The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And Symons mother in lawe lay sicke of a fever. And anone they tolde him of her.

And he came and toke her by the honde and lifte her vp: and the fever forsoke hir by and by: and she ministred vnto them.

And at even when the sunne was downe they brought to him all that were diseased and them that were possessed with devyls.

And all the cite gaddred to gedder at the dore

and he healed many that were sicke of divers deseases. And he cast out many devyls and suffred not the devyls to speake because they knewe him.

And in the morninge very erly Iesus arose and went out into a solitary place and there prayed.

And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him.

And when they had founde him they sayde vnto him: all men seke for the.

And he sayd vnto them: let vs go into the next tounes that I maye preache there also: for truly I cam out for that purpose.

And he preached in their synagoges throughout all Galile and cast the devyls out.

And there came a leper to him besechinge him and kneled doune vnto him and sayde to him: yf thou wilt thou canest make me clene.

And Iesus had compassion on him and put forth his honde touched him and sayde to him: I will be thou clene.

And assone as he had spoke immediatly the leprosy departed from him and was clensed.

And he charged him and sent him awaye forthwith

and sayd vnto him: Se thou saye no thinge to any man: but get the hence and shewe thy silfe to the preste and offer for thy clensinge those thinges which Moses commaunded for a testimoniall vnto them.

But he (assone as he was departed) beganne to tell many thinges and to publyshe the dede: in so moche that Iesus coulde no more opely entre in to the cite but was with out in desert places. And they came to him from every quarter.

After a feawe dayes he entred into Capernaum agayne and it was noysed that he was in a housse.

And anone many gadered to geder in so moche that now there was no roume to receave them: no not so moche as about the dore. And he preached the worde vnto them.

And there came vnto him that brought one sicke of the palsie borne of fower men.

And because they coulde not come nye vnto him for preace they vncovered the rofe of the housse where he was. And when they had broken it open they let doune the beed where in the sicke of the palsie laye.

When Iesus sawe their fayth he sayde to the sicke of the palsie sonne thy sinnes are forgeven the.

And ther were certayne of the scribes sittinge there and reasoninge in their hertes:

how doeth this felowe so blaspheme? Who can forgeve synnes but God only?

And immediatly when Iesus perceaved in his sprete that they so reasoned in the selves he sayde vnto them: why thynke ye soche thinges in youre hertes?

Whether is it easyer to saye to the sicke of the palsie thy synnes are forgeven the or to saye aryse take vp thy beed and walke?

That ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hath power in erth to forgeve synnes he spake vnto ye sicke of the palsie:

I saye vnto the aryse and take vp thy beed and get the hense into thyne awne housse.

And by and by he arose toke vp the beed and went forth before them all: in so moche that they were all amased and glorified God sayinge: we never sawe it on this fassion.

And he went agayne vnto the see and all the people resorted vnto him and he taught them.

And as Iesus passed by he sawe Levy the sonne of Alphey syt at the receyte of custome and sayde vnto him: folowe me. And he arose and folowed him.

And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his housse many publicans and synners sate at meate also with Iesus and his disciples. For there were many that folowed him.

And when the Scribes and Pharises sawe him eate with publicans and synnere they sayde vnto his disciples: how is it that he eateth and drynketh with publicans and synners?

When Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto them. The whole have no nede of the phisicion but the sicke. I came not to call the rightwise but the synners to repentaunce.

And the disciples of Iohn and the Pharises dyd faste: and therfore came and sayde vnto him. Why do the disciples of Iohn and of the Pharises faste and thy disciples fast not.

And Iesus sayde vnto them: can the chyldren of a weddinge faste while the brydgrome is with them. As longe as they have the brydgrome with them they cannot faste.

But the dayes will come when the brydgrome shalbe taken from them and then shall they faste in those dayes.

Also no man soweth a pece of newe cloth vnto an olde garmet for then taketh he awaye the newe pece from the olde and so is the rent worsse.

In lyke wyse no man poureth newe wyne into olde vessels: for yf he do the newe wyne breaketh the vessels and the wyne runneth out and the vessels are marred. But new wyne must be poured into new vessels.

And it chaunsed that he wet thorow the corne feldes on the Saboth daye: and his disciples as they went on their waye beganne to plucke the eares of corne.

And the Pharises sayde vnto him: beholde why do they on the Saboth dayes that which is not laufull?

And he sayde to them: have ye never rede what David dyd when he had nede and was anhogred bothe he and they that were with him?

How he went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye preste and dyd eate the halowed loves which is not laufull to eate but for the prestes only: and gave also to the which were with him?

And he sayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man and not man for the Saboth daye.

Wherfore the sonne of man is Lorde even of the Saboth daye.

And he entred agayne into the synagoge and there was a man there which had a widdred honde.

And they watched him to se whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye that they might accuse him.

And he sayde vnto the man which had the wyddred honde: arise and stonde in the middes.

And he sayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on the Saboth dayes or an evyll? to save life or kyll? But they helde their peace.

And he loked round aboute on them angerly mournyge on the blindnes of their hertes and sayde to the man: stretch forth thyne honde. And he stretched it oute. And his honde was restored even as whole as the other.

And the Pharises departed and streyght waye gaddred a counsell with the that belonged to Herode agaynst him that they might destroye him.

And Iesus auoyded with his disciples to the sea. And a greate multitude folowed him from Galile and from Iurie

and from Hierusalem and from Idumea and from beyonde Iordane: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon a greate multitude: which when they had herde what thinges he dyd came vnto him.

And he commaunded his disciples that a shippe shuld wayte on him because of the people leste they shuld througe him.

For he had healed many in somoche that they preased apon him for to touche him as many as had plages.

And when the vnclene sprites sawe him they fell doune before him and cryed sayinge: thou arte the sonne of God.

And he straygtly charged them that they shuld not vtter him.

And he wet vp into a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him.

And he ordeyned the .xii. that they shuld be with him and that he myght sende the to preache:

and that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devyls.

And he gave vnto Simon to name Peter.

And he called Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn Iames brother and gave them Bonarges to name which is to saye the sonnes of thounder.

And Andrew and Philip and Bartlemew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames the sonne of Alphey and Taddeus and Symon of Cane,

and Iudas Iscarioth which same also betrayed him. And they came vnto housse

and the people assembled togedder agayne so greatly that they had not leesar so moche as to eate breed.

And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beside him selfe.

And the Scribes which came from Ierusalem sayde: he hath Belzebub and by the power of the chefe devyll casteth out devyls.

And he called them vnto him and sayde vnto them in similitudes. How can Satan drive out Satan?

For yf a realme be devided ageynste it silfe that realme cannot endure.

Or yf a housse be devided agaynste it silfe that housse cannot continue:

So yf Satan make insurreccion agaynste himsilfe and be devided he cannot continue but is at an ende.

No man can entre into a stronge mans housse and take awaye hys gooddes excepte he fyrst bynde that stronge man and then spoyle hys housse.

Verely I saye vnto you all synnes shalbe forgeven vnto mens chyldren and blasphemy wherwith they blaspheme.

But he that blasphemeth the holy goost shall never have forgevenes: but is in dauger of eternall dampnacion:

because they sayde he had an vnclene sprete.

Then came his mother and his brethren and stode with out and sent vnto him and called him.

And the people sate aboute hym and sayde vnto him: beholde thy mother and thy brethren seke for the with out.

And he answered them sayinge: who is my mother and my brethren?

And he loked rounde about on his disciples which sate in compasse about hym and sayde: beholde my mother and my brethren.

For who soever doeth the will of God he is my brother my syster and mother.

And he began agayne to teache by the seesyde. And there gadered to gedder vnto him moche people so greatly that he entred into a ship and sate in the see and all the people was by the seeside on the shoore.

And he taught them many thynges in similitudes and sayde vnto them in his doctrine:

Herken to. Beholde There wet out a sower to sowe.

And it fortuned as he sowed that some fell by the waye syde and the fowles of the ayre came and devoured it vp.

Some fell on stony grounde where it had not moche erth: and by and by sprange vp because it had not deepth of erth:

but as sone as the sunne was vp it caught heet and because it had not rotynge wyddred awaye.

And some fell amonge the thornes and the thornes grewe vp and choked it so that it gave no frute.

And some fell vpon good grounde and dyd yelde frute that sproge and grewe and brought forthe: some thirty folde some sixtie folde and some an hundred folde.

And he sayde vnto them: he that hath eares to heare let him heare.

And when he was alone they that were aboute him with the .xii. axed him of the similitude.

And he sayde vnto them. To you it is geve to knowe the mistery of the kyngdome of God. But vnto them that are with out shall all thinges be done in similitudes:

That when they se they shall se and not discerne: and when they heare they shall heare and not vnderstonde: leste at any tyme they shulde tourne and their synnes shuld be forgeve them.

And he sayde vnto the: Perceave ye not this similitude? how then shulde ye vnderstonde all other similitudes?

The sower soweth the worde.

And they that are by the wayes syde where the worde is sowen are they to whom assone as they have herde it Satha cometh immediatly and takith awaye the worde that was sowe in their hertes.

And likewise they that are sowen on the stonye groude are they: which when they have harde the worde at once receave it with gladnes

yet have no rotes in them selves and so endure but a tyme: and anone as trouble and persecucion aryseth for the wordes sake they fall immediatly.

And they that are sowe amonge the thornes are soche as heare the worde:

and the care of this worlde and the disseytfulnes of ryches and the lustes of other thinges entre in and choocke the worde and it is made vnfrutfull.

And those that weare sowe in good grounde are they that heare the worde and receave it and bringe forth frute some thirty folde some sixty folde some an hundred folde.

And he sayde vnto them: is the candle lighted to be put vnder a busshell or vnder the table and not rather to be put on a candelstick?