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¹ The feast of swete bred (which is called Easter) drue nye.² And ye hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death, and were afrayed of the people.³ But Satan was entred in to Iudas, named Iscarioth (which was of ye nombre of ye twolue)⁴ and he wete his waye, and talked with the hye prestes and with ye officers, how he wolde betraye him vnto them.⁵ And they were glad, and promysed to geue him money.⁶ And he cosented, & sought oportunite, yt he might betraye hi without eny rumoure.

⁷ Then came ye daye of swete bred, wherin the Easter lambe must be offered.⁸ And he sent Peter and Ihon, and sayde: Go youre waye, prepare vs the Easter lambe, that we maye eate.⁹ But they sayde vnto him: Where wilt thou, that we prepare it?¹⁰ He saide vnto them: Beholde, wha ye come in to ye cite, there shal mete you a man, bearinge a pitcher of water, folowe him in to the house yt he entreth in,¹¹ and saye vnto the good man of the house: The master sendeth ye worde: Where is ye gesthouse, wherin I maye eate the Easter labe with my disciples?¹² And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued.¹³ They wente their waye, and founde as he had sayde vnto them, and made ready the Easter lambe.¹⁴ And whan the houre came, he sat him downe, and the twolue Apostles with him,¹⁵ and he sayde vnto them: I haue hertely desyred to eate this Easter labe with you before I suffre.¹⁶ For I saye vnto you: that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof, tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God.¹⁷ And he toke the cuppe, gaue thankes, and sayde: Take this and deuyde it amonge you.¹⁸ For I saye vnto you: I wil not drynke of the frute of ye vyne, vntyll the kyngdome of God come.¹⁹ And he toke the bred, gaue thankes, and brake it, and gaue it them, and sayde: This is my body, which shalbe geuen for you. This do in the remembraunce of me.²⁰ Likewyse also the cuppe, after they had supped, and sayde: This cuppe is the new Testamet in my bloude, which shalbe shed for you.

²¹ But lo, the hande of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table.²² And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth, as it is appoynted. But wo vnto that man, by whom he is betrayed.²³ And they beganne to axe amonge them selues, which of them it shulde be, that shulde do that.²⁴ There rose a strife also amoge the, which of them shulde be take for the greatest.²⁵ But he sayde vnto them: The kynges of ye worlde haue domynion ouer ye people, and they that beare rule ouer the, are called gracious lordes.²⁶ But ye shal not be so: But the greatest amonge you, shalbe as the yongest: and the chefest, as a seruaunt.²⁷ For which is the greatest? he that sytteth at the table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at the table? But I am amoge you as a mynister.²⁸ As for you, ye are they, that haue bydde wt me in my temptacions.²⁹ And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you, euen as my father hath appoynted me,³⁰ that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, and syt vpon seates, and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel.³¹ But the LORDE sayde: Simon Simon, beholde, Satan hath desyred after you, that he might siffte you euen as wheate:³² but I haue prayed for ye, that thy faith fayle not. And whan thou art couerted, strength thy brethren:³³ But he sayde vnto him: LORDE, I am ready to go with the into preson, and in to death.³⁴ Neuertheles he sayde: Peter, I saye vnto the: The cock shal not crowe this daye, tyll thou haue thryse denyed, yt thou knewest me.³⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Whan I sent you without wallet, without scryppe, and without shues, lacked ye eny thinge? They sayde: No.³⁶ Then sayde he vnto them: But now, he that hath a wallet, let him take it vp, likewyse also the scryppe. But he that hath not, let him sell his coate, & bye a swerde.³⁷ For I saye vnto you: It must yet be fulfilled on me, that is wrytte: He was counted amonge the euell doers. For loke what is wrytten of me, it hath an ende.³⁸ But they sayde: LORDE, Beholde, here are two swerdes. He sayde vnto the: It is ynough.

³⁹ And he wente out (as he was wonte) vnto mout Oliuete. But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place.⁴⁰ And whan he came thither, he sayde vnto the: Praye, that ye fall not in to teptacion.⁴¹ And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast, and kneled downe, prayed,⁴² & sayde: Father, yf thou wilt, take awaye this cuppe fro me: Neuerthelesse, not my wyll, but thyne be fulfylled.⁴³ And there appeared vnto him an angell fro heauen, and conforted him.⁴⁴ And it came so, that he wrestled with death, and prayed the longer. And his sweate was like droppes of bloude, runnynge downe to the grounde.⁴⁵ And he rose vp fro prayer, and came to his disciples, and founde them slepinge for heuynesse,⁴⁶ and sayde vnto them: What, slepe ye? ryse vp and praye, that ye fall not into tentacion.

⁴⁷ But whyle he yet spake, beholde, the multitude, and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them, and he came nye vnto Iesus, to kysse him.⁴⁸ But Iesus sayde vnto him: Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of ma with a kysse?⁴⁹ Whan they that were aboute him, sawe what wolde folowe, they sayde vnto him: LORDE, shal we smyte with the swerde?⁵⁰ And one of the stroke a seruaut of ye hye prestes, & smote of his eare.⁵¹ But Iesus answered, and sayde: Suffre the thus farre forth. And he touched his eare, & healed him.⁵² But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple, and to the Elders that were come vnto him: Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes, & with staues.⁵³ I was daylie with you in the temple, and ye layed no handes vpon me. But this is youre houre, and the power of darknesse.

⁵⁴ Neuerthelesse they toke him, and led him, and brought him in to the hye prestes house. As for Peter, he folowed hi a farre of.⁵⁵ Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace, and sat them downe together. And Peter sat him downe amonge them.⁵⁶ Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light, and behelde him well, and sayde vnto him: This same was also with him.⁵⁷ But he denyed him, and sayde: Woma, I knowe him not.⁵⁸ And after a litle whyle, another sawe him, and sayde: Thou art one of them also. But Peter sayde: Man, I am not.⁵⁹ And aboute the space of an houre after, another affirmed, & sayde: Verely this was with him also, for he is a Galilean.⁶⁰ But Peter saide: Ma, I wote not what thou sayest. And immediatly whyle he yet spake, ye cock crewe.⁶¹ And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpo Peter. And Peter remembred the wordes of ye LORDE, how he sayde vnto him: Before the cock crowe, thou shalt denye me thryse.⁶² And Peter wente out, and wepte bytterly.

⁶³ The men that helde Iesus, mocked him, and stroke him,⁶⁴ blyndfolded him, and smote him on the face, and axed him, and sayde: Prophecie, who is it that smote the?⁶⁵ And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hi.⁶⁶ And whan it was daye, there gathered together the Elders of the people, the hye prestes and scrybes, and led him vp before, their councell, and sayde:⁶⁷ Art thou Christ? Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them: Yf I tell you, ye wyl not beleue:⁶⁸ But yf I axe you, ye wyl not answere me, nether wyl ye let me go.⁶⁹ From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right hade of the power of God.⁷⁰ Then sayde they all: Art thou then ye sonne of God? He sayde vnto them: Ye saye it, for I am.⁷¹ They sayde: What nede we anye farther wytnesse? We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth.