|
|
| [1]And it came to passe, that when Iesus had made an ende of commaundyng his twelue disciples, he departed thence to teache and to preache in their cities |
[No book] |
| [2]When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him |
[No book] |
| [3]Art thou he that shoulde come? or do we loke for another |
[No book] |
| [4]Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them: Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene |
[No book] |
| [5]The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell |
[No book] |
| [6]And happy is he that is not offended in me |
[No book] |
| [7]And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde |
[No book] |
| [8]Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft [clothyng] are in kinges houses |
[No book] |
| [9]But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete |
[No book] |
| [10]For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee |
[No book] |
| [11]Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he |
[No book] |
| [12]From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it [vnto them. |
[No book] |
| [13]For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn |
[No book] |
| [14]And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come |
[No book] |
| [15]He that hath eares to heare, let him heare |
[No book] |
| [16]But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes |
[No book] |
| [17]And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed |
[No book] |
| [18]For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil |
[No book] |
| [19]The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an [vnmeasurable] drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children |
[No book] |
| [20]Then began he to vpbrayd the cities which most of his mightie workes were done in, because they repented not |
[No book] |
| [21]Wo vnto thee Chorazin, wo vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were shewed in you had ben done in Tyre or Sidon, they had repented long ago in sackcloth and asshes |
[No book] |
| [22]Neuerthelesse I say vnto you, it shalbe easier for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you |
[No book] |
| [23]And thou Capernaum, which art lift vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: For if the mightie workes which haue ben done in thee had ben done among them of Sodome, they had remayned vntyll this day |
[No book] |
| [24]Neuerthelesse, I say vnto you, that it shalbe easier for the lande of Sodome in the day of iudgement, then for thee |
[No book] |
| [25]At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes |
[No book] |
| [26]Euen so [it is] O father, for so was it thy good pleasure |
[No book] |
| [27]All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him |
[No book] |
| [28]Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you |
[No book] |
| [29]Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules |
[No book] |
| [30]For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght |
[No book] |