The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

and the brothir suynge took hir, and he is deed with outen sone;

and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften not seed, but ben deed;

and the laste of alle the womman is deed.

Therfor in the `risyng ayen, whos wijf of hem schal sche be? for seuene hadden hir to wijf.

And Jhesus seide to hem, Sones of this world wedden, and ben youun to weddyngis;

but thei that schulen be had worthi of that world, and of the `risyng ayen fro deeth, nethir ben wedded,

nethir wedden wyues, nethir schulen mowe die more; for thei ben euen with aungels, and ben the sones of God, sithen thei ben the sones of `risyng ayen fro deeth.

And that deed men risen ayen, also Moises schewide bisidis the busch, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob.

And God is not of deed men, but of lyuynge men; for alle men lyuen to hym.

And summe of scribis answeringe, seiden, Maistir, thou hast wel seid.

And thei dursten no more axe hym ony thing.

But he seide to hem, How seien men, Crist to be the sone of Dauid,

and Dauid hym silf seith in the book of Salmes, The Lord seide to my lord, Sitte thou on my riythalf,

til that Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet?

Therfor Dauid clepith hym lord, and hou is he his sone?

And in heryng of al the puple, he seide to hise disciplis,

Be ye war of scribis, that wolen wandre in stolis, and louen salutaciouns in chepyng, and the firste chaieris in synagogis, and the firste sittynge placis in feestis;

that deuouren the housis of widewis, and feynen long preiyng; these schulen take the more dampnacioun.

And he biheeld, and saye tho riche men, that casten her yiftis in to the treserie;

but he saye also a litil pore widewe castynge twei ferthingis.

And he seide, Treuli Y seie to you, that this pore widewe keste more than alle men.

For whi alle these of thing that was plenteuouse to hem casten in to the yiftis of God; but this widewe of that thing that failide to hir, caste al hir liflode, that sche hadde.

And whanne sum men seiden of the temple, that it was apparailid with gode stoonus and yiftis,

he seide, These thingis that ye seen, daies schulen come, in whiche a stoon schal not be left on a stoon, which schal not be destried.

And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Comaundour, whanne schulen these thingis be? and what tokne schal be, whanne thei schulen bigynne to be don?

And he seide, Se ye, that ye be not disseyued; for many schulen come in my name, seiynge, For Y am, and the tyme schal neiye; therfor nyle ye go aftir hem.

And whanne ye schulen here batailis and stryues with ynne, nyle ye be aferd; it bihoueth first these thingis to be don, but not yit anoon is an ende.

Thanne he seide to hem, Folk schal rise ayens folk, and rewme ayens rewme;

grete mouyngis of erthe schulen be bi placis, and pestilencis, and hungris, and dredis fro heuene, and grete tokenes schulen be.

But bifore alle these thingis thei schulen sette her hoondis on you, and schulen pursue, bitakynge in to synagogis and kepyngis, drawynge to kyngis and to iusticis, for my name;

but it schal falle to you in to witnessyng.

Therfor putte ye in youre hertis, not to thenke bifore, hou ye schulen answere; for Y schal yyue to you mouth and wisdom,

to whiche alle youre aduersaries schulen not mowe ayenstonde, and ayenseie.

And ye schulen be takun of fadir, and modir, and britheren, and cosyns, and freendis, and bi deeth thei schulen turmente of you;

and ye schulen be in haate to alle men for my name.

And an heere of youre heed schal not perische;

in youre pacience ye schulen welde youre soulis.

But whanne ye schulen se Jerusalem ben enuyround with an oost, thanne wite ye, that the desolacioun of it schal neiye.

Thanne thei that ben in Judee, fle to the mountans; and thei that ben in the mydil of it, gon awei; and thei that ben in the cuntreis, entre not in to it.

For these ben daies of veniaunce, that alle thingis that ben writun, be fulfillid.

And wo to hem, that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies; for a greet diseese schal be on the erthe, and wraththe to this puple.

And thei schulen falle bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and thei schulen be led prisoneris in to alle folkis; and Jerusalem schal be defoulid of hethene men, til the tymes of naciouns be fulfillid.

And tokenes schulen be in the sunne, and the mone, and in the sterris; and in the erthe ouerleiyng of folkis, for confusioun of sown of the see and of floodis;

for men schulen wexe drye for drede and abidyng that schulen come to al the world; for vertues of heuenes schulen be mouyd.

And thanne thei schulen se mannys sone comynge in a cloude, with greet power and maieste.

And whanne these thingis bigynnen to be maad, biholde ye, and reise ye youre heedis, for youre redempcioun neiyeth.

And he seide to hem a liknesse, Se ye the fige tre, and alle trees,

whanne thei bryngen forth now of hem silf fruyt, ye witen that somer is nyy;

so ye, whanne ye seen these thingis to be don, wite ye, that the kyngdom of God is nyy.

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

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

But take ye heede to you silf, lest perauenture youre hertis be greuyd with glotony, and drunkenesse, and bisynessis of this lijf, and thilke dai come sodein on you; for as a snare it schal come on alle men,

that sitten on the face of al erthe.

Therfor wake ye, preiynge in ech tyme, that ye be hadde worthi to fle alle these thingis that ben to come, and to stonde bifor mannus sone.

And in daies he was techynge in the temple, but in nyytis he yede out, and dwellide in the mount, that is clepid of Olyuet.

And al the puple roos eerli, to come to hym in the temple, and to here hym.

And the halidai of therf looues, that is seid pask, neiyede.

And the princis of preestis and the scribis souyten, hou thei schulden sle Jhesu, but thei dredden the puple.

And Sathanas entride in to Judas, that was clepid Scarioth, oon of the twelue.

And he wente, and spak with the princis of preestis, and with the magistratis, hou he schulde bitray hym to hem.

And thei ioyeden, and maden couenaunt to yyue hym money.

And he bihiyte, and he souyte oportunyte, to bitraye hym, with outen puple.

But the daies of therf looues camen, in whiche it was neede, that the sacrifice of pask were slayn.

And he sente Petre and Joon, and seide, Go ye, and make ye redi to vs the pask, that we ete.

And thei seiden, Where wolt thou, that we make redi?

And he seide to hem, Lo! whanne ye schulen entre in to the citee, a man berynge a vessel of watir schal meete you; sue ye hym in to the hous, in to which he entrith.

And ye schulen seie to the hosebonde man of the hous, The maister seith to thee, Where is a chaumbre, where Y schal ete the pask with my disciplis?

And he schal schewe to you a greet soupyng place strewid, and there make ye redi.

And thei yeden, and founden as he seide to hem, and thei maden redi the pask.

And whanne the our was come, he sat to the mete, and the twelue apostlis with hym.

And he seide to hem, With desier Y haue desirid to ete with you this pask, bifor that Y suffre;

for Y seie to you, that fro this tyme Y schal not ete it, til it be fulfillid in the rewme of God.

And whanne he hadde take the cuppe, he dide gracis, and seide, Take ye, and departe ye among you;

for Y seie to you, that Y schal not drynke of the kynde of this vyne, til the rewme of God come.

And whanne he hadde take breed, he dide thankyngis, and brak, and yaf to hem, and seide, This is my bodi, that schal be youun for you; do ye this thing in mynde of me.

He took also the cuppe, aftir that he hadde soupid, and seide, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood, that schal be sched for you.

Netheles lo! the hoond of hym that bitraieth me, is with me at the table.

And mannus sone goith, `aftir that it is determyned; netheles wo to that man, bi whom he schal be bitraied.

And thei bigunnen to seke among hem, who it was of hem, that was to do this thing.

And strijf was maad among hem, which of hem schulde be seyn to be grettest.

But he seide to hem, Kyngis of hethen men ben lordis of hem, and thei that han power on hem ben clepid good doeris, but ye not so;

but he that is grettest among you, be maad as yongere, and he that is bifor goere, as a seruaunt.

For who is gretter, he that sittith at the mete, or he that mynystrith? whether not he that sittith at the mete? And Y am in the myddil of you, as he that mynystrith.

And ye ben, that han dwellid with me in my temptaciouns; and Y dispose to you,

as my fadir hath disposid to me,

a rewme, that ye ete and drynke on my boord in my rewme, and sitte on trones, and deme the twelue kynredis of Israel.

And the Lord seide to Symount, Symount, lo, Satanas hath axid you, that he schulde ridile as whete; but Y haue preyede for thee,

that thi feith faile not; and thou sum tyme conuertid, conferme thi britheren.

Which seide to hym, Lord, Y am redi to go in to prisoun and in to deeth with thee.

And he seide, Y seie to thee, Petir, the cok schal not crowe to dai, til thou thries forsake that thou knowist me.

And he seide to hem, Whanne Y sente you with outen sachel, and scrippe, and schone, whether ony thing failide to you?

And thei seiden, No thing. Therfor he seide to hem, But now he that hath a sachel, take also and a scrippe; and he that hath noon, selle his coote, and bigge a swerd.

For Y seie to you, that yit it bihoueth that thing that is writun to be fulfillid in me, And he is arettid with wickid men; for tho thingis that ben of me han ende.

And thei seiden, Lord, lo! twei swerdis here. And he seide to hem, It is ynowy.

And he yede out, and wente aftir the custom in to the hille of Olyues; and the disciplis sueden hym.

And whanne he cam to the place, he seide to hem, Preye ye, lest ye entren in to temptacioun.

And he was taken awei fro hem, so myche as is a stonys cast; and he knelide,

and preyede, and seide, Fadir, if thou wolt, do awei this cuppe fro me; netheles not my wille be don, but thin.

And an aungel apperide to hym fro heuene, and coumfortide hym. And he was maad in agonye, and preyede the lenger;

and his swot was maad as dropis of blood rennynge doun in to the erthe.