The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.

When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, and set him by him,

And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.

And Iohn answered and saide, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils in thy Name, and we forbad him, because he followeth thee not with vs.

Then Iesus saide vnto him, Forbid ye him not: for he that is not against vs, is with vs.

And it came to passe, when the dayes were accomplished, that he should be receiued vp, he setled himselfe fully to goe to Hierusalem,

And sent messengers before him: and they went and entred into a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare him lodging.

But they woulde not receiue him, because his behauiour was, as though he would go to Hierusalem.

And when his disciples, Iames and Iohn sawe it, they saide, Lord, wilt thou that we commaund, that fire come downe from heauen, and consume them, euen as Elias did?

But Iesus turned about, and rebuked them, and said, Ye knowe not of what spirit ye are.

For the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. Then they went to another towne.

And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certaine man said vnto him, I will follow thee, Lord, whithersoeuer thou goest.

And Iesus saide vnto him, The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the heauen nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon to lay his head.

But he said vnto another, Followe me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.

And Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou, and preache the kingdome of God.

Then another saide, I will follow thee, Lord: but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at mine house.

And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.

After these thinges, the Lord appointed other seuentie also, and sent them, two and two before him into euery citie and place, whither he himselfe should come.

And he said vnto them, The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe: pray therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

Goe your wayes: beholde, I send you foorth as lambes among wolues.

Beare no bagge, neither scrippe, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way.

And into whatsoeuer house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

And if the sonne of peace be there, your peace shall rest vpon him: if not, it shall turne to you againe.

And in that house tary still, eating and drinking such things as by them shall be set before you: for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Goe not from house to house.

But into whatsoeuer citie ye shall enter, if they receiue you, eate such things as are set before you,

And heale the sicke that are there, and say vnto them, The kingdome of God is come neere vnto you.

But into whatsoeuer citie ye shall enter, if they will not receiue you, goe your wayes out into the streetes of the same, and say,

Euen the very dust, which cleaueth on vs of your citie, we wipe off against you: notwithstanding knowe this, that the kingdome of God was come neere vnto you.

For I say to you, that it shall be easier in that day for them of Sodom, then for that citie.

Woe be to thee, Chorazin: woe be to thee, Beth-saida: for if the miracles had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, which haue bene done in you, they had a great while agone repented, sitting in sackecloth and ashes.

Therefore it shall be easier for Tyrus, and Sidon, at the iudgement, then for you.

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heauen, shalt be thrust downe to hell.

He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.

And the seuentie turned againe with ioy, saying, Lord, euen the deuils are subdued to vs through thy Name.

And he said vnto them, I sawe Satan, like lightening, fall downe from heauen.

Beholde, I giue vnto you power to treade on Serpents, and Scorpions, and ouer all the power of the enemie, and nothing shall hurt you.

Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirits are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.

That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirit, and said, I confesse vnto thee, Father, Lord of heauen and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and vnderstanding, and hast reueiled them to babes: euen so, Father, because it so pleased thee.

All things are giuen me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Sonne is, but the Father: neither who the Father is, saue the Sonne, and he to whom the Sonne will reueile him.

And he turned to his disciples, and said secretly, Blessed are the eyes, which see that ye see.

For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things, which ye see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

Then beholde, a certaine Lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe, to inherite eternall life?

And he saide vnto him, What is written in the Lawe? howe readest thou?

And he answered, and saide, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thought, and thy neighbour as thy selfe.

Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.

But he willing to iustifie himselfe, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?

And Iesus answered, and saide, A certaine man went downe from Hierusalem to Iericho, and fell among theeues, and they robbed him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leauing him halfe dead.

Nowe so it fell out, that there came downe a certaine Priest that same way, and when he sawe him, he passed by on the other side.

And likewise also a Leuite, when he was come neere to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

Then a certaine Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came neere vnto him, and when he sawe him, he had compassion on him,

And went to him, and bound vp his wounds, and powred in oyle and wine, and put him on his owne beast, and brought him to an Inne, and made prouision for him.

And on the morowe when he departed, he tooke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and said vnto him, Take care of him, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come againe, I will recompense thee.

Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour vnto him that fell among the theeues?

And he saide, He that shewed mercie on him. Then said Iesus vnto him, Goe, and do thou likewise.

Nowe it came to passe, as they went, that he entred into a certaine towne, and a certaine woman named Martha, receiued him into her house.

And she had a sister called Marie, which also sate at Iesus feete, and heard his preaching.

But Martha was combred about much seruing, and came to him, and saide, Master, doest thou not care that my sister hath left me to serue alone? bid her therefore, that she helpe me.

And Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou carest, and art troubled about many things:

But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

And so it was, that as he was praying in a certaine place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said vnto him, Lord, teache vs to pray, as Iohn also taught his disciples.

And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy Name: Thy kingdome come: Let thy will be done, euen in earth, as it is in heauen:

Our dayly bread giue vs for the day:

And forgiue vs our sinnes: for euen we forgiue euery man that is indetted to vs: And leade vs not into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill.

Moreouer he said vnto them, Which of you shall haue a friende, and shall goe to him at midnight, and say vnto him, Friende, lende mee three loaues?

For a friende of mine is come out of the way to me, and I haue nothing to set before him:

And hee within shoulde answere, and say, Trouble mee not: the doore is nowe shut, and my children are with mee in bed: I can not rise and giue them to thee.

I say vnto you, Though he would not arise and giue him, because he is his friende, yet doubtlesse because of his importunitie, hee woulde rise, and giue him as many as he needed.

And I say vnto you, Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and yee shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.

If a sonne shall aske bread of any of you that is a father, will he giue him a stone? or if hee aske a fish, will he for a fish giue him a serpent?

Or if hee aske an egge, will hee giue him a scorpion?

If yee then which are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, howe much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Ghost to them, that desire him?

Then hee cast out a deuill which was domme: and when the deuill was gone out, the domme spake, and the people wondered.

But some of them said, He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of ye deuils.

And others tempted him, seeking of him a signe from heauen.

But he knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdom deuided against it self, shall be desolate, and an house deuided against an house, falleth.

So if Satan also bee deuided against himselfe, howe shall his kingdome stande, because yee say that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub?

If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges.

But if I by ye finger of God cast out deuils, doutles the kingdome of God is come vnto you.

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace.

But when a stronger then hee, commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him: hee taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.

He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drie places, seeking rest: and when he findeth none he saieth, I wil returne vnto mine house whence I came out.

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

Then goeth hee, and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe: and they enter in, and dwel there: so the last state of that man is worse then the first.

And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes which thou hast sucked.

But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

And when the people were gathered thicke together, he began to say, This is a wicked generation: they seeke a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen them, but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites: so shall also the Sonne of man bee to this generation.

The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement, with the men of this generation, and shall condemne them: for shee came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisedome of Salomon, and beholde, a greater then Salomon is here.

The men of Niniue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and beholde, a greater then Ionas is here.

No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in, may see the light.

The light of the bodie is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole bodie light: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke.

Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

If therefore thy whole body shall be light, hauing no part darke, then shall all be light, euen as when a candle doth light thee with the brightnesse.

And as hee spake, a certaine Pharise besought him to dine with him: and hee went in, and sate downe at table.

And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.

And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.

Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.