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¹ And Iesus aunswered, and spake vnto them againe by parables, and sayde:² The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.³ And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.⁴ Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage.⁵ But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize:⁶ And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, and entreated them spitefully, and slewe them.⁷ But when the kyng hearde [therof], he was wroth, and sent foorth his men of warre, and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie.⁸ Then sayde he to his seruauntes, the mariage in dede is prepared: But they which were bidden, were not worthy.⁹ Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes: and as many as ye fynde, bid [them] to the mariage.¹⁰ And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, and gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad: and the weddyng was furnished with ghestes.¹¹ Then the kyng came in, to see the ghestes: and whe he spyed there a man, which had not on a weddyng garmet,¹² He sayde vnto hym: frende, howe camest thou in hyther, not hauyng a weddyng garment? And he was euen speachlesse.¹³ Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.¹⁴ For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

¹⁵ Then went the Pharisees, and toke councell how they myght intangle hym in his talke.¹⁶ And they sent out vnto hym their disciples, with the Herodians seruauntes, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest thou for any man: for thou doest not respect mens persons.¹⁷ Tell vs therfore, howe thynkest thou? Is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Caesar, or not?¹⁸ But Iesus perceauyng their wickednesse, sayde: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?¹⁹ Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought vnto hym a peny.²⁰ And he sayde to them: whose is this image and superscription?²¹ They say vnto hym, Caesars. Then sayde he vnto them: Geue therfore vnto Caesar, the [thynges] which are Caesars: and vnto God, those [thynges] that are gods. ²² When they had hearde [these wordes] they marueyled, and left hym, and went their way.

²³ The same day came to hym the Saducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked hym,²⁴ Saying: Maister, Moyses sayde, that if a man dye, hauing no childre, his brother shoulde mary his wyfe, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.²⁵ Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother.²⁶ Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth.²⁷ Last of all, the woman dyed also.²⁸ Therfore, in the resurrection, whose wyfe shall she be of the seuen? For they all had her.²⁹ Iesus aunswered & sayde vnto them: ye do erre, not knowyng the Scriptures, nor the power of God.³⁰ For in the resurrection, they neither mary, nor are geuen in maryage: but are as the Angels of God in heauen.³¹ But as touchyng the resurrection of the dead: haue ye not read that which is spoken vnto you of God, which sayth.³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the lyuyng.³³ And when the multitudes hearde this, they were astonyed at his doctrine.

³⁴ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Saducees to silence, they came together.³⁵ And one of them, which was a lawyer, asked hym a question, temptyng hym, and saying:³⁶ Maister, which is the great commaundent in the lawe?³⁷ Iesus sayde vnto hym: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy mynde.³⁸ This is the first and great commaundement.³⁹ And the seconde is lyke vnto this. Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe.⁴⁰ In these two commaundementes, hang all the lawe and the prophetes.

⁴¹ Whyle the Pharisees were gathered together, Iesus asked them,⁴² Saying: what thynke ye of Christe? whose sonne is he? They sayde vnto hym [the sonne] of Dauid.⁴³ He sayde vnto them: howe then doth Dauid in spirite call him Lorde, saying:⁴⁴ The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my ryght hande, tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole?⁴⁵ If Dauid then call him Lorde, howe is he then his sonne?⁴⁶ And no man was able to aunswere hym a worde: neither durst any man (from that day foorth) aske hym any mo questions.