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¹ Then entred he into a shipp, and passed ouer and came into his awne cite.² And lo, they brought vnto him a man sicke of ye palsie, lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe the faith of the, he sayde to the sicke of ye palsie: my sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes are forgeue the.³ And beholde, certeyne of the scribes sayde in them selues: this man blasphemeth.⁴ But when Iesus sawe their thoughtes, he sayde: wherfore thinke ye euill in youre hertes?.⁵ Whether ys it easier to saye: thy synnes be forgeue ye, or to saie: arise and walke?⁶ But that ye maye knowe, that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth, the sayde he vnto the sicke of ye palsye: arise, take vp thy bed, and go home.⁷ And he arose and wente home.⁸ hen ye people sawe it, they marueyled, & glorified God, which had geue soch power vnto men.

⁹ And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he sawe a man syt a receyuinge of custome, named Mathew, & sayde vnto him: folowe me.¹⁰ And he arose, and folowed him. And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the house: beholde, many publicans and synners came and sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples.¹¹ When the Pharises sawe that, they sayde to hys disciples: why eateth youre master with publicans and synners?¹² When Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto them: The whole nede not ye phisicio, but they that are sicke.¹³ Go and learne, what that meaneth: I haue pleasure in mercy, and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce,

¹⁴ Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge: why do we & ye Pharises fast so oft: and thy disciples fast not?¹⁵ And Iesus sayde vnto the: Can the weddynge chyldre mourne as loge as the bridegrome is with them? The tyme will come, when the bridegrome shalbe taken from them, and the shall they fast.¹⁶ No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of newe clothe. For then taketh he awaye the pece agayne from the garment, & the rent ys made greater.¹⁷ Nether do men put new wyne in to olde vessels, for then the vessels breake, and the wyne runneth out, & ye vessels peryshe, But they poure newe wyne in to newe vessels, and so are both saued together,

¹⁸ Whyle he thus spake vnto them, beholde there came a certayne ruler, and worshipped him, sayinge: My doughter is eue now deceased, but come and lay yi honde on her, and she shall liue.¹⁹ Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples.²⁰ And beholde, a woman which was diseased wt an yssue of bloude xij. yeres, came behynde hym, and touched the hem of hys vesture.²¹ For she sayde in her silfe: yf I maye touche but euen his vesture only, I shalbe safe.²² Then Iesus tourned him aboute, and behelde her, sayinge: Doughter be of good conforte, thy faith hath made ye safe. And she was made whole, euen that same houre.²³ And when Iesus came into the rulers house, and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge,²⁴ he sayde vnto them: Get you hece, for ye mayde is not deed, but slepeth. And they laughed hym to scorne.²⁵ But whan the people were put forth, he went in, and toke her by the honde, and the mayde arose.²⁶ And this was noysed through out all that londe.

²⁷ And as Iesus departed thence, two blynde me folowed hym, cryinge and sayinge: O thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy vpon vs.²⁸ And when he was come home, the blynde came to hym, And Iesus sayde vnto them Beleue ye, that I am able to do thys? And they sayde vnto hym: yee, LORDE.²⁹ Then touched he their eyes, sayinge: acordinge to youre fayth, be it vnto you.³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Iesus charged the, sayinge: Se that no ma knowe of it.³¹ But they departed, & spred abroade his name through out all the londe.³² Whan these were gone out, beholde, they brought to hym a domme man possessed of a deuyll.³³ And whan the deuyl was cast out, the domme spake: And the people merueled sayinge: it was neuer so sene in Israel.³⁴ But ye Pharises sayde: he casteth out deuyls, thorow the chefe deuyll.

³⁵ And Iesus wente aboute in all cities and townes, teachinge in their synagoges & preachyng ye gospel of ye kyngdome, & healinge all maner sicknes & all maner desease amoge the people.³⁶ And when he sawe the people, he had compassion on the, because they were pyned awaye, and scattered abroade, euen as shepe hauinge no shepherd,³⁷ Then sayde he to hys disciples: ye heruest is greate, but ye laborers are fewe.³⁸ Wherfore praye the LORDE of the haruest, to sende forth laborers into hys haruest.