The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And Iesus answered and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only doe that, which I haue done to the figge tree, but also if ye say vnto this mountaine, Take thy selfe away, and cast thy selfe into the sea, it shalbe done.

And whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer, if ye beleeue, ye shall receiue it.

And whe he was come into the Temple, the chiefe Priestes, and the Elders of the people came vnto him, as he was teaching, and saide, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie?

Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.

The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it? from heauen, or of men? Then they reasoned among themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say vnto vs, Why did ye not then beleeue him?

And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.

But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.

But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.

Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.

Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God.

For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him.

Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.

And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.

But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and let vs take his inheritance.

So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him.

When therefore the Lord of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?

They saide vnto him, Hee will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall deliuer him the fruites in their seasons.

Iesus saide vnto them, Read ye neuer in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders refused, the same is made the head of the corner? This was the Lordes doing, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

Therefore say I vnto you, The kingdome of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giuen to a nation, which shall bring foorth the fruites thereof.

And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will dash him a pieces.

And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.

Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,

The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.

But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.

But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

Then saide hee to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.

Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.

Then the King came in, to see the ghestes, and sawe there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

And he sayd vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speachlesse.

Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For many are called, but fewe chosen.

Then went the Pharises and tooke counsell how they might tangle him in talke.

And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest for any man: for thou considerest not the person of men.

Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?

But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought him a peny.

And he sayde vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

They sayd vnto him, Cesars. Then sayd he vnto them, Giue therefore to Cesar, the things which are Cesars, and giue vnto God, those things which are Gods.

And when they heard it, they marueiled, and left him, and went their way.

The same day the Sadduces came to him (which say that there is no resurrection) and asked him,

Saying, Master, Moses sayd, If a man die, hauing no children, his brother shall marie his wife by the right of alliance, and raise vp seede vnto his brother.

Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

Likewise also the second, and the third, vnto the seuenth.

And last of all the woman died also.

Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seuen? for all had her.

Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Ye are deceiued, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marie wiues, nor wiues are bestowed in mariage, but are as the Angels of God in heauen.

And concerning the resurrection of the dead, haue ye not read what is spoken vuto you of God, saying,

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.

And when the multitude heard it, they were astonied at his doctrine.

But when the Pharises had heard, that he had put the Sadduces to silence, they assembled together.

And one of them, which was an expounder of the Lawe, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Master, which is ye great commandement in the Lawe?

Iesus sayd to him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.

This is the first and the great commandement.

And the second is like vnto this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

On these two commandements hangeth the whole Lawe, and the Prophets.

While the Pharises were gathered together, Iesus asked them,

Saying, What thinke ye of Christ? whose sonne is he? They sayd vnto him, Dauids.

He sayd vnto them, How then doeth Dauid in spirit call him Lord, saying,

The Lord sayd to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole?

If then Dauid call him Lord, howe is he his sonne?

And none could answere him a worde, neither durst any from that day foorth aske him any moe questions.

Then spake Iesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.

All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and doe: but after their workes doe not: for they say, and doe not.

For they binde heauie burdens, and grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselues will not moue them with one of their fingers.

All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,

And loue the chiefe place at feastes, and to haue the chiefe seates in the assemblies,

And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

But be not ye called, Rabbi: for one is your doctour, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.

And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen.

Be not called doctours: for one is your doctour, euen Christ.

But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.

Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.

Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.

Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.

Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?

And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye tithe mynt, and annyse, and cummyn, and leaue the weightier matters of the law, as iudgement, and mercy and fidelitie. These ought ye to haue done, and not to haue left the other.

Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.

Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.

So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.