The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And he foond in the temple men sillynge oxun, and scheep, and culueris, and chaungeris sittynge.

And whanne he hadde maad as it were a scourge of smale cordis, he droof out alle of the temple, and oxun, and scheep; and he schedde the money of chaungeris, and turnede vpsedoun the boordis.

And he seide to hem that selden culueris, Take awei fro hennus these thingis, and nyle ye make the hous of my fadir an hous of marchaundise.

And hise disciplis hadden mynde, for it was writun, The feruent loue of thin hous hath etun me.

Therfor the Jewis answeriden, and seiden to hym, What token schewist thou to vs, that thou doist these thingis?

Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, Vndo ye this temple, and in thre daies Y schal reise it.

Therfor the Jewis seiden to hym, In fourti and sixe yeer this temple was bildid, and schalt thou in thre daies reise it?

But he seide of the temple of his bodi.

Therfor whanne he was risun fro deeth, hise disciplis hadden mynde, that he seide these thingis of his bodi; and thei bileueden to the scripture, and to the word that Jhesus seide.

And whanne Jhesus was at Jerusalem in pask, in the feeste dai, many bileueden in his name, seynge his signes that he dide.

But Jhesus trowide not hym silf to hem, for he knewe alle men;

and for it was not nede to hym, that ony man schulde bere witnessyng, for he wiste, what was in man.

And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of the Jewis.

And he cam to Jhesu bi niyt, and seide to hym, Rabi, we witen, that thou art comun fro God maister; for no man may do these signes, that thou doist, but God be with hym.

Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.

Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen?

Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God.

`That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit.

Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.

The spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus he cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit.

Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don?

Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?

Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, for we speken that that we witen, and we witnessen that that we han seyn, and ye taken not oure witnessyng.

If Y haue seid to you ertheli thingis, and ye bileuen not, hou if Y seie to you heueneli thingis, schulen ye bileue?

And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene.

And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,

that ech man that bileueth in hym, perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

For God sente not his sone in to the world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be saued bi him.

He that bileueth in hym, is not demed; but he that bileueth not, is now demed, for he bileueth not in the name of the `oon bigetun sone of God.

And this is the dom, for liyt cam in to the world, and men loueden more derknessis than liyt; for her werkes weren yuele.

For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.

But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liyt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God.

Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside.

And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.

And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.

Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.

And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hym, Maister, he that was with thee biyonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun witnessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym.

Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.

Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.

He that hath a wijf, is the hosebonde; but the freend of the spouse that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid.

It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.

He that cam from aboue, is aboue alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that cometh from heuene, is aboue alle.

And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing.

But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.

But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.

The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath youun alle thingis in his hoond.

He that bileueth in the sone, hath euerlastynge lijf; but he that is vnbileueful to the sone, schal not se euerlastynge lijf, but the wraththe of God dwellith on hym.

Therfor as Jhesu knew, that the Farisees herden, that Jhesu makith and baptisith mo disciplis than Joon,

thouy Jhesus baptiside not, but hise disciplis, he lefte Judee,

and wente ayen in to Galilee.

And it bihofte hym to passe bi Samarie.

Therfor Jhesus cam in to a citee of Samarie, that is seid Sicar, bisidis the place, that Jacob yaf to Joseph, his sone.

And the welle of Jacob was there; and Jhesus was weri of the iourney, and sat thus vpon the welle. And the our was, as it were the sixte.

And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Yyue me drynk.

And hise disciplis weren gon in to the citee, to bie mete.

Therfor thilke womman of Samarie seith to him, Hou thou, `whanne thou art a Jewe, axist of me drynk, that am a womman of Samarie? for Jewis vsiden not to dele with Samaritans.

Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, If thou wistist the yifte of God, and who `he is, that seith to thee, Yyue me drynk, thou perauenture woldist haue axid of hym, and he schulde haue youun to thee quyk watir.

The womman seith to him, Sire, thou hast not where ynne to drawe, and the pit is deep; wherof thanne hast thou quik watir?

Whethir thou art grettere than oure fadir Jacob, that yaf to vs the pit? and he drank therof, and hise sones, and hise beestis.

Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, Eche man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste efte soone; but he that drynkith of the watir that Y schal yyue hym, schal not thirste with outen ende; but the watir that Y schal yyue hym,

schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf.

The womman seith to hym, Sire, yyue me this watir, that Y thirste not, nether come hidur to drawe.

Jhesus seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hosebonde, and come hidir.

The womman answerde, and seide, Y haue noon hosebonde. Jhesus seith to hir, Thou seidist wel, That Y haue noon hosebonde;

for thou hast hadde fyue hosebondis, and he that thou hast, is not thin hosebonde. This thing thou seidist sotheli.

The womman seith to hym, Lord, Y se, that thou art a prophete.

Oure fadris worschipiden in this hil, and ye seien, that at Jerusalem is a place, where it bihoueth to worschipe.

Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, bileue thou to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nethir in Jerusalem, ye schulen worschipe the fadir.

Ye worschipen that ye knowen not; we worschipen that that we knowen; for helthe is of the Jewis.

But the tyme is comun, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen worschipe the fadir in spirit and treuthe; for also the fadir sekith suche, that worschipen hym.

God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen hym, to worschipe in spirit and treuthe.

The womman seith to hym, Y woot that Messias is comun, that is seid Crist; therfor whanne he cometh, he schal telle vs alle thingis.

Jhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee.

And anoon hise disciplis camen, and wondriden, that he spak with the womman; netheles no man seide to hym, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir?

Therfor the womman lefte hir watir pot, and wente in to the citee, and seide to tho men,

Come ye, and se ye a man, that seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don; whether he be Crist?

And thei wenten out of the citee, and camen to hym.

In the mene while hise disciplis preieden hym, and seiden, Maistir, ete.

But he seide to hem, Y haue mete to ete, that ye knowen not.

Therfor disciplis seiden togidir, Whether ony man hath brouyt him mete to ete?

Jhesus seith to hem, My mete is, that Y do the wille of hym that sente me, that Y perfourme the werk of hym.

Whether ye seien not, that yit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! Y seie to you, lifte vp youre iyen, and se ye the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe.

And he that repith takith hire, and gaderith fruyt in to euerlastynge lijf; that bothe he that sowith, and he that repith, haue ioye togidere.

In this thing is the word trewe, for anothir is that sowith, and anothir that repith.

Y sente you to repe, that that ye `haue not trauelid; `othere men han trauelid, and ye han entrid `in to her trauels.

And of that citee many Samaritans bileueden in hym, for the word of the womman, that bare witnessyng, That he seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don.

Therfor whanne Samaritans camen to hym, thei preieden hym to dwelle there; and he dwelte there twey daies.

And many mo bileueden for his word,

and seiden to the womman, That now not for thi speche we bileuen; for we han herd, and we witen, that this is verili the sauyour of the world.

And aftir twei daies he wente out fro thennus, and wente in to Galilee.

And he bar witnessyng, that a profete in his owne cuntre hath noon onour.

Therfor whanne he cam in to Galilee, men of Galilee resseyueden hym, whanne thei hadden seyn alle thingis that he hadde don in Jerusalem in the feeste dai; for also thei hadden comun to the feeste dai.

Therfor he cam eftsoone in to the Cane of Galile, where he made the watir wiyn. And `a litil kyng was, whos sone was sijk at Cafarnaum.

Whanne this hadde herd, that Jhesu schulde come fro Judee in to Galilee, he wente to hym, and preiede hym, that he schulde come doun, and heele his sone; for he bigan to die.

Therfor Jhesus seide to him, But ye se tokenes and grete wondris, ye bileuen not.

The litil kyng seith to hym, Lord, come doun, bifor that my sone die.

Jhesus seith to hym, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuede to the word, that Jhesus seide to hym, and he wente.

And now whanne he cam doun, the seruauntis camen ayens hym, and telden to hym, and seiden, That his sone lyuede.

And he axide of hem the our, in which he was amendid. And thei seiden to hym, For yistirdai in the seuenthe our the feuer lefte him.