The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And if this be herd of the iustice, we schulen counseile hym, and make you sikir.

And whanne the monei was takun, thei diden, as thei weren tauyt. And this word is pupplischid among the Jewis, til in to this day.

And the enleuen disciplis wenten in to Galilee, in to an hille, where Jhesus hadde ordeyned to hem.

And thei sayn hym, and worschipiden; but summe of hem doutiden.

And Jhesus cam nyy, and spak to hem, and seide, Al power in heuene and in erthe is youun to me.

Therfor go ye, and teche alle folkis, baptisynge hem in the name of the Fadir, and of the Sone, and of the Hooli Goost;

techynge hem to kepe alle thingis, what euer thingis Y haue comaundid to you; and lo! Y am with you in alle daies, in to the ende of the world.

The bigynnyng of the gospel of Jhesu Crist, the sone of God.

As it is writun in Ysaie, the prophete, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, that schal make thi weie redi bifor thee.

The vois of a crier in desert, Make ye redi the weie of the Lord, make ye hise paththis riyt.

Joon was in desert baptisynge, and prechynge the baptym of penaunce, in to remissioun of synnes.

And al the cuntre of Judee wente out to hym, and alle men of Jerusalem; and thei weren baptisid of hym in the flom Jordan, `and knoulechiden her synnes.

And Joon was clothid with heeris of camels, and a girdil of skyn was about hise leendis; and he ete hony soukis, and wilde hony, and prechide,

and seide, A stronger than Y schal come aftir me, and Y am not worthi to knele doun, and vnlace his schoone.

Y haue baptisid you in watir; but he schal baptise you in the Hooli Goost.

And it was don in tho daies, Jhesus cam fro Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptisid of Joon in Jordan.

And anoon he wente up of the watir, and saye heuenes opened, and the Hooli Goost comynge doun as a culuer, and dwellynge in hym.

And a vois was maad fro heuenes, Thou art my loued sone, in thee Y am plesid.

And anoon the Spirit puttide hym forth in to deseert.

And he was in deseert fourti daies and fourti nyytis, and was temptid of Sathanas, and he was with beestis, and aungels mynystriden to hym.

But aftir that Joon was takun, Jhesus cam in to Galilee, and prechide the gospel of the kyngdoom of God,

and seide, That the tyme is fulfillid, and the kyngdoom of God schal come nyy; do ye penaunce, and bileue ye to the gospel.

And as he passide bisidis the see of Galilee, he say Symount, and Andrew, his brother, castynge her nettis in to the see; for thei weren fisscheris.

And Jhesus seide to hem, Come ye aftir me; Y schal make you to be maad fisscheris of men.

And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym.

And he yede forth fro thennus a litil, and siy James of Zebedee, and Joon, his brother, in a boot makynge nettis.

And anoon he clepide hem; and thei leften Zebedee, her fadir, in the boot with hiryd seruauntis, and thei suweden hym.

And thei entriden in to Capharnaum, and anoon in the sabatys he yede in to a synagoge, and tauyte hem.

And thei wondriden on his teching; for he tauyte hem, as he that hadde power, and not as scribis.

And in the synagoge of hem was a man in an vnclene spirit, and he criede out,

and seide, What to vs and to thee, thou Jhesu of Nazareth? hast thou come to distrie vs? Y woot that thou art the hooli of God.

And Jhesus thretenede hym, and seide, Wex doumbe, and go out of the man.

And the vnclene spirit debreidynge hym, and criynge with greet vois, wente out fro hym.

And alle men wondriden, so that thei souyten with ynne hem silf, and seiden, What thing is this? what newe doctrine is this? for in power he comaundith to vnclene spiritis, and thei obeyen to hym.

And the fame of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.

And anoon thei yeden out of the synagoge, and camen into the hous of Symount and of Andrewe, with James and Joon.

And the modir of Symountis wijf lay sijk in fyueris; and anoon thei seien to hym of hyr.

And he cam nyy, and areride hir, and whanne he hadde take hir hoond, anoon the feuer lefte hir, and sche seruede hem.

But whanne the euentid was come, and the sonne was gon doun, thei brouyten to hym alle that weren of male ese, and hem that hadden fendis.

And al the citee was gaderid at the yate.

And he heelide many, that hadden dyuerse sijknessis, and he castide out many feendis, and he suffride hem not to speke, for thei knewen hym.

And he roos ful eerli, and yede out, and wente in to a desert place, and preiede there.

And Symount suede hym, and thei that weren with hym.

And whanne thei hadden founde hym, thei seiden to hym, That alle men seken thee.

And he seide to hem, Go we in to the next townes and citees, that Y preche also there, for her to Y cam.

And he prechide in the synagogis of hem, and in al Galilee, and castide out feendis.

And a leprouse man cam to hym, and bisouyte, `and knelide, and seide, If thou wolt, thou maist clense me.

And Jhesus hadde mercy on hym, and streiyte out his hoond, and towchyde hym, and seide to hym, I wole, be thou maad cleene.

And whanne he hadde seide this, anoon the lepre partyde awey fro hym, and he was clensyd.

And Jhesus thretenede hym, and anoon Jhesus putte hym out,

and seyde to hym, Se thou, seye to no man; but go, schewe thee to the pryncys of prestys, and offre for thi clensynge in to wytnessyng to hem, tho thingis that Moyses bad.

And he yede out, and bigan to preche, and publische the word, so that now he myyte not go opynli in to the citee, but be withoutforth in desert placis; and thei camen to hym on alle sidis.

And eft he entride in to Cafarnaum, aftir eiyte daies.

And it was herd, that he was in an hous, and many camen to gidir, so that thei miyten not be in the hous, ne at the yate. And he spak to hem the word.

And there camen to hym men that brouyten a man sijk in palesie, which was borun of foure.

And whanne thei myyten not brynge hym to Jhesu for the puple, thei vnhileden the roof where he was, and openede it, and thei leten doun the bed in which the sijk man in palesie laye.

And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the feith of hem, he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Sone, thi synnes ben foryouun to thee.

But there weren summe of the scribis sittynge, and thenkynge in her hertis,

What spekith he thus? He blasfemeth; who may foryyue synnes, but God aloone?

And whanne Jhesus hadde knowe this bi the Hooli Goost, that thei thouyten so with ynne hem silf, he seith to hem, What thenken ye these thingis in youre hertis?

What is liyter to seie to the sijk man in palesie, Synnes ben foryouun to thee, or to seie, Ryse, take thi bed, and walke?

But that ye wite that mannus sone hath power in erthe to foryyue synnes, he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Y seie to thee,

ryse vp, take thi bed, and go in to thin hous.

And anoon he roos vp, and whanne he hadde take the bed, he wente bifor alle men, so that alle men wondriden, and onoureden God, and seiden, For we seien neuer so.

And he wente out eftsoone to the see, and al the puple cam to hym; and he tauyte hem.

And whanne he passide, he saiy Leuy `of Alfei sittynge at the tolbothe, and he seide to hym, Sue me. And he roos, and suede hym.

And it was doon, whanne he sat at the mete in his hous, many pupplicans and synful men saten togidere at the mete with Jhesu and hise disciplis; for there weren many that folewiden hym.

And scribis and Farisees seynge, that he eet with pupplicans and synful men, seiden to hise disciplis, Whi etith and drynkith youre maystir with pupplicans and synneris?

Whanne this was herd, Jhesus seide to hem, Hoole men han no nede to a leche, but thei that ben yuel at eese; for Y cam not to clepe iust men, but synneris.

And the disciplis of Joon and the Farisees weren fastynge; and thei camen, and seien to hym, Whi fasten the disciplis of Joon, and the Farisees fasten, but thi disciplis fasten not?

And Jhesus seide to hem, Whether the sones of sposailis moun faste, as longe as the spouse is with hem? As long tyme as thei haue the spouse with hem, thei moun not faste.

But daies schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be takun awei fro hem, and thanne thei schulen faste in tho daies.

No man sewith a patche of newe clooth to an elde clooth, ellis he takith awei the newe patche fro the elde, and a more brekyng is maad.

And no man puttith newe wyn in to elde botelis, ellis the wyn schal breste the botels, and the wyn schal be sched out, and the botels schulen perische. But newe wyn schal be put into newe botels.

And it was doon eftsoones, whanne the Lord walkid in the sabotis bi the cornes, and hise disciplis bigunnen to passe forth, and plucke eeris of the corn.

And the Farisees seiden to hym, Lo! what thi disciplis doon in sabotis, that is not leeueful.

And he seide to hem, Radden ye neuer what Dauid dide, whanne he hadde nede, and he hungride, and thei that weren with hym?

Hou he wente in to the hous of God, vndur Abiathar, prince of prestis, and eete looues of proposicioun, which it was not leeueful to ete, but to preestis aloone, and he yaf to hem that weren with hym.

And he seide to hem, The sabat is maad for man, and not a man for the sabat;

and so mannus sone is lord also of the sabat.

And he entride eftsoone in to the synagoge, and there was a man hauynge a drye hoond.

And thei aspieden hym, if he helide in the sabatis, to accuse him.

And he seide to the man that hadde a drie hoond, Rise in to the myddil.

And he seith to hem, Is it leeueful to do wel in the sabatis, ether yuel? to make a soul saaf, ether to leese? And thei weren stille.

And he biheeld hem aboute with wraththe, and hadde sorewe on the blyndnesse of her herte, and seith to the man, Hold forth thin hoond. And he helde forth, and his hoond was restorid to hym.

Sotheli Farisees yeden out anoon, and maden a counsel with Erodians ayens hym, hou thei schulden lese hym.

But Jhesus with hise disciplis wente to the see; and myche puple fro Galilee and Judee suede hym,

and fro Jerusalem, and fro Ydume, and fro biyondis Jordan, and thei that weren aboute Tire and Sidon, a greet multitude, heringe the thingis that he dide, and cam to hym.

And Jhesus seide to hise disciplis, that the boot schulde serue hym, for the puple, lest thei thristen hym;

for he heelide many, so that thei felden fast to hym, to touche hym. And hou many euer hadde syknessis, and vnclene spirits,

whanne thei seyen hym, felden doun to hym, and crieden, seiynge, Thou art the sone of God.

And greetli he manasside hem, that thei schulden not make hym knowun.

And he wente in to an hille, and clepide to hym whom he wolde; and thei camen to hym.

And he made, that there weren twelue with hym, to sende hem to preche.

And he yaf to hem pouwer to heele sijknessis, and to caste out feendis.

And to Symount he yaf a name Petre, and he clepide James of Zebede and Joon,

the brother of James, and he yaf to hem names Boenarges, that is, sones of thundryng.

And he clepide Andrew and Filip, and Bartholomew and Matheu, and Thomas and James Alfey, and Thadee,

and Symount Cananee, and Judas Scarioth, that bitraiede hym.

And thei camen to an hous, and the puple cam togidere eftsoone, so that thei miyten not ete breed.