The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And whanne his kynnysmen hadden herd, thei wenten out `to holde him; for thei seiden, that he is turned in to woodnesse.

And the scribis that camen doun fro Jerusalem, seiden, That he hath Belsabub, and that in the prince of deuelis he castith out fendis.

And he clepide hem togidir, and he seide to hem in parablis, Hou may Sathanas caste out Sathanas?

And if a rewme be departid ayens it silf, thilke rewme may not stonde.

And if an hous be disparpoilid on it silf, thilke hous may not stonde.

And if Sathanas hath risun ayens hym silf, he is departid, and he schal not mowe stonde, but hath an ende.

No man may go in to a stronge mannus hous, and take awey hise vessels, but he bynde first the stronge man, and thanne he schal spoile his hous.

Treuli Y seie to you, that alle synnes and blasfemyes, bi whiche thei han blasfemed, schulen be foryouun to the sones of men.

But he that blasfemeth ayens the Hooli Goost, hath not remissioun in to with outen ende, but he schal be gilty of euerlastynge trespas.

For thei seiden, He hath an vnclene spirit.

And his modir and britheren camen, and thei stoden withoutforth, and senten to hym, and clepiden hym.

And the puple sat aboute hym; and thei seien to hym, Lo! thi modir and thi britheren with outforth seken thee.

And he answeride to hem, and seide, Who is my modir and my britheren?

And he bihelde thilke that saten aboute hym, and seide, Lo! my modir and my britheren.

For who that doith the wille of God, he is my brothir, and my sistir, and modir.

And eft Jhesus bigan to teche at the see; and myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente in to a boot, and sat in the see, and al the puple was aboute the see on the loond.

And he tauyte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng,

Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.

And the while he sowith, summe seed felde aboute the weie, and briddis of heuene camen, and eeten it.

Othere felde doun on stony places, where it had not myche erthe; and anoon it spronge vp, for it had not depnesse of erthe.

And whanne the sunne roos vp, it welewide for heete, and it driede vp, for it hadde no roote.

And othere felde doun in to thornes, and thornes sprongen vp, and strangliden it, and it yaf not fruyt.

And other felde doun in to good loond, and yaf fruyt, springynge vp, and wexynge; and oon brouyte thretti foold, and oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.

And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.

And whanne he was bi hym silf, tho twelue that weren with hym axiden hym to expowne the parable.

And he seide to hem, To you it is youun to knowe the priuete of the kyngdom of God. But to hem that ben with outforth, alle thingis be maad in parablis, that thei seynge se,

and se not, and thei herynge here and vnderstonde not; lest sum tyme thei be conuertid, and synnes be foryouun to hem.

And he seide to hem, Knowe not ye this parable? and hou ye schulen knowe alle parablis?

He that sowith, sowith a word.

But these it ben that ben aboute the weie, where the word is sowun; and whanne thei han herd, anoon cometh Satanas, and takith awei the word that is sowun in her hertis.

And in lijk maner ben these that ben sowun on stony placis, whiche whanne thei han herd the word, anoon thei taken it with ioye;

and thei han not roote in hem silf, but thei ben lastynge a litil tyme; aftirward whanne tribulacioun risith, and persecucioun for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid.

And ther ben othir that ben sowun in thornes; these it ben that heren the word,

and disese of the world, and disseit of ritchessis, and othir charge of coueytise entrith, and stranglith the word, and it is maad with out fruyt.

And these it ben that ben sowun on good lond, whiche heren the word, and taken, and maken fruyt, oon thritti fold, oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold.

And he seide to hem, Wher a lanterne cometh, that it be put vndur a buschel, or vndur a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candilstike?

Ther is no thing hid, that schal not be maad opyn; nethir ony thing is pryuey, that schal not come in to opyn.

If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he.

And he seide to hem, Se ye what ye heren. In what mesure ye meten, it schal be metun to you ayen, and be cast to you.

For it schal be youun to hym that hath, and it schal be takun awei fro him that hath not, also that that he hath.

And he seide, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man caste seede in to the erthe,

and he sleepe, and it rise up niyt and dai, and brynge forth seede, and wexe faste, while he woot not.

For the erthe makith fruyt, first the gras, aftirward the ere, and aftir ful fruyt in the ere.

And whanne of it silf it hath brouyt forth fruyt, anoon he sendith a sikil, for repyng tyme is come.

And he seide, To what thing schulen we likne the kyngdom of God? or to what parable schulen we comparisoun it?

As a corne of seneuei, which whanne it is sowun in the erthe, is lesse than alle seedis that ben in the erthe;

and whanne it is sprongun up, it waxith in to a tre, and is maad gretter than alle erbis; and it makith grete braunchis, so that briddis of heuene moun dwelle vndur the schadewe therof.

And in many suche parablis he spak to hem the word, as thei myyten here;

and he spak not to hem with out parable. But he expownede to hise disciplis alle thingis bi hemsilf.

And he seide to hem in that dai, whanne euenyng was come, Passe we ayenward.

And thei leften the puple, and token hym, so that he was in a boot; and othere bootys weren with hym.

And a greet storm of wynde was maad, and keste wawis in to the boot, so that the boot was ful.

And he was in the hyndir part of the boot, and slepte on a pilewe. And thei reisen hym, and seien to hym, Maistir, perteyneth it not to thee, that we perischen?

And he roos vp, and manasside the wynde, and seide to the see, Be stille, wexe doumbe. And the wynde ceesside, and greet pesiblenesse was maad.

And he seide to hem, What dreden ye? `Ye han no feith yit?

And thei camen ouer the see in to the cuntree of Gerasenes.

And aftir that he was goon out of the boot, anoon a man in an vncleene spirit ran out of birielis to hym.

Which man hadde an hous in biriels, and nether with cheynes now myyte ony man bynde hym.

For ofte tymes he was boundun in stockis and chaynes, and he hadde broke the chaynes, and hadde broke the stockis to smale gobetis, and no man myyte make hym tame.

And euermore, nyyt and dai, in birielis and in hillis, he was criynge and betynge hym silf with stoonus.

And he siy Jhesus afer, and ran, and worschipide hym.

And he criede with greet voice, and seide, What to me and to thee, thou Jhesu, the sone of the hiyest God? Y coniure thee bi God, that thou turmente me not.

And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou vnclene spirit, go out fro the man.

And Jhesus axide hym, What is thi name? And he seith to hym, A legioun is my name; for we ben many.

And he preiede Jhesu myche, that he schulde not putte hym out of the cuntrei.

And there was there aboute the hille a greet flok of swyn lesewynge.

And the spiritis preieden Jhesu, and seiden, Sende vs into the swyn, that we entre in to hem.

And anoon Jhesus grauntide to hem. And the vnclene spiritis yeden out, and entriden in to the swyn, and with a greet birre the flocke was cast doun in to the see, a twei thousynde, and thei weren dreynt in the see.

And thei that kepten hem, fledden, and tolden in to the citee, and in to the feeldis; and thei wenten out, to se what was don.

And thei camen to Jhesu, and sayn hym that hadde be trauelid of the feend, syttynge clothid, and of hool mynde; and thei dredden.

And thei that saien, hou it was don to hym that hadde a feend, and of the swyne, telden to hem.

And thei bigunnen to preie hym, that he schulde go a wei fro her coostis.

And whanne he yede up in to a boot, he that was trauelid of the deuel, bigan to preie hym, that he schulde be with hym.

But Jhesus resseyuede hym not, but seide to hym, Go thou in to thin hous to thine, and telle to hem, hou grete thingis the Lord hath don to thee, and hadde merci of thee.

And he wente forth, and bigan to preche in Decapoli, hou grete thingis Jhesus hadde don to hym; and alle men wondriden.

And whanne Jhesus hadde gon vp in to the boot eftsoone ouer the see, myche puple cam togidere to him, and was aboute the see.

And oon of the princis of synagogis, bi name Jayrus, cam, and siy hym, and felde doun at hise feet,

and preyede hym myche, and seide, My douyter is nyy deed; come thou, putte thin hoond on her, that sche be saaf, and lyue.

And he wente forth with hym, and myche puple suede hym, and thruste hym.

And a womman hadde ben in the blodi fluxe twelue yeer,

and hadde resseyued many thingis of ful many lechis, and hadde spendid al hir good, and was nothing amendid, but was rather the wors, whanne sche hadde herd of Jhesu,

sche cam among the puple bihynde, and touchide his cloth.

For sche seide, That if Y touche yhe his cloth, Y schal be saaf.

And anoon the welle of hir blood was dried vp, and sche felide in bodi that sche was heelid of the siknesse.

And anoon Jhesus knewe in hym silf the vertu that was goon out of hym, and turnede to the puple, and seide, Who touchide my clothis?

And hise disciplis seiden to hym, Thou seest the puple thristynge thee, and seist, Who touchide me?

And Jhesus lokide aboute to se hir that hadde don this thing.

And the womman dredde, and quakide, witynge that it was doon in hir, and cam, and felde doun bifor hym, and seide to hym al the treuthe.

And Jhesus seide to hyr, Douytir, thi feith hath maad thee saaf; go in pees, and he thou hool of thi sijknesse.

Yit while he spak, messangeris camen to the prince of the synagoge, and seien, Thi douytir is deed; what traueilist thou the maistir ferther?

But whanne the word was herd that was seid, Jhesus seide to the prince of the synagoge, Nyle thou drede, oonli bileue thou.

And he took no man to sue hym, but Petir, and James, and Joon, the brother of James.

And thei camen in to the hous of the prince of the synagoge. And he saie noyse, and men wepynge and weilynge myche.

And he yede ynne, and seide to hem, What ben ye troublid, and wepen? The damesel is not deed, but slepith.

And thei scorneden hym. But whanne alle weren put out, he takith the fadir and the modir of the damesel, and hem that weren with hym, and thei entren, where the damysel laye.

And he helde the hoond of the damesel, and seide to hir, Tabita, cumy, that is to seie, Damysel, Y seie to thee, arise.

And anoon the damysel roos, and walkide; and sche was of twelue yeer. And thei weren abaischid with a greet stonying. And he comaundide to hem greetli, that no man schulde wite it.

And he comaundide to yyue hir mete.

And he yede out fro thennus, and wente in to his owne cuntre; and hise disciplis folewiden him.