9 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there be some men standing here, which shall not taste death^[a], till they see the realm of God coming in virtue.

² And after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and led them by themselves alone [and leadeth them by themselves alone] into an high hill; and he was transfigured before them.

³ And his clothes were made full shining and white as snow, which manner white clothes a fuller may not make on earth.^[b]

⁴ And Elias with Moses appeared to them, and they spake with Jesus. [And Elias with Moses appeared to them, and they were speaking with Jesus.]

⁵ And Peter answered, and said to Jesus, Master it is good us to be here [it good us for to be here]; and make we here three tabernacles, one to thee, one to Moses, and one to Elias.

⁶ For he knew not what he should say; for they were aghast by dread. [Soothly he wist not what he should say; for they were afeared by dread.]

⁷ And there was made a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud, and said [saying], This is my most dear-worthy Son, hear ye him.

⁸ And at once [And anon] they beheld about, and saw no more any man, but Jesus only with them.

⁹ And when they came down from the hill, he commanded them, that they should not tell to any man those things that they had seen, but when man's Son hath risen again from death [no but when man's Son hath risen from dead].

¹⁰ And they held the word at themselves, seeking what this should be, when he had risen again from death [when he hath risen from dead].

¹¹ And they asked him, and said [saying], What then say [the] Pharisees and [the] scribes, that it behooveth Elias to come first.

¹² And he answered, and said to them, When Elias cometh, he shall first restore all things [When Elias shall come first, he shall restore all things]; and as it is written of man's Son [and how it is written of man's Son], that he suffer many things, and be despised.

¹³ And I say to you [But I say to you], that [also] Elias is come, and they did to him whatever things they would, as it is written of him.

¹⁴ And he coming to his disciples, saw a great company about them, and [the] scribes disputing with them [and scribes asking with them].

¹⁵ And at once [And anon] all the people seeing Jesus, was astonished, and they dreaded; and they running [to,] greeted him.

¹⁶ And he asked them, What dispute ye among you [What seek ye among you]?

¹⁷ And one of the company answered, and said, Master, I have brought to thee my son, that hath a dumb spirit;

¹⁸ and where ever he taketh him, he hurtleth him down, and he foameth, and beateth together with teeth, and waxeth dry. And I said to thy disciples, that they should cast him out, and they might not.

¹⁹ And he answered to them, and said, A! thou generation out of belief^[c], how long shall I be among you, how long shall I suffer you? Bring ye him to me.

²⁰ And they brought him [to]. And when he had seen him, at once [anon] the spirit troubled him; and he was thrown down to the ground, and wallowed, and foamed [and he cast down into the earth, was wallowed foaming].

²¹ And he asked his father, How long is it, since this hath befallen to him [How much time is it, since this thing befelled to him]? And he said, From childhood;

²² and oft he hath put him into the fire, and into water, to destroy him^[d]; but if thou mayest any thing, help us, and have mercy on us.

²³ And Jesus said to him, If thou mayest believe, all things be possible to a man that believeth.

²⁴ And at once [And anon] the father of the child cried with tears, and said, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

²⁵ And when Jesus had seen the people running together, he menaced the unclean spirit, and said to him [saying to him], Thou deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, go out from him, and enter no more into him.

²⁶ And he crying, and much wrenching him, went out from him; and he was made as dead, so that many said, that he was dead.

²⁷ And Jesus held his hand, and lifted him up; and he rose.

²⁸ And when he had entered into an house, his disciples asked him privily, Why might not we cast him out?

²⁹ And he said to them, This kind in nothing may go out [This kind may not go out in any thing], but in prayer and fasting.

³⁰ And they went from thence, and went forth into Galilee; and they would not, that any man knew [and he would not that any man know].

³¹ And he taught his disciples, and said to them, For man's Son shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall slay him, and he slain shall rise again on the third day.

³² And they knew not the word, and dreaded to ask him.

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And when they were in the house, he asked them, What treated ye in the way?

³⁴ And they were still; for they disputed among them[selves] in the way, who of them should be [the] greatest.

³⁵ And he sat, and called the twelve, and said to them [and saith to them], If any man will be the first among you, he shall be the last of all, and the minister of all [and minister, or servant, of all].

³⁶ And he took a child, and set him in the middle of them [in the midst of them]; and when he had embraced him, he said to them,

³⁷ Whoever receiveth one of such children in my name [Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name], he receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, he receiveth not me alone, but him that sent me.

³⁸ John answered to him, and said [saying], Master, we saw one casting out fiends in thy name, which followeth not us, and we have forbidden him.

³⁹ And Jesus said, Do not ye forbid him; for there is no man that doeth a work of power in my name [that doeth virtue in my name], and may soon speak evil of me.

⁴⁰ [Forsooth] He that is not against us, is for us.

⁴¹ And whoever giveth you a cup of cold water to drink in my name [Soothly whoever shall give drink to you a cup of cold water in my name], for ye be of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his meed.

⁴² And whoever shall cause to stumble one of these little that believe in me, it were better to him that a millstone were done about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. [And whoever shall offend one of these little believing in me, it is good to him that a millstone of asses were done about his neck, and were sent into the sea.]

⁴³ And if thine hand cause thee to stumble, cut it away; it is better to thee to enter feeble into life, than have two hands, and go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched,^[e]

⁴⁴ where the worm of them dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

⁴⁵ And if thy foot cause thee to stumble [And if thy foot offend thee], cut it off; it is better to thee to enter crooked into everlasting life, than have two feet, and be sent into hell of fire, that never shall be quenched, [than having two feet to be sent into hell fire, unquenchable],

⁴⁶ where the worm of them dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

⁴⁷ That if thine eye cause thee to stumble [That if thine eye offend thee], cast it out; it is better to thee to enter goggle-eyed into the realm of God, than have two eyes, and be sent into hell of fire^[f],

⁴⁸ where the worm of them dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

⁴⁹ And every man shall be salted with fire, and every slain sacrifice shall be made savoury with salt.^[g]

⁵⁰ Salt is good; [that] if salt be unsavoury, in what thing shall ye make it savoury? Have ye salt among you, and have ye peace among you [Have ye salt in you, and have peace among you].

10 And Jesus rose up from thence, and came into the coasts of Judaea over Jordan [of Judaea beyond Jordan]; and again the people came together to him, and as he was wont, again he taught them.

² And the Pharisees came, and asked him, Whether it be leaveful to a man to leave his wife? and they tempted him.^[h]

³ And he answered, and said to them, What commanded Moses to you?

⁴ And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of forsaking [Moses suffered to write a libel of forsaking], and to forsake.

⁵ And Jesus answered, and said to them, For the hardness of your heart Moses wrote to you this commandment^[i].

⁶ But from the beginning of creature God made them male and female;

⁷ and said, For this thing a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall draw to his wife [and shall cleave to his wife],

⁸ and they shall be twain in one flesh. And so now they be not twain, but one flesh. [and they shall be two in one flesh. And so now they be not two, but one flesh.]

⁹ Therefore that thing that God hath joined together, no man separate [no man part].

¹⁰ And again in the house his disciples asked him of the same thing.

¹¹ And he said to them to them, Whoever leaveth his wife, and weddeth another, he doeth adultery on her. [And he saith to them, Whoever shall leave his wife, and wed another, he doeth adultery upon her.]

¹² And if the wife [shall] leave her husband, and be wedded to another, she doeth lechery [she doeth adultery].

¹³ And they brought to him little children, that he should touch them; and the disciples threatened the men, that brought them.

¹⁴ And when Jesus had seen them, he bare heavy, and said to them, Suffer ye little children to come to me, and forbid ye them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, whoever receiveth not the kingdom of God as a little child [whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child], he shall not enter into it.

¹⁶ And he embraced them, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them. [And he embracing them, and putting hands upon them, blessed them.]

¹⁷ And when Jesus was gone out into the way, a man ran before, and kneeled before him, and prayed him, and said^[j], Good master, what shall I do, that I receive everlasting life?

¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, What sayest thou, that I am good? There is no man good, but God himself.^[k]

¹⁹ Thou knowest the commandments, do thou none adultery, slay not, steal not, say not false witnessing, do no fraud, honour thy father and thy mother [worship thy father and mother].

²⁰ And he answered, and said to him, Master, I have kept all these things from my youth.

²¹ And Jesus beheld him, and loved him [Soothly Jesus beholding him loved him], and said to him, One thing faileth to thee; go thou, and sell all things that thou hast [sell whatever things thou hast], and give to poor men, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, [and] follow thou me.

²² And he was full sorry in the word, and went away mourning [The which made sorrowful in the word, went away mourning], for he had many possessions.

²³ And Jesus beheld about, and said to his disciples [And Jesus beholding about, saith to his disciples], How hard they that have riches shall enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished in his words. And Jesus again answered, and said to them, Ye little children, how hard it is for men that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God^[l].

²⁵ It is lighter a camel to pass through a needle's eye, than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [It is easier that a camel pass through a needle's eye, than that a rich man enter into the realm of God.]

²⁶ And they wondered more, and said among themselves [saying at themselves], And who may be saved?

²⁷ And Jesus beheld them, and said [And Jesus beholding them, saith to them], With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things be possible with God.

²⁸ And Peter began to say to him, Lo! we have left all things, and have followed thee.

²⁹ Jesus answered, and said, Truly I say to you, there is no man that leaveth house, or brethren, or sisters [or sistren], or father, or mother, or children, or fields for me and for the gospel,

³⁰ which shall not take an hundredfold so much now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters [and sistren], and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the world to coming everlasting life [and in the world to come everlasting life].

³¹ But many shall be, the first the last, and the last the first.

³² And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them, and they wondered, and [they] followed, and dreaded. And again Jesus took the twelve, and began to say to them, what things were to come to him.

³³ For lo! we ascend to Jerusalem, and man's Son shall be betrayed to the princes of priests, and to [the] scribes, and to the elder men; and they shall condemn him by death, and they shall take him [and they shall betake him] to heathen men.

³⁴ And they shall scorn him, and [they shall] bespit him, and [they shall] beat him; and they shall slay him, and in the third day he shall rise again.

³⁵ And James and John, Zebedee's sons, came to him, and said [saying], Master, we will, that whatever we [shall] ask, thou do to us.

³⁶ And he said to them, What will ye that I do to you?

³⁷ And they said, Grant to us, that we sit the one at thy right half [that we sit the one on thy right half], and the other at thy left half, in thy glory.

³⁸ And Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask; be ye able to drink the cup, which I shall drink^[m], or be washed with the baptism, in which I am baptized?

³⁹ And they said to him, We be able. And Jesus said to them, [Truly] Ye shall drink the cup that I drink, and ye shall be washed with the baptism, in which I am baptized;

⁴⁰ but to sit at my right half or left half is not mine to give to you, but to whom it is made ready.

⁴¹ And the ten heard, and began to have indignation of James and John.

⁴² But Jesus called them, and said to them, Ye know, that they that seem to have princehood of folks, be lords of them [Soothly Jesus calling them, saith to them, Ye know, that they that seem, or be seen, to have princehood on folks, lordship, or be lords, of them], and the princes of them have power of them.

⁴³ But it is not so among you, but whoever will be made [the] greater, shall be your minister;

⁴⁴ and whoever will be the first among you, shall be servant of all.

⁴⁵ For why man's Son came not, that it should be ministered to him, but that he should minister, and give his life again-buying for many [and give his life redemption, or again-buying, for many].

⁴⁶ And they came to Jericho; and when he went forth from Jericho, and his disciples, and a full much people, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat beside the way, and begged.^[n]

⁴⁷ And when he heard, that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry, and say, Jesus, the son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁸ And many threatened him, that he should be still; and he cried much the more, Jesus, the son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁹ And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be called; and they called the blind man, and said to him [and they call the blind man, saying to him], Be thou of better heart, rise up, he calleth thee.

⁵⁰ And he cast away his cloak [his cloth], and skipped, and came to him.

⁵¹ And Jesus answered, and said to him, What wilt thou, that I shall do to thee? The blind man said to him, Master, that I see.

⁵² Jesus said to him, Go thou, thy faith hath made thee safe. And at once [And anon] he saw, and followed him in the way.

11 And when Jesus came nigh to Jerusalem and to Bethany, to the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,^[o],

² and saith to them, Go ye into the castle that is against you; and at once as ye enter there ye shall find a colt tied, on which no man hath sat yet^[p]; untie ye, and bring him.

³ And if any man say any thing to you, What do ye? say ye, that he is needful to the Lord, and at once he shall let him go hither [and anon he shall leave him hither].

⁴ And they went forth, and found a colt tied before the gate withoutforth, in the meeting of two ways; and they untied him.

⁵ And some of them that stood there said to them, What do ye, untying the colt?

⁶ And they said to them, as Jesus commanded them; and they left it to them [and they let go to them].

⁷ And they brought the colt to Jesus, and they laid on him their clothes, and Jesus sat on him^[q].

⁸ And many strewed their clothes in the way, and other men cutted branches off trees^[r], and strewed in the way.

⁹ And they that went before, and that followed, cried, and said [saying], Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;

¹⁰ blessed be the kingdom of our father David that is to come; Hosanna in highest things.^[s]

¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had seen all things about, when it was even^[t], he went out into Bethany, with the twelve.

¹² And another day, when he went out of Bethany [when he went out from Bethany], he hungered.

¹³ And when he had seen a fig tree afar having leaves, he came, if happily he should find any thing thereon; and when he came to it, he found nothing, except leaves; for it was not time of figs.

¹⁴ And Jesus answered and said to it, Now never eat any man fruit of thee more [Now no more without end any man eat fruit of thee]. And his disciples heard;

¹⁵ and they came to Jerusalem. And when he was entered into the temple, he began to cast out sellers and buyers in the temple^[u]; and he turned upside-down the boards of changers, and the chairs of men that sold culvers;

¹⁶ and he suffered not, that any man should bear a vessel through the temple.

¹⁷ And he taught them, and said, Whether it is not written, That mine house shall be called the house of praying to all folks^[v]? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁸ And when this thing was heard, the princes of priests and [the] scribes sought how they should destroy him [sought how they should lose him]; for they dreaded him, for all the people wondered on his teaching.

¹⁹ And when evening was come, he went out of the city.

²⁰ And as they passed forth early [And when they passed early], they saw the fig tree made dry from the roots.

²¹ And Peter bethought him(self), and said to him, Master, lo! the fig tree, whom thou cursedest, is dried up. [And Peter having mind, said to him, Master, lo! the fig tree, which thou cursedest, hath dried up.]

²² And Jesus answered and said to them, Have ye the faith of God;

²³ truly I say to you, that whoever saith to this hill, Be thou taken, and [be thou] cast into the sea; and doubt not in his heart, but believeth, that whatever he say [but believeth, for whatever thing he saith], shall be done, it shall be done to him.

²⁴ Therefore I say to you, all things whatever things ye praying shall ask, believe ye that ye shall take, and they shall come to you.

²⁵ And when ye shall stand to pray, forgive ye, if ye have any thing against any man, that [also] your Father that is in heavens, forgive to you your sins.

²⁶ And if ye forgive not, neither your Father that is in heavens, shall forgive to you your sins.^[w]

²⁷ And again they came to Jerusalem. And when he walked in the temple, the highest priests, and scribes, and the elder men came to him. [And again they come to Jerusalem. And when he walked into the temple, the highest priests, and scribes, and elder men come nigh to him,]

²⁸ and said to him [and say to him], In what power doest thou these things? or who gave to thee this power, that thou do these things [or who gave to thee this power, that to do these things]?

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, And I shall ask [of] you one word, and answer ye to me, and I shall say to you in what power I do these things.

³⁰ Whether was the baptism of John of heaven, or of men? answer ye to me.

³¹ And they thought within themselves, saying, If we [shall] say of heaven, he shall say to us, Why then believe ye not to him [Why therefore believed ye not to him];

³² if we [shall] say of men, we dread the people; for all men had John, that he was verily a prophet.

³³ And they answered, and said to Jesus, We know not. And Jesus answered, and said to them [And Jesus answering saith to them], Neither I say to you, in what power I do these things.

12 And Jesus began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and delved a lake, and builded a tower [and built a tower], and hired it to earth-tillers, and went forth in pilgrimage.

² And he sent to the earth-tillers in time a servant, to receive of the earth-tillers of the fruit of the vineyard.^[x]

³ And they took him, and beat him, and let him go void [and left him void].

⁴ And again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and tormented him [and punished him with chidings, or reprovings].

⁵ And again he sent another, and they slew him, and others more, beating some, and slaying others. [And again he sent another, and they killed him, and others more, and they beat some, soothly they killed others.]

⁶ But yet he had a most dear-worthy son, and he sent him last to them, and said [Therefore yet he having one son most dear-worthy, and to them he sent him the last, saying], Peradventure they shall dread [with reverence] my son.

⁷ But the earth-tillers said together [said to themselves], This is the heir; come ye, slay we him, and the heritage shall be ours.

⁸ And they took him, and killed him, and casted [cast] him out without the vineyard.

⁹ Then what shall the lord of the vineyard do [What therefore shall the lord of the vinery do]? He shall come, and destroy [and lose] the earth-tillers, and give the vineyard to others.

¹⁰ Whether ye have not read this scripture, The stone which the builders have despised, this is made into the head of the corner?

¹¹ This thing is done of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

¹² And they sought to hold him, and they dreaded the people; for they knew that to them he said this parable; and they left him, and they went away.

¹³ And they sent to him [And they send to him] some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to take him in word.

¹⁴ Which came, and said to him [Which coming say to him], Master, we know that thou art soothfast, and reckest not of any man; for neither thou beholdest into the face of any man, but thou teachest the way of God in truth. Is it leaveful that tribute be given to the emperor [Is it leaveful to give tribute to Caesar], or we shall not give?

¹⁵ Which witting their privy falseness, said to them, What tempt ye me [What tempt ye me, hypocrites]? bring ye to me a penny, that I [may] see.

¹⁶ And they brought to him. And he said to them [And he saith to them], Whose is this image, and the writing above? And they say to him, The emperor's [They say to him, Caesar's].

¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said to them, Then yield ye to the emperor those things that be the emperor's; and to God those things that be of God. And they wondered of him. [Forsooth Jesus answering said to them, Therefore yield ye to Caesar those things that be of Caesar, and to God, those things that be of God. And they wondered on him.]

¹⁸ And Sadducees, that say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and asked him, and said,^[y]

¹⁹ Master, Moses wrote to us, that if the brother of a man were dead, and left his wife, and have no sons [and left no sons], his brother [shall] take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁰ Then seven brethren there were [Therefore seven brethren were]; and the first took a wife, and died, and left no seed.

²¹ And the second took her, and died, and neither he left seed. And the third also.

²² And in like manner the seven took her, and left no seed. And the woman the last of all died. [And seven took her, and left no seed. And the woman last of all is dead.]

²³ Then [Therefore] in the resurrection, when they shall rise again, whose wife of these shall she be? for seven had her to wife.

²⁴ And Jesus answered, and said to them, Whether ye err not therefore, that ye know not [the] scriptures, neither the virtue of God?^[z]

²⁵ For when they shall rise again from death, neither they shall wed, nor shall be wedded, but they shall be as angels of God in heavens.^[aa]

²⁶ And of dead men, that they rise again, have ye not read in the book of Moses, on [upon] the bush, how God spake to him, and said [saying], I am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob?

²⁷ He is not God of dead men, but [God] of living men; therefore ye err much.

²⁸ And one of the scribes, that had heard them disputing together, came nigh, and saw that Jesus had well-answered them, and asked him^[ab], which was the first commandment of all.

²⁹ And Jesus answered to him, That the first commandment of all is, Hear thou, Israel, thy Lord God is one God;^[ac]

³⁰ and thou shalt love thy Lord God of all thine heart, and of all thy soul, and of all thy mind, and of all thy might [and thou shalt love the Lord thy God of all thine heart, and of all thy soul, and of all thy mind, and of all thy virtue, or strength]. This is the first commandment.

³¹ And the second is like to this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

³² And the scribe said to him, Master, in truth thou hast well said; for one God is, and there is none other, except him;

³³ [and] that he be loved of all the heart, and of all the mind, and of all the understanding, and of all the soul, and of all the strength, and to love the neighbour as himself, is greater than all burnt offerings and sacrifices [and to love thine neighbour as himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices].

³⁴ And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And then no man durst ask him more any thing [And now no man durst ask him more].

³⁵ And Jesus answered and said, teaching in the temple, How say [the] scribes, that Christ is the son of David?

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Ghost, the Lord said to my Lord, Sit [thou] on my right half, till I put thine enemies the stool of thy feet. [Forsooth David himself said in the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right half, till I put thine enemies a stool of thy feet.]

³⁷ Then if David himself calleth him Lord, how then is he his son [Therefore David himself sayeth him Lord, and whereof is he his son]? And much people gladly heard him.

³⁸ And he said to them in his teaching, Be ye ware of scribes, that will wander in stoles [that will go in stoles], and be saluted in [the] market,

³⁹ and sit in synagogues in the first chairs [and sit in the first chairs in synagogues], and in the first sitting places in suppers;

⁴⁰ which devour the houses of widows under [the] colour of long prayer; they shall take the longer doom [these shall take longer doom, either damnation].

⁴¹ And Jesus sitting against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many rich men casted many things [and many rich cast many things].

⁴² But when a poor widow was come [Soothly when a poor widow had come], she cast two minutes, that is, a farthing.

⁴³ And he called together his disciples, and said to them [and saith to them], Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast more than all, that cast into the treasury.

⁴⁴ For all they cast of that thing that they had plenty of; but this of her poverty cast all things that she had, all her livelode [but this of her mis-ease sent all things that she had, all her lifelode].

13 And when he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, behold^[ad], what manner stones, and what manner buildings.

² And Jesus answered, and said to him, Seest thou all these great buildings? there shall not be left a stone on a stone, which shall not be destroyed.^[ae]

³ And when he sat in the mount of Olives against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him by themselves,

⁴ Say thou to us, when these things shall be done, and what token shall be [and what sign shall be], when all these things shall begin to be ended.

⁵ And Jesus answered, and began to say to them, Look ye, that no man deceive you; [And Jesus answering began to say to them, See ye, that no man deceive you;]

⁶ for many shall come in my name, saying, That I am; and they shall deceive many.

⁷ And when ye [shall] hear battles and opinions of battles, dread ye not; for it behooveth these things to be done, but not yet at once [anon] is the end [for it behooveth that these things be done, but the end is not yet].

⁸ For folk shall rise on [upon] folk, and realm on [upon] realm, and earth-movings and hunger shall be by places [and earth-moving shall be by places and hunger]; these things shall be beginnings of sorrows.

⁹ But see ye yourselves, for they shall take you in councils, and ye shall be beaten in synagogues; and ye shall stand before kings and doomsmen for me, in witnessing to them.

¹⁰ And it behooveth, that the gospel be first preached among all folk.

¹¹ And when they [shall] take you, and lead you forth, do not ye before think what ye shall speak, but speak ye that thing that shall be given to you in that hour; for ye be not the speakers [soothly ye be not speaking], but the Holy Ghost.

¹² For the brother shall betake the brother into death [Forsooth the brother shall betray the brother into death], and the father the son, and sons shall rise together against fathers and mothers, and [shall] punish them by death.

¹³ And ye shall be in hate to all men for my name; but he that lasteth into the end, shall be safe.^[af]

¹⁴ But when ye shall see the abomination of discomfort, standing where it oweth not; he that readeth, understand; then they that be in Judaea, flee to the mountains.

¹⁵ And he that is above in the roof, come not down into the house, neither enter he, to take any thing of his house;

¹⁶ and he that shall be in the field, turn not again behind to take his cloak. [and he that shall be in the field, turn he not again behind for to take his cloth.]

¹⁷ But woe to them that be with child, and nourishing [and nursing] in those days.

¹⁸ Therefore pray ye, that those things be not done in winter. [Therefore pray ye, that your flying be not done in winter, or in sabbath.]

¹⁹ But those days of tribulation shall be such, which manner were not from the beginning of creature, which God hath made [which God made], till now, neither shall be.

²⁰ And but the Lord had abridged those days, all flesh had not be safe; but for the chosen which he chose [whom he chose], the Lord hath made short the days.

²¹ And then if any man [shall] say to you, Lo! here is Christ, lo! there, believe ye not.

²² For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall give tokens and wonders, to deceive, if it may be done, yea, them that be chosen.^[ag]

²³ Therefore take ye keep; lo! I have before-said to you all things.

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be made dark, and the moon shall not give her light,

²⁵ and the stars of heaven shall fall down, and the virtues that be in heavens, shall be moved.

²⁶ And then they shall see man's Son coming in the clouds of heaven, with great virtue and glory.

²⁷ And then he shall send his angels, and shall gather his chosen from the four winds, from the highest thing of earth till to the highest thing of heaven [from the lowest thing of earth unto the highest thing of heaven].

²⁸ But of the fig tree learn ye the parable [Forsooth of the fig tree learn ye a parable]. When now his branch is tender, and leaves be sprung out, ye know that summer is nigh.

²⁹ So [and] when ye [shall] see these things be done, know ye, that it is nigh in the doors.

³⁰ Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass away, till all these things be done.

³¹ Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.

³² But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

³³ See ye, wake ye, and pray ye; for ye know not, when the time is.

³⁴ For as a man that is gone far in pilgrimage, left his house, and gave to his servants power of every work, and commanded to the porter, that he wake [that he should wake].

³⁵ Therefore wake ye, for ye know not, when the lord of the house cometh, in the eventide [in the even], or at midnight, or at cock's crowing, or in the morning;

³⁶ lest when he come suddenly, he find you sleeping.

³⁷ Forsooth that that I say to you, I say to all, Wake ye.

14 Pask and the feast of therf loaves was after two days. And the high priests [And the highest priests] and the scribes sought, how they should hold him with guile, and slay [him].

² But they said, Not in the feast day, lest peradventure a noise were made among the people.

³ And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon leprous, and rested, a woman came, that had a box of alabaster of precious ointment spikenard; and when the box of alabaster was broken, she poured it on his head.^[ah]

⁴ But there were some that bare it heavily within themselves, and said, Whereto is this loss of ointment made?

⁵ For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and be given to poor men. And they grumbled against her [And they groaned against her].

⁶ But Jesus said, Suffer ye her; what be ye heavy to her? she hath wrought a good work in [into] me.

⁷ For evermore ye shall have poor men with you, and when ye will, ye may do well to them; but ye shall not evermore have me. [For ye have ever poor men with you, and when ye will, ye be able to do well to them; forsooth ye shall not ever have me.]

⁸ She did that that she had; she came before to anoint my body into burying.

⁹ Truly I say to you, where ever this gospel shall be preached in all the world, and that that this woman hath done, shall be told into mind of him [and this thing that this woman hath done, shall be told into mind of her].

¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests [went to the highest priests], to betray him to them.

¹¹ And they heard, and joyed, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he should betray him opportunely [how he should betray him covenably].

¹² And the first day of therf loaves, when they offered pask, the disciples said to him, Whither wilt thou that we go [Where wilt thou we go], and make ready to thee, that thou eat the pask?

¹³ And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith to them, Go ye into the city, and a man bearing a gallon of water shall meet you; follow ye him.

¹⁴ And whither ever he entereth [And whither ever he shall enter], say ye to the lord of the house, That the master saith, Where is mine eating place, where I shall eat pask with my disciples?

¹⁵ And he shall show to you a great supping place arrayed, and there make ye ready to us.

¹⁶ And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them; and they made ready the pask.

¹⁷ And when the eventide was come [Soothly even made], he came with the twelve.

¹⁸ And when they sat at the meat, and ate [And them sitting at the meat, and eating], Jesus said, Truly I say to you, that one of you that eateth with me, shall betray me.

¹⁹ And they began to be sorry, and to say to him, each by themselves^[ai], Whether I?

²⁰ Which said to them, One of the twelve that putteth [in] his hand with me in the platter.

²¹ And soothly man's Son goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man, by whom man's Son shall be betrayed. It were good to him, if that man had not been born.

²² And while they ate, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take ye; this is my body [Take; this is my body].

²³ And when he had taken the cup, he did thankings, and gave to them, and all drank thereof.

²⁴ And he said to them, This is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed [out] for many.

²⁵ Truly I say to you, for now I shall not drink of this fruit of the vine, [till] into that day when I shall drink it new in the realm of God.

²⁶ And when the hymn was said, they went out into the hill of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus said to them, All ye shall be caused to stumble in me in this night [And Jesus saith to them, All ye shall be offended in me in this night]; for it is written, I shall smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.

²⁸ But after that I shall rise again, I shall go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ And Peter said to him, Though all shall be caused to stumble, but not I [Though all shall be offended, but not I].

³⁰ And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, that to day before that the cock in this night crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me.^[aj]

³¹ But he said more, Though it behoove, that I die together with thee, I shall not forsake thee [And he spake more, And if it shall behoove me to die together with thee, I shall not deny thee]. And in like manner all said.

³² And they came into a place, whose name is Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.^[ak]

³³ And he took Peter and James and John with him, and began to dread, and to be distressed.^[al]

³⁴ And he said to them, My soul is sorrowful to the death; abide ye here, and wake ye with me.^[am]

³⁵ And when he was gone forth a little, he felled down on the earth, and prayed, that if it might be, that the hour should pass from him.^[an]

³⁶ And he said, Abba, Father, all things be possible to thee, bear over from me this cup; but not that I will, but that thou wilt, be done.^[ao]

³⁷ And he came, and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter [And he saith to Peter], Simon, sleepest thou? mightest thou not wake with me one hour?

³⁸ Wake ye, and pray ye, that ye enter not into temptation; for the spirit is ready, but the flesh is frail [forsooth the spirit is ready, but the flesh is sick].

³⁹ And again he went, and prayed, and said the same word;

⁴⁰ and he turned again, and again found them sleeping; for their eyes were heavied. And they knew not [And they wist not], what they should answer to him.

⁴¹ And he came the third time, and said to them [and saith to them], Sleep ye now, and rest ye; it sufficeth. The hour is come; lo! man's Son shall be betrayed into the hands of sinful men [lo! man's son shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners].

⁴² Rise ye, go we; lo! he that shall betray me is nigh.

⁴³ And yet while he spake, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, and with him much people with swords and staves, sent from the high priests, and the scribes, and from the elder men. [And, yet him speaking, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, came, and with him much company with swords and staves, sent from the highest priests, and scribes, and elder men.]

⁴⁴ And his traitor had given to them a token, and said [saying], Whomever I [shall] kiss, he it is; hold ye him, and lead ye him warily.

⁴⁵ And when he came, at once he came to him, and said^[ap], Master; and he kissed him.

⁴⁶ And they laid hands on him, and held him.

⁴⁷ But one of the men that stood about, drew out a sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.^[aq]

⁴⁸ And Jesus answered, and said to them, As to a thief ye have gone out with swords and staves, to take me?

⁴⁹ Day by day I was among you, and taught in the temple [Day by day I was at you, teaching in the temple], and ye held not me; but that the scriptures be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ Then all his disciples forsook him, and fled.

⁵¹ But a young man [Soothly some young man], clothed with linen cloth on the bare, followed him; and they held him.

⁵² And he left the linen clothing, and flew naked away from them. [And the linen cloth forsaken, he naked fled away from them.]

⁵³ And they led Jesus to the highest priest. And all the priests and scribes and elder men came together [And all came together into one, the priests and the scribes and elder men].

⁵⁴ But Peter followed him afar [till] into the hall of the highest priest. And he sat with the servants, and warmed him(self) at the fire.

⁵⁵ And the highest priests, and all the council, sought witnessing against Jesus to take him to the death [that they should betake him to death]; but they found not.

⁵⁶ For many said false witnessing against him, and the witnessings were not suitable [and the witnessings were not covenable].

⁵⁷ And some rose up, and bare false witnessing against him, and said [saying],

⁵⁸ For we heard him saying [say], I shall undo this temple made with hands, and after the third day [and by the third day] I shall build another not made with hands.

⁵⁹ And the witnessing of them was not suitable. [And the witnessing of them was not covenable.]

⁶⁰ And the highest priest rose up into the middle, and asked Jesus, and said^[ar], Answerest thou nothing to those things that be put against thee of these [men]?

⁶¹ But he was still, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him [Again the highest priest asked him], and said to him, Art thou Christ, the Son of the blessed God?

⁶² And Jesus said to him, I am; and ye shall see man's Son sitting on the right half of the virtue of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶³ And the high priest rent his clothes, and said, What yet desire we witnesses? [Forsooth the highest priest, cutting his clothes, saith, What yet desire we witnesses?]

⁶⁴ Ye have heard blasphemy. What seemeth to you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵ And some began to bespit him, and to cover his face, and to smite him with buffets, and to say to him, Declare thou [And some began to spit on him, and to hide his face, and smite him with buffets, and say to him, Prophesy thou]. And the ministers beat him with strokes.

⁶⁶ And when Peter was in the hall beneath, one of the damsels of the high priest came [one of the handmaidens of the highest priest came].

⁶⁷ And when she had seen Peter warming him(self), she beheld him, and said, And thou were with Jesus of Nazareth [And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth].

⁶⁸ And he denied, and said [saying], Neither I know, neither I know, what thou sayest. And he went [out] withoutforth before the hall; and at once [and anon] the cock crew.

⁶⁹ And again when another damsel had seen him, she began to say to men that stood about, That this is of them.^[as]

⁷⁰ And he again denied. And after a little, again they that stood nigh, said to Peter, Verily thou art of them, for thou art of Galilee also [And after a little, again they that were present, said to Peter, Verily thou art of them, for also thou art of Galilee].

⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, For I know not this man, of whom ye say.

⁷² And at once [And anon] again the cock crew. And Peter bethought on the word that Jesus had said to him, Before the cock crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me [Before that the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice]. And he began to weep.

15 And at once in the morrowtide the high priests made a counsel with the elder men, and the scribes, and with all the council, and bound Jesus and led, and betook him to Pilate. [And anon the morrow made, the highest priests, making counsel with the elder men, and scribes, and all the council, binding Jesus, led and betook to Pilate.]

² And Pilate asked him, Art thou king of Jews? And Jesus answered, and said to him, Thou sayest [And he answering saith to him, Thou sayest].

³ And the high priests accused him in many things. [And the highest priests accused him in many things.]

⁴ But Pilate again asked him, and said [saying], Answerest thou nothing? Seest thou in how many things they accuse thee?

⁵ But Jesus answered no more [Forsooth Jesus more nothing answered], so that Pilate wondered.

⁶ But by the feast day he was wont to let go to them to them one of the men bound, whomever they asked.^[at]

⁷ And there was one that was said Barabbas, that was bound with men of dissension, that had done manslaughter in sedition [that had done manslaying in dissension].

⁸ And when the people was gone up, he began to pray, as he evermore did to them. [And when the company had ascended, he began to pray, as he ever did to them.]

⁹ And Pilate answered to them, and said, Will ye that I let go to you the king of Jews?^[au]

¹⁰ For he knew, that the high priests had taken him by envy. [Forsooth he knew that the highest priests had betaken him by envy.]

¹¹ But the bishops stirred the people, that he should rather let go to them Barabbas.^[av]

¹² And again Pilate answered, and said to them, What then will ye that I shall do to the king of Jews?

¹³ And they again cried, Crucify him [Crucify him, that is, Put him on the cross].

¹⁴ But Pilate said to them, [Soothly] What evil hath he done? And they cried the more, Crucify him.

¹⁵ And Pilate, willing to make satisfaction to the people, let go to them Barabbas, and he betook to them Jesus, beaten with scourges^[aw], to be crucified.

¹⁶ And knights led him withinforth, into the porch of the moot hall. And they called together all the company of knights,

¹⁷ and they clothed him with purple. And they wreathed a crown of thorns, and put on him [And they folding a crown of thorns, put on him].

¹⁸ And they began to greet him, and said [And began to greet him, saying], Hail, king of Jews.

¹⁹ And they smote his head with a reed, and bespat him; and they kneeled, and worshipped him.^[ax]

²⁰ And after that they had scorned him, they unclothed him of the purple [they unclothed him from purple], and clothed him with his clothes, and led out him, to crucify him.

²¹ And they compelled a man that passed by the way, that came from the town, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to bear his cross. [And they constrained some man passing forth, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the town, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he should take his cross.]

²² And they led him into a place Golgatha, that is to say, the place of Calvary. [And they led him into the place of Golgatha, that is interpreted, the place of Calvary.]

²³ And they gave to him to drink wine mixed with myrrh [And they gave him to drink wine meddled with myrrh], and he took not.

²⁴ And they crucified him, and parted his clothes, and cast lot on those^[ay], who should take what.

²⁵ And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶ And the title of his cause was written, King of Jews.

²⁷ And they crucify with him two thieves, one at the right half and one at his left half.^[az]

²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled that saith, And he is ordained [And he is areckoned] with wicked men.

²⁹ And as they passed forth, they blasphemed him, moving their heads, and saying, Vath! [Fie!] thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it again;

³⁰ come adown from the cross, and make thyself safe.

³¹ Also the high priests scorned him each to other with the scribes, and said, He hath made other men safe, he may not save himself.^[ba]

³² Christ, [the] king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we see, and believe. And they that were crucified with him, despised him [And they that were crucified with him, put wrong, or false reproof, to him].

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, darknesses were made on [upon] all the earth till into the ninth hour^[bb].

³⁴ And in the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, and said [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, that is to say [the which is interpreted], My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵ And some of the men that stood about heard, and said, Lo! he calleth Elias.

³⁶ And one ran, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putted about to a reed, and gave him to drink, and said [saying], Suffer ye, see we, if Elias come to do him down.

³⁷ And Jesus gave out a great cry, and died.^[bc]

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent atwo from the highest to beneath. [And the veil of the temple was cut into twain from the highest, till to down, or beneath.]

³⁹ But the centurion that stood over against saw, that he so crying had died, and he said, Verily, this man was God's Son [and said, Verily, this man was the Son of God].

⁴⁰ And there were also women beholding from afar, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and of Salome [among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less, and Joseph, and Salome].

⁴¹ And when Jesus was in Galilee, they followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women, that came up together with him to Jerusalem [and many other women, which had ascended together with him to Jerusalem].

⁴² And when the eventide was come, for it was the eventide that is before the sabbath,^[bd]

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, the noble decurion, came, and he abode the realm of God [Joseph of Arimathaea, a noble decurion, came, which also he was abiding the realm of God]; and boldly he entered [in] to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ But Pilate wondered, if he were now dead [Forsooth Pilate wondered, if he had now died]. And when the centurion was called, he asked him, if he were [now] dead;

⁴⁵ and when he knew of the centurion, he granted the body of Jesus to Joseph [he gave the body of Jesus to Joseph].

⁴⁶ And Joseph bought linen cloth, and took him down, and wrapped [him] in the linen cloth, and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewn of a stone [Soothly Joseph buying sendal, or linen cloth, and doing him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and put him in a new sepulchre that was hewn in a stone], and wallowed a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary of Joseph beheld, where he was laid.

16 And when the sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome bought sweet smelling ointments, to come and to anoint Jesus [that they coming should anoint Jesus].

² And full early in one of the week days, they came to the sepulchre, when the sun was risen.

³ And they said together, Who shall move away to us the stone from the door of the sepulchre? [And they said together, Who shall turn away to us the stone from the door of the sepulchre?]

⁴ And they beheld, and saw the stone wallowed away, for it was full great.

⁵ And they went into the sepulchre, and saw a youngling, covered with a white stole, sitting at the right half; and they were afeared.^[be]

⁶ Which saith to them, Do not ye dread; ye seek Jesus of Nazareth crucified; he is risen, he is not here; lo! the place where they laid him.

⁷ But go ye, and say to his disciples, and to Peter, that he shall go before you into Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.

⁸ And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre; for dread and quaking had assailed them [for trembling and dread had assailed them], and to no man they said any thing, for they dreaded.

⁹ And Jesus rose early the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven devils [of whom he had cast out seven devils].

¹⁰ And she went, and told to them that had been with him, which were wailing and weeping. [She going told to them mourning and weeping, that were with him.]

¹¹ And they hearing that he lived, and was seen of her, believed not.

¹² But after these things when twain of them wandered, he was showed in another likeness to them going into a town.^[bf]

¹³ And they went, and told to the others, and neither they believed to them. [And they going told to others, neither they believed to them.]

¹⁴ But after at the last, when the eleven sat at the meat, Jesus appeared to them, and reproved the unbelief of them, and the hardness of heart, for they believed not to them, that had seen that he was risen from death [for they believed not to these, that had seen him to have risen from dead].

¹⁵ And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to each creature.

¹⁶ Who that believeth, and is baptized, shall be safe; but he that believeth not, shall be condemned.^[bg]

¹⁷ And these tokens shall follow them [Forsooth these signs shall follow them], that believe. In my name they shall cast out fiends; they shall speak with new tongues;

¹⁸ they shall do away serpents; and if they drink any venom, it shall not harm them. They shall set their hands on sick men, and they shall wax whole.^[bh]

¹⁹ And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and he sitteth on the right half of God [and sitteth on the right half of God].

²⁰ And they went forth, and preached every where, for the Lord wrought with them, and confirmed the word with signs following. [Soothly they gone forth preached every where, the Lord working with, and confirming the word with signs following.]