Deuteronomy 29:18 Cross References - Matthew

¹⁸ Lest there be among you man or woman kynred or trybe, that turneth away in hys hert thys day from the Lord our God, to go and serue the goddes of these nacions: & lest there be amonge you some roote that beareth gall and wormwod,

¹⁶ But beware that youre hertes deceyue you not that ye turne asyde and serue straunge Gods & worshyp them, ¹⁷ & then the wrath of the Lord waxe whote vpon you, & shut vp the heauen that ther be no raine, & that your land yeld not hyr frute and that ye peryshe quyckly from of the good land, which the Lord geueth you.

¹ If there aryse amonge you a Prophete or a dreamer of dreames, and gyue the a sygne or a wonder, ² and that signe or wonder whyche he hath said come to passe and then say: let vs go after straunge Goddes whyche thou hast not knowne and let vs serue them: ³ herken not vnto the wordes of the prophete, or dreamer of dreames. For the Lord thy God tempteth you to wete whether ye loue the Lord your God wt all youre hertes & wyth all your soules. ⁴ For ye muste walke after the Lord your God & feare him & kepe hys commaundementes & herken vnto his voyce, & serue him & cleaue vnto him. ⁵ And the prophete or dreamer of dreames shal dye for it bicause he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God whyche brought you out of the land of Egipt & deliuered you out of the house of bondage, to thrust the out of the waye whiche the Lord thy God commaunded the to walke in: and so thou shalte put euyl away from the. ⁶ If thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thine own sonne or the daughter of the wife that lieth in thy bosome or thy frende which is as thyne owne soule vnto the, entyce the secretely saying, let vs go & serue straung Goddes which thou hast not knowne nor yet thy fathers of the gods, ⁷ of the people which are round aboute the, whether they be nye vnto the, or farre of from the, from the one end of the lande vnto the other. ⁸ Se thou consente not vnto him, nor herken vnto him: no let not thyne eye pity him nor haue compassion on him nor kepe hym secrete, but cause hym to be slaine. ⁹ Thine hande shall be first vpon him to kyl him, & then the handes of all the people. ¹⁰ And thou shalte stone hym wt stones that he dye, bicause he hath gone about to thrust the away from the Lorde thy God which brought the out of Egypt the house of bondage. ¹¹ And all Israel shal heare and feare and shal do no more any suche wyckednes as thys is amonge them. ¹² If thou shalt hear say of one of thy cities whyche the Lord thy God hath geuen the to dwel in, ¹³ that certayne (beyng the children of Belial) are gone out from among you & haue moued the enhabiters of their citi saying: let vs go and serue straung Goddes whiche ye haue not knowne. ¹⁴ Then seke & make searche and enquire diligently. If it be true and the thynge of a surety that suche abhomination is wrought among you: ¹⁵ then thou shalt smite the dwellers of that city with the edge of the swerde, & destroye it mercilesse and all that is therin,

² If ther be found among you in any of the cityes whych the Lord thy God geueth the man or woman that hath wrought wyckednes in the syght of the Lord thy God, that they haue gone beyond his appoyntment, ³ so that they haue gone & serued straung Gods and worshypped them, whether it be the sunne or mone or any thing contayned in heauen which I forbade, ⁴ and it was told the and thou hast heard of it: then thou shalt enquire diligently. And if it be true and the thynge of a suretye that suche abhomination is wrought in Israell then ⁵ thou shalt bryng forth that man or that woman which haue committed that wicked thing, vnto the gates and shalt stone them with stones, and they shal dye. ⁶ At the mouth of .ij. or .iij. wytnesses shal he that is worthy of death dye: but at the mouth of one witnes he shal not dye. ⁷ And the handes of the witnesses shal be fyrst vpon hym to kyll hym, & afterwarde the handes of all the people: so shalt thou put wickednes away from the.

¹⁵ Therfore, thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israell: Beholde, I wyll fede this people with wormewood, and geue them gal to drincke.

⁴ They comen together, and sweare vayn othes: they be confederate together, therefore groweth their punyshement, as the wedes in the forowes of the lande.

¹² Who can runne with horses, or plow with oxen vpon the herde rockes of stone? For why? ye haue turned true iudgement into bytternesse, & the frute of ryghtuousnesse into worm wood:

²³ For I perceiue, that thou art full of bitter gal, & wrapped in iniquitie.

¹² Take hede brethren, that there be in none of you an euyll herte in vnbeleue, that he shoulde departe from the lyuinge God:

¹⁵ And loked to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no rote of bytternes sprynge vp and trouble, and therebye manye be defyled,