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IntroductionTo the most high and mightie Prince, James by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. The translators of The Bible, wish Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

reat and manifold were the blessings (most dread Soveraigne) which Almighty GOD, the Father of all Mercies, bestowed upon us the people of ENGLAND, when first he sent your Majesties Royall person to rule and raigne over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well unto our ZION, that upon the setting of that bright Occidentall Starre Queene ELIZABETH of most happy memory, some thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse would so have overshadowed this land, that men should have bene in doubt which way they were to walke, and that it should hardly be knowen, who was to direct the unsetled State: the appearance of your MAJESTIE, as of the Sunne in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gave unto all that were well affected, exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld the government established in your HIGHNESSE, and your hopefull Seed, by an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied with Peace and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.

But amongst all our Joyes, there was no one that more filled our hearts, then the blessed continuance of the Preaching of GODS sacred word amongst us, which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth, because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe, not onely to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that Eternall happinesse which is above in Heaven.

Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and to continue it in that state, wherein the famous predecessour of your HIGHNESSE did leave it; Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and resolution of a man in maintaining the trueth of CHRIST, and propagating it farre and neere, is that which hath so bound and firmely knit the hearts of all your MAJESTIES loyall and Religious people unto you, that your very Name is precious among them, their eye doeth behold you with comfort, and they blesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person, who under GOD, is the

immediate authour of their true happinesse. And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe that the zeale of your Majestie towards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Christendome, by writing in defence of the Trueth, (which hath given such a blow unto that man of Sinne, as will not be healed) and every day at home, by Religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of GOD, by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof, by caring for the Church as a most tender and loving nourcing Father.

There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and Religious affection in your MAJESTIE: but none is more forcible to declare it to others, then the vehement and perpetuated desire of the accomplishing and publishing of this Worke, which now with all humilitie we present unto your MAJESTIE. For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe judgment apprehended, how convenient it was, That out of the Originall sacred tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our owne and other forreigne Languages, of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue; your MAJESTIE did never desist, to urge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the worke might be hastened, and that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner, as a matter of such importance might justly require.

And now at last, by the Mercy of GOD, and the continuance of our Labours, it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we have great hope that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby; we hold it our duety to offer it to your MAJESTIE, not onely as to our King and Soveraigne, but as to the principall moover and Author of the Worke. Humbly craving of your most Sacred Majestie, that since things of this quality have ever bene subject to the censures of ill meaning and discontented persons, it may receive approbation and Patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as your Highnesse is, whose allowance and acceptance of our Labours, shall more honour us and incourage us, then all the calumniations and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay us. So that, if on the one side we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad, who therefore will maligne us, because we are poore Instruments to make GODS holy Trueth to be yet more and more knowen unto the people, whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse: or if on the other side, we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren, who runne their owne wayes, and give liking unto nothing but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their Anvile; we may rest secure, supported within by the trueth and innocencie of a good conscience, having walked the wayes of simplicitie and integritie, as before the Lord; And sustained without, by the powerfull Protection of your Majesties grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honest and Christian endevours, against bitter censures, and uncharitable imputations.

The LORD of Heaven and earth blesse your Majestie with many and happy dayes, that as his Heavenly hand hath enriched your Highnesse with many singular, and extraordinary Graces; so you may be the wonder of the world in this later age, for happinesse and true felicitie, to the honour of that Great GOD, and the good of his Church, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord and onely Saviour.

eale to promote the common good, whether it be by devising any thing our selves, or revising that which hath bene laboured by others, deserveth certainly much respect and esteeme, but yet findeth but cold intertainment in the world. It is welcommed with suspicion in stead of love, and with emulation in stead of thankes: and if there be any hole left for cavill to enter, (and cavill, if it doe not finde a hole, will make one) it is sure to bee misconstrued, and in danger to be condemned. This will easily be granted by as many as know story, or have any experience. For, was there ever any thing projected, that savoured any way of newnesse or renewing, but the same endured many a storme of gaine-saying, or opposition? A man would thinke that Civilitie, holesome Lawes, learning and eloquence, Synods, and Church-maintenance, (that we speake of no more things of this kinde) should be as safe as a Sanctuary, and ll out of shot, as they say, that no man would lift up the heele, no, nor dogge moove his tongue against the motioners of them. For by the first, we are distinguished from bruit-beasts led with sensualitie: By the second, we are bridled and restrained from outragious behaviour, and from doing of injuries, whether by fraud or by violence: By the third, we are enabled to informe and reforme others, by the light and feeling that we have attained unto our selves: Briefly, by the fourth being brought together to a parle face to face, we sooner compose our differences then by writings, which are endlesse: And lastly, that the Church be sufficiently provided for, is so agreeable to good reason and conscience, that those mothers are holden to be lesse cruell, that kill their children assoone as they are borne, then those noursing fathers and mothers (wheresoever they be) that withdraw from them who hang upon their breasts (and upon whose breasts againe themselves do hang to receive the Spirituall and sincere milke of the word) livelyhood and support fit for their estates. Thus it is apparent, that these things which we speake of, are of most necessary use, and therefore, that none, either without absurditie can speake against them, or without note of wickednesse can spurne against them.

Yet for all that, the learned know that certaine worthy men have bene brought to untimely death for none other fault, but for seeking to reduce their Countrey-men to good order and discipline: and that in some Common-weales it was made a capitall crime, once to motion the making of a new Law for the abrogating of an old, though the same were most pernicious: And that certaine, which would be counted pillars of the State, and paternes of Vertue and Prudence, could not be brought for a long time to give way to good Letters and refined speech, but bare themselves as averse from them, as from rocks or boxes of poison: And fourthly, that hee was no babe, but a great clearke, that gave foorth (and in writing to remaine to posteritie) in passion peradventure, but yet he gave foorth, that hee had not seene any profit to come by any Synode, or meeting of the Clergie, but rather the contrary: And lastly, against Church-maintenance and allowance, in such sort, as the Embassadors and messengers of the great King of Kings should be furnished, it is not unknowen what a fiction or fable (so it is esteemed, and for no better by the reporter himselfe, though superstitious) was devised; Namely, that at such time as the professours and teachers of Christianitie in the Church of Rome, then a true Church, were liberally endowed, a voyce forsooth was heard from heaven, saying; Now is poison poured down into the Church, &c. Thus not only as oft as we speake, as one saith, but also as oft as we do any thing of note or consequence, we subject our selves to every ones censure, and happy is he that is least tossed upon tongues; for utterly to escape the snatch of them it is impossible. If any man conceit, that this is the lot and portion of the meaner sort onely, and that Princes are priviledged by their high estate, he is deceived. As the sword devoureth aswell one as the other, as it is in Samuel; nay as the great Commander charged his souldiers in a certaine battell, to strike at no part of the enemie, but at the face; And as the King of Syria commanded his chiefe Captaines to fight neither with small nor great, save onely against the King of Israel: so it is too true, that Envie striketh most spitefully at the fairest, and at the chiefest. David was a worthy Prince, and no man to be compared to him for his first deedes, and yet for as worthy an acte as ever he did (even for bringing backe the Arke of God in solemnitie) he was scorned and scoffed at by his owne wife. Solomon was greater then David, though not in vertue, yet in power: and by his power and wisdome he built a Temple to the LORD, such a one was the glory of the land of Israel, and the wonder of the whole world. But was that his magnificence liked of by all? We doubt of it. Otherwise, why doe they lay it in his sonnes dish, and call unto him for ll easing of the burden, Make, say they, the grievous servitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, lighter. Belike he had charged them with some levies, and troubled them with some cariages; Hereupon they raise up a tragedie, and wish in their heart the Temple had never bene built. So hard a thing it is to please all, even when we please God best, and doe seeke to approve our selves to every ones conscience.

If wee will descend to later times, wee shall finde many the like examples of such kind, or rather unkind acceptance. The first Romane Emperour did never doe a more pleasing deed to the learned, nor more profitable to posteritie, for conserving the record of times in true supputation; then when he corrected the Calender, and ordered the yeere according to the course of the Sunne: and yet this was imputed to him for noveltie, and arrogancie, and procured to him great obloquie. So the first Christened Emperour (at the leastwise that openly professed the faith himselfe, and allowed others to doe the like) for strengthening the Empire at his great charges, and providing for the Church, as he did, got for his labour the name Pupillus, as who would say, a wastefull Prince, that had neede of a Guardian, or overseer. So the best Christened Emperour, for the love that he bare unto peace, thereby to enrich both himselfe and his subjects, and because he did not seeke warre but find it, was judged to be no man at armes, (though in deed he excelled in feates of chivalrie, and shewed so much when he was provoked) and condemned for giving himselfe to his ease, and to his pleasure. To be short, the most learned Emperour of former times, (at the least, the greatest politician) what thanks had he for

cutting off the superfluities of the lawes, and digesting them into some order and method? This, that he hath been blotted by some to bee an Epitomist, that is, one that extinguished worthy whole volumes, to bring his abridgements into request. This is the measure that hath been rendred to excellent Princes in former times, even, Cum benè facerent, malè audire, For their good deedes to be evill spoken of. Neither is there any likelihood, that envie and malignitie died, and were buried with the ancient. No, no, the reproofe of Moses taketh hold of most ages; You are risen up in your fathers stead, an increase of sinfull men. What is that that hath been done? that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the Sunne, saith the wiseman: and S. Steven, As your fathers did, so doe you. This, and more to this purpose, His Majestie that now reigneth (and long, and long may he reigne, and his offspring for ever, Himselfe and children, and childrens children alwayes) knew full well, according to the singular wisdome given unto him by God, and the rare learning and experience that he hath attained unto; namely that whosoever attempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himselfe upon a stage to be glouted upon by every evil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharpe tongue. For he that medleth with mens Religion in any part, medleth with their custome, nay, with their freehold; and though they finde no content in that which they have, yet they cannot abide to heare of altering. Notwithstanding his Royall heart was not daunted or discouraged for this or that colour, but stood resolute, as a statue immoveable, and an anvile not easie to be beaten into plates, as one sayth; he knew who had chosen him to be a Souldier, or rather a Captaine, and being assured that the course which he intended made much for the glory of God, & the building up of his Church, he would not suffer it to be broken off for whatsoever speaches or practises. It doth certainely belong unto Kings, yea, it doth specially belong unto them, to have care of Religion, yea, to know it aright, yea, to professe it zealously, yea to promote it to the uttermost of their power. This is their glory before all nations which meane well, and this will bring unto them a farre most excellent weight of glory in the day of the Lord Jesus. For the Scripture saith not in vaine, Them that honor me, I will honor, neither was it a vaine word that Eusebius delivered long agoe, that pietie towards God was the weapon, and the onely weapon that both preserved Constantines person, and avenged him of his enemies.

But now what pietie without trueth? what trueth (what saving trueth) without the word of God? what word of God (whereof we may be sure) without the Scripture? The Scriptures we are commanded to search. Joh. 5.39. Esa. 8.20. They are commended that searched & studied them. Act. 17.11. and 8.28, 29. They are reproved that were unskilful in them, or slow to beleeve them. Mat. 22.29. Luk. 24.25. They can make us wise unto salvation. 2. Tim. 3.15. If we be ignorant, they will instruct us; if out of the way, they will bring us home; if out of order, they will reforme us, if in heavines, comfort us; if dull, quicken us; if colde, inflame us. Tolle, lege; Tolle, lege, Take up and read, take up and read the Scriptures, (for unto them was the direction) it was said unto S. Augustine by a supernaturall voyce. Whatsoevar is in the Scriptures, beleeve me, saith the same S. Augustine, is high and divine; there is verily trueth, and a doctrine most fit for the refreshing and renewing of mens mindes, and truely so tempered, that every one may draw from thence that which is sufficient for him, if hee come to draw with a devout and pious minde, as true Religion requireth. Thus S. Augustine. And S. Jerome: Ana scripturas, & amabit te sapientia &c. Love the Scriptures, and wisedome will love thee. And S. Cyrill against Julian; Even boyes that are bred up in the Scriptures, become most religious, &c. But what mention wee three or foure uses of the Scripture, whereas whatsoever is to be beleeved or practised, or hoped for, is contained in them? or three or foure sentences of the Fathers, since whosoever is worthy of the name of a Father, from Christs time downeward, hath likewise written not onely of the riches, but also of the perfection of the Scripture? I adore the fulnesse of the Scripture, saith Tertullian

against Hermogenes. And againe, to Apelles an Heretike of the like stampe, he saith; I doe not admit that which thou bringest in (or concludest) of thine owne (head or store, de tuo) without Scripture. So Saint Justin Martyr before him; Wee must know by all meanes, saith hee, that it is not lawfull (or possible) to learne (any thing) of God or of right pietie, save onely out of the Prophets, who teach us by divine inspiration. So Saint Basill after Tertullian, It is a manifest falling away from the Faith, and a fault of presumption, either to reject any of those things that are written, or to bring in (upon the head of them, ) any of those things that are not written. Wee omit to cite to the same effect, S. Cyrill B. of Jerusalem in his 4. Cataches. Saint Jerome against Heludius, Saint Augustine in his 3. booke against the letters of Petilian, and in very many other places of his workes. Also we forebeare to descend to latter Fathers, because wee will not wearie the reader. The Scriptures then being acknowledged to bee so full and so perfect, how can wee excuse our selves of negligence, if we doe not studie them, of curiositie, if we be not content with them? Men talke much of, how many sweete and goodly things it had hanging on it; of the Philosphers stone, that it turneth copper into gold; of Cornu-copia, that it had all things necessary for foode in it; of Panaces the herbe, that it was good for all diseases; of Catholicon the drugge, that is in stead of all purges; of Vulcans armour, that is was an armour of proofe against all thrusts, and all blowes, &c. Well, that which they falsly or vainely attributed to these things for bodily good, wee may justly and with full measure ascribe unto the Scripture, for spirituall. It is not onely an armour, but also a whole armorie of weapons, both offensive, and defensive; whereby we may save our selves and put the enemie to flight. It is not an herbe, but a tree, or rather a whole paradise of trees of life, which bring foorth fruit every moneth, and the fruit thereof is for meate, and the leaves for medicine. It is not a pot of Manna, or a cruse of oyle, which were for memorie only, or for a meales meate or two, but as it were a showre of heavenly bread sufficient for a whole host, be it never so great; and as it were a whole cellar full of oyle vessels; whereby all our necessities may be provided for, and our debts discharged. In a word, it is a Panary of holesome foode, against fenowed traditions; a Physions-shop (Saint Basill calleth it) of preservatives against poisoned heresies; a Pandect of profitable lawes, against rebellious spirits; a treasurie of most costly jewels, against beggarly rudiments; Finally a fountaine of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life. And what marvaile? The originall thereof being from heaven, not from earth; the authour being God, not man; the enditer, the holy spirit, not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets; the Pen-men such as were sanctified from the wombe, and endewed with a principall portion of Gods spirit; the matter, veritie, pietie, puritie, uprightnesse; the forme, Gods word, Gods testimonie, Gods oracles, the word of trueth, the word of salvation, &c. the effects, light of understanding, stablenesse of persuasion, repentance from dead workes, newnesse of life, holinesse, peace, joy in the holy Ghost; lastly, the end and reward of the studie thereof, fellowship with the Saints, participation of the heavenly nature, fruition of an inheritance immortall, undefiled, and that never shall fade away: Happie is the man that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrise happie that meditateth in it day and night.

But how shall men meditate in that, which they cannot understand? How shall they understand that which is kept close in an unknowen tongue? as it is written, Except I know the power of the voyce, I shall be to him that speaketh, a Barbarian, and he that speaketh, shalbe a Barbarian to me. The Apostle excepteth no tongue, not Hebrewe the ancientest, not Greeke the most copious, not Latine the finest. Nature taught a naturall man to confesse, that all of us in those tongues which wee doe not understand, are plainely deafe; wee may turne the deafe eare unto them. The Scythian counted the Athenian, whom he did not understand, barbarous: so the Romane did the Syrian, and the Jew, (even S. Jerome himselfe calleth the Hebrew tongue barbarous, belike because it was strange to so many) so the Emperour of Constantinople calleth the Latine tongue, barbarous, though Pope Nicolas do storme at it: so the Jewes

long before Christ, called all other nations, Lognazim, which is little better then barbarous. Therefore as one complaineth, that alwayes in the Senate of Rome, there was one or other that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be driven to the like exigent, it is necessary to have translations in a readinesse. Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtaine, that we may looke into the most Holy place; that remooveth the cover of the well, that wee may come by the water, even as Jacob rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, by which meanes the flockes of Laban were watered. Indeede without translation into the vulgar tongue, the unlearned are but like children at Jacobs well (which was deepe) without a bucket or some thing to draw with: or as that person mentioned by Esau, to whom when a sealed booke was delivered, with this motion, Reade this, I pray thee, hee was faine to make this answere, I cannot, for it is sealed.

While God would be knowen onely in Jacob, and have his Name great in Israel, and in none other place, while the dew lay on Gideons fleece onely, and all the earth besides was drie; then for one and the same people, which spake all of them the language of Canaan, that is, Hebrewe, one and the same originall in Hebrew was sufficient. But when the fulnesse of time drew neere, that the Sunne of righteousnesse, the Sonne of God should come into the world, whom God ordeined to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood, not of the Jew onely, but also of the Greeke, yea, of all them that were scattered abroad; then loe, it pleased the Lord to stirre up the spirit of a Greeke Prince (Greeke for descent and language) even of Ptolome Philadelph King of Egypt, to procure the translating of the Booke of God out of Hebrew into Greeke. This is the translation of the Seventie Interpreters, commonly so called, which prepared the way for our Saviour among the Gentiles by written preaching, as Saint John Baptist did among the Jewes by vocall. For the Grecians being desirous of learning, were not wont to suffer bookes of worth to lye moulding in Kings Libraries, but had many of their servants, ready scribes, to copie them out, and so they were dispersed and made common. Againe, the Greeke tongue was wellknowen and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asia, by reason of the conquest that there the Grecians had made, as also by the Colonies, which thither they had sent. For the same causes also it was well understood in many places of Europe, yea, and of Affrike too. Therefore the word of God being set foorth in Greeke, becommeth hereby like a candle set upon a candlesticke, which giveth light to all that are in the house, or like a proclamation sounded foorth in the market place, which most men presently take knowledge of; and therefore that language was fittest to containe the Scriptures, both for the first Preachers of the Gospel to appeale unto for witnesse, and for the learners also of those times to make search and triall by. It is certaine, that the Translation was not so sound and so perfect, but that it needed in many places correction; and who had bene so sufficient for this worke as the Apostles or Apostolike men? Yet it seemed good to the holy Ghost and to them, to take that which they found, (the same being for the greatest part true and sufficient) rather then by making a new, in that new world and greene age of the Church, to expose themselves to many exceptions and cavillations, as though they made a Translation to serve their owne turne, and therefore bearing witnesse to themselves, their witnesse not to be regarded. This may be supposed to bee some cause, why the Translation of the Seventie was allowed to passe for currant. Notwithstanding, though it was commended generally, yet it did not fully content the learned, no not of the Jewes. For not long after Christ, Aquila fell in hand with a new Translation, and after him Theodotion, and after him Symmachus: yea, there was a fift and a sixt edition the Authours wherof were not knowen. These with the Seventie made up the Hexapla, and were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. Howbeit the Edition of the Seventie went away with the credit, and therefore not onely was placed in the midst by Origen (for the worth and excellencie thereof

above the rest, as Epiphanius gathereth) but also was used by the Greeke fathers for the ground and foundation of their Commentaries. Yea, Epiphanius above named doeth attribute so much unto it, that he holdeth the Authours thereof not onely for Interpreters, but also for Prophets in some respect: and Justinian the Emperour enjoyning the Jewes his subjects to use specially the Translation of the Seventie, rendreth this reason thereof, because they were as it were enlighted with propheticall grace. Yet for all that, as the Egyptians are said of the Prophet to bee men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: so it is evident, (and Saint Jerome affirmeth as much) that the Seventie were Interpreters, they were not Prophets; they did many things well, as learned men; but yet as men they stumbled and fell, one while through oversight, another while through ignorance, yea, sometimes they may be noted to adde to the Originall, and sometimes to take from it; which made the Apostles to leave them many times, when they left the Hebrew, and to deliver the sence thereof according to the trueth of the word, as the spirit gave them utterance. This may suffice touching the Greeke Translations of the old Testament.

There were also within a few hundreth yeeres after CHRIST, translations many into the Latine tongue: for this tongue also was very fit to convey the Law and the Gospel by, because in those times very many Countreys of the West, yea of the South, East and North, spake or understood Latine, being made Provinces to the Romanes. But now the Latine Translations were too many to be all good, for they were infinite (Latini Interpretes nullo modo numerari possunt, saith S. Augustine.) Againe they were not out of the Hebrew fountaine (wee speake of the Latine Translations of the Old Testament) but out of the Greeke streame, therefore the Greeke being not altogether cleare, the Latine derived from it must needs be muddie. This moved S. Jerome a most learned father, and the best linguist without controversie, of his age, or of any that went before him, to undertake the translating of the Old Testament, out of the very fountaines themselves; which hee performed with that evidence of great learning, judgement, industrie and faithfulnes, that he hath for ever bound the Church unto him, in a debt of speciall remembrance and thankefulnesse.

Now though the Church were thus furnished with Greeke and Latine Translations, even before the faith of CHRIST was generally embraced in the Empire: (for the learned know that even in S. Jeroms time, the Consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnicks, and about the same time the greatest part of the Senate also) yet for all that the godly-learned were not content to have the Scriptures in the Language which themselves understood, Greeke and Latine, (as the good Lepers were not content to fare well themselves, but acquainted their neighbours with the store that God had sent, that they also might provide for themselves) but also for the behoofe and edifying of the unlearned which hungred and thirsted after Righteousnesse, and had soules to be saved as well as they, they provided Translations into the vulgar for their Countreymen, insomuch that most nations under heaven did shortly after their conversion, heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue, not by the voyce of their Minister onely, but also by the written word translated. If any doubt hereof, he may be satisfied by examples enough, if enough will serve the turne. First S. Jerome saith, Multarum gentiu linguis Scriptura antè translata, docet falsa esse quæ addita sunt, &c.i. The Scripture being translated before in the languages of many Nations, doth shew that those things that were added (by Lucian or Hesychius) are false. So S. Jerome in that place. The same Jerome elsewhere affirmeth that he, the time was, had set forth the translation of the Seventy, suæ linguæ hominibus.i. for his countreymen of Dalmatia. Which words not only Erasmus doth understand to purport, that S. Jerome translated the Scripture into the Dalmatian tongue, but also Sixtus Senensis, and Alphonsus à Castro (that we speake of no more) men not to be excepted against by them of Rome, doe ingenuously confesse as much. So, S.

Chrysostome that lived in S. Hieromes time, giveth evidence with him: The doctrine of S. John (saith he) did not in such sort (as the Philosophers did) vanish away: but the Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Persians. Ethiopians, and infinite other nations being barbarous people, translated it into their (mother) tongue, and have learned to be (true) Philosophers, he meaneth Christians. To this may be added Theodorit, as next unto him, both for antiquitie, and for learning. His words be these, Every Countrey that is under the Sunne, is full of these wordes (of the Apostles and Prophets) and the Hebrew tongue (he meaneth the Scriptures in the Hebrew tongue) is turned not onely into the Language of the Grecians, but also of the Romanes, and Egyptians, and Persians, and Indians, and Armenians, and Scythians, and Sauromatians, and briefly into all the Languages that any Nation useth. So he. In like maner, Ulpilas is reported by Paulus Diaconus and Isidor (and before them by Sozomen) to have translated the Scriptures into the Gothicke tongue: John Bishop of Sivil by Vasseus, to have turned them into Arabicke, about the yeere of our Lord 717: Beda by Cistertiensis, to have turned a great part of them into Saxon: Efnard by Trithemius, to have abridged the French Psalter, as Beda had done the Hebrew, about the yeere 800: King Alured by the said Cistertiensis, to have turned the Psalter into Saxon: Methodius by Aventinus (printed at Ingolstad) to have turned the Scriptures into ll Sclavonian: Valdo, Bishop of Frising by Beatus Rhenanus, to have caused about that time, the Gospels to be translated into Dutch-rithme, yet extant in the Library of Corbinian: Valdus, by divers to have turned them himselfe, or to have gotten them turned into French, about the yeere 1160: Charles the 5. of that name, surnamed The wise, to have caused them to be turned into French, about 200. yeeres after Valdus his time, of which translation there be many copies yet extant, as witnesseth Beroaldus. Much about that time, even in our King Richard the seconds dayes, John Trevisa translated them into English, and many English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seene with divers, translated as it is very probable, in that age. So the Syrian translation of the New Testament is in most learned mens Libraries, of Widminstadius his setting forth, and the Psalter in Arabicke is with many, of Augustinus Nebiensis setting foorth. So Postel affirmeth, that in his travaile he saw the Gospels in the Ethiopian tongue; And Ambrose Thesius alleageth the Psalter of the Indians, which he testifieth to have bene set forth by Potken in Syrian characters. So that, to have the Scriptures in the mother-tongue is not a quaint conceit lately taken up, either by the Lord Cromwell in England, or by the Lord Radevil in Polonie, or by the Lord Ungnadius in the Emperours dominion, but hath bene thought upon, and put in practise of old, even from the first times of the conversion of any Nation; no doubt, because it was esteemed most profitable, to cause faith to grown in mens hearts the sooner, and to make them to be able to say with the words of the Psalme, As we have heard, so we have seene.

Now the Church of Rome would seeme at the length to beare a motherly affection towards her children, and to allow them the Scriptures in their mother tongue: but indeed it is a gift, not deserving to be called a gift, an unprofitable gift: they must first get a Licence in writing before they may use them, and to get that, they must approve themselves to their Confessor, that is, to be such as are, if not frozen in the dregs, yet soured with the leaven of their superstition. Howbeit, it seemed too much to Clement the 8. that there should be any Licence granted to have them in the vulgar tongue, and therefore he overruleth and frustrateth the grant of Pius the fourth. So much are they afraid of the light of the Scripture, (Lucifugæ Scripturarum, as Tertullian speaketh) that they will not trust the people with it, no not as it is set foorth by their owne sworne men, no not with the Licence of their owne Bishops and Inquisitors. Yea, so unwilling they are to communicate the Scriptures to the peoples understanding in any sort, that they are not ashamed to confesse, that wee forced them to translate it into English against their wills. This seemeth to argue a bad cause, or a bad conscience, or both. Sure we are, that it is not he that hath good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the touch-stone, but he that hath

the counterfeit; neither is it the true man that shunneth the light, but the malefactour, lest his deedes should be reproved: neither is it the plaine dealing Merchant that is unwilling to have the waights, or the meteyard brought in place, but he that useth deceit. But we will let them alone for this fault, and returne to translation.

Many mens mouths have bene open a good while (and yet are not stopped) with speeches about the Translation so long in hand, or rather perusals of Translations made before: and aske what may be the reason, what the necessitie of the employment: Hath the Church bene deceived, say they, all this while? Hath her sweet bread bene mingled with leaven, her silver with drosse, her wine with water, her milke with lime? (Lacte gypsum malè miscetur, saith S. Ireney,) We hoped that we had bene in the right way, that we had had the Oracles of God delivered unto us, and that though all the world had cause to be offended and to complaine, yet that we had none. Hath the nurse holden out the breast, and nothing but winde in it? Hath the bread bene delivered by the fathers of the Church, and the same proved to be lapidosus, as Seneca speaketh? What is it to handle the word of God deceitfully, if this be not? Thus certaine brethren. Also the adversaries of Judah and Jerusalem, like Sanballat in Nehemiah, mocke, as we heare, both at the worke and workemen, saying; What doe these weake Jewes, &c. will they make the stones whole againe out of the heapes of dust which are burnt? although they build, yet if a foxe goe up, he shall even breake downe their stony wall. Was their Translation good before? Why doe they now mend it? Was it not good? Why then was it obtruded to the people? Yea, why did the Catholicks (meaning Popish Romanists) alwayes goe in jeopardie, for refusing to goe to heare it? Nay, if it must be translated into English, Catholicks are fittest to doe it. They have learning, and they know when a thing is well, they can manum de tabulá. Wee will answere them both briefly: and the former, being brethren, thus, with S. Jerome, Damnamus veteres? Minimè, sed post priorum studia in domo Domini quod possumus laboramus. That is, Doe we condemne the ancient? In no case: but after the endevours of them that were before us, wee take the best paines we can in the house of God. As if hee said, Being provoked by the example of the learned that lived before my time, I have thought it my duetie, to assay whether my talent in the knowledge of the tongues, may be profitable in any measure to Gods Church, lest I should seeme to have laboured in them in vaine, and lest I should be thought to glory in men, (although ancient,) above that which was in them. Thus S. Jerome may be thought to speake.

And to the same effect say wee, that we are so farre off from condemning any of their labours that traveiled before us in this kinde, either in this land or beyond sea, either in King Henries time, or King Edwards (if there were any translation, or correction of a translation in his time) or Queene Elizabeths of ever-renoumed memorie, that we acknowledge them to have beene raised up of God, for the building and furnishing of his Church, and that they deserve to be had of us and of posteritie in everlasting remembrance. The Judgement of Aristotle is worthy and well knowen: If Timotheus had not bene, we had not had much sweet musicke; but if Phrynis (Timotheus his master) had not beene, wee had not had Timotheus. Therefore blessed be they, and most honoured be their name, that breake the ice, and glueth onset upon that which helpeth forward to the saving of soules. Now what can bee more availeable thereto, then to deliever Gods booke unto Gods people in a tongue which they understand? Since of an hidden treasure, and of a fountaine that is sealed, there is no profit, as Ptolomee Philadelph wrote to the Rabbins or masters of the Jewes, as witnesseth Epiphanius: and as S. Augustine saith; A man had rather be with his dog then with a stranger (whose tongue is strange unto him.) Yet for all that, as nothing is begun and perfited at the same time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the wiser: so, if we building upon their foundation that went before us, and being holpen by their labours, doe endevour to make that better which they left so good; no man, we are sure, hath

cause to mislike us; they, we persuade our selves, if they were alive, would thanke us. The vintage of Abiezer, that strake the stroake: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be despised. See Judges 8. verse 2. Joash the king of Israel did not satisfie himselfe, till he had smitten the ground three times; and yet hee offended the Prophet, for giving over then. Aquila, of whom wee spake before, translated the Bible as carefully, and as skilfully as he could; and yet he thought good to goe over it againe, and then it got the credit with the Jewes, to be called , that is accuratly done, as Saint Jerome witnesseth. How many bookes of profane learning have bene gone over againe and againe, by the same translators, by others? Of one and the same booke of Aristotles Ethikes, there are extant not so few as sixe or seven severall translations. Now if this cost may bee bestowed upon the goord, which affordeth us a little shade, and which to day flourisheth, but to morrow is cut downe; what may we bestow, nay what ought we not to bestow upon the Vine, the fruite whereof maketh glad the conscience of man, and the stemme whereof abideth for ever? And this is the word of God, which we translate. What is the chaffe to the wheat, saith the Lord? Tanti vitreum, quanti verum margaritum (saith Tertullian,) if a toy of glasse be of that rekoning with us, how ought wee to value the true pearle? Therefore let no mans eye be evill, because his Majesties is good; neither let any be grieved, that wee have a Prince that seeketh the increase of the spirituall wealth of Israel (let Sanballats and Tobiahs doe so, which therefore doe beare their just reproofe) but let us rather blesse God from the ground of our heart, for working this religious care in him, to have the translations of the Bible maturely considered of and examined. For by this meanes it commeth to passe, that whatsoever is sound alreadie (and all is sound for substance, in one or other of our editions, and the worst of ours farre better then their autentike vulgar) the same will shine as gold more brightly, being rubbed and polished; also if any thing be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the originall, the same may bee corrected, and the trueth set in place. And what can the King command to bee done, that will bring him more true honour then this? and wherein could they that have beene set a worke, approve their duetie to the King, yea their obedience to God, and love to his Saints more, then by yeelding their service, and all that is within them, for the furnishing of the worke? But besides all this, they were the principall motives of it, and therefore ought least to quarrell it: for the very Historicall trueth is, that upon the importunate petitions of the Puritanes, at this Majesties comming to this Crowne, the Conference at Hampton Court having bene appointed for hearing their complaints: when by force of reason they were put from all other grounds, they had recourse at the last, to this shift, that they could not with good conscience subscribe to the Communion booke, since it maintained the Bible as it was there translated, which was as they said, a most corrupted translation. And although this was judged to be but a very poore and emptie shift; yet even hereupon did his Majestie beginne to bethinke himselfe of the good that might ensue by a new translation, and presently after gave order for this Translation which is now presented unto thee. Thus much to satisfie our scrupulous Brethren.

Now to the later we answere; that wee doe not deny, nay wee affirme and avow, that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English, set foorth by men of our profession (for wee have seene none of theirs of the whole Bible as yet) containeth the word of God, nay, is the word of God. As the Kings Speech which hee uttered in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Italian and Latine, is still the Kings Speech, though it be not interpreted by every Translator with the like grace, nor peradventure so fitly for phrase, nor so expresly for sence, every where. For it is confessed, that things are to take their denomination of the greater part; and a naturall man could say, Verùm ubi multa nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendor maculis, &c. A man may be counted a vertuous man, though hee have made many slips in his life, (els, there were none vertuous, for in many things we offend all) also a comely man and lovely, though hee have some warts upon his hand, yea, not onely freakles upon

his face, but all skarres. No cause therefore why the word translated should bee denied to be the word, or forbidden to be currant, notwithstanding that some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting foorth of it. For what ever was perfect under the Sunne, where Apostles or Apostolike men, that is, men indued with an extraordinary measure of Gods spirit, and priviledged with the priviledge of infallibilitie, had not their hand? The Romanistes therefore in refusing to heare, and daring to burne the Word translated, did no lesse then despite the spirit of grace, from whom originally it proceeded, and whose sense and meaning, as well as mans weaknesse would enable, it did expresse. Judge by an example or two. Plutarch writeth, that after that Rome had beene burnt by the Galles, they fell soone to builde it againe: but doing it in haste, they did not cast the streets, nor proportion the houses in such comely fashion, as had bene most sightly and convenient; was Catiline therefore an honest man, or a good Patriot, that sought to bring it to a combustion? or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed set it on fire? So, by the story of Ezrah, and the prophesie of Haggai it may be gathered, that the Temple build by Zerubbabel after the returne from Babylon, was by no meanes to bee compared to the former built by Solomon (for they that remembred the former, wept when they considered the latter) notwithstanding, might this later either have bene abhorred and forsaken by the Jewes, or prophaned by the Greekes? The like wee are to thinke of Translations. The translation of the Seventie dissenteth from the Originall in many places, neither doeth it come neere it, for perspicuitie, gratvitie, majestie; yet which of the Apostles did condemne it? Condemne it? Nay, they used it, (as it is apparent, and as Saint Jerome and most learned men doe confesse) which they would not have done, nor by their example of using it, so grace and commend it to the Church, if it had bene unworthy the appellation and name of the word of God. And whereas they urge for their second defence of their vilifying and abusing of the English Bibles, or some pieces thereof, which they meete with, for that heretikes (forsooth) were the Authours of the translations, (heretikes they call us by the same right that they call themselves Catholikes, both being wrong) wee marveile what divinitie taught them so. Wee are sure Tertullian was of another minde: Ex personis probamus fidem, an ex fide personas? Doe we trie mens faith by their persons? we should trie their persons by their faith. Also S. Augustine was of an other minde: for he lighting upon certaine rules made by Tychonius a Donatist, for the better understanding of the word, was not ashamed to make use of them, yea, to insert them into his owne booke, with giving commendation to them so farre foorth as they were worthy to be commended, as is to be seene in S. Augustines third booke De doctrinâ Christianâ. To be short, Origen, and the whole Church of God for certain hundred yeeres, were of an other minde: for they were so farre from treading under foote, (much more from burning) the Translation of Aquila a Proselite, that is, one that had turned Jew; of Symmachus, and Theodotion, both Ebionites, that is, most vile heretikes, that they joyned them together with the Hebrew Originall, and the Translation of the Seventie (as hath bene before signified out of Epiphanius) and set them forth openly to be considered of and perused by all. But we weary the unlearned, who need not know so much, and trouble the learned, who know it already.

Yet before we end, we must answere a third cavill and objection of theirs against us, for altering and amending our Taanslations [sic] so oft; wherein truely they deale hardly, and strangely with us. For to whom ever was it imputed for a fault (by such as were wise) to goe over that which hee had done, and to amend it where he saw cause? Saint Augustine was not afraide to exhort S. Jerome to a Palinodia or recantation; the same S. Augustine was not ashamed to retractate, we might say revoke, many things that had passed him, and doth even glory that he seeth his infirmities. If we will be sonnes of the Trueth, we must consider what it speaketh, and trample upon our owne credit, yea, and upon other mens too, if either be any way an hinderance to it. This to the cause: then to the persons we say, that of all men they ought to bee most silent in this case. For what varieties have they, and what alterations

have they made, not onely of their Service bookes, Portesses and Breviaries, but also of their Latine Translation? The Service booke supposed to be made by S. Ambrose (Officium Ambrosianum) was a great while in speciall use and request: but Pope Hadrian calling a Councill with the ayde of Charles the Emperour, abolished it, yea, burnt it, and commanded the Service-booke of Saint Gregorie universally to be used. Well, Officium Gregorianum gets by this meanes to be in credit, but doeth it continue without change or altering? No, the very Romane Service was of two fashions, the New fashion, and the Old, (the one used in one Church, the other in another) as is to bee seene in Pamelius a Romanist, his Preface, before Micrologus. The same Pamelius reporteth out of Radulphus de Rivo, that about the yeere of our Lord, 1277. Pope Nicolas the third removed out of the Churches of Rome, the more ancient bookes (of Service) and brought into use the Missals of the Friers Minorites, and commaunded them to bee observed there; insomuch that about an hundred yeeres after, when the above named Radulphus happened to be at Rome, he found all the bookes to be new, (of the new stampe.) Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely, but also of late: Pius Quintus himselfe confesseth, that every Bishopricke almost had a peculiar kind of service, most unlike to that which others had: which moved him to abolish all other Breviaries, though never so ancient, and priviledged and published by Bishops in their Dioceses, and to establish and ratifie that onely which was of his owne setting foorth, in the yeere 1568. Now, when the father of their Church, who gladly would heale the soare of the daughter of his people softly and sleightly, and make the best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their oddes and jarring; we hope the children have no great cause to vaunt of their uniformitie. But the difference that appeareth betweene our Translations, and our often correcting of them, is the thing that wee are specially charged with; let us see therefore whether they themselves bee without fault this way, (if it be to be counted a fault, to correct) and whether they bee fit men to throw stones at us: O tandem major parcas insane minori: they that are lesse sound themselves, ought not to object infirmities to others. If we should tell them that Valla, Stapulensis, Erasmus, and Vives found fault with their vulgar Translation, and consequently wished the same to be mended, or a new one to be made, they would answere peradventure, that we produced their enemies for witnesses against them; albeit, they were in no other sort enemies, then as S. Paul was to the Galatians, for telling them the trueth: and it were to be wished, that they had dared to tell it them plainlier and oftner. But what will they say to this, that Pope Leo the tenth allowed Erasmus Translation of the New Testament, so much different from the vulgar, by his Apostolike Letter & Bull; that the same Leo exhorted Pagnin to translate the whole Bible, and bare whatsoever charges was necessary for the worke? Surely, as the Apostle reasoneth to the Hebrewes, that if the former Law and Testament had bene sufficient, there had beene no need of the latter: so we may say, that if the olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable, to small purpose had labour and charges bene undergone, about framing of a new. If they say, it was one Popes private opinion, and that he consulted onely himselfe; then wee are able to goe further with them, and to averre, that more of their chiefe men of all sorts, even their owne Trent-champions Paiva & Vega, and their owne Inquisitors, Hieronymus ab Oleastro, and their own Bishop Isidorus Clarius, and their owne Cardinall Thomas à Vio Caietan, doe either make new Translations themselves, or follow new ones of other mens making, or note the vulgar Interpretor for halting; none of them feare to dissent from him, nor yet to except against him. And call they this an uniforme tenour of text and judgement about the text, so many of their Worthies disclaiming the now received conceit? Nay, we wil yet come neerer the quicke: doth not their Paris-edition differ from the Louaine, and Hentenius his from them both, and yet all of them allowed by authoritie? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confesse, that certaine Catholikes (he meaneth certainte of his owne side) were in such an humor of translating the Scriptures into Latine, that Satan taking occasion by them, though they thought of no such matter, did strive what he could, out of so uncertaine and

manifold a varietie of Translations, so to mingle all things, that nothing might seeme to be left certaine and firme in them, &c? Nay, further, did not the same Sixtus ordaine by an inviolable decree, and that with the counsell and consent of his Cardinals, that the Latine edition of the olde and new Testament, which the Councill of Trent would have to be authenticke, is the same without controversie which he then set forth, being diligently corrected and printed in the Printing-house of Vatican? Thus Sixtus in his Preface before his Bible. And yet Clement the eight his immediate successour, publisheth another edition of the Bible, containing in it infinite differences from that of Sixtus, (and many of them waightie and materiall) and yet this must be authenticke by all meanes. What is to have the faith of our glorious Lord JESUS CHRIST with Yea and Nay, if this be not? Againe, what is sweet harmonie and consent, if this be? Therfore, as Demaratus of Corinth advised a great King, before he talked of the dissentions among the Grecians, to compose his domesticke broiles (for at that time his Queene and his sonne and heire were at deadly fuide with him) so all the while that our adversaries doe make so many and so various editions themselves, and doe jarre so much about the worth and authoritie of them, they can with no show of equitie challenge us for changing and correcting.

But it is high time to leave them, and to shew in briefe what wee proposed to our selves, and what course we held in this our perusall and survay of the Bible. Truly (good Christian Reader) wee never thought from the beginning, that we should neede to make a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one, (for then the imputation of Sixtus had bene true in some sort, that our people had bene fed with gall of Dragons in stead of wine, with whey in stead of milke:) but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principall good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath bene our indeavour, that our marke. To that purpose there were many chosen, that were greater in other mens eyes then in their owne, and that sought the truth rather then their own praise. Againe, they came or were thought to come to the worke, not exercendi causâ (as one saith) but exercitati, that is, learned, not to learne: For the chiefe overseer and under his Majestie, to whom not onely we, but also our whole Church was much bound, knew by his wisedome, which thing also Nazianzen taught so long agoe, that it is a preposterous order to teach first and to learne after, yea that to learne and practise together, is neither commendable for the workeman, nor safe for the worke. Therefore such were thought upon, as could say modestly with Saint Jerome, Et Hebruæum Sermonem ex parte didicimus, & in Latino penè ab ipsis incunabulis &c. detriti sumus. Both we have learned the Hebrew tongue in part, and in the Latine wee have beene exercised almost from our verie cradle. S. Jerome maketh no mention of the Greeke tongue, wherein yet hee did excell, because hee translated not the old Testament out of Greeke, but out of Hebrewe. And in what sort did these assemble? In the trust of their owne knowledge, or of their sharpenesse of wit, or deepenesse of judgement, as it were in an arme of flesh? At no hand. They trusted in him that hath the key of David, opening and no man shutting: they prayed to the Lord the Father of our Lord, to the effect that S. Augustine did; O let thy Scriptures be my pure delight, let me not be deceived in them, neither let me deceive by them. In this confidence, and with this devotion did they assemble together; not too many, lest one should trouble another; and yet many, lest many things haply might escape them. If you aske what they had before them, truely it was the Hebrew text of the Olde Testament, the Greeke of the New. These are the two golden pipes, or rather conduits, where-through the olive branches emptie themselves into the golde. Saint Augustine calleth them precedent, or originall tongues; Saint Jerome, fountaines. The same Saint Jerome affirmeth, and Gratian hath not spared to put it into his Decree, That as the credit of the olde Bookes (he meaneth of the Old Testament) is to bee tryed by the Hebrewe Volumes, so of the New by the Greeke tongue, he meaneth by the originall Greeke. If trueth be to be tried by these tongues, then whence should a Translation be made, but out of them? These tongues, therefore, the Scriptures wee

say in those tongues, wee set before us to translate, being the tongues wherein God was pleased to speake to his Church by his Prophets and Apostles. Neither did we run over the worke with that posting haste that the Septuagint did, if that be true which is reported of them, that they finished it in 72. dayes; neither were we barred or hindered from going over it againe, having once done it, like S. Jerome, if that be true which himselfe reporteth, that he could no sooner write any thing, but presently it was caught from him, and published, and he could not have leave to mend it: neither, to be short, were we the first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture into English, and consequently destitute of former helpes, as it is written of Origen, that hee was the first in a maner, that put his hand to write Commentaries upon the Scriptures, and therefore no marveile, if he overshot himselfe many times. None of these things: the worke hath not bene hudled up in 72. dayes, but hath cost the workemen, as light as it seemeth, the paines of twise seven times seventie two dayes and more: matters of such weight and consequence are to bee speeded with maturitie: for in a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of convenient slacknesse. Neither did wee thinke much to consult the Translators or Commentators, Chaldee, Hebrewe, Syrian, Greeke, or Latine, no nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we disdaine to revise that which we had done, and to bring backe to the anvill that which we had hammered: but having and using as great helpes as were needfull, and fearing no reproch for slownesse, nor coveting praise for expedition, wee have at the length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the worke to that passe that you see.

Some peradventure would have no varietie of sences to be set in the margine, lest the authoritie of the Scriptures for deciding of controversies by that shew of uncertaintie, should somewhat be shaken. But we hold their judgmet not to be so be so sound in this point. For though, whatsoever things are necessary are manifest, as S. Chrysostome saith, and as S. Augustine, In those things that are plainely set downe in the Scriptures, all such matters are found that concerne Faith, hope, and Charitie. Yet for all that it cannot be dissembled, that partly to exercise and whet our wits, partly to weane the curious from loathing of them for their every-where-plainenesse, partly also to stirre up our devotion to crave the assistance of Gods spirit by prayer, and lastly, that we might be forward to seeke ayd of our brethren by conference, and never scorne those that be not in all respects so complete as they should bee, being to seeke in many things our selves, it hath pleased God in his divine providence, heere and there to scatter wordes and sentences of that difficultie and doubtfulnesse, not in doctrinall points that concerne salvation, (for in such it hath beene vouched that the Scriptures are plaine) but in matters of lesse moment, that fearefulnesse would better beseeme us then confidence, and if we will resolve, to resolve upon modestie with S. Augustine, (though not in this same case altogether, yet upon the same ground) Melius est dubitare de occultis, quàm litigare de incertis, it is better to make doubt of those things which are secret, then to strive about those things that are uncertaine. There be many words in the Scriptures, which be never found there but once, (having neither brother nor neighbour, as the Hebrewes speake) so that we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Againe, there be many rare names of certaine birds, beastes and precious stones, &c. concerning which the Hebrewes themselves are so divided among themselves for judgement, that they may seeme to have defined this or that, rather because they would say something, the because they were sure of that which they said, as S. Jerome somewhere saith of the Septuagint. Now in such a case, doth not a margine do well to admonish the Reader to seeke further, and not to conclude or dogmatize upon this or that peremptorily? For as it is a fault of incredulitie, to doubt of those things that are evident: so to determine of such things as the Spirit of God hath left (even in the judgment of the judicious) questionable, can beno lesse then presumption. Therfore as S. Augustine saith, that varietie of Translations is profitable for the finding out of the sense of the Scriptures: so diversitie of signification

and sense in the margine, where the text is not so cleare, must needes doe good, yea is necessary, as we are perswaded. We know that Sixtus Quintus expresly forbiddeth, that any varietie of readings of their vulgar edition, should be put in the margine, (which though it be not altogether the same thing to that we have in hand, yet it looketh that way) but we thinke he hath not all of his owne side his favourers, for this conceit. They that are wise, had rather have their judgements at libertie in differences of readings, then to be captivated to one, when it may be the other. If they were sure that their hie Priest had all lawes shut up in his brest, as Paul the second bragged, and that he were as free from errour by speciall priviledge, as the Dictators of Rome were made by law inviolable, it were an other matter; then his word were an Oracle, his opinion a decision. But the eyes of the world are now open, God be thanked, and have bene a great while, they find that he is subject to the same affections and infirmities that others be, that his skin is penetrable, and therefore so much as he prooveth, not as much as he claimeth, they grant and embrace.

An other thing we thinke good to admonish thee of (gentle Reader) that wee have not tyed our selves to an uniformitie of phrasing, or to an identitie of words, as some peradventure would wish that we had done, because they observe, that some learned men some where, have beene as exact as they could that way. Truly, that we might not varie from the sense of that which we had translated before, if the word signified the same thing in both places (for there bee some wordes that bee not of the same sense every where) we were especially carefull, and made a conscience, according to our duetie. But, that we should expresse the same notion in the same particular word; as for example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greeke word once by Purpose, never to call it Intent; if one where Journeying, never Traveiling; if one where Thinke, never Suppose; if one where Paine, never Ache; if one where Joy, never Gladnesse, &c. Thus to minse the matter, wee thought to savour more of curiositie then wisedome, and that rather it would breed scorne in the Atheist, then bring profite to the godly Reader. For is the kingdome of God become words or syllables? why should wee be in bondage to them if we may be free, use one precisely when wee may use another no lesse fit, as commodiously? A godly Father in the Primitive time shewed himselfe greatly moved, that one of the newfanglenes called , though the difference be little or none; and another reporteth, that he was much abused for turning Cucurbita (to which reading the people had beene used) into Hedera. Now if this happen in better times, and upon so small occasions, wee might justly feare hard censure, if generally wee should make verball and unnecessary changings. We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some unequall dealing towards a great number of good English wordes. For as it is written of a certaine great Philosopher, that he should say, that those logs were happie that were made images to be worshipped; for their fellowes, as good as they, lay for blockes behinde the fire: so if wee should say, as it were, unto certaine words, Stand up higher, have a place in the Bible alwayes, and to others of like qualitie, Get ye hence, be banished for ever, wee might be taxed peradventure with S. James his words, namely, To be partiall in our selves and judges of evill thoughts. Adde hereunto, that nicenesse in wordes was alwayes counted the next step to trifling, and so was to bee curious about names too: also that we cannot follow a better patterne for elocution then God himselfe; therefore hee using divers words, in his holy writ, and indifferently for one thing in nature: we, if wee will not be superstitious, may use the same libertie in our English versions out of Hebrew & Greeke, for that copie or store that he hath given us. Lastly, wee have on the one side avoided the scrupulositie of the Puritanes, who leave the olde Ecclesticall words, and betake them to other, as when they put washing for Baptisme, and Congregation in stead of Church: as also on the other side we have shunned the obscuritie of the Papists, in their Azimes, Tunike, Rational, Holocausts, Præpuce, Pasche, and a number of such like, whereof their late Translation is full, and that of purpose to darken the sence, that since they must

needs translate the Bible, yet by the language thereof, it may bee kept from being understood. But we desire that the Scripture may speake like it selfe, as in the language of Canaan, that it may bee understood even of the very vulgar.

Many other things we might give thee warning of (gentle Reader) if wee had not exceeded the measure of a Preface alreadie. It remaineth, that we commend thee to God, and to the Spirit of his grace, which is able to build further then we can aske or thinke. Hee removeth the scales from our eyes, the vaile from our hearts, opening our wits that wee may understand his word, enlarging our hearts, yea correcting our affections, that we may love it above gold and silver, yea that we may love it to the end. Ye are brought unto fountaines of living water which yee digged not; doe not cast earth into them with the Philistines, neither preferre broken pits before them with the wicked Jewes. Others have laboured, and you may enter into their labours; O receive not so great things in vaine, O despise not so great salvation! Be not like swine to treade under foote so precious things, neither yet like dogs to teare and abuse holy things. Say not to our Saviour with the Gergesites, Depart out of our coasts; neither yet with Esau sell your birthright for a messe of potage. If light be come into the world, love not darknesse more then light; if foode, if clothing be offered, goe not naked, starve not your selves. Remember the advise of Nazianzene, It is a grievous thing (or dangerous) to neglect a great faire, and to seeke to make markets afterwards: also the encouragement of S. Chrysostome, It is altogether impossible, that he that is sober (and watchfull) should at any time be neglected: Lastly, the admonition and menacing of S. Augustine, They that despise Gods will inviting them, shal feele Gods will taking vengeance of them. It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the living God; but a blessed thing it is, and will bring us to everlasting blessednes in the end, when God speaketh unto us, to hearken; when he setteth his word before us, to reade it; when hee stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to answere, Here am I; here wee are to doe thy will, O God. The Lord worke a care and conscience in us to know him and serve him, that we may be acknowledged of him at the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with the holy Ghost, be all prayse and thankesgiving. Amen.

MatthewChapter 1

[[@Bible:mat 1:1 ]] 1 The booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.[[@Bible:mat 1:2 ]]2 Abraham begate Isaac, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate Iudas and his brethren.[[@Bible:mat 1:3 ]]3 And Iudas begate Phares and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begate Esrom, and Esrom begate

Aram.[[@Bible:mat 1:4 ]]4 And Aram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begate Naasson, and Naasson begate Salmon.[[@Bible:mat 1:5 ]]5 And Salmon begat Boos of Rachab, and Boos begate Obed of Ruth, and Obed begate Iesse.[[@Bible:mat 1:6 ]]6 And Iesse begate Dauid the King, & Dauid the King begat Solomon of her that had bin the

wife of Urias.[[@Bible:mat 1:7 ]]7 And Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begate Abia, and Abia begate Asa.[[@Bible:mat 1:8 ]]8 And Asa begate Iosaphat, and Iosaphat begate Ioram, and Ioram begate Ozias.

[[@Bible:mat 1:9 ]]9 And Ozias begat Ioatham, and Ioatham begate Achas, and Achas begate Ezekias.[[@Bible:mat 1:10 ]]10 And Ezekias begate Manasses, and Manasses begate Amon, and Amon begate Iosias.[[@Bible:mat 1:11 ]]11 And Iosias begate Iechonias and his brethren, about the time they were caried away to

Babylon.[[@Bible:mat 1:12 ]]12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Iechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begate

Zorobabel.[[@Bible:mat 1:13 ]]13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begate Azor.[[@Bible:mat 1:14 ]]14 And Azor begat Sadoc, & Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud.[[@Bible:mat 1:15 ]]15 And Eliud begate Eleazar, and Eleazar begate Matthan, and Matthan begate Iacob.[[@Bible:mat 1:16 ]]16 And Iacob begate Ioseph the husband of Mary, of whom was borne Iesus, who is called

Christ.[[@Bible:mat 1:17 ]]17 So all the generations from Abraham to Dauid, are fourteene generations: and from

Dauid vntill the carying away into Babylon, are foureteene generations: and from the carying away into Babylon vnto Christ, are fourteene generations.

[[@Bible:mat 1:18 ]]18 ¶ Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.

[[@Bible:mat 1:19 ]]19 Then Ioseph her husband being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publique example, was minded to put her away priuily.

[[@Bible:mat 1:20 ]]20 But while hee thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holy Ghost.

[[@Bible:mat 1:21 ]]21 And she shall bring forth a sonne, and thou shalt call his Name Iesus: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.

[[@Bible:mat 1:22 ]]22 (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying,

[[@Bible:mat 1:23 ]]23 Behold, a Uirgin shall be with childe, and shall bring foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with vs.)

[[@Bible:mat 1:24 ]]24 Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, & tooke vnto him his wife:

[[@Bible:mat 1:25 ]]25 And knewe her not, till shee had brought forth her first borne sonne, and he called his name Iesus.

Chapter 2

[[@Bible:mat 2:1 ]]1 Now when Iesus was borne in Bethlehem of Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise men from the East to Hierusalem,

[[@Bible:mat 2:2 ]]2 Saying, Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes? for we haue seene his Starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

[[@Bible:mat 2:3 ]]3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.

[[@Bible:mat 2:4 ]]4 And when he had gathered all the chiefe Priests and Scribes of the people together, hee demanded of them where Christ should be borne.

[[@Bible:mat 2:5 ]]5 And they said vnto him, In Bethlehem of Iudea: For thus it is written by the Prophet;[[@Bible:mat 2:6 ]]6 And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: for

out of thee shall come a Gouernour, that shall rule my people Israel.[[@Bible:mat 2:7 ]]7 Then Herod, when he had priuily called the Wise men, enquired of them diligently what

time the Starre appeared:[[@Bible:mat 2:8 ]]8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Goe, and search diligently for the yong child, and

when ye haue found him, bring me word againe, that I may come and worship him also.[[@Bible:mat 2:9 ]]9 When they had heard the King, they departed, and loe, the Starre which they saw in the

East, went before them, till it came and stood ouer where the young childe was.[[@Bible:mat 2:10 ]]10 When they saw the Starre, they reioyced with exceeding great ioy.[[@Bible:mat 2:11 ]]11 ¶ And when they were come into the house, they saw the yong child with Mary his

mother, and fell downe, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented vnto him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrhe.

[[@Bible:mat 2:12 ]]12 And being warned of God in a dreame, that they should not returne to Herode, they departed into their owne countrey another way.

[[@Bible:mat 2:13 ]]13 And when they were departed, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise and take the young childe, and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and bee thou there vntill I bring thee word: for Herode will seeke the young childe, to destroy him.

[[@Bible:mat 2:14 ]]14 When he arose, he tooke the yong childe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

[[@Bible:mat 2:15 ]]15 And was there vntill the death of Herode, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

[[@Bible:mat 2:16 ]]16 ¶ Then Herode, when hee saw that hee was mocked of the Wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slewe all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeeres olde and vnder, according to the time, which he had diligently enquired of the Wise men.

[[@Bible:mat 2:17 ]]17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremie the Prophet, saying,[[@Bible:mat 2:18 ]]18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel

weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.[[@Bible:mat 2:19 ]]19 ¶ But when Herode was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dreame to

Ioseph in Egypt,[[@Bible:mat 2:20 ]]20 Saying, Arise, and take the yong childe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for

they are dead which sought the yong childes life.

[[@Bible:mat 2:21 ]]21 And he arose, and tooke the yong childe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.[[@Bible:mat 2:22 ]]22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in the roome of his father Herod,

hee was afraid to goe thither: notwithstanding, beeing warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

[[@Bible:mat 2:23 ]]23 And hee came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, He shalbe called a Nazarene.

Chapter 3

[[@Bible:mat 3:1 ]]1 In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea,[[@Bible:mat 3:2 ]]2 And saying, Repent yee: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.[[@Bible:mat 3:3 ]]3 For this is he that was spoken of by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of one crying in

the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.[[@Bible:mat 3:4 ]]4 And the same Iohn had his raiment of camels haire, and a leatherne girdle about his

loynes, and his meate was locusts and wilde hony.[[@Bible:mat 3:5 ]]5 Then went out to him Hierusalem, and all Iudea, and all the region round about Iordane,[[@Bible:mat 3:6 ]]6 And were baptized of him in Iordane, confessing their sinnes.[[@Bible:mat 3:7 ]]7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his Baptisme, he said

vnto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?[[@Bible:mat 3:8 ]]8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.[[@Bible:mat 3:9 ]]9 And thinke not to say within your selues, Wee haue Abraham to our father: For I say vnto

you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.[[@Bible:mat 3:10 ]]10 And now also the axe is layd vnto the root of the trees: Therefore euery tree which

bringeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.[[@Bible:mat 3:11 ]]11 I indeed baptize you with water vnto repentance: but he that commeth after mee, is

mightier then I, whose shooes I am not worthy to beare, hee shall baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

[[@Bible:mat 3:12 ]]12 Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.

[[@Bible:mat 3:13 ]]13 ¶ Then commeth Iesus from Galilee to Iordane, vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him:[[@Bible:mat 3:14 ]]14 But Iohn forbade him, saying, I haue need to bee baptized of thee, and commest thou to

me?[[@Bible:mat 3:15 ]]15 And Iesus answering, said vnto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becommeth vs to

fulfill all righteousnesse. Then he suffered him.[[@Bible:mat 3:16 ]]16 And Iesus, when hee was baptized, went vp straightway out of the water: and loe, the

heauens were opened vnto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a doue, and lighting vpon him.

[[@Bible:mat 3:17 ]]17 And loe, a voice from heauen, saying, This is my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased.

Chapter 4

[[@Bible:mat 4:1 ]]1 Then was Iesus led vp of the Spirit into the wildernesse, to bee tempted of the deuill.[[@Bible:mat 4:2 ]]2 And when hee had fasted forty dayes and forty nights, hee was afterward an hungred.[[@Bible:mat 4:3 ]]3 And when the tempter came to him, hee said, If thou be the sonne of God, command that

these stones bee made bread.[[@Bible:mat 4:4 ]]4 But he answered, and said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread alone, but by euery

word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.[[@Bible:mat 4:5 ]]5 Then the deuill taketh him vp into the holy Citie, and setteth him on a pinacle of the

Temple,[[@Bible:mat 4:6 ]]6 And saith vnto him, If thou bee the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: For it is written, He

shall giue his Angels charge concerning thee, & in their handes they shall beare thee vp, lest at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone.

[[@Bible:mat 4:7 ]]7 Iesus said vnto him, It is written againe, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.[[@Bible:mat 4:8 ]]8 Againe the Deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountaine, and sheweth him all

the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them:[[@Bible:mat 4:9 ]]9 And saith vnto him, All these things will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe and worship

me.[[@Bible:mat 4:10 ]]10 Then saith Iesus vnto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the

Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.[[@Bible:mat 4:11 ]]11 Then the deuill leaueth him, and behold, Angels came and ministred vnto him.[[@Bible:mat 4:12 ]]12 ¶ Now when Iesus had heard that Iohn was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee.[[@Bible:mat 4:13 ]]13 And leauing Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is vpon the Sea coast, in

the borders of Zabulon and Nephthali:[[@Bible:mat 4:14 ]]14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,[[@Bible:mat 4:15 ]]15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthali, by the way of the Sea beyond Iordane,

Galilee of the Gentiles:[[@Bible:mat 4:16 ]]16 The people which sate in darkenesse, saw great light: and to them which sate in the

region and shadow of death, light is sprung vp.[[@Bible:mat 4:17 ]]17 ¶ From that time Iesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdome of heauen

is at hand.[[@Bible:mat 4:18 ]]18 ¶ And Iesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter, and

Andrew his brother, casting a net into the Sea (for they were fishers)[[@Bible:mat 4:19 ]]19 And he saith vnto them, Follow mee: and I will make you fishers of men.

[[@Bible:mat 4:20 ]]20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.[[@Bible:mat 4:21 ]]21 And going on from thence, hee sawe other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedee,

and Iohn his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.[[@Bible:mat 4:22 ]]22 And they immediatly left the shippe and their father, and followed him.[[@Bible:mat 4:23 ]]23 ¶ And Iesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the

Gospel of the kingdome, and healing all maner of sickenesse, and all maner of disease among the people.

[[@Bible:mat 4:24 ]]24 And his fame went thorowout all Syria: and they brought vnto him all sicke people that were taken with diuerse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with deuils, and those which were lunaticke, and those that had the palsie, and he healed them.

[[@Bible:mat 4:25 ]]25 And there followed him great great multitudes of people, from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Hierusalem, and from Iudea, and from beyond Iordane.

Chapter 5

[[@Bible:mat 5:1 ]]1 And seeing the multitudes, he went vp into a mountaine: and when he was set, his disciples came vnto him.

[[@Bible:mat 5:2 ]]2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,[[@Bible:mat 5:3 ]]3 Blessed are the poore in spirit: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.[[@Bible:mat 5:4 ]]4 Blessed are they that mourne: for they shall be comforted.[[@Bible:mat 5:5 ]]5 Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherit the earth.[[@Bible:mat 5:6 ]]6 Blessed are they which doe hunger and thirst after righteousnesse: for they shall be filled.[[@Bible:mat 5:7 ]]7 Blessed are the mercifull: for they shall obtaine mercie.[[@Bible:mat 5:8 ]]8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.[[@Bible:mat 5:9 ]]9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall bee called the children of God.[[@Bible:mat 5:10 ]]10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousnesse sake: for theirs is the

kingdome of heauen.[[@Bible:mat 5:11 ]]11 Blessed are ye, when men shall reuile you, and persecute you, and shal say all manner of

euill against you falsly for my sake.[[@Bible:mat 5:12 ]]12 Reioyce, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heauen: For so persecuted

they the Prophets which were before you.[[@Bible:mat 5:13 ]]13 ¶ Yee are the salt of the earth: But if the salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it bee

salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be troden vnder foote of men.[[@Bible:mat 5:14 ]]14 Yee are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.[[@Bible:mat 5:15 ]]15 Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it

giueth light vnto all that are in the house.

[[@Bible:mat 5:16 ]]16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 5:17 ]]17 ¶ Thinke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

[[@Bible:mat 5:18 ]]18 For verily I say vnto you, Till heauen and earth passe, one iote or one title, shall in no wise passe from the law, till all be fulfilled.

[[@Bible:mat 5:19 ]]19 Whosoeuer therfore shall breake one of these least commaundements, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall doe, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 5:20 ]]20 For I say vnto you, That except your righteousnesse shall exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees, yee shall in no case enter into the kingdome of heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 5:21 ]]21 ¶ Yee haue heard, that it was saide by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and, Whosoeuer shall kill, shalbe in danger of the iudgement.

[[@Bible:mat 5:22 ]]22 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the Iudgement: and whosoeuer shall say to his brother, Racha, shal be in danger of the counsell: but whosoeuer shall say, Thou foole, shalbe in danger of hell fire.

[[@Bible:mat 5:23 ]]23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee:

[[@Bible:mat 5:24 ]]24 Leaue there thy gift before the altar, and goe thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

[[@Bible:mat 5:25 ]]25 Agree with thine aduersarie quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him: least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

[[@Bible:mat 5:26 ]]26 Uerily I say vnto thee, thou shalt by no meanes come out thence, till thou hast payd the vttermost farthing.

[[@Bible:mat 5:27 ]]27 ¶ Yee haue heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adulterie.[[@Bible:mat 5:28 ]]28 But I say vnto you, That whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath

committed adulterie with her already in his heart.[[@Bible:mat 5:29 ]]29 And if thy right eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for

thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.[[@Bible:mat 5:30 ]]30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for

thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.[[@Bible:mat 5:31 ]]31 It hath beene said, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a writing of

diuorcement.[[@Bible:mat 5:32 ]]32 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, sauing for the cause of

fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoeuer shall marie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

[[@Bible:mat 5:33 ]]33 ¶ Againe, yee haue heard that it hath beene said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe vnto the Lord thine othes.

[[@Bible:mat 5:34 ]]34 But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is Gods throne:[[@Bible:mat 5:35 ]]35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstoole: neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the

great king.[[@Bible:mat 5:36 ]]36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one haire white or

blacke.[[@Bible:mat 5:37 ]]37 But let your communication bee Yea, yea: Nay, nay: For whatsoeuer is more then these,

commeth of euill.[[@Bible:mat 5:38 ]]38 ¶ Yee haue heard that it hath beene said, An eie for an eie, and a tooth for a tooth.[[@Bible:mat 5:39 ]]39 But I say vnto you, that yee resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right

cheeke, turne to him the other also.[[@Bible:mat 5:40 ]]40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloake

also.[[@Bible:mat 5:41 ]]41 And whosoeuer shall compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.[[@Bible:mat 5:42 ]]42 Giue to him that asketh thee: and from him that would borrow of thee, turne not thou

away.[[@Bible:mat 5:43 ]]43 ¶ Yee haue heard, that it hath beene said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate thine

enemie:[[@Bible:mat 5:44 ]]44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, doe good to them that

hate you, and pray for them which despitefully vse you, and persecute you:[[@Bible:mat 5:45 ]]45 That yee may be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne

to rise on the euill and on the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and on the vniust.[[@Bible:mat 5:46 ]]46 For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes

the same?[[@Bible:mat 5:47 ]]47 And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the

Publicanes so?[[@Bible:mat 5:48 ]]48 Be yee therefore perfect, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfect.

Chapter 6

[[@Bible:mat 6:1 ]]1 Take heed that yee doe not your almes before men, to bee seene of them: otherwise yee haue no reward of your father which is in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 6:2 ]]2 Therefore, when thou doest thine almes, doe not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites doe, in the Synagogues, and in the streetes, that they may haue glory of men. Uerily, I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

[[@Bible:mat 6:3 ]]3 But when thou doest almes, let not thy left hand know, what thy right doeth:

[[@Bible:mat 6:4 ]]4 That thine almes may be in secret: And thy father which seeth in secret, himselfe shall reward thee openly.

[[@Bible:mat 6:5 ]]5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they loue to pray standing in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seene of men. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

[[@Bible:mat 6:6 ]]6 But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

[[@Bible:mat 6:7 ]]7 But when yee pray, vse not vaine repetitions, as the heathen doe. For they thinke that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

[[@Bible:mat 6:8 ]]8 Be not yee therefore like vnto them: For your father knoweth what things yee haue neede of, before yee aske him.

[[@Bible:mat 6:9 ]]9 After this maner therefore pray yee: Our father which art in heauen, hallowed be thy name.

[[@Bible:mat 6:10 ]]10 Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 6:11 ]]11 Giue vs this day our daily bread.[[@Bible:mat 6:12 ]]12 And forgiue vs our debts, as we forgiue our debters.[[@Bible:mat 6:13 ]]13 And lead vs not into temptation, but deliuer vs from euill: For thine is the kingdome, and

the power, and the glory, for euer, Amen.[[@Bible:mat 6:14 ]]14 For, if yee forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly father will also forgiue you.[[@Bible:mat 6:15 ]]15 But, if yee forgiue not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgiue your

trespasses.[[@Bible:mat 6:16 ]]16 ¶ Moreouer, when yee fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they

disfigure their faces, that they may appeare vnto men to fast: Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

[[@Bible:mat 6:17 ]]17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face:[[@Bible:mat 6:18 ]]18 That thou appeare not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy father which is in secret: and thy

father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.[[@Bible:mat 6:19 ]]19 ¶ Lay not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,

and where theeues breake thorow, and steale.[[@Bible:mat 6:20 ]]20 But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen, where neither moth nor rust doth

corrupt, & where theeues doe not breake thorow, nor steale.[[@Bible:mat 6:21 ]]21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.[[@Bible:mat 6:22 ]]22 The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shalbe

full of light.[[@Bible:mat 6:23 ]]23 But if thine eye be euill, thy whole body shall be full of darknesse. If therfore the light

that is in thee be darkenesse, how great is that darkenesse?

[[@Bible:mat 6:24 ]]24 ¶ No man can serue two masters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or else hee will holde to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and Mammon.

[[@Bible:mat 6:25 ]]25 Therfore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, nor yet for your body, what yee shall put on: Is not the life more then meate? and the body then raiment?

[[@Bible:mat 6:26 ]]26 Behold the foules of the aire: for they sow not, neither do they reape, nor gather into barnes, yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are yee not much better then they?

[[@Bible:mat 6:27 ]]27 Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?[[@Bible:mat 6:28 ]]28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow:

they toile not, neither doe they spinne.[[@Bible:mat 6:29 ]]29 And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of

these.[[@Bible:mat 6:30 ]]30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grasse of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast

into the ouen: shall he not much more clothe you, O yee of little faith?[[@Bible:mat ]]31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or, what shall we drinke? or

wherewithall shall wee be clothed?[[@Bible:mat 6:32 ]]32 (For after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heauenly father knoweth that

ye haue neede of all these things.[[@Bible:mat 6:33 ]]33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things

shalbe added vnto you.[[@Bible:mat 6:34 ]]34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the

things of it selfe: sufficient vnto the day is the euill thereof.

Chapter 7

[[@Bible:mat 7:1 ]]1 Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.[[@Bible:mat 7:2 ]]2 For with what iudgment ye iudge, yee shall be iudged: and with what measure ye mete, it

shall be measured to you againe.[[@Bible:mat 7:3 ]]3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the

beame that is in thine owne eye?[[@Bible:mat 7:4 ]]4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and

beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?[[@Bible:mat 7:5 ]]5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see

clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.[[@Bible:mat 7:6 ]]6 ¶ Giue not that which is holy vnto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearles before swine: lest

they trample them vnder their feete, and turne againe and rent you.[[@Bible:mat 7:7 ]]7 ¶ Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened

vnto you.

[[@Bible:mat 7:8 ]]8 For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

[[@Bible:mat 7:9 ]]9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his sonne aske bread, will hee giue him a stone?[[@Bible:mat 7:10 ]]10 Or if he aske a fish, will hee giue him a serpent?[[@Bible:mat 7:11 ]]11 If ye then being euill, know how to giue good giftes vnto your children, how much more

shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good things to them that aske him?[[@Bible:mat 7:12 ]]12 Therefore all things whatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye euen so to

them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.[[@Bible:mat 7:13 ]]13 ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to

destruction, and many there be which goe in thereat:[[@Bible:mat 7:14 ]]14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth vnto life, and few there

be that finde it.[[@Bible:mat 7:15 ]]15 ¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are

rauening wolues.[[@Bible:mat 7:16 ]]16 Yee shall knowe them by their fruits: Doe men gather grapes of thornes, or figges of

thistles?[[@Bible:mat 7:17 ]]17 Euen so, euery good tree bringeth forth good fruit: but a corrupt tree bringeth forth euill

fruit.[[@Bible:mat 7:18 ]]18 A good tree cannot bring forth euil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.[[@Bible:mat 7:19 ]]19 Euery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.[[@Bible:mat 7:20 ]]20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.[[@Bible:mat 7:21 ]]21 ¶ Not euery one that saith vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen:

but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 7:22 ]]22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, haue we not prophecied in thy name? and in

thy name haue cast out deuils? and in thy name done many wonderfull works?[[@Bible:mat 7:23 ]]23 And then wil I professe vnto them, I neuer knew you: Depart from me, ye that worke

iniquity.[[@Bible:mat 7:24 ]]24 ¶ Therefore, whosoeuer heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I wil liken him

vnto a wise man, which built his house vpon a rocke:[[@Bible:mat 7:25 ]]25 And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that

house: and it fell not, for it was founded vpon a rocke.[[@Bible:mat 7:26 ]]26 And euery one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall bee likened

vnto a foolish man, which built his house vpon the sand:[[@Bible:mat 7:27 ]]27 And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that

house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

[[@Bible:mat 7:28 ]]28 And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine.

[[@Bible:mat 7:29 ]]29 For he taught them as one hauing authoritie, and not as the Scribes.

Chapter 8

[[@Bible:mat 8:1 ]]1 When he was come downe from the Mountaine, great multitudes folowed him.[[@Bible:mat 8:2 ]]2 And behold, there came a leper, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, If thou wilt, thou canst

make me cleane.[[@Bible:mat 8:3 ]]3 And Iesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, bee thou cleane. And

immediately his leprosie was cleansed.[[@Bible:mat 8:4 ]]4 And Iesus saith vnto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thy selfe to the priest,

and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimonie vnto them.[[@Bible:mat 8:5 ]]5 ¶ And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Centurion,

beseeching him,[[@Bible:mat 8:6 ]]6 And saying, Lord, my seruant lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grieuously tormented.[[@Bible:mat 8:7 ]]7 And Iesus saith vnto him, I will come, and heale him.[[@Bible:mat 8:8 ]]8 The Centurion answered, and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder

my roofe: but speake the word onely, and my seruant shalbe healed.[[@Bible:mat 8:9 ]]9 For I am a man vnder authority, hauing souldiers vnder me: and I say to this man, Goe, and

he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doth it.[[@Bible:mat 8:10 ]]10 When Iesus heard it, he marueiled, and said to them that followed, Uerely, I say vnto you,

I haue not found so great faith, no not in Israel.[[@Bible:mat 8:11 ]]11 And I say vnto you, that many shall come from the East and West, and shal sit downe

with Abraham, and Isaac, & Iacob, in the kingdome of heauen:[[@Bible:mat 8:12 ]]12 But the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into outer darkenesse: there shalbe

weeping and gnashing of teeth.[[@Bible:mat 8:13 ]]13 And Iesus said vnto the Centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast beleeued, so be it done

vnto thee. And his seruant was healed in the self same houre.[[@Bible:mat 8:14 ]]14 ¶ And when Iesus was come into Peters house, hee saw his wiues mother laid, and sicke

of a feuer:[[@Bible:mat 8:15 ]]15 And he touched her hand, and the feuer left her: and she arose, and ministred vnto them.[[@Bible:mat 8:16 ]]16 ¶ When the Euen was come, they brought vnto him many that were possessed with

deuils: and hee cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke,[[@Bible:mat 8:17 ]]17 That it might be fulfilled which which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

Himselfe tooke our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

[[@Bible:mat 8:18 ]]18 ¶ Now when Iesus saw great multitudes about him, hee gaue commaundement to depart vnto the other side.

[[@Bible:mat 8:19 ]]19 And a certaine Scribe came, and said vnto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoeuer thou goest.

[[@Bible:mat 8:20 ]]20 And Iesus saith vnto him, The Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the ayre haue nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head.

[[@Bible:mat 8:21 ]]21 And another of his Disciples said vnto him, Lord, suffer me first to goe, and bury my father.

[[@Bible:mat 8:22 ]]22 But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead.[[@Bible:mat 8:23 ]]23 ¶ And when he was entred into a ship, his Disciples followed him.[[@Bible:mat 8:24 ]]24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the Sea, insomuch that the ship was couered

with the waues: but he was asleepe.[[@Bible:mat 8:25 ]]25 And his Disciples came to him, and awoke, saying, Lord, saue vs: we perish.[[@Bible:mat 8:26 ]]26 And he saith vnto them, Why are yee fearefull, O yee of litle faith? Then hee arose, and

rebuked the winds and the Sea, and there was a great calme.[[@Bible:mat 8:27 ]]27 But the men marueiled, saying, What maner of man is this, that euen the winds and the

Sea obey him?[[@Bible:mat 8:28 ]]28 ¶ And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there

met him two possessed with deuils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way.

[[@Bible:mat 8:29 ]]29 And behold, they cryed out, saying, What haue we to doe with thee, Iesus thou sonne of God? Art thou come hither to torment vs before our time?

[[@Bible:mat 8:30 ]]30 And there was a good way off from them, an heard of many swine, feeding.[[@Bible:mat 8:31 ]]31 So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd

of swine.[[@Bible:mat 8:32 ]]32 And he said vnto them, Goe. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of

swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ranne violently downe a steepe place into the Sea, and perished in the waters.

[[@Bible:mat 8:33 ]]33 And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told euery thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the deuils.

[[@Bible:mat 8:34 ]]34 And behold, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that hee would depart out of their coasts.

Chapter 9

[[@Bible:mat 9:1 ]]1 And hee entred into a ship, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.[[@Bible:mat 9:2 ]]2 And behold, they brought to him a man sicke of the palsie, lying on a bed: and Iesus seeing

their faith, said vnto the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good cheere, thy sinnes be forgiuen thee.

[[@Bible:mat 9:3 ]]3 And behold, certaine of the Scribes said within themselues, This man blasphemeth.[[@Bible:mat 9:4 ]]4 And Iesus knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore thinke yee euill in your hearts?[[@Bible:mat 9:5 ]]5 For whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee: or to say, Arise, and walke?[[@Bible:mat 9:6 ]]6 But that yee may know that the sonne of man hath power on earth to forgiue sinnes,

(Then saith hee to the sicke of the palsie) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe vnto thine house.[[@Bible:mat 9:7 ]]7 And he arose, and departed to his house.[[@Bible:mat 9:8 ]]8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marueiled, & glorified God, which had giuen such

power vnto men.[[@Bible:mat 9:9 ]]9 ¶ And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the

receite of custome: and he saith vnto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.[[@Bible:mat 9:10 ]]10 ¶ And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meate in the house, behold, many publicanes and

sinners, came and sate downe with him and his Disciples.[[@Bible:mat 9:11 ]]11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said vnto his disciples, Why eateth your master with

publicanes & sinners.[[@Bible:mat 9:12 ]]12 But when Iesus heard that, hee said vnto them, They that be whole neede not a

Physicion, but they that are sicke.[[@Bible:mat 9:13 ]]13 But goe ye and learne what that meaneth, I will haue mercy and not sacrifice: for I am

not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.[[@Bible:mat 9:14 ]]14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of Iohn, saying, Why doe we and the Pharisees fast oft,

but thy disciples fast not?[[@Bible:mat 9:15 ]]15 And Iesus saide vnto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the

bridegrome is with them? But the dayes will come when the bridegrome shall bee taken from them, and then shall they fast.

[[@Bible:mat 9:16 ]]16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth vnto an olde garment: for that which is put in to fill it vp, taketh from the garment, & the rent is made worse.

[[@Bible:mat 9:17 ]]17 Neither doe men put new wine into old bottels: else the bottels breake, and the wine runneth out, and the bottels perish: but they put new wine into new bottels, and both are preserued.

[[@Bible:mat 9:18 ]]18 ¶ While hee spake these things vnto them, beholde, there came a certaine ruler and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is euen now dead: but come, and lay thy hand vpon her, and she shall liue.

[[@Bible:mat 9:19 ]]19 And Iesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.[[@Bible:mat 9:20 ]]20 (¶ And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came

behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.[[@Bible:mat 9:21 ]]21 For she said within her selfe, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.[[@Bible:mat 9:22 ]]22 But Iesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, bee of good

comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that houre.)

[[@Bible:mat 9:23 ]]23 And when Iesus came into the rulers house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

[[@Bible:mat 9:24 ]]24 He said vnto them, Giue place, for the mayd is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorne.

[[@Bible:mat 9:25 ]]25 But when the people were put foorth, he went in, and tooke her by the hand: and the mayd arose.

[[@Bible:mat 9:26 ]]26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.[[@Bible:mat 9:27 ]]27 ¶ And when Iesus departed thence, two blinde men followed him, crying, and saying,

Thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on vs.[[@Bible:mat 9:28 ]]28 And when he was come into the house, the blinde men came to him: and Iesus saith vnto

them, Beleeue ye that I am able to doe this? They said vnto him, Yea, Lord.[[@Bible:mat 9:29 ]]29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith, bee it vnto you.[[@Bible:mat 9:30 ]]30 And their eyes were opened: and Iesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man

know it.[[@Bible:mat 9:31 ]]31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that countrey.[[@Bible:mat 9:32 ]]32 ¶ As they went out, beholde, they brought to him a dumbe man possessed with a deuill.[[@Bible:mat 9:33 ]]33 And when the deuil was cast out, the dumbe spake, and the multitudes marueiled,

saying, It was neuer so seene in Israel.[[@Bible:mat 9:34 ]]34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out the deuils through the prince of the deuils.[[@Bible:mat 9:35 ]]35 And Iesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their Synagogues, and

preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing euery sickenesse, and euery disease among the people.

[[@Bible:mat 9:36 ]]36 ¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moued with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheepe hauing no shepheard.

[[@Bible:mat 9:37 ]]37 Then saith he vnto his disciples, The haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are few.

[[@Bible:mat 9:38 ]]38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest, that hee will send foorth labourers into his haruest.

Chapter 10

[[@Bible:mat 10:1 ]]1 And when hee had called vnto him his twelue disciples, he gaue them power against vncleane spirits, to cast them out, and to heale all maner of sickenesse, and all maner of disease.

[[@Bible:mat 10:2 ]]2 Now the names of the twelue Apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother:

[[@Bible:mat 10:3 ]]3 Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus:

[[@Bible:mat 10:4 ]]4 Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.[[@Bible:mat 10:5 ]]5 These twelue Iesus sent foorth, and commanded them, saying, Goe not into the way of the

Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:[[@Bible:mat 10:6 ]]6 But goe rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.[[@Bible:mat 10:7 ]]7 And as yee goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand:[[@Bible:mat 10:8 ]]8 Heale the sicke, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out deuils: freely ye haue receiued,

freely giue.[[@Bible:mat 10:9 ]]9 Prouide neither gold, nor siluer, nor brasse in your purses:[[@Bible:mat 10:10 ]]10 Nor scrippe for your iourney, neither two coats, neither shooes, nor yet staues: (for the

workeman is worthy of his meat.)[[@Bible:mat 10:11 ]]11 And into whatsoeuer city or towne ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there

abide till yee goe thence.[[@Bible:mat 10:12 ]]12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.[[@Bible:mat 10:13 ]]13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthy, let your

peace returne to you.[[@Bible:mat 10:14 ]]14 And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your words: when yee depart out of

that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feete.[[@Bible:mat 10:15 ]]15 Uerely I say vnto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in

the day of iudgment, then for that citie.[[@Bible:mat 10:16 ]]16 ¶ Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolues: be yee therefore wise as

serpents, and harmelesse as doues.[[@Bible:mat 10:17 ]]17 But beware of men: for they will deliuer you vp to the Councils, and they will scourge

you in their Synagogues,[[@Bible:mat10:18 ]]18 And yee shall be brought before Gouernours and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie

against them, and the Gentiles.[[@Bible:mat10:19 ]]19 But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought, how or what ye shall speake, for it shall

bee giuen you in that same houre what ye shall speake.[[@Bible:mat 10:20 ]]20 For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.[[@Bible:mat 10:21 ]]21 And the brother shall deliuer vp the brother to death, and the father the childe: and the

children shall rise vp against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.[[@Bible:mat 10:22 ]]22 And yee shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but he that endureth to the end,

shalbe saued.[[@Bible:mat 10:23 ]]23 But when they persecute you in this citie, flee ye into another: for verely I say vnto you,

ye shall not haue gone ouer the cities of Israel, till the Sonne of man be come.[[@Bible:mat 10:24 ]]24 The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his lord.

[[@Bible:mat 10:25 ]]25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the seruant as his Lord: If they haue called the Master of the house of Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

[[@Bible:mat 10:26 ]]26 Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be reueiled; and hidde, that shall not be knowen.

[[@Bible:mat 10:27 ]]27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.

[[@Bible:mat 10:28 ]]28 And feare not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.

[[@Bible:mat 10:29 ]]29 Are not two Sparrowes solde for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

[[@Bible:mat 10:30 ]]30 But the very haires of your head are all numbred.[[@Bible:mat 10:31 ]]31 Feare yee not therefore, ye are of more value then many Sparrowes.[[@Bible:mat 10:32 ]]32 Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse mee before men, him will I confesse also before my

Father which is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 10:33 ]]33 But whosoeuer shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which

is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 10:34 ]]34 Thinke not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a

sword.[[@Bible:mat 10:35 ]]35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, & the daughter against her

mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.[[@Bible:mat 10:36 ]]36 And a mans foes shalbe they of his owne houshold.[[@Bible:mat 10:37 ]]37 He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthy of me: and he that loueth

sonne or daughter more then me, is not worthy of me.[[@Bible:mat 10:38 ]]38 And he that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.[[@Bible:mat 10:39 ]]39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.[[@Bible:mat 10:40 ]]40 ¶ He that receiueth you, receiueth me: and he that receiueth mee, receiueth him that

sent me.[[@Bible:mat 10:41 ]]41 He that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophets reward:

and he that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shal receiue a righteous mans reward.

[[@Bible:mat 10:42 ]]42 And whosoeuer shall giue to drinke vnto one of these litle ones, a cup of cold water onely, in the name of a disciple, verily I say vnto you, hee shall in no wise lose his reward.

Chapter 11

[[@Bible:mat 11:1 ]]1 And it came to passe, when Iesus had made an end of commaunding his twelue Disciples, hee departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

[[@Bible:mat 11:2 ]]2 Now when Iohn had heard in the prison the workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,[[@Bible:mat 11:3 ]]3 And said vnto him, Art thou hee that should come? Or doe wee looke for another?[[@Bible:mat 11:4 ]]4 Iesus answered and saide vnto them, Go and shew Iohn againe those things which we doe

heare and see:[[@Bible:mat 11:5 ]]5 The blind receiue their sight, and the lame walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe

heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore haue the Gospel preached to them.[[@Bible:mat 11:6 ]]6 And blessed is he, whoseouer shal not be offended in me.[[@Bible:mat 11:7 ]]7 ¶ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitudes concerning Iohn, what

went ye out into the wildernesse to see? a reede shaken with the winde?[[@Bible:mat 11:8 ]]8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare

soft cloathing, are in kings houses.[[@Bible:mat 11:9 ]]9 But what went ye out for to see? A Prophet? yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.[[@Bible:mat 11:10 ]]10 For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which

shall prepare thy way before thee.[[@Bible:mat 11:11 ]]11 Uerely I say vnto you, Among them that are borne of women, there hath not risen a

greater then Iohn the Baptist: notwithstanding, hee that is least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

[[@Bible:mat 11:12 ]]12 And from the dayes of Iohn the Baptist, vntill now, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

[[@Bible:mat 11:13 ]]13 For all the Prophets, and the Law prophecied vntill Iohn.[[@Bible:mat 11:14 ]]14 And if ye wil receiue it, this is Elias which was for to come.[[@Bible:mat 11:15 ]]15 Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.[[@Bible:mat 11:16 ]]16 ¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the

markets, and calling vnto their fellowes,[[@Bible:mat 11:17 ]]17 And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto

you, and ye haue not lamented.[[@Bible:mat 11:18 ]]18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill.[[@Bible:mat 11:19 ]]19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and

a wine bibber, a friend of publicanes and sinners: but wisedom is iustified of her children.[[@Bible:mat 11:20 ]]20 ¶ Then began he to vpbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done,

because they repented not.[[@Bible:mat 11:21 ]]21 Woe vnto thee Chorazin, woe vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were

done in you, had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haue repented long agoe in sackcloth and ashes.

[[@Bible:mat 11:22 ]]22 But I say vnto you, It shall bee more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

[[@Bible:mat 11:23 ]]23 And thou Capernaum, which art exalted vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: For if the mighty works which haue beene done in thee, had bin done in Sodome, it would haue remained vntil this day.

[[@Bible:mat 11:24 ]]24 But I say vnto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in þe day of iudgment, then for thee.

[[@Bible:mat 11:25 ]]25 ¶ At that time Iesus answered, and said, I thanke thee, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things frō the wise & prudent, & hast reueiled them vnto babes.

[[@Bible:mat 11:26 ]]26 Euen so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.[[@Bible:mat 11:27 ]]27 All things are deliuered vnto me of my father: and no man knoweth the sonne but the

father: neither knoweth any man the father, saue the sonne, and hee to whomsoeuer the sonne will reueile him.

[[@Bible:mat 11:28 ]]28 ¶ Come vnto me all yee that labour, and are heauy laden, and I will giue you rest.[[@Bible:mat 11:29 ]]29 Take my yoke vpon you, and learne of me, for I am meeke and lowly in heart: and yee

shall find rest vnto your soules.[[@Bible:mat 11:30 ]]30 For my yoke is easie, and my burden is light.

Chapter 12

[[@Bible:mat 12:1 ]]1 At that time, Iesus went on the Sabbath day thorow the corne, & his Disciples were an hungred, and beganne to pluck the eares of corne, and to eate.

[[@Bible:mat 12:2 ]]2 But when the Pharises saw it, they said vnto him, Behold, thy Disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath day.

[[@Bible:mat 12:3 ]]3 But he said vnto them, Haue yee not read what Dauid did when hee was an hungred, and they that were with him,

[[@Bible:mat 12:4 ]]4 How he entred into the house of God, and did eate the shew bread, which was not lawfull for him to eate, neither for them which were with him, but, only for the Priests?

[[@Bible:mat 12:5 ]]5 Or haue yee not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priests in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are blamelesse?

[[@Bible:mat 12:6 ]]6 But I saye vnto you, that in this place is one greater then the Temple.[[@Bible:mat 12:7 ]]7 But if yee had knowen what this meaneth, I will haue mercy, and not sacrifice, yee would

not haue condemned the guiltlesse.[[@Bible:mat 12:8 ]]8 For the sonne of man is Lord euen of the Sabbath day.[[@Bible:mat 12:9 ]]9 And when hee was departed thence, he went into their Synagogue.[[@Bible:mat 12:10 ]]10 ¶ And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered, and they asked him,

saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath dayes? that they might accuse him.[[@Bible:mat 12:11 ]]11 And hee said vnto them, What man shal there be among you, that shall haue one sheepe:

and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will hee not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

[[@Bible:mat 12:12 ]]12 How much then is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore it is lawfull to doe well on the Sabbath dayes.

[[@Bible:mat 12:13 ]]13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand: and hee stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, like as the other.

[[@Bible:mat 12:14 ]]14 ¶ Then the Pharises went out, and held a counsell against him, how they might destroy him.

[[@Bible:mat 12:15 ]]15 But when Iesus knew it, hee withdrew himselfe from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all,

[[@Bible:mat 12:16 ]]16 And charged them that they should not make him knowen:[[@Bible:mat 12:17 ]]17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,[[@Bible:mat 12:18 ]]18 Behold, my seruant whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule is well pleased:

I will put my spirit vpon him, and he shall shew iudgement to the Gentiles.[[@Bible:mat 12:19 ]]19 He shall not striue, nor cry, neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets.[[@Bible:mat 12:20 ]]20 A bruised reed shal he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quench, till he send

forth iudgment vnto victory.[[@Bible:mat 12:21 ]]21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.[[@Bible:mat 12:22 ]]22 ¶ Then was brought vnto him one possessed with a deuill, blinde, and dumbe: and hee

healed him, insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and saw.[[@Bible:mat 12:23 ]]23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is this the sonne of Dauid?[[@Bible:mat 12:24 ]]24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doeth not cast out deuils, but by

Beelzebub the prince of the deuils.[[@Bible:mat 12:25 ]]25 And Iesus knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdome diuided against it

selfe, is brought to desolation: and euery citie or house diuided against it selfe, shall not stand.[[@Bible:mat 12:26 ]]26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is diuided against himselfe; how shall then his kingdome

stand?[[@Bible:mat 12:27 ]]27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out?

Therefore they shall be your Iudges.[[@Bible:mat 12:28 ]]28 But if I cast out deuils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdome of God is come vnto you.[[@Bible:mat 12:29 ]]29 Or else, how can one enter into a strong mans house, & spoile his goods, except hee first

binde the strong man, and then he will spoile his house.[[@Bible:mat 12:30 ]]30 He that is not with me, is against me: and hee that gathereth not with me, scattereth

abroad.[[@Bible:mat 12:31 ]]31 ¶ Wherefore I say vnto you, All maner of sinne and blasphemie shall be forgiuen vnto

men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost, shall not bee forgiuen vnto men.

[[@Bible:mat 12:32 ]]32 And whosoeuer speaketh a word against the sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but whosoeuer speaketh against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

[[@Bible:mat 12:33 ]]33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good: Or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: For the tree is knowen by his fruit.

[[@Bible:mat 12:34 ]]34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being euil, speake good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

[[@Bible:mat 12:35 ]]35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of the euill treasure, bringeth foorth euill things.

[[@Bible:mat 12:36 ]]36 But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.

[[@Bible:mat 12:37 ]]37 For by thy wordes thou shalt bee iustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.[[@Bible:mat 12:38 ]]38 ¶ Then certaine of the Scribes, and of the Pharisees, answered, saying, Master, we would

see a signe from thee.[[@Bible:mat 12:39 ]]39 But hee answered, and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh after a

signe, and there shall no signe be giuen to it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas.[[@Bible:mat 12:40 ]]40 For as Ionas was three dayes and three nights in the whales belly: so shal the sonne of

man be three daies and three nights in the heart of the earth.[[@Bible:mat 12:41 ]]41 The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it,

because they repented at the preaching of Ionas, and behold, a greater then Ionas is here.[[@Bible:mat 12:42 ]]42 The Queene of the South shall rise vp in the iudgement with this generation, and shall

condemne it: for she came from the vttermost parts of the earth to heare the wisedome of Solomon, and behold, a greater then Solomon is here.

[[@Bible:mat 12:43 ]]43 When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, hee walketh thorow dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

[[@Bible:mat 12:44 ]]44 Then he saith, I will returne into my house from whence I came out; And when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept, and garnished.

[[@Bible:mat 12:45 ]]45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himselfe seuen other spirits more wicked then himselfe, and they enter in and dwell there: And the last state of that man is worse then the first. Euen so shal it be also vnto this wicked generation.

[[@Bible:mat 12:46 ]]46 ¶ While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speake with him.

[[@Bible:mat 12:47 ]]47 Then one saide vnto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.

[[@Bible:mat 12:48 ]]48 But he answered, and said vnto him that told him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?

[[@Bible:mat 12:49 ]]49 And hee stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren.

[[@Bible:mat 12:50 ]]50 For whosoeuer shall doe the will of my Father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Chapter 13

[[@Bible:mat 13:1 ]]1 The same day went Iesus out of the house, and sate by the sea side.[[@Bible:mat 13:2 ]]2 And great multitudes were gathered together vnto him, so that hee went into a ship, and

sate, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.[[@Bible:mat 13:3 ]]3 And hee spake many things vnto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went foorth to

sow.[[@Bible:mat 13:4 ]]4 And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the foules came, and

deuoured them vp.[[@Bible:mat 13:5 ]]5 Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth: and foorth with they sprung

vp, because they had no deepenesse of earth.[[@Bible:mat 13:6 ]]6 And when the Sunne was vp, they were scorched: and because they had not root, they

withered away.[[@Bible:mat 13:7 ]]7 And some fell among thorns: and the thornes sprung vp, & choked them.[[@Bible:mat 13:8 ]]8 But other fell into good ground, and brought foorth fruit, some an hundred folde, some

sixtie folde, some thirty folde.[[@Bible:mat 13:9 ]]9 Who hath eares to heare, let him heare.[[@Bible:mat 13:10 ]]10 And the disciples came, and sayd vnto him, Why speakest thou vnto them in parables?[[@Bible:mat 13:11 ]]11 He answered, and said vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you to know the mysteries of

the kingdome of heauen, but to them it is not giuen.[[@Bible:mat 13:12 ]]12 For whosoeuer hath, to him shall be giuen, and he shall haue more abundance: but

whosoeuer hath not, from him shall be taken away, euen that hee hath.[[@Bible:mat 13:13 ]]13 Therefore speake I to then in parables: because they seeing, see not: and hearing, they

heare not, neither doe they vnderstand.[[@Bible:mat 13:14 ]]14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall heare,

and shall not vnderstand: and seeing yee shall see, and shall not perceiue.[[@Bible:mat 13:15 ]]15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearing, and their

eyes they haue closed, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and should vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

[[@Bible:mat 13:16 ]]16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.[[@Bible:mat 13:17 ]]17 For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, and righteous men haue desired to see

those things which yee see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

[[@Bible:mat 13:18 ]]18 ¶ Heare ye therefore the parable of the sower.[[@Bible:mat 13:19 ]]19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdome, and vnderstandeth it not, then

commeth the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart: this is hee which receiued seede by the way side.

[[@Bible:mat 13:20 ]]20 But he that receiued the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, & anon with ioy receiueth it:

[[@Bible:mat 13:21 ]]21 Yet hath hee not root in himselfe, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

[[@Bible:mat 13:22 ]]22 He also that receiued seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he becommeth vnfruitfull.

[[@Bible:mat 13:23 ]]23 But he that receiued seed into the good ground, is hee that heareth the word, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth foorth, some an hundred fold, some sixtie, some thirty.

[[@Bible:mat 13:24 ]]24 ¶ Another parable put he forth vnto them, saying; The kingdome of heauen is likened vnto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

[[@Bible:mat 13:25 ]]25 But while men slept, his enemy came & sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

[[@Bible:mat 13:26 ]]26 But when the blade was sprung vp, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

[[@Bible:mat 13:27 ]]27 So the seruants of the housholder came, and said vnto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seede in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

[[@Bible:mat 13:28 ]]28 He said vnto them, An enemy hath done this. The seruants said vnto him, Wilt thou then that we goe and gather them vp?

[[@Bible:mat 13:29 ]]29 But he said, Nay: lest while yee gather vp the tares, ye root vp also the wheat with them.[[@Bible:mat 13:30 ]]30 Let both grow together vntil the haruest: and in the time of haruest, I will say to the

reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and binde them in bundels to burne them: but gather the wheat into my barne.

[[@Bible:mat 13:31 ]]31 ¶ Another parable put he foorth vnto them, saying, The kingdome of heauen is like to a graine of mustard seed, which a man tooke, and sowed in his field.

[[@Bible:mat 13:32 ]]32 Which indeed is the least of al seeds: but when it is growen, it is the greatest among herbes, and becommeth a tree: so that the birds of the aire come and lodge in the branches thereof.

[[@Bible:mat 13:33 ]]33 ¶ Another parable spake he vnto them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.

[[@Bible:mat 13:34 ]]34 All these things spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without a parable spake hee not vnto them:

[[@Bible:mat 13:35 ]]35 That it might bee fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I wil vtter things which haue bin kept secret from the foundation of the world.

[[@Bible:mat 13:36 ]]36 Then Iesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came vnto him, saying, Declare vnto vs the parable of the tares of the field.

[[@Bible:mat 13:37 ]]37 He answered, and said vnto them, Hee that soweth the good seed, is the sonne of man.[[@Bible:mat 13:38 ]]38 The field is the world. The good seed, are the children of the kingdome: but the tares are

the children of the wicked one.[[@Bible:mat 13:39 ]]39 The enemie that sowed them, is the deuill. The haruest, is the ende of the world. And the

reapers are the Angels.[[@Bible:mat 13:40 ]]40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire: so shall it be in the end of this

world.[[@Bible:mat 13:41 ]]41 The Sonne of man shall send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdome

all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie:[[@Bible:mat 13:42 ]]42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wayling and gnashing of teeth.[[@Bible:mat 13:43 ]]43 Then shall the righteous shine foorth as the Sunne, in the kingdome of their father. Who

hath eares to heare, let him heare.[[@Bible:mat 13:44 ]]44 ¶ Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto treasure hid in a field: the which when a

man hath found, hee hideth, and for ioy thereof goeth and selleth all that hee hath, and buyeth that field.

[[@Bible:mat 13:45 ]]45 ¶ Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a marchant man, seeking goodly pearles:[[@Bible:mat 13:46 ]]46 Who when hee had found one pearle of great price, he went and solde all that he had,

and bought it.[[@Bible:mat 13:47 ]]47 ¶ Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a net that was cast into the sea, and

gathered of euery kind,[[@Bible:mat 13:48 ]]48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sate downe, and gathered the good into

vessels, but cast the bad away.[[@Bible:mat 13:49 ]]49 So shall it be at the ende of the world: the Angels shal come forth, and seuer the wicked

from among the iust,[[@Bible:mat 13:50 ]]50 And shal cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.[[@Bible:mat 13:51 ]]51 Iesus saith vnto them, Haue ye vnderstood all these things? They say vnto him, Yea,

Lord.[[@Bible:mat 13:52 ]]52 Then said he vnto them, Therefore euery Scribe which is instructed vnto the kingdom of

heauen, is like vnto a man that is an housholder, which bringeth foorth out of his treasure things new and old.

[[@Bible:mat 13:53 ]]53 ¶ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished these parables, hee departed thence.

[[@Bible:mat 13:54 ]]54 And when hee was come into his owne countrey, he taught them in their Synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisedome, and these mighty works?

[[@Bible:mat 13:55 ]]55 Is not this the Carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie? and his brethren, Iames, and Ioses, and Simon, and Iudas?

[[@Bible:mat 13:56 ]]56 And his sisters, are they not all with vs? whence then hath this man all these things?[[@Bible:mat 13:57 ]]57 And they were offended in him. But Iesus said vnto them, A Prophet is not without

honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.[[@Bible:mat 13:58 ]]58 And hee did not many mighty workes there, because of their vnbeliefe.

Chapter 14

[[@Bible:mat 14:1 ]]1 At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus,[[@Bible:mat 14:2 ]]2 And said vnto his seruants, This is Iohn the Baptist, hee is risen from the dead, and

therfore mighty workes doe shew foorth themselues in him.[[@Bible:mat 14:3 ]]3 ¶ For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias

sake, his brother Philips wife.[[@Bible:mat 14:4 ]]4 For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.[[@Bible:mat 14:5 ]]5 And when he would haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they

counted him as a Prophet.[[@Bible:mat 14:6 ]]6 But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and

pleased Herode.[[@Bible:mat 14:7 ]]7 Whereupon he promised with an oath, to giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.[[@Bible:mat 14:8 ]]8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Giue me heere Iohn Baptists head in

a charger.[[@Bible:mat 14:9 ]]9 And the king was sorie: neuerthelesse for the othes sake, and them which sate with him

at meate, he commanded it to be giuen her:[[@Bible:mat 14:10 ]]10 And he sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.[[@Bible:mat 14:11 ]]11 And his head was brought in a charger, and giuen to the Damsell: and she brought it to

her mother.[[@Bible:mat 14:12 ]]12 And his Disciples came, and took vp the body, and buried it, and went and told Iesus.[[@Bible:mat 14:13 ]]13 ¶ When Iesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship, into a desert place apart: and

when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foote, out of the cities.[[@Bible:mat 14:14 ]]14 And Iesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was mooued with compassion

toward them, and he healed their sicke.[[@Bible:mat 14:15 ]]15 ¶ And when it was euening, his Disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and

the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may goe into the villages, and buy themselues victuals.

[[@Bible:mat 14:16 ]]16 But Iesus said vnto them, They neede not depart; giue yee them to eate.[[@Bible:mat 14:17 ]]17 And they say vnto him, We haue heere but fiue loaues, and two fishes.

[[@Bible:mat 14:18 ]]18 He said, Bring them hither to me.[[@Bible:mat 14:19 ]]19 And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, & tooke the fiue loaues,

and the two fishes, and looking vp to heauen, hee blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his Disciples, and the Disciples to the multitude.

[[@Bible:mat 14:20 ]]20 And they did all eat, & were filled: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained twelue baskets full.

[[@Bible:mat 14:21 ]]21 And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousand men, beside women and children.[[@Bible:mat 14:22 ]]22 ¶ And straightway Iesus constrained his Disciples to get into a ship, and to goe before

him vnto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.[[@Bible:mat 14:23 ]]23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went vp into a mountaine apart to pray:

and when the euening was come, he was there alone:[[@Bible:mat 14:24 ]]24 But the ship was now in the midst of the Sea, tossed with waues: for the wind was

contrary.[[@Bible:mat 14:25 ]]25 And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the Sea.[[@Bible:mat 14:26 ]]26 And when the Disciples saw him walking on the Sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a

spirit: and they cried out for feare.[[@Bible:mat 14:27 ]]27 But straightway Iesus spake vnto them, saying, Be of good cheere: it is I, be not afraid.[[@Bible:mat 14:28 ]]28 And Peter answered him, and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come vnto thee on the

water.[[@Bible:mat 14:29 ]]29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come downe out of the ship, he walked on the

water, to go to Iesus.[[@Bible:mat 14:30 ]]30 But when he saw the wind boysterous, he was afraid: and beginning to sinke, he cried,

saying, Lord saue me.[[@Bible:mat 14:31 ]]31 And immediately Iesus stretched foorth his hand, and caught him, and said vnto him, O

thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?[[@Bible:mat 14:32 ]]32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.[[@Bible:mat 14:33 ]]33 Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art

the sonne of God.[[@Bible:mat 14:34 ]]34 ¶ And when they were gone ouer, they came into þe land of Genesaret.[[@Bible:mat 14:35 ]]35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that

countrey round about, and brought vnto him al that were diseased,[[@Bible:mat 14:36 ]]36 And besought him, that they might onely touch the hemme of his garment; and as many

as touched, were made perfectly whole.

Chapter 15

[[@Bible:mat 15:1 ]]1 Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Hierusalem, saying,

[[@Bible:mat 15:2 ]]2 Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.

[[@Bible:mat 15:3 ]]3 But hee answered, and said vnto them, Why doe you also transgresse the Commandement of God by your tradition?

[[@Bible:mat 15:4 ]]4 For God commaunded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: And hee that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

[[@Bible:mat 15:5 ]]5 But yee say, Whosoeuer shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoeuer thou mightest bee profited by me,

[[@Bible:mat 15:6 ]]6 And honour not his father or his mother, hee shall be free. Thus haue yee made the Commaundement of God of none effect by your tradition.

[[@Bible:mat 15:7 ]]7 Yee hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecie of you, saying,[[@Bible:mat 15:8 ]]8 This people draweth nigh vnto mee with their mouth, and honoureth mee with their lips:

but their heart is farre from me.[[@Bible:mat 15:9 ]]9 But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.[[@Bible:mat 15:10 ]]10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said vnto them, Heare and vnderstand.[[@Bible:mat 15:11 ]]11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but that which commeth out of the

mouth, this defileth a man.[[@Bible:mat 15:12 ]]12 Then came his disciples, and said vnto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were

offended after they heard this saying?[[@Bible:mat 15:13 ]]13 But he answered and said, Euery plant which my heauenly father hath not planted,

shalbe rooted vp.[[@Bible:mat 15:14 ]]14 Let them alone: they be blinde leaders of the blinde. And if the blinde lead the blinde,

both shall fall into the ditch.[[@Bible:mat 15:15 ]]15 Then answered Peter, and said vnto him, Declare vnto vs this parable.[[@Bible:mat 15:16 ]]16 And Iesus said, Are yee also yet without vnderstanding?[[@Bible:mat 15:17 ]]17 Doe not yee yet vnderstand, that whatsoeuer entreth in at the mouth, goeth into the

belly, and is cast out into the draught?[[@Bible:mat 15:18 ]]18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and they

defile the man.[[@Bible:mat 15:19 ]]19 For out of the heart proceed euill thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,

false witnes, blasphemies.[[@Bible:mat 15:20 ]]20 These are the things which defile a man: But to eate with vnwashen hands, defileth not

a man.[[@Bible:mat 15:21 ]]21 ¶ Then Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon.[[@Bible:mat 15:22 ]]22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, & cried vnto him, saying,

Haue mercy on me, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid, my daughter is grieuously vexed with a deuill.

[[@Bible:mat 15:23 ]]23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came, and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cryeth after vs.

[[@Bible:mat 15:24 ]]24 But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.[[@Bible:mat 15:25 ]]25 Then came she, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me.[[@Bible:mat 15:26 ]]26 But he answered, and said, It is not meete to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to

dogs.[[@Bible:mat 15:27 ]]27 And she said, Trueth Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crummes which fall from their

masters table.[[@Bible:mat 15:28 ]]28 Then Iesus answered, and said vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it vnto thee

euen as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very houre.[[@Bible:mat 15:29 ]]29 And Iesus departed frō thence, and came nigh vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a

mountaine, and sate downe there.[[@Bible:mat 15:30 ]]30 And great multitudes came vnto him, hauing with them those that were lame, blinde,

dumbe, maimed, and many others, and cast them downe at Iesus feet, and he healed them:[[@Bible:mat 15:31 ]]31 Insomuch that the multitude wondred, when they saw the dumbe to speake, the

maimed to be whole, the lame to walke, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.[[@Bible:mat 15:32 ]]32 ¶ Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on the multitude,

because they continue with me now three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

[[@Bible:mat 15:33 ]]33 And his disciples say vnto him, Whence should we haue so much bread in the wildernesse, as to fill so great a multitude?

[[@Bible:mat 15:34 ]]34 And Iesus saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? And they said, Seuen, and a few little fishes.

[[@Bible:mat 15:35 ]]35 And hee commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the ground.[[@Bible:mat 15:36 ]]36 And he tooke the seuen loaues and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and

gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.[[@Bible:mat 15:37 ]]37 And they did all eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was

left, seuen baskets full.[[@Bible:mat 15:38 ]]38 And they that did eat, were foure thousand men, beside women and children.[[@Bible:mat 15:39 ]]39 And he sent away the multitude, and tooke ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

Chapter 16

[[@Bible:mat 16:1 ]]1 The Pharises also, with the Sadduces, came, and tempting, desired him that hee would shew them a signe from heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 16:2 ]]2 He answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red.

[[@Bible:mat 16:3 ]]3 And in the morning, It will be foule weather to day: for the skie is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, yee can discerne the face of the skie, but can ye not discerne the signes of the times?

[[@Bible:mat 16:4 ]]4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen vnto it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas. And hee left them, and departed.

[[@Bible:mat 16:5 ]]5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.[[@Bible:mat 16:6 ]]6 ¶ Then Iesus said vnto them, Take heed and beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of

the Sadduces.[[@Bible:mat 16:7 ]]7 And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is because we haue taken no bread.[[@Bible:mat 16:8 ]]8 Which when Iesus perceiued, he said vnto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among

your selues, because ye haue brought no bread?[[@Bible:mat 16:9 ]]9 Doe ye not yet vnderstand, neither remember the fiue loaues of the fiue thousand, and

how many baskets ye tooke vp?[[@Bible:mat 16:10 ]]10 Neither the seuen loaues of the foure thousand, and how many baskets ye tooke vp?[[@Bible:mat 16:11 ]]11 How is it that ye doe not vnderstand, that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye

should beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces?[[@Bible:mat 16:12 ]]12 Then vnderstood they how that he bade them not beware of the leauen of bread: but of

the doctrine of the Pharisees, and of the Sadduces.[[@Bible:mat 16:13 ]]13 ¶ When Iesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,

Whom doe men say, that I, the sonne of man, am?[[@Bible:mat 16:14 ]]14 And they said, Some say that thou art Iohn the Baptist, some Elias, and others Ieremias,

or one of the Prophets.[[@Bible:mat 16:15 ]]15 He saith vnto them, But whom say ye that I am?[[@Bible:mat 16:16 ]]16 And Simon Peter answered, and said, Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God.[[@Bible:mat 16:17 ]]17 And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Blessed art thou Simon Bar Iona: for flesh and

blood hath not reueiled it vnto thee, but my Father which is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 16:18 ]]18 And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I will build my Church:

and the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it.[[@Bible:mat 16:19 ]]19 And I will giue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen: and whatsoeuer thou

shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heauen: whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 16:20 ]]20 Then charged hee his disciples that they should tel no man that he was Iesus the Christ.[[@Bible:mat 16:21 ]]21 ¶ From that time foorth began Iesus to shew vnto his disciples, how that he must goe

vnto Hierusalem, and suffer many things of the Elders and chiefe Priests & Scribes, and be killed, and be raised againe the third day.

[[@Bible:mat 16:22 ]]22 Then Peter tooke him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it farre from thee Lord: This shal not be vnto thee.

[[@Bible:mat 16:23 ]]23 But he turned, and said vnto Peter, Get thee behind mee, Satan, thou art an offence vnto me: for thou sauourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

[[@Bible:mat 16:24 ]]24 ¶ Then said Iesus vnto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

[[@Bible:mat 16:25 ]]25 For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer will lose his his life for my sake, shall finde it.

[[@Bible:mat 16:26 ]]26 For what is a man profited, if hee shal gaine the whole world, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue in exchange for his soule?

[[@Bible:mat 16:27 ]]27 For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his Angels: and then he shall reward euery man according to his works.

[[@Bible:mat 16:28 ]]28 Uerely I say vnto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Sonne of man comming in his Kingdome.

Chapter 17

[[@Bible:mat 17:1 ]]1 And after sixe dayes, Iesus taketh Peter, Iames, and Iohn his brother, and bringeth them vp into an high mountaine apart,

[[@Bible:mat 17:2 ]]2 And was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the Sunne, and his raiment was white as the light.

[[@Bible:mat 17:3 ]]3 And behold, there appeared vnto them Moses, and Elias, talking with him.[[@Bible:mat 17:4 ]]4 Then answered Peter, and saide vnto Iesus, Lord, it is good for vs to be here: If thou wilt,

let vs make here three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.[[@Bible:mat 17:5 ]]5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud ouershadowed them: and behold a voyce out of

the cloude, which saide, This is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased: heare ye him.[[@Bible:mat 17:6 ]]6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.[[@Bible:mat 17:7 ]]7 And Iesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.[[@Bible:mat 17:8 ]]8 And when they had lift vp their eyes, they saw no man, saue Iesus only.[[@Bible:mat 17:9 ]]9 And as they came downe from the mountaine, Iesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision

to no man, vntil the sonne of man bee risen againe from the dead.[[@Bible:mat 17:10 ]]10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come?[[@Bible:mat 17:11 ]]11 And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Elias truely shall first come, and restore all

things:[[@Bible:mat 17:12 ]]12 But I say vnto you, that Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but haue done

vnto him whatsoeuer they listed: Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.[[@Bible:mat 17:13 ]]13 Then the Disciples vnderstood that he spake vnto them of Iohn the Baptist.[[@Bible:mat 17:14 ]]14 ¶ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certaine man,

kneeling downe to him, and saying,

[[@Bible:mat 17:15 ]]15 Lord, haue mercie on my sonne, for he is lunatike, and sore vexed: for oft times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

[[@Bible:mat 17:16 ]]16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.[[@Bible:mat 17:17 ]]17 Then Iesus answered, and said, O faithlesse and peruerse generation, how long shall I

bee with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bring him hither to me.[[@Bible:mat 17:18 ]]18 And Iesus rebuked the deuill, and hee departed out of him: and the childe was cured

from that very houre.[[@Bible:mat 17:19 ]]19 Then came the Disciples to Iesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?[[@Bible:mat 17:20 ]]20 And Iesus said vnto them, Because of your vnbeliefe: for verily I say vnto you, If yee

haue faith as a graine of mustard seed, yee shall say vnto this mountaine; Remoue hence to yonder place: and it shall remoue, and nothing shall be vnpossible vnto you.

[[@Bible:mat 17:21 ]]21 Howbeit, this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting.[[@Bible:mat 17:22 ]]22 ¶ And while they abode in Galilee, Iesus said vnto them, The sonne of man shall be

betraied into the hands of men:[[@Bible:mat 17:23 ]]23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised againe: And they were

exceeding sorie.[[@Bible:mat 17:24 ]]24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receiued tribute money, came to

Peter, and said, Doeth not your master pay tribute?[[@Bible:mat 17:25 ]]25 Hee saith, Yes. And when hee was come into the house, Iesus preuented him, saying,

What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom doe the kings of the earth take custome or tribute? of their owne children, or of strangers?

[[@Bible:mat 17:26 ]]26 Peter saith vnto him, Of strangers. Iesus saith vnto him, Then are the children free.[[@Bible:mat 17:27 ]]27 Notwithstanding, least we should offend them, goe thou to the Sea, and cast an hooke,

and take vp the fish that first commeth vp: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and giue vnto them for me, and thee.

Chapter 18

[[@Bible:mat 18:1 ]]1 At the same time came the Disciples vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the Kingdome of heauen?

[[@Bible:mat 18:2 ]]2 And Iesus called a little child vnto him, and set him in the midst of them,[[@Bible:mat 18:3 ]]3 And said, Uerily I say vnto you, Except yee be conuerted, and become as little children,

yee shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.[[@Bible:mat 18:4 ]]4 Whosoeuer therefore shall humble himselfe as this little childe, the same is greatest in

the Kingdome of heauen.[[@Bible:mat 18:5 ]]5 And who so shall receiue one such little child in my name, receiueth me.[[@Bible:mat 18:6 ]]6 But who so shall offend one of these little ones which beleeue in me, it were better for

him that a milstone were hanged about his necke, and that hee were drowned in the depth of the Sea.

[[@Bible:mat 18:7 ]]7 ¶ Woe vnto the world because of offences: for it must needs be that offences come: but wo to that man by whom the offence commeth.

[[@Bible:mat 18:8 ]]8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foote offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather then hauing two hands or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire.

[[@Bible:mat 18:9 ]]9 And if thine eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eie, rather then hauing two eies, to be cast into hell fire.

[[@Bible:mat 18:10 ]]10 Take heed that yee despise not one of these little ones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels do alwaies behold the face of my father which is in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 18:11 ]]11 For the sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.[[@Bible:mat 18:12 ]]12 How thinke yee? if a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth

he not leaue the ninetie and nine, and goeth into the mountaines, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

[[@Bible:mat 18:13 ]]13 And if so be that he find it, Uerily I say vnto you, hee reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray.

[[@Bible:mat 18:14 ]]14 Euen so, it is not the will of your father which is in heauen, that one of these little ones should perish.

[[@Bible:mat 18:15 ]]15 ¶ Moreouer, if thy brother shall trespasse against thee, goe and tell him his fault betweene thee and him alone: if he shall heare thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

[[@Bible:mat 18:16 ]]16 But if he will not heare thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, euery word may be established.

[[@Bible:mat 18:17 ]]17 And if hee shall neglect to heare them, tell it vnto the Church: But if he neglect to heare the Church, let him be vnto thee as an heathen man, and a Publicane.

[[@Bible:mat 18:18 ]]18 Uerily I say vnto you, Whatsoeuer ye shall binde on earth, shall bee bound in heauen: and whatsoeuer yee shall loose on earth, shall bee loosed in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 18:19 ]]19 Againe I say vnto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall aske, it shall bee done for them of my father which is in heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 18:20 ]]20 For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them.

[[@Bible:mat 18:21 ]]21 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sinne against mee, and I forgiue him? till seuen times?

[[@Bible:mat 18:22 ]]22 Iesus saith vnto him, I say not vnto thee, Untill seuen times: but, Untill seuentie times seuen.

[[@Bible:mat 18:23 ]]23 ¶ Therefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine king, which would take accompt of his seruants.

[[@Bible:mat 18:24 ]]24 And when hee had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents.

[[@Bible:mat 18:25 ]]25 But forasmuch as hee had not to pay, his lord commanded him to bee sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

[[@Bible:mat 18:26 ]]26 The seruant therfore fell downe, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, haue patience with mee, and I will pay thee all.

[[@Bible:mat 18:27 ]]27 Then the Lord of that seruant was moued with compassion, and loosed him, and forgaue him the debt.

[[@Bible:mat 18:28 ]]28 But the same seruant went out, and found one of his fellow-seruants, which ought him an hundred pence: and hee layd handes on him, and tooke him by the throte, saying, Pay mee that thou owest.

[[@Bible:mat 18:29 ]]29 And his fellow seruant fell downe at his feete, and besought him, saying, Haue patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

[[@Bible:mat 18:30 ]]30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till hee should pay the debt.[[@Bible:mat 18:31 ]]31 So when his fellow-seruants saw what was done, they were very sorie, and came, and

told vnto their lord all that was done.[[@Bible:mat 18:32 ]]32 Then his lord, after that hee had called him, said vnto him, O thou wicked seruant, I

forgaue thee all that debt because thou desiredst me:[[@Bible:mat 18:33 ]]33 Shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellow-seruant, euen as I had pitie

on thee?[[@Bible:mat 18:34 ]]34 And his lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentors, till hee should pay all that

was due vnto him.[[@Bible:mat 18:35 ]]35 So likewise shall my heauenly Father doe also vnto you, if yee from your hearts forgiue

not euery one his brother their trespasses.

Chapter 19

[[@Bible:mat 19:1 ]]1 And it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coastes of Iudea, beyond Iordane:

[[@Bible:mat 19:2 ]]2 And great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.[[@Bible:mat 19:3 ]]3 ¶ The Pharisees also came vnto him, tempting him, and saying vnto him, Is it lawfull for a

man to put away his wife for euery cause?[[@Bible:mat 19:4 ]]4 And hee answered, and said vnto them, Haue ye not read, that he which made them at the

beginning, made them male and female?[[@Bible:mat 19:5 ]]5 And said, For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife:

and they twaine shalbe one flesh.[[@Bible:mat 19:6 ]]6 Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. What therefore God hath ioyned

together, let not man put asunder.[[@Bible:mat 19:7 ]]7 They say vnto him, Why did Moses then command to giue a writing of diuorcement, and

to put her away?

[[@Bible:mat 19:8 ]]8 Hee saith vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnesse of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.

[[@Bible:mat 19:9 ]]9 And I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery.

[[@Bible:mat 19:10 ]]10 ¶ His disciples say vnto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marrie.

[[@Bible:mat 19:11 ]]11 But hee said vnto them, All men cannot receiue this saying, saue they to whom it is giuen.

[[@Bible:mat 19:12 ]]12 For there are some Eunuches, which were so borne from their mothers wombe: and there are some Eunuches, which were made Eunuches of men: and there be Eunuches, which haue made themselues Eunuches for the kingdome of heauens sake. He that is able to receiue it, let him receiue it.

[[@Bible:mat 19:13 ]]13 ¶ Then were there brought vnto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

[[@Bible:mat 19:14 ]]14 But Iesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come vnto me: for of such is þe kingdome of heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 19:15 ]]15 And he laide his hands on them, and departed thence.[[@Bible:mat 19:16 ]]16 ¶ And behold, one came and said vnto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do, that

I may haue eternall life?[[@Bible:mat 19:17 ]]17 And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is

God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandements.[[@Bible:mat 19:18 ]]18 He saith vnto him, Which? Iesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit

adultery, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse,[[@Bible:mat 19:19 ]]19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.[[@Bible:mat 19:20 ]]20 The young man saith vnto him, All these things haue I kept from my youth vp: what

lacke I yet?[[@Bible:mat 19:21 ]]21 Iesus said vnto him, If thou wilt be perfect, goe and sell that thou hast, and giue to the

poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen: and come and follow me.[[@Bible:mat 19:22 ]]22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowfull: for he had great

possessions.[[@Bible:mat 19:23 ]]23 ¶ Then said Iesus vnto his disciples, Uerely I say vnto you, that a rich man shall hardly

enter into the kingdome of heauen.[[@Bible:mat 19:24 ]]24 And againe I say vnto you, It is easier for a camel to goe thorow the eye of a needle, then

for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of God.[[@Bible:mat 19:25 ]]25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be

saued?

[[@Bible:mat 19:26 ]]26 But Iesus beheld them, and said vnto them, With men this is vnpossible, but with God al things are possible.

[[@Bible:mat 19:27 ]]27 ¶ Then answered Peter, and said vnto him, Behold, we haue forsaken all, and followed thee, what shall we haue therefore?

[[@Bible:mat 19:28 ]]28 And Iesus said vnto them, Uerily I say vnto you, that ye which haue followed me, in the regeneration when the Sonne of man shal sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shal sit vpon twelue thrones, iudging the twelue tribes of Israel.

[[@Bible:mat 19:29 ]]29 And euery one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receiue an hundred fold, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

[[@Bible:mat 19:30 ]]30 But many that are first, shall be last, and the last shall be first.

Chapter 20

[[@Bible:mat 20:1 ]]1 For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a man that is an housholder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

[[@Bible:mat 20:2 ]]2 And when hee had agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

[[@Bible:mat 20:3 ]]3 And he went out about the third houre, and saw others standing idle in the market place,[[@Bible:mat 20:4 ]]4 And said vnto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wil giue you.

And they went their way.[[@Bible:mat 20:5 ]]5 Againe he went out about the sixth and ninth houre, and did likewise.[[@Bible:mat 20:6 ]]6 And about the eleuenth houre, he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith vnto

them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?[[@Bible:mat 20:7 ]]7 They say vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He saith vnto them, Go ye also into the

vineyard: and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.[[@Bible:mat 20:8 ]]8 So when euen was come, the lord of the vineyard saith vnto his Steward, Call the

labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning from the last, vnto the first.[[@Bible:mat 20:9 ]]9 And when they came that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receiued euery man

a penie.[[@Bible:mat 20:10 ]]10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should haue receiued more, and they

likewise receiued euery man a penie.[[@Bible:mat 20:11 ]]11 And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the good man of the house,[[@Bible:mat 20:12 ]]12 Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto

vs, which haue borne the burden, and heat of the day.[[@Bible:mat 20:13 ]]13 But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree

with me for a penie?[[@Bible:mat 20:14 ]]14 Take that thine is, and goe thy way, I will giue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.

[[@Bible:mat 20:15 ]]15 Is it not lawfull for mee to doe what I wil with mine owne? Is thine eye euill, because I am good?

[[@Bible:mat 20:16 ]]16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many bee called, but fewe chosen.[[@Bible:mat 20:17 ]]17 ¶ And Iesus going vp to Hierusalem, tooke the twelue disciples apart in the way, and

said vnto them,[[@Bible:mat 20:18 ]]18 Behold, we goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shall be betraied vnto the chiefe

Priests, and vnto the Scribes, and they shall condemne him to death,[[@Bible:mat 20:19 ]]19 And shal deliuer him to the Gentiles to mocke, and to scourge, and to crucifie him: and

the third day he shall rise againe.[[@Bible:mat 20:20 ]]20 ¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children, with her sonnes, worshipping

him, and desiring a certain thing of him.[[@Bible:mat 20:21 ]]21 And he said vnto her, What wilt thou? She saith vnto him, Grant, that these my two

sonnes may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left in thy kingdome.[[@Bible:mat 20:22 ]]22 But Iesus answered, and said, Ye know not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the

cup that I shall drinke of, and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto him, We are able.

[[@Bible:mat 20:23 ]]23 And he saith vnto them, Yee shall drinke indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to giue, but it shall be giuen to them for whom it is prepared of my father.

[[@Bible:mat 20:24 ]]24 And when the ten heard it, they were moued with indignation against the two brethren.[[@Bible:mat 20:25 ]]25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles

exercise dominion ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie vpon them.[[@Bible:mat 20:26 ]]26 But it shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer will bee great among you, let him be

your minister.[[@Bible:mat 20:27 ]]27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.[[@Bible:mat 20:28 ]]28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto, but minister, and to giue his

life a ransome for many.[[@Bible:mat 20:29 ]]29 And as they departed from Hiericho, a great multitude followed him.[[@Bible:mat 20:30 ]]30 ¶ And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed

by, cried out, saying, Haue mercie on vs, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid.[[@Bible:mat 20:31 ]]31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should holde their peace: but they cried

the more, saying, Haue mercie on vs, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid.[[@Bible:mat 20:32 ]]32 And Iesus stood still, and called them, and saide, What will yee that I shall doe vnto you?[[@Bible:mat 20:33 ]]33 They say vnto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.[[@Bible:mat 20:34 ]]34 So Iesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediatly their eyes

receiued sight, and they followed him.

Chapter 21

[[@Bible:mat 21:1 ]]1 And when they drewe nigh vnto Hierusalem, and were come to Bethphage, vnto the mount of Oliues, then sent Iesus two Disciples,

[[@Bible:mat 21:2 ]]2 Saying vnto them, Goe into the village ouer against you, and straightway yee shall find an Asse tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto me.

[[@Bible:mat 21:3 ]]3 And if any man say ought vnto you, yee shall say, The Lord hath need of them, and straightway hee will send them.

[[@Bible:mat 21:4 ]]4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,[[@Bible:mat 21:5 ]]5 Tell yee the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king commeth vnto thee, meeke, and sitting

vpon an Asse, and a colt, the foale of an Asse.[[@Bible:mat 21:6 ]]6 And the Disciples went, and did as Iesus commanded them,[[@Bible:mat 21:7 ]]7 And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him

thereon.[[@Bible:mat 21:8 ]]8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way, others cut downe branches

from the trees, and strawed them in the way.[[@Bible:mat 21:9 ]]9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the

sonne of Dauid: Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.[[@Bible:mat 21:10 ]]10 And when hee was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?[[@Bible:mat 21:11 ]]11 And the multitude said, This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.[[@Bible:mat 21:12 ]]12 ¶ And Iesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in

the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that solde doues,[[@Bible:mat 21:13 ]]13 And said vnto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but yee

haue made it a denne of theeues.[[@Bible:mat 21:14 ]]14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, & he healed them.[[@Bible:mat 21:15 ]]15 And when the chiefe Priests and Scribes saw the wonderfull things that he did, & the

children crying in the temple, & saying, Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid, they were sore displeased,[[@Bible:mat 21:16 ]]16 And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus saith vnto them, Yea, haue

yee neuer read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?[[@Bible:mat 21:17 ]]17 ¶ And he left them, and went out of the citie into Bethany, and he lodged there.[[@Bible:mat 21:18 ]]18 Now in the morning, as hee returned into the citie, he hungred.[[@Bible:mat 21:19 ]]19 And when he saw a figge tree in the way, hee came to it, and found nothing thereon but

leaues only, and said vnto it, Let no fruite growe on thee hence forward for euer. And presently the figge tree withered away.

[[@Bible:mat 21:20 ]]20 And when the Disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered away?

[[@Bible:mat 21:21 ]]21 Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Uerily I say vnto you, if yee haue faith, and doubt not, yee shall not onely doe this which is done to the figge tree, but also, if ye shall say vnto this mountaine, Be thou remoued, and be thou cast into the Sea, it shall be done.

[[@Bible:mat 21:22 ]]22 And all things whatsoeuer yee shall aske in prayer, beleeuing, ye shall receiue.[[@Bible:mat 21:23 ]]23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chiefe Priests and the Elders of the people

came vnto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie?

[[@Bible:mat 21:24 ]]24 And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, I also will aske you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.

[[@Bible:mat 21:25 ]]25 The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it? from heauen, or of men? and they reasoned with themselues saying, If we shall say, From heauen, hee will say vnto vs, Why did ye not then beleeue him?

[[@Bible:mat 21:26 ]]26 But if we shall say, Of men, we feare the people, for all hold Iohn as a Prophet.[[@Bible:mat 21:27 ]]27 And they answered Iesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said vnto them, Neither tell I

you by what authoritie I doe these things.[[@Bible:mat 21:28 ]]28 ¶ But what thinke you? A certaine man had two sonnes, and he came to the first, and

said, Sonne, goe worke to day in my vineyard.[[@Bible:mat 21:29 ]]29 He answered, & said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.[[@Bible:mat 21:30 ]]30 And hee came to the second, and said likewise: and hee answered, and said, I goe sir,

and went not.[[@Bible:mat 21:31 ]]31 Whether of them twaine did the will of his father? They say vnto him, The first. Iesus

saith vnto them, Uerely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots go into the kingdome of God before you.

[[@Bible:mat 21:32 ]]32 For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnesse, and ye beleeued him not: but the Publicanes and the harlots beleeued him. And ye when ye had seene it, repented not afterward, that ye might beleeue him.

[[@Bible:mat 21:33 ]]33 ¶ Heare another parable. There was a certaine house-holder, which planted a Uineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-presse in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a farre countrey.

[[@Bible:mat 21:34 ]]34 And when the time of the fruite drew neere, he sent his seruants to the husbandmen, that they might receiue the fruits of it.

[[@Bible:mat 21:35 ]]35 And the husbandmen tooke his seruants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

[[@Bible:mat 21:36 ]]36 Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first, and they did vnto them likewise.[[@Bible:mat 21:37 ]]37 But last of all, he sent vnto them his sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.[[@Bible:mat 21:38 ]]38 But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they said among themselues, This is the

heire, come, let vs kill him, and let vs sease on his inheritance.

[[@Bible:mat 21:39 ]]39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the Uineyard, and slew him.[[@Bible:mat 21:40 ]]40 When the Lord therefore of the Uineyard commeth, what will he doe vnto those

husbandmen?[[@Bible:mat 21:41 ]]41 They say vnto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his

Uineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.[[@Bible:mat 21:42 ]]42 Iesus saith vnto them, Did ye neuer reade in the Scriptures, The stone which the

builders reiected, the same is become the head of the corner? This is the Lords doing, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

[[@Bible:mat 21:43 ]]43 Therefore say I vnto you, the kingdome of God shall be taken from you, and giuen to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

[[@Bible:mat 21:44 ]]44 And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, shalbe broken: but on whom soeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to powder.

[[@Bible:mat 21:45 ]]45 And when the chiefe Priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceiued that he spake of them.

[[@Bible:mat 21:46 ]]46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they tooke him for a Prophet.

Chapter 22

[[@Bible:mat 22:1 ]]1 And Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe by parables, and said,[[@Bible:mat 22:2 ]]2 The Kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King, which made a marriage for his

sonne,[[@Bible:mat 22:3 ]]3 And sent forth his seruants to call them that were bidden to the wedding, and they would

not come.[[@Bible:mat 22:4 ]]4 Againe, hee sent foorth other seruants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I

haue prepared my dinner; my oxen, and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come vnto the marriage.

[[@Bible:mat 22:5 ]]5 But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his merchandize:

[[@Bible:mat 22:6 ]]6 And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them spitefully, and slew them.[[@Bible:mat 22:7 ]]7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth, and hee sent foorth his armies, and

destroyed those murderers, and burnt vp their citie.[[@Bible:mat 22:8 ]]8 Then saith hee to his seruants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden, were

not worthy.[[@Bible:mat 22:9 ]]9 Goe yee therefore into the high wayes, and as many as yee shall finde, bid to the marriage.[[@Bible:mat 22:10 ]]10 So those seruants went out into the high wayes, and gathered together all as many as

they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with ghests.

[[@Bible:mat 22:11 ]]11 ¶ And when the King came in to see the guests, hee sawe there a man, which had not on a wedding garment,

[[@Bible:mat 22:12 ]]12 And hee sayth vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not hauing a wedding garment? And hee was speechlesse.

[[@Bible:mat 22:13 ]]13 Then said the king to the seruants, Binde him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkenesse, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[[@Bible:mat 22:14 ]]14 For many are called, but few are chosen.[[@Bible:mat 22:15 ]]15 ¶ Then went the Pharises, and tooke counsell, how they might intangle him in his talke.[[@Bible:mat 22:16 ]]16 And they sent out vnto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, wee

know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in trueth, neither carest thou for any man; for thou regardest not the person of men.

[[@Bible:mat 22:17 ]]17 Tell vs therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?[[@Bible:mat 22:18 ]]18 But Iesus perceiued their wickednesse, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?[[@Bible:mat 22:19 ]]19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought vnto him a peny.[[@Bible:mat 22:20 ]]20 And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription?[[@Bible:mat 22:21 ]]21 They say vnto him, Cesars. Then sayth he vnto them, Render therefore vnto Cesar, the

things which are Cesars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.[[@Bible:mat 22:22 ]]22 When they had heard these wordes, they marueiled, and left him, and went their way.[[@Bible:mat 22:23 ]]23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadduces, which say that there is no resurrection, and

asked him,[[@Bible:mat 22:24 ]]24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, hauing no children, his brother shall marrie his

wife, and raise vp seed vnto his brother.[[@Bible:mat 22:25 ]]25 Now there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first when he had maried a wife,

deceased, and hauing no issue, left his wife vnto his brother.[[@Bible:mat 22:26 ]]26 Likewise the second also, and the third, vnto the seuenth.[[@Bible:mat 22:27 ]]27 And last of al the woman died also.[[@Bible:mat 22:28 ]]28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seuen? for they all had her.[[@Bible:mat 22:29 ]]29 Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Yee doe erre, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the

power of God.[[@Bible:mat 22:30 ]]30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are giuen in marriage, but are as the

Angels of God in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 22:31 ]]31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, haue ye not read that which was spoken

vnto you by God, saying,[[@Bible:mat 22:32 ]]32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God

of the dead, but of the liuing.

[[@Bible:mat 22:33 ]]33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.[[@Bible:mat 22:34 ]]34 ¶ But when the Pharises had heard that he had put the Sadduces to silence, they were

gathered together.[[@Bible:mat 22:35 ]]35 Then one of them, which was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,[[@Bible:mat 22:36 ]]36 Master, which is the great Commandement in the Law?[[@Bible:mat 22:37 ]]37 Iesus sayd vnto him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy

soule, and with all thy minde.[[@Bible:mat 22:38 ]]38 This is the first and great Commandement.[[@Bible:mat 22:39 ]]39 And the second is like vnto it, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.[[@Bible:mat 22:40 ]]40 On these two Commandements hang all the Law and the Prophets.[[@Bible:mat 22:41 ]]41 ¶ While the Pharises were gathered together, Iesus asked them,[[@Bible:mat 22:42 ]]42 Saying, What thinke yee of Christ? whose sonne is hee? They say vnto him, The sonne of

Dauid.[[@Bible:mat 22:43 ]]43 He saith vnto them, How then doth Dauid in spirit call him Lord, saying,[[@Bible:mat 22:44 ]]44 The Lord said vnto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy

footstoole?[[@Bible:mat 22:45 ]]45 If Dauid then call him Lord, how is he his sonne?[[@Bible:mat 22:46 ]]46 And no man was able to answere him a word, neither durst any man (from that day

foorth) aske him any moe questions.

Chapter 23

[[@Bible:mat 23:1 ]]1 Then spake Iesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,[[@Bible:mat 23:2 ]]2 Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate:[[@Bible:mat 23:3 ]]3 All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and doe, but doe not ye after

their workes: for they say, and doe not.[[@Bible:mat 23:4 ]]4 For they binde heauie burdens, and grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens

shoulders, but they themselues will not mooue them with one of their fingers.[[@Bible:mat 23:5 ]]5 But all their workes they doe, for to be seene of men: they make broad their phylacteries,

and enlarge the borders of their garments,[[@Bible:mat 23:6 ]]6 And loue the vppermost roomes at feasts, and the chiefe seats in the Synagogues,[[@Bible:mat 23:7 ]]7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.[[@Bible:mat 23:8 ]]8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, euen Christ, and all ye are brethren.[[@Bible:mat 23:9 ]]9 And call no man your father vpon the earth: for one is your father which is in heauen.[[@Bible:mat 23:10 ]]10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, euen Christ.

[[@Bible:mat 23:11 ]]11 But hee that is greatest among you, shall be your seruant.[[@Bible:mat 23:12 ]]12 And whosoeuer shall exalt himselfe, shall be abased: and he that shall humble himselfe,

shall be exalted.[[@Bible:mat 23:13 ]]13 ¶ But woe vnto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee shut vp the kingdom of

heauen against men: For yee neither goe in your selues, neither suffer ye them that are entring, to goe in.

[[@Bible:mat 23:14 ]]14 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee deuoure widowes houses, and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.

[[@Bible:mat 23:15 ]]15 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites; for yee compasse Sea and land to make one Proselyte, and when hee is made, yee make him two fold more the childe of hell then your selues.

[[@Bible:mat 23:16 ]]16 Woe vnto you, yee blind guides, which say, Whosoeuer shall sweare by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer shal sweare by the gold of the Temple, he is a debter.

[[@Bible:mat 23:17 ]]17 Ye fooles and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the Temple that sanctifieth the gold?

[[@Bible:mat 23:18 ]]18 And whosoeuer shall sweare by the Altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gift that is vpon it, he is guiltie.

[[@Bible:mat 23:19 ]]19 Ye fooles and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the Altar that sanctifieth the gift?[[@Bible:mat 23:20 ]]20 Who so therefore shall sweare by the Altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.[[@Bible:mat 23:21 ]]21 And who so shall sweare by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth

therein.[[@Bible:mat 23:22 ]]22 And he that shall sweare by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that

sitteth thereon.[[@Bible:mat 23:23 ]]23 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee pay tithe of mint, and annise,

and cummine, and haue omitted the weightier matters of the Law, iudgement, mercie and faith: these ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone.

[[@Bible:mat 23:24 ]]24 Ye blind guides, which straine at a gnat, and swallow a camel.[[@Bible:mat 23:25 ]]25 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee make cleane the outside of the

cup, and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excesse.[[@Bible:mat 23:26 ]]26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the

outside of them may bee cleane also.[[@Bible:mat 23:27 ]]27 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for yee are like vnto whited sepulchres,

which indeed appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all vncleannesse.

[[@Bible:mat 23:28 ]]28 Euen so, yee also outwardly appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

[[@Bible:mat 23:29 ]]29 Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

[[@Bible:mat 23:30 ]]30 And say, If wee had beene in the dayes of our fathers, wee would not haue bene partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets.

[[@Bible:mat 23:31 ]]31 Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets.

[[@Bible:mat 23:32 ]]32 Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers.[[@Bible:mat 23:33 ]]33 Yee serpents, yee generation of vipers, How can yee escape the damnation of hell?[[@Bible:mat 23:34 ]]34 ¶ Wherefore behold, I send vnto you Prophets, and wisemen, and Scribes, and some of

them yee shall kill and crucifie, and some of them shall yee scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie:

[[@Bible:mat 23:35 ]]35 That vpon you may come all the righteous blood shed vpon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom yee slew betweene the temple and the altar.

[[@Bible:mat 23:36 ]]36 Uerily I say vnto you, All these things shal come vpon this generation.[[@Bible:mat 23:37 ]]37 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are

sent vnto thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, euen as a hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings, and yee would not?

[[@Bible:mat 23:38 ]]38 Behold, your house is left vnto you desolate.[[@Bible:mat 23:39 ]]39 For I say vnto you, yee shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that

commeth in the Name of the Lord.

Chapter 24

[[@Bible:mat 24:1 ]]1 And Iesus went out, and departed from the temple, and his Disciples came to him, for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

[[@Bible:mat 24:2 ]]2 And Iesus said vnto them, See yee not all these things? Uerily I say vnto you, there shall not be left heere one stone vpon another, that shall not be throwen downe.

[[@Bible:mat 24:3 ]]3 ¶ And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, the Disciples came vnto him priuately, saying, Tell vs, when shall these things be? And what shall be the signe of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

[[@Bible:mat 24:4 ]]4 And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Take heed that no man deceiue you.[[@Bible:mat 24:5 ]]5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and shall deceiue many.[[@Bible:mat 24:6 ]]6 And yee shall heare of warres, and rumors of warres: See that yee be not troubled: for all

these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet.[[@Bible:mat 24:7 ]]7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shall be

famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diuers places.[[@Bible:mat 24:8 ]]8 All these are the beginning of sorrowes.

[[@Bible:mat 24:9 ]]9 Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and yee shall bee hated of all nations for my names sake.

[[@Bible:mat 24:10 ]]10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

[[@Bible:mat 24:11 ]]11 And many false Prophets shall rise, and shall deceiue many.[[@Bible:mat 24:12 ]]12 And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.[[@Bible:mat 24:13 ]]13 But he that shall endure vnto the end, the same shall be saued.[[@Bible:mat 24:14 ]]14 And this Gospell of the kingdome shall be preached in all the world, for a witnesse vnto

al nations, and then shall the end come.[[@Bible:mat 24:15 ]]15 When yee therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the

Prophet, stand in the holy place, (who so readeth, let him vnderstand.)[[@Bible:mat 24:16 ]]16 Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.[[@Bible:mat 24:17 ]]17 Let him which is on the house top, not come downe, to take any thing out of his house:[[@Bible:mat 24:18 ]]18 Neither let him which is in the field, returne backe to take his clothes.[[@Bible:mat 24:19 ]]19 And woe vnto them that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.[[@Bible:mat 24:20 ]]20 But pray yee that your flight bee not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:[[@Bible:mat 24:21 ]]21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to

this time, no, nor euer shall be.[[@Bible:mat 24:22 ]]22 And except those dayes should be shortned, there should no flesh be saued: but for the

elects sake, those dayes shall be shortned.[[@Bible:mat 24:23 ]]23 Then if any man shall say vnto you, Loe, heere is Christ, or there: beleeue it not.[[@Bible:mat 24:24 ]]24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shal shew great signes and

wonders: insomuch that (if it were possible,) they shall deceiue the very elect.[[@Bible:mat 24:25 ]]25 Behold, I haue told you before.[[@Bible:mat 24:26 ]]26 Wherefore, if they shall say vnto you, Behold, he is in the desert, goe not foorth: Behold,

he is in the secret chambers, beleeue it not.[[@Bible:mat 24:27 ]]27 For as the lightening commeth out of the East, and shineth euen vnto the West: so shall

also the coming of the Sonne of man be.[[@Bible:mat 24:28 ]]28 For wheresoeuer the carkeise is, there will the Eagles bee gathered together.[[@Bible:mat 24:29 ]]29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the

Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.

[[@Bible:mat 24:30 ]]30 And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the Tribes of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man coming in the clouds of heauen, with power and great glory.

[[@Bible:mat 24:31 ]]31 And hee shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the foure windes, from one end of heauen to the other.

[[@Bible:mat 24:32 ]]32 Now learne a parable of the figtree: when his branch is yet tender, and putteth foorth leaues, yee know that Summer is nigh:

[[@Bible:mat 24:33 ]]33 So likewise yee, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is neere, euen at the doores.

[[@Bible:mat 24:34 ]]34 Uerely I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, till all these things be fulfilled.[[@Bible:mat 24:35 ]]35 Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.[[@Bible:mat 24:36 ]]36 ¶ But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels of heauen, but my

Father onely.[[@Bible:mat 24:37 ]]37 But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.[[@Bible:mat 24:38 ]]38 For as in the dayes that were before the Flood, they were eating, and drinking,

marrying, and giuing in mariage, vntill the day that Noe entred into the Arke,[[@Bible:mat 24:39 ]]39 And knew not vntill the Flood came, and tooke them all away: so shall also the comming

of the Sonne of man be.[[@Bible:mat 24:40 ]]40 Then shall two be in the field, the one shalbe taken, and the other left.[[@Bible:mat 24:41 ]]41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left.[[@Bible:mat 24:42 ]]42 ¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come.[[@Bible:mat 24:43 ]]43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe

would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp.[[@Bible:mat 24:44 ]]44 Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man

commeth.[[@Bible:mat 24:45 ]]45 Who then is a faithfull and wise seruant, whom his Lord hath made ruler ouer his

houshold, to giue them meat in due season?[[@Bible:mat 24:46 ]]46 Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, shall finde so doing.[[@Bible:mat 24:47 ]]47 Uerely I say vnto you, that hee shal make him ruler ouer all his goods.[[@Bible:mat 24:48 ]]48 But and if that euill seruant shal say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming,[[@Bible:mat 24:49 ]]49 And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken:[[@Bible:mat 24:50 ]]50 The Lord of that seruant shall come in a day when hee looketh not for him, and in an

houre that hee is not ware of:[[@Bible:mat 24:51 ]]51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall

be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Chapter 25

[[@Bible:mat 25:1 ]]1 Then shall the kingdome of heauen be likened vnto ten Uirgins, which tooke their lamps, & went forth to meet the bridegrome.

[[@Bible:mat 25:2 ]]2 And fiue of them were wise, and fiue were foolish.[[@Bible:mat 25:3 ]]3 They that were foolish tooke their lampes, and tooke no oyle with them:[[@Bible:mat 25:4 ]]4 But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.[[@Bible:mat 25:5 ]]5 While the bridegrome taried, they all slumbred and slept.[[@Bible:mat 25:6 ]]6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth, goe ye out to

meet him.[[@Bible:mat 25:7 ]]7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.[[@Bible:mat 25:8 ]]8 And the foolish said vnto the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out.[[@Bible:mat 25:9 ]]9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there be not ynough for vs and you, but goe ye

rather to them that sell, and buy for your selues.[[@Bible:mat 25:10 ]]10 And while they went to buy, the bridegrome came, and they that were ready, went in

with him to the marriage, and the doore was shut.[[@Bible:mat 25:11 ]]11 Afterward came also the other virgines, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.[[@Bible:mat 25:12 ]]12 But he answered, and said, Uerely I say vnto you, I know you not.[[@Bible:mat 25:13 ]]13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, wherein the Sonne of man

commeth.[[@Bible:mat 25:14 ]]14 ¶ For the kingdome of heauen is as a man trauailing into a farre countrey, who called his

owne seruants, and deliuered vnto them his goods:[[@Bible:mat 25:15 ]]15 And vnto one he gaue fiue talents, to another two, and to another one, to euery man

according to his seuerall ability, & straightway tooke his iourney.[[@Bible:mat 25:16 ]]16 Then hee that had receiued the fiue talents, went and traded with the same, and made

them other fiue talents.[[@Bible:mat 25:17 ]]17 And likewise he that had receiued two, he also gained other two.[[@Bible:mat 25:18 ]]18 But hee that had receiued one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lordes money.[[@Bible:mat 25:19 ]]19 After a long time, the lord of those seruants commeth, and reckoneth with them.[[@Bible:mat 25:20 ]]20 And so hee that had receiued fiue talents, came and brought other fiue talents, saying,

Lord, thou deliueredst vnto me fiue talents, behold, I haue gained besides them, fiue talents moe.[[@Bible:mat 25:21 ]]21 His lord said vnto him, Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant, thou hast been

faithfull ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord.[[@Bible:mat 25:22 ]]22 He also that had receiued two talents, came and said, Lord, thou deliueredst vnto me

two talents: behold, I haue gained two other talents besides them.[[@Bible:mat 25:23 ]]23 His lord said vnto him, Well done, good and faithfull seruant, thou hast beene faithfull

ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord.

[[@Bible:mat 25:24 ]]24 Then he which had receiued the one talent, came & said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sowen, & gathering where thou hast not strawed:

[[@Bible:mat 25:25 ]]25 And I was afraid, and went and hidde thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that is thine.

[[@Bible:mat 25:26 ]]26 His lord answered, and said vnto him, Thou wicked and slouthfull seruant, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strawed:

[[@Bible:mat 25:27 ]]27 Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to the exchangers, and then at my comming I should haue receiued mine owne with vsurie.

[[@Bible:mat 25:28 ]]28 Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath ten talents.[[@Bible:mat 25:29 ]]29 For vnto euery one that hath shall be giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but from him

that hath not, shal be taken away, euen that which he hath.[[@Bible:mat 25:30 ]]30 And cast yee the vnprofitable seruant into outer darkenesse, there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.[[@Bible:mat 25:31 ]]31 ¶ When the Sonne of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then

shall hee sit vpon the throne of his glory:[[@Bible:mat 25:32 ]]32 And before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from

another, as a shepheard diuideth his sheepe from the goats.[[@Bible:mat 25:33 ]]33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, but the goats on the left.[[@Bible:mat 25:34 ]]34 Then shall the King say vnto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father,

inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world.[[@Bible:mat 25:35 ]]35 For I was an hungred, and yee gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drinke: I

was a stranger, and ye tooke me in:[[@Bible:mat 25:36 ]]36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sicke, and yee visited me: I was in prison, and ye came

vnto me.[[@Bible:mat 25:37 ]]37 Then shal the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and

fedde thee? or thirstie, and gaue thee drinke?[[@Bible:mat 25:38 ]]38 When saw wee thee a stranger, and tooke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?[[@Bible:mat 25:39 ]]39 Or when saw we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?[[@Bible:mat 25:40 ]]40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Uerely I say vnto you, in as much as ye

haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.[[@Bible:mat 25:41 ]]41 Then shall he say also vnto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into

euerlasting fire, prepared for the deuill and his angels.[[@Bible:mat 25:42 ]]42 For I was an hungred, and yee gaue me no meat: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no

drinke:[[@Bible:mat 25:43 ]]43 I was a stranger, and yee tooke me not in: naked, and ye clothed mee not: sicke, and in

prison, and yee visited me not.

[[@Bible:mat 25:44 ]]44 Then shall they also answere him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee?

[[@Bible:mat 25:45 ]]45 Then shall he answere them, saying, Uerely, I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

[[@Bible:mat 25:46 ]]46 And these shall goe away into euerlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternall.

Chapter 26

[[@Bible:mat 26:1 ]]1 And it came to passe, when Iesus had finished al these sayings, hee said vnto his disciples,[[@Bible:mat 26:2 ]]2 Ye know that after two dayes is the feast of the Passeouer, and the Sonne of man is

betrayed to be crucified.[[@Bible:mat 26:3 ]]3 Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of the people,

vnto the palace of the high Priest, who was called Caiaphas,[[@Bible:mat 26:4 ]]4 And consulted that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.[[@Bible:mat 26:5 ]]5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there bee an vproare among the people.[[@Bible:mat 26:6 ]]6 ¶ Now when Iesus was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper,[[@Bible:mat 26:7 ]]7 There came vnto him a woman, hauing an alabaster boxe of very precious ointment, and

powred it on his head, as he sate at meat.[[@Bible:mat 26:8 ]]8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this

waste?[[@Bible:mat 26:9 ]]9 For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore.[[@Bible:mat 26:10 ]]10 When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath

wrought a good worke vpon me.[[@Bible:mat 26:11 ]]11 For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes.[[@Bible:mat 26:12 ]]12 For in that she hath powred this ointment on my body, shee did it for my buriall.[[@Bible:mat 26:13 ]]13 Uerely I say vnto you, Wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world,

there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memoriall of her.[[@Bible:mat 26:14 ]]14 ¶ Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, went vnto the chiefe Priests,[[@Bible:mat 26:15 ]]15 And said vnto them, What will ye giue me, and I will deliuer him vnto you? and they

couenanted with him for thirtie pieces of siluer.[[@Bible:mat 26:16 ]]16 And from that time he sought opportunitie to betray him.[[@Bible:mat 26:17 ]]17 ¶ Now the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread, the disciples came to Iesus, saying

vnto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passeouer?[[@Bible:mat 26:18 ]]18 And he said, Goe into the citie to such a man, and say vnto him, The Master saith, My

time is at hand, I will keepe the Passeouer at thy house with my disciples.

[[@Bible:mat 26:19 ]]19 And the disciples did, as Iesus had appointed them, and they made ready the Passeouer.[[@Bible:mat 26:20 ]]20 Now when the euen was come, he sate downe with the twelue.[[@Bible:mat 26:21 ]]21 And as they did eate, he said, Uerely I say vnto you, that one of you shal betray me.[[@Bible:mat 26:22 ]]22 And they were exceeding sorowfull, and began euery one of them to say vnto him, Lord,

Is it I?[[@Bible:mat 26:23 ]]23 And he answered and said, Hee that dippeth his hand with mee in the dish, the same

shall betray me.[[@Bible:mat 26:24 ]]24 The sonne of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe vnto that man by whom the

sonne of man is betrayed: It had bin good for that man, if hee had not bene borne.[[@Bible:mat 26:25 ]]25 Then Iudas, which betrayed him, answered, and said, Master, Is it I? He said vnto him,

Thou hast said.[[@Bible:mat 26:26 ]]26 ¶ And as they were eating, Iesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gaue it to

the Disciples, and said, Take, eate, this is my body.[[@Bible:mat 26:27 ]]27 And he tooke the cup, and gaue thankes, and gaue it to them, saying, Drinke ye all of it:[[@Bible:mat 26:28 ]]28 For this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of

sinnes.[[@Bible:mat 26:29 ]]29 But I say vnto you, I will not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine, vntill that day

when I drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdom.[[@Bible:mat 26:30 ]]30 And when they had sung an hymne, they went out into the mount of Oliues.[[@Bible:mat 26:31 ]]31 Then saith Iesus vnto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night, For it is

written, I will smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shall be scattered abroad.[[@Bible:mat 26:32 ]]32 But after I am risen againe, I will goe before you into Galilee.[[@Bible:mat 26:33 ]]33 Peter answered, and said vnto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee,

yet will I neuer be offended.[[@Bible:mat 26:34 ]]34 Iesus said vnto him, Uerily I say vnto thee, that this might before the cocke crow, thou

shalt denie me thrise.[[@Bible:mat 26:35 ]]35 Peter said vnto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not denie thee. Likewise

also said all the Disciples.[[@Bible:mat 26:36 ]]36 ¶ Then commeth Iesus with them vnto a place called Gethsemane, and saith vnto the

Disciples, Sit yee heere, while I goe and pray yonder.[[@Bible:mat 26:37 ]]37 And hee tooke with him Peter, and the two sonnes of Zebedee, and beganne to be

sorrowful, and very heauie.[[@Bible:mat 26:38 ]]38 Then saith he vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorrowfull, euen vnto death: tary ye

heere, & watch with me.[[@Bible:mat 26:39 ]]39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be

possible, let this cup passe from me: neuerthelesse, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

[[@Bible:mat 26:40 ]]40 And he commeth vnto the Disciples, and findeth them asleepe, and saith vnto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one houre?

[[@Bible:mat 26:41 ]]41 Watch and pray, that yee enter not into temptation: The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weake.

[[@Bible:mat 26:42 ]]42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my father, if this cup may not passe away from me, except I drinke it, thy will be done.

[[@Bible:mat 26:43 ]]43 And he came and found them asleep againe: For their eies were heauie.[[@Bible:mat 26:44 ]]44 And he left them, and went away againe, and prayed the third time, saying the same

words.[[@Bible:mat 26:45 ]]45 Then commeth he to his Disciples, and saith vnto them, Sleepe on now, and take your

rest, behold, the houre is at hand, and the sonne of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.[[@Bible:mat 26:46 ]]46 Rise, let vs be going: behold, he is at hand that doeth betray me.[[@Bible:mat 26:47 ]]47 ¶ And while yet spake, loe, Iudas one of the twelue came, and with him a great

multitude with swords and staues from the chiefe Priests and Elders of the people.[[@Bible:mat 26:48 ]]48 Now he that betrayed him, gaue them a signe, saying, Whomsoeuer I shall kisse, that

same is he, hold him fast.[[@Bible:mat 26:49 ]]49 And forthwith hee came to Iesus, and said, Haile master, and kissed him.[[@Bible:mat 26:50 ]]50 And Iesus said vnto him, Friend, Wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid

handes on Iesus, and tooke him.[[@Bible:mat 26:51 ]]51 And behold, one of them which were with Iesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his

sword, and stroke a seruant of the high Priests, and smote off his eare.[[@Bible:mat 26:52 ]]52 Then said Iesus vnto him, Put vp againe thy sword into his place: for all they that take

the sword, shall perish with the sword.[[@Bible:mat 26:53 ]]53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall presently giue me more

then twelue legions of Angels?[[@Bible:mat 26:54 ]]54 But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?[[@Bible:mat 26:55 ]]55 In that same houre said Iesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thiefe with

swords and staues for to take mee? I sate daily with you teaching in the Temple, and ye laide no hold on me.

[[@Bible:mat 26:56 ]]56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the Disciples forsooke him, and fled:

[[@Bible:mat 26:57 ]]57 ¶ And they that had laid hold on Iesus, led him away to Caiaphas the high Priest, where the Scribes and the Elders were assembled.

[[@Bible:mat 26:58 ]]58 But Peter followed him afarre off, vnto the high Priests palace, and went in, and sate with the seruants to see the end.

[[@Bible:mat 26:59 ]]59 Now the chiefe Priests and Elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse against Iesus to put him to death,

[[@Bible:mat 26:60 ]]60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

[[@Bible:mat 26:61 ]]61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three dayes.

[[@Bible:mat 26:62 ]]62 And the high Priest arose, and said vnto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it, which these witnesse against thee?

[[@Bible:mat 26:63 ]]63 But Iesus held his peace. And the high Priest answered, and said vnto him, I adiure thee by the liuing God, that thou tell vs, whether thou bee the Christ the Sonne of God.

[[@Bible:mat 26:64 ]]64 Iesus saith vnto him, Thou hast saide: Neuerthelesse I say vnto you, Hereafter shall yee see the Sonne of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heauen.

[[@Bible:mat 26:65 ]]65 Then the high Priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemie: what further need haue wee of witnesses? Behold, now ye haue heard his blasphemie.

[[@Bible:mat 26:66 ]]66 What thinke ye? They answered and said, He is guiltie of death.[[@Bible:mat 26:67 ]]67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him with the palmes

of their hands,[[@Bible:mat 26:68 ]]68 Saying, Prophecie vnto vs, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee?[[@Bible:mat 26:69 ]]69 ¶ Now Peter sate without in the palace: and a damosell came vnto him, saying, Thou

also wast with Iesus of Galilee.[[@Bible:mat 26:70 ]]70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou saiest.[[@Bible:mat 26:71 ]]71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maide saw him, and saide vnto them

that were there, This fellow was also with Iesus of Nazareth.[[@Bible:mat 26:72 ]]72 And againe hee denied with an oath, I doe not know the man.[[@Bible:mat 26:73 ]]73 And after a while came vnto him they that stood by, and saide to Peter, Surely thou also

art one of them, for thy speech bewrayeth thee.[[@Bible:mat 26:74 ]]74 Then beganne hee to curse and to sweare, saying, I know not the man. And immediatly

the cocke crew.[[@Bible:mat 26:75 ]]75 And Peter remembred the words of Iesus, which said vnto him, Before the cocke crow,

thou shalt denie mee thrice. And hee went out, and wept bitterly.

Chapter 27

[[@Bible:mat 27:1 ]]1 When the morning was come, all the chiefe Priests and Elders of the people, tooke counsell against Iesus to put him to death.

[[@Bible:mat 27:2 ]]2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and deliuered him to Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

[[@Bible:mat 27:3 ]]3 ¶ Then Iudas, which had betraied him, when he saw that hee was condemned, repented himselfe, and brought againe the thirtie pieces of siluer to the chiefe Priests and Elders,

[[@Bible:mat 27:4 ]]4 Saying, I haue sinned, in that I haue betraied the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to vs? see thou to that.

[[@Bible:mat 27:5 ]]5 And hee cast downe the pieces of siluer in the Temple, and departed, and went and hanged himselfe.

[[@Bible:mat 27:6 ]]6 And the chiefe Priests tooke the siluer pieces, and said, It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.

[[@Bible:mat 27:7 ]]7 And they tooke counsell, and bought with them the potters field, to burie strangers in.[[@Bible:mat 27:8 ]]8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood vnto this day.[[@Bible:mat 27:9 ]]9 (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremie the Prophet, saying, And they tooke

the thirtie pieces of siluer, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value:

[[@Bible:mat 27:10 ]]10 And gaue them for the potters field, as the Lord appointed me.)[[@Bible:mat 27:11 ]]11 And Iesus stood before the gouernour, and the gouernour asked him, saying; Art thou

the King of the Iewes? And Iesus sayd vnto him, Thou sayest.[[@Bible:mat 27:12 ]]12 And when hee was accused of the chiefe Priests and Elders, he answered nothing.[[@Bible:mat 27:13 ]]13 Then saith Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witnesse against

thee?[[@Bible:mat 27:14 ]]14 And he answered him to neuer a word: insomuch that the Gouernour marueiled greatly.[[@Bible:mat 27:15 ]]15 Now at that feast the Gouernor was woont to release vnto the people a prisoner, whom

they would.[[@Bible:mat 27:16 ]]16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.[[@Bible:mat 27:17 ]]17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said vnto them, Whom will ye that I

release vnto you? Barabbas, or Iesus, which is called Christ?[[@Bible:mat 27:18 ]]18 For hee knew that for enuie they had deliuered him.[[@Bible:mat 27:19 ]]19 ¶ When he was set downe on the Iudgement seate, his wife sent vnto him, saying, Haue

thou nothing to doe with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame, because of him.

[[@Bible:mat 27:20 ]]20 But the chiefe Priestes and Elders perswaded the multitude that they should aske Barabbas, & destroy Iesus.

[[@Bible:mat 27:21 ]]21 The Gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I release vnto you? They said, Barabbas.

[[@Bible:mat 27:22 ]]22 Pilate said vnto them, What shall I doe then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all sayde vnto him, Let him be crucified.

[[@Bible:mat 27:23 ]]23 And the Gouernour said, Why, what euil hath he done? But they cried out þe more, saying, Let him be crucified.

[[@Bible:mat 27:24 ]]24 ¶ When Pilate saw that he could preuaile nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, hee tooke water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust person: see yee to it.

[[@Bible:mat 27:25 ]]25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on vs, and on our children.[[@Bible:mat 27:26 ]]26 ¶ Then released hee Barabbas vnto them, and when he had scourged Iesus, he deliuered

him to be crucified.[[@Bible:mat 27:27 ]]27 Then the souldiers of the Gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered

vnto him the whole band of souldiers.[[@Bible:mat 27:28 ]]28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.[[@Bible:mat 27:29 ]]29 ¶ And when they had platted a crowne of thornes, they put it vpon his head, and a reed

in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Haile king of the Iewes.

[[@Bible:mat 27:30 ]]30 And they spit vpon him, and tooke the reed, and smote him on the head.[[@Bible:mat 27:31 ]]31 And after that they had mocked him, they tooke the robe off from him, and put his owne

raiment on him, and led him away to crucifie him.[[@Bible:mat 27:32 ]]32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled

to beare his Crosse.[[@Bible:mat 27:33 ]]33 And when they were come vnto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,[[@Bible:mat 27:34 ]]34 ¶ They gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: and when hee had tasted thereof,

hee would not drinke.[[@Bible:mat 27:35 ]]35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the Prophet, They parted my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did they cast lots.

[[@Bible:mat 27:36 ]]36 And sitting downe, they watched him there:[[@Bible:mat 27:37 ]]37 And set vp ouer his head, his accusation written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE

IEWES.[[@Bible:mat 27:38 ]]38 Then were there two theeues crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on

the left.[[@Bible:mat 27:39 ]]39 ¶ And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,[[@Bible:mat 27:40 ]]40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe:

If thou be the Sonne of God, come downe from the Crosse.[[@Bible:mat 27:41 ]]41 Likewise also the chiefe Priests mocking him, with the Scribes and Elders, said,[[@Bible:mat 27:42 ]]42 He saued others, himselfe he cannot saue: If he be the King of Israel, let him now come

downe from the Crosse, and we will beleeue him.

[[@Bible:mat 27:43 ]]43 He trusted in God, let him deliuer him now if hee will haue him: for he said, I am the Sonne of God.

[[@Bible:mat 27:44 ]]44 The thieues also which were crucified with him, cast þe same in his teeth.[[@Bible:mat 27:45 ]]45 Now from the sixth houre there was darkenesse ouer all the land vnto the ninth houre.[[@Bible:mat 27:46 ]]46 And about the ninth houre, Iesus cried with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli,

Lamasabachthani, that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee?[[@Bible:mat 27:47 ]]47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.[[@Bible:mat 27:48 ]]48 And straightway one of them ran, and tooke a spunge, and filled it with vineger, and put

it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.[[@Bible:mat 27:49 ]]49 The rest said, Let bee, let vs see whether Elias will come to saue him.[[@Bible:mat 27:50 ]]50 ¶ Iesus, when hee had cried againe with a loud voice, yeelded vp the ghost.[[@Bible:mat 27:51 ]]51 And behold, the vaile of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome, and

the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.[[@Bible:mat 27:52 ]]52 And the graues were opened, and many bodies of Saints which slept, arose,[[@Bible:mat 27:53 ]]53 And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and

appeared vnto many.[[@Bible:mat 27:54 ]]54 Now when the Centurion, and they that were with him, watching Iesus, saw the

earthquake, & those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Son of God.

[[@Bible:mat 27:55 ]]55 And many women were there (beholding afarre off) which followed Iesus from Galilee, ministring vnto him.

[[@Bible:mat 27:56 ]]56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, & Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses, and the mother of Zebedees children.

[[@Bible:mat 27:57 ]]57 When the Euen was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Ioseph, who also himselfe was Iesus disciple:

[[@Bible:mat 27:58 ]]58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus: then Pilate commanded the body to be deliuered.

[[@Bible:mat 27:59 ]]59 And when Ioseph had taken the body, hee wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,[[@Bible:mat 27:60 ]]60 And laide it in his owne newe tombe, which he had hewen out in the rocke: and he

rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.[[@Bible:mat 27:61 ]]61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting ouer against the sepulchre.[[@Bible:mat 27:62 ]]62 ¶ Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chiefe Priests and

Pharisees came together vnto Pilate,[[@Bible:mat 27:63 ]]63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiuer said, while he was yet aliue, After three

daies I wil rise againe.

[[@Bible:mat 27:64 ]]64 Command therfore that the sepulchre be made sure, vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, & steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errour shalbe worse then the first.

[[@Bible:mat 27:65 ]]65 Pilate said vnto them, Yee haue a watch, goe your way, make it as sure as you can.[[@Bible:mat 27:66 ]]66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Chapter 28

[[@Bible:mat 28:1 ]]1 In the ende of the Sabbath, as it began to dawne towards the first day of the weeke, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.

[[@Bible:mat 28:2 ]]2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angel of the Lord descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.

[[@Bible:mat 28:3 ]]3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snowe.[[@Bible:mat 28:4 ]]4 And for feare of him, the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.[[@Bible:mat 28:5 ]]5 And the Angel answered, and said vnto the women, Feare not ye: for I know that ye seeke

Iesus, which was crucified.[[@Bible:mat 28:6 ]]6 He is not here: for he is risen, as hee said: Come, see the place where the Lord lay.[[@Bible:mat 28:7 ]]7 And goe quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. And behold, hee

goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see him: loe, I haue told you.[[@Bible:mat 28:8 ]]8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with feare and great ioy, and did run to

bring his disciples word.[[@Bible:mat 28:9 ]]9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Iesus met them, saying, All haile. And they

came, and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.[[@Bible:mat 28:10 ]]10 Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraid: Goe tell my brethren that they goe into Galilee,

and there shall they see me.[[@Bible:mat 28:11 ]]11 ¶ Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the citie, and

shewed vnto the chiefe Priests all the things that were done.[[@Bible:mat 28:12 ]]12 And when they were assembled with the Elders, and had taken counsell, they gaue large

money vnto the souldiers,[[@Bible:mat 28:13 ]]13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.[[@Bible:mat 28:14 ]]14 And if this come to the gouernours eares, wee will perswade him, and secure you.[[@Bible:mat 28:15 ]]15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught. And this saying is commonly

reported among the Iewes vntill this day.[[@Bible:mat 28:16 ]]16 ¶ Then the eleuen disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountaine where Iesus had

appointed them.[[@Bible:mat 28:17 ]]17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

[[@Bible:mat 28:18 ]]18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.

[[@Bible:mat 28:19 ]]19 ¶ Goe ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost:

[[@Bible:mat 28:20 ]]20 Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the end of the world. Amen.