ²⁵ Thryse was I beaten with roddes, once stoned, thrise I suffred shipwracke, nyght and day haue I ben in ye depth

⁸ Wherfore he saith: When he went vp an hye, he ledde captiuitie captiue, and gaue gyftes vnto men ⁹ (But that he ascended, what is it? but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth ¹⁰ He that descended, is euen the same also that ascended vp farre aboue all heauens, to fulfyll all thynges. ¹¹ And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers ¹² To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe

²⁸ Whom we preache, warnyng euery man, and teachyng euery man in all wisdome, to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus

³⁷ They were stoned, were hewen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with sword, wandred about in sheepskinnes, and goates skinnes, beyng destitute, afflicted [and] tormented

¹⁰ And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them, and be glad, and shall sende gyftes one to another: for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth

⁸ And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him

⁵ And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require: at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it, and at the hand of man, at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man ⁶ Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man

³³ So ye shall not pollute the lande whiche ye shall dwell in, for blood defileth the lande: and the lande can not be clensed of the blood that is shed therin, but by the blood of hym that shed blood

⁷ And shall aunswere, and say: Our handes haue not shed this blood, neither haue our eyes seene it ⁸ Be mercifull Lorde vnto thy people Israel which thou hast deliuered, and lay no innocent blood vnto thy people of Israels charge. And the blood shalbe forgeuen them

¹⁶ And Manasse shed innocent blood exceeding much, till he replenished Hierusalem from corner to corner, besyde his sinne wherwith he made Iuda to sinne and to do euyll in the sight of the Lorde

⁴ And for the innocent blood that he shed, and filled Hierusalem with innocent blood: and the Lorde would not be reconciled

²⁰ And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest, which stoode by the people, and sayd vnto them, thus sayth God: Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde, that ye can not prosper? For because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you ²¹ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde ²² And so Ioas the king remembred not ye kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slue his sonne: And when he died, he sayde, The Lorde loke vpon it, and require it

²¹ For beholde, the Lorde is comming out of his place, to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth: the earth also shall disclose her bloods, and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her

³⁴ Upon thy wynges is found the blood of poore and innocent people, whom thou didst not fynde in corners & holes: but thou sluest the prophetes for reprouyng all these thynges

¹⁵ But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death, ye shall make your selues, this citie, and all the inhabitours therof giltie of innocent blood: For this is of a trueth, that the Lorde hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these wordes in your eares

²³ Which fetched Urias out of Egypt, and brought him vnto king Iehoakim, that slue hym with the sworde, and cast his dead body into the common peoples graue

¹³ Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the sinne of her prophetes, and for the wickednesse of her priestes, that haue shed innocents blood within her ¹⁴ As blinde men went, they stumbling in the streetes, and stayned them selues with blood, insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes

¹ In the eyght moneth of the seconde yere of king Darius, came the worde of the Lord vnto Zacharias the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophete, saying

⁵¹ From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation

⁴ By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh

²⁴ And to Iesus the mediatour of the newe couenaunt, and to the blood of sprinklyng, that speaketh better then that of Abel

¹¹ For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng, that ye shoulde loue one another ¹² Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good

²⁴ And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes, and of the saintes, and of all that were slayne vpon the earth

²¹ Yet came the worde of the Lorde vnto me agayne, saying ²² Thou sonne of man, what maner of prouerbe is that which ye vse in the lande of Israel, saying: The dayes are slacke in comyng, & all visions fayle ²³ Tell them therfore, thus saith the Lord God, I wyll make that prouerbe to ceasse, and they shall no more vse it as a prouerbe in Israel: but say vnto them, the dayes are at hande, and the effect of euery vision ²⁴ There shall no vision be any more in vayne, neither any flattering diuination within the house of Israel ²⁵ For I the Lorde speake it, and whatsoeuer I shall speake, it shalbe perfourmed, and not be slacke in commyng any more, yea euen in your dayes O rebellious house, wyll I speake the thyng & bryng it to passe, saith the Lorde God ²⁶ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying ²⁷ Beholde thou sonne of man, the house of Israel saith [on this maner] The vision that he seeth, it wyll be many a day or it come to passe: it is farre of yet the tyme that he prophecieth of ²⁸ Therfore say thus vnto them, thus saith the Lorde God, All my wordes shall no more be delayed, loke what I speake, that same shall come to passe, saith the Lorde God

³⁴ Ueryly I say vnto you: this generation shall not passe, tyll all these thynges be fulfylled

³⁰ Ueryly I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, tyll all these thynges be done ³¹ Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away

³² Ueryly I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, tyll all be fulfylled ³³ Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe

¹¹ As an Egle that stirreth vp her nest, and flittereth ouer her young, & spreadeth her wynges, taketh them, and beareth them on her wynges ¹² The Lorde alone was his guyde, and there was no straunge god with hym

¹² The Lord quyte thy worke, and a full reward be geuen thee of the Lord God of Israel, vnder whose winges thou art come to trust

²⁶ Neuerthelesse, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behinde their backes, & slue their prophetes, which exhorted them earnestly that they might bring them againe vnto thee, and did great blasphemies

⁸ Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges: from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me, [from] myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule

⁷ How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges

¹ Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde, be mercifull vnto me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust, vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast

⁷ (63:8) Because thou hast ben my helper: therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce

⁸ [Then I sayd] heare O my people: and I wyll geue thee a charge O Israel in protesting vnto thee ⁹ If thou wylt hearken vnto me, there shall be no straunge God in thee: neither shalt thou geue worship to any other Lorde beside me ¹⁰ I am God thy Lorde which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wyde, and I wyll fill it ¹¹ But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not [obey] me

⁴ He wyll couer thee vnder his wynges, & thou shalt be safe vnder his fethers: his faythfulnesse shalbe thy shielde and buckler

²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions

² For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste

⁸ Amende thee (O Hierusalem) lest I withdrawe my heart from thee, and make thee desolate, and thy lande also, that no man dwell in it

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lorde, Go into the streetes, consider and make inquisition for the olde way, and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may finde rest for your soules: but they say, we wyll not walke therin ¹⁷ Moreouer, I wyl set watchmen ouer you, and therefore take heede vnto the voyce of the trumpet: but they say, we wyll not take heede

⁷ For I haue diligently exhorted your fathers, euer since the tyme that I brought them out of the lande of Egypt vnto this day, I gaue them warning be times, saying: hearken vnto my voyce ⁸ Neuerthelesse, they would not obey me, nor encline their eares vnto me: but folowed the wicked imaginations of their owne heartes, and therefore I haue brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenaunt that I gaue them to kepe, which they [notwithstanding] haue not kept

³ From the thirteenth yere of Iosias the sonne of Amon kyng of Iuda vnto this present day (that is euen twentie and three yeres) the worde of the Lord hath ben committed vnto me, and so I haue spoken vnto you, I haue risen vp early, I haue geuen you warning in season: but ye woulde not heare me ⁴ Though the Lord hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season, yet would ye not obay, ye would not encline your eares to heare ⁵ He sayde: Turne againe euery man from his euill way, and from your wicked imaginations, and so shall ye dwell for euer in the lande that the Lord promised you and your forefathers ⁶ And go not after straunge gods, serue them not, worship them not, and anger me not with the workes of your owne handes, then wyll I not punishe you ⁷ Neuerthelesse, ye woulde not heare me saith the Lorde, but haue prouoked me to anger with the workes of your handes, to your great harme

¹⁵ Yea I haue sent my seruauntes al the prophetes vnto you, I rose vp early, and sent you worde, saying: O turne you nowe euery man from his wicked way, amende your liues, and go not after straunge gods to worship them, that ye may continue in the lande whiche I haue geuen vnto you and your fathers: but ye woulde neither heare me nor folowe me

⁹ And sayde vnto them: Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, vnto whom ye sent me to lay foorth your prayers before hym ¹⁰ If ye wyll dwell in this lande, I shall builde you vp, & not breake you downe, I shal plant you, and not roote you out: for I repent as concerning the trouble that I haue done to you ¹¹ Feare not the kyng of Babylon of whom ye stande in awe, O be not afraide of him, saith the Lord: for I wyll be with you to helpe you, and deliuer you from his hande ¹² I wyll pardon you, I wyll haue mercie vpon you, and cause hym to pitie you, and bryng you agayne into your owne lande ¹³ Neuerthelesse, yf ye purpose not to dwell in this lande, nor to folowe the voyce of the Lorde your God

⁴ Howbeit I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes, I rose vp early, I sent vnto them and gaue them warning, O do no suche abhominable thinges, and thinges that I hate

² They called them [but] they went thus from them: they sacrificed vnto Baal, and burned incense to images

⁷ And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them: for when the [prophetes] called them to the most hyest, not one yet woulde geue him his glorie

⁴ Be ye not like your forefathers, vnto whom prophetes cryed, saying, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Turne you from your euyl wayes, and from your wicked imaginations: But they woulde not heare nor regarde me, sayth the Lorde

¹² Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you

³ And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come

⁶ And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, and entreated them spitefully, and slewe them

³⁰ And say, yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes

³ And they caught hym, and beat hym, and sent hym away emptie ⁴ And moreouer, he sent vnto them another seruaunt: and at hym they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away agayne, all to reuiled ⁵ And agayne, he sent another, and hym they kylled: and many other, beatyng some, and kyllyng some ⁶ And so, when he had yet but one beloued sonne, he sent hym also at the last vnto them, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne

³⁴ O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which kyllest prophetes, and stonest them that are sent vnto thee, howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together, as a henne doth gather her young vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not ³⁵ Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate. Ueryly I say to you, ye shall not see me, vntyll the tyme come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde

¹⁷ And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy ¹⁸ And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue me excused ¹⁹ And another sayde: I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I pray thee haue me excused ²⁰ And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come

²⁸ And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym

¹⁴ But his citezins hated hym, and sent a message after hym, saying: We wyll not haue this man to raigne ouer vs ¹⁵ And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying ¹⁶ Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces ¹⁷ And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities ¹⁸ And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces ¹⁹ And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe ²² He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe ²³ And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage ²⁴ And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces ²⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces ²⁶ For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath ²⁷ Moreouer, those mine enemies, which woulde not that I shoulde raigne ouer the, bring hyther, & slea them before me ²⁸ And when he hadde thus spoken, he went foorth before, ascending vp to Hierusalem ²⁹ And it came to passe, when he was come nye to Bethphage & Bethanie, besides the mount which is called Oliuet, he sent two of his disciples ³⁰ Saying: Go ye into the towne which is ouer agaynst you, into the whiche, assoone as ye are come, ye shall fynde a coult tyed, wheron yet neuer man sate: loose hym, and bryng hym hyther ³¹ And yf any man aske you, why do ye loose hym, thus shall ye say vnto hym: because the Lorde hath neede of hym ³² They that were sent, went their way, & founde euen as he had said vnto them ³³ And as they were a loosyng the coult, the owners therof said vnto them, why loose ye the coult ³⁴ And they sayde: For the Lorde hath neede of hym ³⁵ And they brought hym to Iesus, and cast their rayment on the coult, and set Iesus theron ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way ³⁷ And when he was nowe come nye to the going downe of the mount Oliuete, the whole multitude of the disciples began to reioyce, and to prayse God with a loude voyce, for all the miracles that they had seene ³⁸ Saying: Blessed be the kyng that cometh in the name of the Lorde, peace in heauen, and glory in the hyest ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees of the companie sayde vnto hym: Maister, rebuke thy disciples ⁴⁰ He saide vnto them: I tell you, that if these holde their peace, then shall the stones crye ⁴¹ And when he was come neare, he behelde the citie, and wept on it ⁴² Saying: If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, euen in this thy day: But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes ⁴³ For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee, and compasse thee rounde, and kepe thee in on euery syde ⁴⁴ And make thee euen with ye grounde, and thy chyldren which are in thee: and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpo another, because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation

¹¹ And agayne, he sent yet another seruaunt: and hym they did beate, and entreated hym shamefully, and sent hym away emptie ¹² Agayne, he sent the thirde also: and hym they wounded, and cast hym out ¹³ Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym ¹⁴ But when the husbande men sawe him, they reasoned within them selues, saying: This is the heyre, come, let vs kyll hym, that the inheritaunce may be ours

¹⁵ Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men

⁷ And whe they haue finished their testimonie, the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit, shall make warre against them, and shal ouercome them, and kyll them ⁸ And their bodyes shall lye in ye streates of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt, where our Lorde was crucified

⁶ And I sawe ye woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus: And when I sawe her, I wondred with great maruayle

⁷ Then will I weede Israel out of the lande which I haue geuen them, and this house which I haue halowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and Israel shalbe a prouerbe and a fable among all nations

²⁰ Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes, out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them, and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations ²¹ And this house whiche is most high, shalbe an astonishement to euery one that passeth by, and shal say: Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande, and with this house

²⁴ (69:23) Powre out thine indignation vpon them: and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them

¹⁰ The cities of thy sanctuarie lye waste, Sion is a wildernesse, and Hierusalem a desert ¹¹ Our holy house whiche is our beautie where our fathers praysed thee, is brent vp: yea, all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away ¹² Wylt thou not be intreated O Lorde, for all this wylt thou holde thy peace, and scourge vs so sore

⁹ For when ye haue stollen, murthered, committed adultrie and periurie, when ye haue offered vnto Baal, folowing straunge and vnknowen gods: shall ye be vnpunished ¹⁰ Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house (whiche hath my name geuen vnto it) and say, tushe, we are absolued quite, though we haue done all these abhominations ¹¹ What, thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of thieues? And yet I see what you thinke, saith the Lorde ¹² Go to my place in Silo, wherevnto I gaue my name aforetyme, and looke well what I did to the same place for the wickednesse of my people of Israel ¹³ And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde, and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you, yet would ye not heare me, I called, ye would not aunswere ¹⁴ Therefore, euen as I haue done vnto Silo, so wyll I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto, and that you put your trust in, yea vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers

⁵ But if ye wyll not be obedient vnto these commaundementes, I sweare by mine owne selfe, saith the Lord, this house shalbe waste

²⁶ After these threescore & two weekes shall Messiah be slaine, & not for him selfe: and the people of the prince that shal come, shall destroy the citie and the sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shalbe with a fludde, and vnto the ende of the battel it shalbe destroyed by desolatios

¹ Open thy doores O Libanus, that ye fire may consume thy Cedar trees ² Howle ye firre trees, for the Cedar is fallen, yea all the proude are wasted away: Howle O ye Oke trees of Basan, for the mightie strong wood is cut downe

⁶ Therefore wyl I no more spare those that dwell in the lande saith the Lorde: but lo, I wyll deliuer the people, euery man into his neighbours hande, and into the hande of his king, that they may smite the lande, and out of their handes I wyll not deliuer them

¹ Beholde, the day of the Lorde commeth, and thy spoyle shalbe deuided in the middest of thee ² For I wyll gather together all the heathen to fight against Hierusalem, so that the citie shalbe wonne, the houses spoyled, and the women defiled: the halfe of the citie shall go away into captiuitie, and the residue of the people shal not be caryed out of the citie

² Iesus sayde vnto them: See ye not all these thynges? Ueryly I say vnto you there shall not be here left [one] stone vpon another, that shall not be destroyed

¹⁴ Moreouer, when ye see the abhomination of desolation, wherof is spoken by Daniel the prophete, stande where it ought not (let hym that readeth vnderstande) then let them that be in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes

³⁵ Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate. Ueryly I say to you, ye shall not see me, vntyll the tyme come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde

⁶ Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpo? The dayes wyll come, in ye which there shall not be left one stone vpo another, that shall not be throwen downe

²⁰ And whe ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast, then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye

²⁴ And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led away captiue into all nations: And Hierusalem shalbe troden downe of the gentiles, vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled

¹³ And brought foorth false witnesses, which sayde: This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe ¹⁴ For we hearde hym say, that this Iesus of Nazareth shal destroy this place, & shall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moyses gaue vs

²⁶ Blessed be he that commeth in the name of God: we do blesse you out of the house of God

⁹ Go vp vnto the hye hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges, lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Hierusalem, lyft vp without feare, & say vnto the cities of Iuda: Beholde your God ¹⁰ Beholde ye Lorde God shal come with power, and shall of him selfe beare rule with his arme: beholde his rewarde with hym, and his workes before hym ¹¹ He shall feede his flocke like an heardman, he shall gather the lambes together with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young

⁴ For the chyldren of Israel shall sit a great whyle without kyng, without prince, without sacrifice, without image, without Ephod, and without Theraphim

¹⁰ Moreouer, vpon the house of Dauid & vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace & compassion, so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed, and they shal lamet for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne: yea, and be sory for him, as men are sory for their first childe

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

²⁶ And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost, not to see death, before he had seene the Lordes Christe ²⁷ And he came by inspiration into the temple: And when the father & mother brought in the chylde Iesus, to do for hym after the custome of the lawe ²⁸ Then toke he hym vp in his armes, & praysed God, and sayde ²⁹ Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise ³⁰ For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio

²² All thynges are geuen me of my father. No man knoweth who the sonne is, but the father, and who the father is, but the sonne, and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym ²³ And he turned to his disciples, & sayde secretely: Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see

²² And he sayde vnto the disciples: the dayes wyll come, when ye shall desyre to see one day of the sonne of man, and ye shall not see it

²¹ Then sayde Iesus againe vnto them: I go my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall dye in your synnes: Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come

²⁴ I sayde therefore vnto you, that you shall dye in your sinnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in your sinnes

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham was glad to see my day: and he saw it, and reioyced

⁹ Iesus sayth vnto hym: Haue I ben so long tyme with you, & yet hast thou not knowen me? Philip, he that hath seene me, hath seene the father. And howe sayest thou then, shewe vs the father

¹⁹ Yet a litle whyle, and the worlde shall see me no more: but ye shall see me, because I lyue, and ye shall lyue [also.

²⁵ For I woulde not brethren, that ye shoulde be ignoraunt of this misterie, (lest ye shoulde be wyse in your owne conceiptes,) that partly blyndnesse is happened in Israel, vntyll the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in

¹⁴ But their myndes were blynded: For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament, which [vayle] is put away in Christe ¹⁵ But euen vnto this day when Moyses is read, the vayle is layde vppon their heart ¹⁶ Neuerthelesse, when it shall turne to the Lorde, the vayle shalbe taken away ¹⁷ The Lorde is a spirite: And where the spirite of the Lorde [is] there [is] libertie ¹⁸ But we all behold [as] in a mirrour, the glorie of the Lorde, with his face open, and are chaunged vnto the same similitude, from glorie to glorie, euen as of the spirite of the Lorde