The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And as thei camen doun of the hille, Jhesus comaundide to hem, and seide, Seie ye to no man the visioun, til mannus sone rise ayen fro deeth.

And his disciplis axiden hym, and seiden, What thanne seien the scribis, that it bihoueth that Elie come first?

He answeride, and seide to hem, Elie schal come, and he schal restore alle thingis.

And Y seie to you, that Elie is nowe comun, and thei knewen hym not, but thei diden in him what euer thingis thei wolden; and so mannus sone schal suffre of hem.

Thanne the disciplis vndurstoden, that he seide to hem of Joon Baptist.

And whanne he cam to the puple, a man cam to hym, and felde doun on hise knees bifor hym, and seide, Lord, haue merci on my sone; for he is lunatike, and suffrith yuele, for ofte tymes he fallith in to the fier, and ofte tymes in to water.

And Y brouyte hym to thi disciplis, and thei myyten not heele hym.

Jhesus answeride, and seide, A! thou generacion vnbileueful and weiward; hou long schal Y be with you? hou long schal Y suffre you? Brynge ye hym hider to me.

And Jhesus blamede hym, and the deuel wente out fro hym; and the child was heelid fro that our.

Thanne the disciplis camen to Jhesu priueli, and seiden to hym, Whi myyten not we caste hym out?

Jhesus seith to hem, For youre vnbileue. Treuli Y seie to you, if ye han feith, as a corn of seneueye, ye schulen seie to this hil, Passe thou hennus, and it schal passe; and no thing schal be vnpossible to you;

but this kynde is not caste out, but bi preiyng and fastyng.

And whilis thei weren abidynge togidere in Galilee, Jhesus seide to hem, Mannus sone schal be bitraied in to the hondis of men;

and thei schulen sle hym, and the thridde day he schal rise ayen to lijf.

And thei weren ful sori.

And whanne thei camen to Cafarnaum, thei that token tribute, camen to Petre, and seiden to hym, Youre maister payeth not tribute?

And he seide, Yhis. And whanne he was comen in to the hous, Jhesus cam bifor hym, and seide, Symount, what semeth to thee? Kyngis of erthe, of whom taken thei tribute? of her sones, ether of aliens?

And he seide, Of aliens. Jhesus seide to hym, Thanne sones ben fre.

In that our the disciplis camen to Jhesu, and seiden, Who, gessist thou, is gretter in the kyngdom of heuenes?

And Jhesus clepide a litil child, and putte hym in the myddil of hem;

and seide, Y seie treuthe to you, but ye be turned, and maad as litle children, ye schulen not entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes.

Therfor who euer mekith hym as this litil child, he is gretter in the kyngdom of heuenes.

And he that resseyueth o siche litil child in my name, resseyueth me.

But who so sclaundrith oon of these smale, that bileuen in me, it spedith to hym that a mylnstoon `of assis be hangid in his necke, and he be drenchid in the depnesse of the see.

Woo to the world, for sclaundris; for it is nede that sclaundris come; netheles wo to thilke man bi whom a sclaundre cometh.

And if thin hoond or thi foot sclaundreth thee, kitte it of, and caste awei fro thee. It is betere to thee to entre to lijf feble, ethir crokid, than hauynge tweyne hoondis or twey feet to be sent in to euerlastynge fier.

And if thin iye sclaundre thee, pulle it out, and caste awei fro thee. It is betere to thee with oon iye to entre in to lijf, thanne hauynge tweyn iyen to be sent in to the fier of helle.

Se ye, that ye dispise not oon of these litle. For Y seie to you, that the aungels of hem in heuenes seen euermore the face of my fadir that is in heuenes.

For mannus sone cam to saue that thing that perischide.

What semeth to you? If ther weren to sum man an hundrid scheep, and oon of hem hath errid, whethir he schal not leeue nynti and nyne in desert, and schal go to seche that that erride?

And if it falle that he fynde it, treuli Y seie to you, that he schal haue ioye theron more than on nynti and nyne that erriden not.

So it is not the wille bifor youre fadir that is in heuenes, that oon of these litle perische.

But if thi brother synneth ayens thee, go thou, and repreue hym, bitwixe thee and hym aloone; if he herith thee, thou hast wonnun thi brother.

And if he herith thee not, take with thee oon or tweyne, that euery word stonde in the mouth of tweyne or thre witnessis.

And if he herith not hem, seie thou to the chirche. But if he herith not the chirche, be he as an hethen and a pupplican to thee.

Y seie to you treuli, what euer thingis ye bynden on erthe, tho schulen be boundun also in heuene; and what euer thingis ye vnbynden on erthe, tho schulen be vnboundun also in heuene.

Eftsoone Y seie to you, that if tweyne of you consenten on the erthe, of euery thing what euer thei axen, it schal be don to hem of my fadir that is in heuenes.

For where tweyne or thre ben gaderid in my name, there Y am in the myddil of hem.

Thanne Petre cam to hym, and seide, Lord, how ofte schal my brother synne ayens me, and Y schal foryyue hym?

Whether til seuen tymes? Jhesus seith to hym, Y seie not to thee, til seuene sithis; but til seuenti sithis seuene sithis.

Therfor the kyngdom of heuenes is licned to a kyng, that wolde rekyn with hise seruauntis.

And whanne he bigan to rekene, oon that ouyte ten thousynde talentis, was brouyt to hym.

And whanne he hadde not wherof to yelde, his lord comaundide hym to be seld, and his wijf, and children, and alle thingis that he hadde, and to be paied.

But thilke seruaunt felde doun, and preiede hym, and seide, Haue pacience in me, and Y schal yelde to thee alle thingis.

And the lord hadde merci on that seruaunt, and suffride hym to go, and foryaf to hym the dette.

But thilke seruaunt yede out, and foonde oon of his euen seruauntis, that ouyte hym an hundrid pens; and he helde hym, and stranglide hym, and seide, Yelde that that thou owest.

And his euen seruaunt felle doun, and preyede hym, and seide, Haue pacience in me, and Y schal quyte alle thingis to thee.

But he wolde not; but wente out, and putte hym in to prisoun, til he paiede al the dette.

And hise euen seruauntis, seynge the thingis that weren don, soreweden greetli. And thei camen, and telden to her lord alle the thingis that weren don.

Thanne his lord clepide hym, and seide to hym, Wickid seruaunt, Y foryaf to thee al the dette, for thou preiedist me.

Therfor whether it bihouede not also thee to haue merci on thin euen seruaunt, as Y hadde merci on thee?

And his lord was wroth, and took hym to turmentouris, til he paiede al the dette.

So my fadir of heuene schal do to you, if ye foryyuen not euery man to his brother, of youre hertes.

And it was don, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, he passide fro Galilee, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jordan.

And myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there.

And Farisees camen to him, temptynge him, and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause?

Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female?

And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned.

Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of?

And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so.

And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie.

His disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with a wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid.

And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun.

For ther ben geldingis, whiche ben thus born of the modris wombe; and ther ben geldyngis, that ben maad of men; and there ben geldyngis, that han geldid hem silf, for the kyngdom of heuenes. He that may take, `take he.

Thanne litle children weren brouyte to hym, that he schulde putte hondis to hem, and preie.

And the disciplis blamyden hem. But Jhesus seide to hem, Suffre ye that litle children come to me, and nyle ye forbede hem; for of siche is the kyngdom of heuenes.

And whanne he hadde put to hem hondis, he wente fro thennus.

And lo! oon cam, and seide to hym, Good maister, what good schal Y do, that Y haue euerlastynge lijf?

Which seith to hym, What axist thou me of good thing? There is o good God. But if thou wolt entre to lijf, kepe the comaundementis.

He seith to hym, Whiche? And Jhesus seide, Thou schalt not do mansleying, thou schalt not do auowtrie, thou schalt not do thefte, thou schalt not seie fals witnessying;

worschipe thi fadir and thi modir, and, thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf.

The yonge man seith to hym, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my youthe, what yit failith to me?

Jhesus seith to hym, If thou wolt be perfite, go, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, and sue me.

And whanne the yong man hadde herd these wordis, he wente awei sorewful, for he hadde many possessiouns.

And Jhesus seide to hise disciplis, Y seie to you treuthe, for a riche man of hard schal entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes.

And eftsoone Y seie to you, it is liyter a camel to passe thorou a needlis iye, thanne a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of heuens.

Whanne these thingis weren herd, the disciplis wondriden greetli, and seiden, Who thanne may be saaf?

Jhesus bihelde, and seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is impossible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible.

Thanne Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Lo! we han forsake alle thingis, and we han suede thee; what thanne schal be to vs?

Jhesus seide to hem, Truli I seie to you, that ye that han forsake alle thingis, and han sued me, in the regeneracioun whanne mannus sone schal sitte in the sete of his maieste, ye schulen sitte on twelue setis, demynge the twelue kynredis of Israel.

And euery man that forsakith hous, britheren or sistren, fadir or modir, wijf ethir children, or feeldis, for my name, he schal take an hundrid foold, and schal welde euerlastynge lijf.

But manye schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste.

The kyngdom of heuenes is lijc to an housbonde man, that wente out first bi the morewe, to hire werk men in to his vyneyerd.

And whanne the couenaunt was maad with werk men, of a peny for the dai, he sente hem in to his vyneyerd.

And he yede out aboute the thridde our, and say othere stondynge idel in the chepyng.

And he seide to hem, Go ye also in to myn vynyerd, and that that schal be riytful, Y schal yyue to you.

And thei wenten forth. Eftsoones he wente out aboute the sixte our, and the nynthe, and dide in lijk maner.

But aboute the elleuenthe our he wente out, and foond other stondynge; and he seide to hem, What stonden ye idel here al dai?

Thei seien to him, For no man hath hirid vs. He seith to hem, Go ye also in to my vyneyerd.

And whanne euenyng was comun, the lord of the vyneyerd seith to his procuratoure, Clepe the werk men, and yelde to hem her hire, and bigynne thou at the laste til to the firste.

And so whanne thei weren comun, that camen aboute the elleuenthe our, also thei token eueryche of hem a peny.

But the firste camen, and demeden, that thei schulden take more, but thei token ech oon bi hem silf a peny;

and in the takyng grutchiden ayens the hosebonde man, and seiden,

These laste wrouyten oon our, and thou hast maad hem euen to vs, that han born the charge of the dai, and heete?

And he answeride to oon of hem, and seide, Freend, Y do thee noon wrong; whether thou hast not acordid with me for a peny?

Take thou that that is thin, and go; for Y wole yyue to this laste man, as to thee.

Whether it is not leueful to me to do that that Y wole? Whether thin iye is wickid, for Y am good?

So the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste the laste; `for many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.