The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

and when the sunne was vp it cauht heet and for lake of rotynge wyddred awaye.

Some fell amonge thornes and the thornes sproge vp and chooked it.

Parte fell in good ground and brought forth good frute: some an hundred fold some sixtie fold some thyrty folde.

Whosoever hath eares to heare let him heare.

And the disciples came and sayde to him: Why speakest thou to the in parables?

He answered and sayde vnto them: it is geve vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heven but to the it is not geve

For whosoever hath to him shall be geven: and he shall have aboundance. But whosoever hath not: from hym shalbe takyn awaye even that he hath.

Therfore speake I to them in similitudes: for though they se they se not: and hearinge they heare not: nether vnderstonde.

And in them is fulfilled the Prophesie of Esayas which prophesie sayth: with the eares ye shall heare and shall not vnderstonde and with the eyes ye shall se and shall not perceave.

For this peoples hertes are wexed grosse and their eares were dull of herynge and their eyes have they closed lest they shulde se with their eyes and heare with their eares and shuld vnderstonde with their hertes and shuld tourne that I myght heale them.

But blessed are youre eyes for they se: and youre eares for they heare.

Verely I say vnto you that many Prophetes and perfaicte me have desired to se tho thinges which ye se and have not sene the: and to heare tho thinges which ye heare and have not herde the.

Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower.

Whosoever heareth the worde of the kingdome and vnderstondeth it not ther cometh the evyll man and catcheth awaye that which was sowne in his hert. And this is he which was sowne by the wayesyde.

But he that was sowne in the stony grounde is he which heareth the worde of God and anone with ioye receaveth it

yet hath he no rottes in him selfe and therfore dureth but a season: for assone as tribulacion or persecucion aryseth because of the worde by and by he falleth.

He that was sowne amonge thornes is he that heareth the worde of God: but the care of this worlde and the dissaytfulnes of ryches choke the worde and so is he made vnfrutfull.

He which is sowne in the good grounde is he that heareth the worde and vnderstodeth it which also bereth frute and bringeth forth some an hundred folde some sixtie folde and some thirty folde.

Another similitude put he forth vnto the sayinge: The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto a man which sowed good seed in his felde.

But whyll men slepte ther came his foo and sowed tares amonge the wheate and wet his waye.

When the blade was spronge vp and had brought forth frute the appered the tares also.

The servaunts came to the housholder and sayde vnto him: Syr sowedest not thou good seed in thy closse from whence the hath it tares?

He sayde to the the envious man hath done this. Then the servauntes sayde vnto him: wilt thou then that we go and gader them?

But he sayde nay lest whill ye go aboute to wede out the tares ye plucke vppe also with them the wheate by the rottes:

let bothe growe to gether tyll harvest come and in tyme of harvest I wyll saye to the repers gather ye fyrst the tares and bind the in sheves to be bret: but gather the wheete into my barne.

Another parable he put forthe vnto the sayinge. The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto a grayne of mustard seed which a man taketh and soweth in his felde

which is the leest of all seedes. But when it is groune it is the greatest amonge yerbes and it is a tree: so that the bryddes of the ayer come and bylde in the brauches of it.

Another similitude sayde he to them. The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto leve which a woman taketh and hydeth in .iii. peckes of meele tyll all be levended.

All these thynge spake Iesus vnto the people by similitudes and with oute similitudes spake he nothinge to them

to fulfyll that which was spoke by the Prophet sayinge: I wyll open my mouth in similitudes and wyll speake forth thinges which have bene kepte secrete from the begynninge of the worlde.

Then sent Iesus the people awaye and came to housse. And his disciples came vnto him sayinge: declare vnto vs the similitude of the tares of the felde.

Then answered he and sayde to them. He that soweth the good seed is the sonne of man.

And the felde is the worlde. And the chyldre of the kingdome they are the good seed. And the tares are the chyldren of the wicked.

And the enemye that soweth the is the devell. The harvest is the end of the worlde. And the repers be the angels.

For even as the tares are gaddred and bret in the fyre: so shall it be in the ende of this worlde.

The sonne of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thinges that offende and them which do iniquite

and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylynge and gnasshing of teth.

Then shall the iuste men shyne as bryght as the sunne in the kyngdome of their father. Whosoever hath eares to heare let him heare.

Agayne the kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto treasure hidde in the felde the which a man fyndeth and hideth: and for ioy therof goeth and selleth all that he hath and byeth that felde.

Agayne the kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto a marchaunt that seketh good pearles

which when he had founde one precious pearle wet and solde all that he had and bought it.

Agayne the kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto a neet cast into the see that gadereth of all kyndes of fysshes:

which when it is full men drawe to londe and sitte and gadre the good into vessels and cast the bad awaye.

So shall it be at the ende of the worlde. The angels shall come oute and sever the bad from the good

and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre: there shalbe waylinge and gnasshynge of teth.

Iesus sayde vnto them: vnderstonde ye all these thynges? They sayde ye Lorde.

Then sayde he vnto them: Therfore every scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heven is lyke an housholder which bryngeth forth out of hys treasure thynges bothe new and olde.

And it came to passe when Iesus had finisshed these similitudes that he departed thece

and came in to his awne countre and taught them in their synagoges in so moche that they were astonyed and sayde: whence cometh all this wysdome and power vnto him?

Is not this the carpeters sonne? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren be called Iames and Ioses and Simon and Iudas?

And are not his susters all here with vs? Whence hath he all these thynge.

And they were offended by him. The Iesus sayd to the a Prophet is not with out honoure save in hys awne countre and amonge his awne kynne.

And he dyd not many miracles there for there vnbelefes sake.

At that tyme Herod the tetrarcha hearde of the fame of Iesu

and sayde vnto his servautes: This is Ihon the baptist. He is risen agayne from deeth and therfore are soche myracles wrought by him.

For Herod had taken Ihon and bounde him and put him in preson for Herodias sake his brother Philips wyfe.

For Ihon sayde vnto him: That is not lawfull for the to have her.

And when he wold have put him to deeth he feared the people because they counted him as a prophet.

But when Herodes birth daye was come the doughter of Herodias daunsed before them and pleased Herod.

Wherfore he promised with an oth that he wolde geve hir whatsoever she wolde axe.

And she beinge informed of her mother before sayde: geve me here Ihon baptistes heed in a platter.

And the kynge sorowed. Neverthelesse for his othes sake and for their sakis which sate also at the table he commaunded that to be geven hir:

and sent and beheeded Ihon in the preson

and his heed was brought in a platter and geven to the damsell and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples came and toke vp his body and buryed it: and went and tolde Iesus.

When Iesus hearde that he departed thence by shippe in to a desert place out of the waye. And when the people had hearde therof they folowed him afote out of their cities.

And Iesus went forth and sawe moche people and his herte did melte vpon them and he healed of them those that were sicke.

When even was come his disciples came to him sayinge. This is a deserte place and the daye is spent: let the people departe that they maye go into the tounes and bye them vytayllis.

But Iesus sayde vnto them. They have no neade to go awaye. Geve ye them to eate.

Then sayde they vnto him: we have here but .v. loves and two fysshes.

And he sayde: bringe the hyther to me.

And he commaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse: and toke the .v. loves and the .ii. fysshes and loked vp to heven and blessed and brake and gave the loves to his disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.

And they dyd all eate and were suffised. And they gadered vp of the gobbetes that remayned vii. basketes full.

And they that ate werein nobre about .v.M. men besyde wemen and chyldren.

And strayght waye Iesus made his disciples enter into a shippe and to goo over before him whill he sent the people awaye.

And assone as he had sent the people awaye he went vp into a moutayne alone to praye. And when nyght was come he was there him silf alone.

And the shippe was now in the middes of the see and was toost with waves for it was a cotrary wynde.

In the fourthe watche of the night Iesus came vnto them walkynge on the see.

And when his disciples sawe him walkynge on the see they were troubled sayinge: it is some spirite and cryed out for feare.

And streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayinge: be of god cheare it is I be not afrayed.

Peter answered him and sayde: master if thou be he bid me come vnto the on the water.

And he sayde come. And when Peter was come doune out of the shippe he walked on the water to go to Iesus.

But when he sawe a myghty wynde he was afrayed. And as he beganne to synke he cryed sayinge: master save me.

And immediatly Iesus stretched forth his hode and caught him and sayde to him: O thou of lytell faith wherfore diddest thou dout?

And assone as they were come in to the shippe the wynde ceassed.

Then they that were in the shippe came and worshipped him sayinge: of a truth thou arte the sonne of God.

And when they were come over they went in to the londe of Genazareth.

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him they sent out in to all that countre rounde about and brought vnto him all that were sicke

and besought him that they myght touche the hemme of his vesture only. And as many as touched it were made safe.

Then came to Iesus scribes and pharises from Ierusalem sayinge:

why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicions of the elders? for they wesshe not their hondes when they eate breed.

He answered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundment of God thorowe youre tradicions?

For God commaunded sayinge: honoure thy father and mother and he that cursseth father or mother shall suffer deeth.

But ye saye every man shall saye to his father or mother: That which thou desyrest of me to helpe the with: is geven God:

and so shall he not honoure his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made that the commaundment of God is with out effecte through youre tradicions.

Ypocrites well prophesyed of you Esay sayinge:

This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouthes and honoureth me with their lippes howbe it their hertes are farre from me:

but in vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctrines whiche are nothing but mens precepts.

And he called the people vnto him and sayde to them: heare and vnderstande.

That which goeth into the mouth defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth defyleth the man.