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¹ For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.² And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.³ And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place,⁴ And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.⁵ Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse.⁶ And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?⁷ They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.⁸ So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.⁹ And when they came, that [were hired] about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.¹⁰ But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.¹¹ And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house,¹² Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.¹³ But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?¹⁴ Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?¹⁶ So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen.

¹⁷ And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them:¹⁸ Beholde, we go vp to Hierusalem, and the sonne of man shalbe betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the scribes, and they shall condempne hym to death:¹⁹ And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the thirde day, he shall ryse agayne.

²⁰ Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren, with her sonnes, worshyppyng hym, and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym.²¹ And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.²² But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able.²³ He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father. ²⁴ And when the ten hearde [this], they disdayned at the two brethren.²⁵ But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them.²⁶ It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:²⁷ And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.²⁸ Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

²⁹ And as they departed from Hierico, much people folowed hym.³⁰ And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.³¹ And the people rebuked them, because they should holde their peace. But they cryed the more, saying: haue mercy on vs, O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid.³² And Iesus stode styll, & called them, and sayde: what wyll ye that I shall do vnto you?³³ They saye vnto hym? Lord, that our eyes may be opened.³⁴ So Iesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediatly theyr eyes receaued syght. And they folowed hym.