The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

For Dauid hym silf seide in the Hooli Goost, the Lord seide to my lord, Sitte on my riythalf, til Y putte thin enemyes the stool of thi feet.

Thanne Dauid hym silf clepith him lord, hou thanne is he his sone? And myche puple gladli herde hym.

And he seide to hem in his techyng, Be ye war of scribis, that wolen wandre in stolis,

and be salutid in chepyng, and sitte in synagogis in the firste chaieris, and the firste sittyng placis in soperis;

whiche deuouren the housis of widewis vndur colour of long preier; thei schulen take the longer doom.

And Jhesus sittynge ayens the tresorie, bihelde hou the puple castide monei in to the tresorie; and many riche men castiden many thingis.

But whanne a pore widewe was comun, sche keste two mynutis, that is, a ferthing.

And he clepide togidere hise disciplis, and seide to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, that this pore widewe keste more thanne alle, that kesten in to the tresorie.

For alle kesten of that thing that thei hadden plente of; but this of her pouert keste alle thingis that sche hadde, al hir lyuelode.

And whanne he wente out of the temple, oon of hise disciplis seide to hym, Maister, biholde, what maner stoonys, and what maner bildyngis.

And Jhesu answeride, and seide to hym, Seest thou alle these grete bildingis? ther schal not be left a stoon on a stoon, which schal not be distried.

And whanne he sat in the mount of Olyues ayens the temple, Petir and James and Joon and Andrew axiden hym bi hem silf,

Seie thou to vs, whanne these thingis schulen be don, and what tokene schal be, whanne alle these thingis schulen bigynne to be endid.

And Jhesus answeride, and bigan to seie to hem, Loke ye, that no man disseyue you;

for manye schulen come in my name, seiynge, That Y am; and thei schulen disseyue manye.

And whanne ye here batels and opynyouns of batels, drede ye not; for it bihoueth these thingis to be doon, but not yit anoon is the ende.

For folk schal rise on folk, and rewme on rewme, and erthe mouyngis and hungur schulen be bi placis; these thingis schulen be bigynnyngis of sorewis.

But se ye you silf, for thei schulen take you in counsels, and ye schulen be betun in synagogis; and ye schulen stonde bifor kyngis and domesmen for me, in witnessyng to hem.

And it bihoueth, that the gospel be first prechid among al folk.

And whanne thei taken you, and leden you forth, nyle ye bifore thenke what ye schulen speke, but speke ye that thing that schal be youun to you in that our; for ye ben not the spekeris, but the Hooli Goost.

For a brother schal bitake the brother in to deth, and the fadir the sone, and sones schulen rise togider ayens fadris and modris, and punysche hem bi deeth.

And ye schulen be in hate to alle men for my name; but he that lastith in to the ende, schal be saaf.

But whanne ye schulen se the abhomynacioun of discoumfort, stondynge where it owith not; he that redith, vndurstonde; thanne thei that be in Judee, fle `in to hillis.

And he that is aboue the roof, come not doun in to the hous, nethir entre he, to take ony thing of his hous;

and he that schal be in the feeld, turne not ayen bihynde to take his cloth.

But wo to hem that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies.

Therfor preye ye, that thei be not don in wyntir.

But thilke daies of tribulacioun schulen be suche, whiche maner weren not fro the bigynnyng of creature, which God hath maad, til now, nethir schulen be.

And but the Lord hadde abredgide tho daies, al fleische hadde not be saaf; but for the chosun whiche he chees, the Lord hath maad schort the daies.

And thanne if ony man seie to you, Lo! here is Crist, lo! there, bileue ye not.

For false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, and schulen yyue tokenes and wondris, to disseyue, if it may be don, yhe, hem that be chosun.

Therfor take ye kepe; lo! Y haue bifor seid to you alle thingis.

But in tho daies, aftir that tribulacioun, the sunne schal be maad derk, and the moon schal not yyue hir liyt,

and the sterris of heuene schulen falle doun, and the vertues that ben in heuenes, schulen be moued.

And thanne thei schulen se mannus sone comynge in cloudis of heuene, with greet vertu and glorie.

And thanne he schal sende hise aungelis, and schal geder hise chosun fro the foure wyndis, fro the hiyest thing of erthe til to the hiyest thing of heuene.

But of the fige tree lerne ye the parable. Whanne now his braunche is tendre, and leeues ben sprongun out, ye knowen that somer is nyy.

So whanne ye seen these thingis be don, wite ye, that it is nyy in the doris.

Treuli Y seie to you, that this generacioun schal not passe awei, til alle these thingis be don.

Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.

But of that dai or our no man woot, nether aungels in heuene, nether the sone, but the fadir.

Se ye, wake ye, and preie ye; for ye witen not, whanne the tyme is.

For as a man that is gon fer in pilgrimage, lefte his hous, and yaf to his seruauntis power of euery work, and comaundide to the porter, that he wake.

Therfor wake ye, for ye witen not, whanne the lord of the hous cometh, in the euentide, or at mydnyyt, or at cockis crowyng, or in the mornyng;

leste whanne he cometh sodenli, he fynde you slepynge.

Forsothe that that Y seie to you, Y seie to alle, Wake ye.

Pask and the feest of therf looues was after twei daies. And the hiyest preestis and scribis souyten, hou thei schulden holde hym with gile, and sle.

But thei seiden, Not in the feeste dai, lest perauenture a noyse were maad among the puple.

And whanne he was at Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous, and restide, a womman cam, that hadde a boxe of alabastre of precious oynement spikenard; and whanne the boxe of alabastre was brokun, sche helde it on his heed.

But there weren summe that beren it heuyli with ynne hem silf, and seiden, Wher to is this losse of oynement maad?

For this oynement myyte haue be seld more than for thre hundrid pens, and be youun to pore men. And thei groyneden ayens hir.

But Jhesus seide, Suffre ye hir; what be ye heuy to hir? sche hath wrouyt a good werk in me.

For euermore ye schulen haue pore men with you, and whanne ye wolen, ye moun do wel to hem; but ye schulen not euer more haue me.

Sche dide that that sche hadde; sche cam bifore to anoynte my bodi in to biriyng.

Treuli Y seie to you, where euer this gospel be prechid in al the world, and that that `this womman hath don, schal be told in to mynde of hym.

And Judas Scarioth, oon of the twelue, wente to the hiyest prestis, to bitraye hym to hem.

And thei herden, and ioyeden, and bihiyten to yyue hym money. And he souyt hou he schulde bitraye hym couenabli.

And the firste dai of therf looues, whanne thei offriden pask, the disciplis seyn to hym, Whidir `wilt thou that we go, and make redi to thee, that thou ete the pask?

And he sendith tweyn of hise disciplis, and seith to hem, Go ye in to the citee, and a man berynge a galoun of watir schal meete you; sue ye hym.

And whidur euer he entrith, seie ye to the lord of the hous, That the maister seith, Where is myn etynge place, where Y schal ete pask with my disciplis?

And he schal schewe to you a grete soupyng place arayed, and there make ye redi to vs.

And hise disciplis wenten forth, and camen in to the citee, and founden as he hadde seid to hem; and thei maden redy the pask.

And whanne the euentid was come, he cam with the twelue.

And whanne thei saten `at the mete, and eeten, Jhesus seide, Treuli Y seie to you, that oon of you that etith with me, schal bitray me.

And thei bigunnen to be sori, and to seie to hym, ech bi hem silf, Whether Y?

Which seide to hem, Oon of twelue that puttith the hoond with me in the platere.

And sotheli mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, by whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed. It were good to hym, yf thilke man hadde not be borun.

And while thei eeten, Jhesus took breed, and blessid, and brak, and yaf to hem, and seide, Take ye; this is my bodi.

And whanne he hadde take the cuppe, he dide thankyngis, and yaf to hem, and alle dronken therof.

And he seide to hem, This is my blood of the newe testament, which schal be sched for many.

Treuli Y seye to you, for now Y schal not drynke of this fruyt of vyne, in to that dai whane Y schal drynke it newe in the rewme of God.

And whanne the ympne was seid, thei wenten out in to the hil of Olyues.

And Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ye schulen be sclaundrid in me in this nyyt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheepherde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be disparplid.

But aftir that Y schal rise ayen, Y schal go bifor you in to Galilee.

And Petir seide to hym, Thouy alle schulen be sclaundrid, but not Y.

And Jhesus seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to thee, that to dai bifore that the cok in this niyt crowe twies, thou schalt thries denye me.

But he seide more, Thouy it bihoueth, that Y die togider with thee, Y schal not forsake thee. And in lijk maner alle seiden.

And thei camen in to a place, whos name is Gethsamany. And he seide to hise disciplis, Sitte ye here, while Y preye.

And he took Petir and James and Joon with hym, and bigan to drede, and to be anoyed.

And he seide to hem, My soule is soreweful to the deeth; abide ye here, and wake ye with me.

And whanne he was gon forth a litil, he felde doun on the erthe, and preiede, that if it myyte be, that the our schulde passe fro hym.

And he seide, Abba, fadir, alle thingis ben possible to thee, bere ouer fro me this cuppe; but not that Y wole, but that thou wolt, be don.

And he cam, and foond hem slepynge. And he seide to Petir, Symount, slepist thou? myytist thou not wake with me oon our?

Wake ye, and `preie ye, that ye entre not in to temptacioun; for the spirit is redi, but the fleische is sijk.

And eftsoone he yede, and preiede, and seide the same word;

and turnede ayen eftsoone, and foond hem slepynge; for her iyen weren heuyed. And thei knewen not, what thei schulden answere to hym.

And he cam the thridde tyme, and seide to hem, Slepe ye now, and reste ye; it suffisith. The hour is comun; lo! mannus sone schal be bitraied in to the hondis of synful men.

Rise ye, go we; lo! he that schal bitraye me is nyy.

And yit while he spak, Judas Scarioth, oon of the twelue, cam, and with him miche puple with swerdis and staues, sent fro the hiyest prestis, and the scribis, and fro the eldre men.

And his traytour hadde youun to hem a tokene, and seide, Whom euer Y kisse, he it is; holde ye hym, and lede ye warli.

And whanne he cam, anoon he came to hym, and seide, Maistir; and he kisside hym.

And thei leiden hondis on hym, and helden hym.

But oon of the men that stoden aboute, drowy out a swerd, and smoot the seruaunt of the hiyest preest, and kittide of his eere.

And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, As to a theef ye han gon out with swerdis and staues, to take me?

Dai bi dai Y was among you, and tauyte in the temple, and ye helden not me; but that the scripturis be fulfillid.

Thanne alle hise disciplis forsoken hym, and fledden.

But a yong man, clothid with lynnun cloth on the bare, suede hym; and thei helden hym.

And he lefte the lynnyn clothing, and fleiy nakid awei fro hem.

And thei ledden Jhesu to the hiyest preest. And alle the prestis and scribis and eldere men camen togidir.

But Petir suede hym afer in to the halle of the hiyest preest. And he sat with the mynystris, and warmede hym at the fier.