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¹ Therfor Jhesus bifor sixe daies of pask cam to Bethanye, where Lazarus hadde be deed, whom Jhesus reiside.² And thei maden to hym a soopere there, and Martha mynystride to hym; and Lazarus was oon of men that saten at the mete with hym.³ Therfor Marie took a pound of oynement of trewe narde precious, and anoyntide the feet of Jhesu, and wipte hise feet with hir heeris; and the hous was fulfillid of the sauour of the oynement.⁴ Therfor Judas Scarioth, oon of hise disciplis, that was to bitraye hym,⁵ seide, Whi is not this oynement seeld for thre hundrid pens, and is youun to nedi men?⁶ But he seide this thing, not for it perteynede to hym of nedi men, but for he was a theef, and he hadde the pursis, and bar tho thingis that weren sent.⁷ Therfor Jhesus seide, Suffre ye hir, that in to the day of my biriyng sche kepe that;⁸ for ye schulen euermore haue pore men with you, but ye schulen not euermore haue me.⁹ Therfore myche puple of Jewis knew, that Jhesus was there; and thei camen, not oonli for Jhesu, but to se Lazarus, whom he hadde reisid fro deth.¹⁰ But the princis of prestis thouyten to sle Lazarus,¹¹ for manye of the Jewis wenten awei for him, and bileueden in Jhesu.

¹² But on the morew a myche puple, that cam togidere to the feeste dai, whanne thei hadden herd, that Jhesus cam to Jerusalem,¹³ token braunchis of palmes, and camen forth ayens hym, and crieden, Osanna, blessid is the kyng of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.¹⁴ And Jhesus foond a yonge asse, and sat on hym,¹⁵ as it is writun, The douytir of Syon, nyle thou drede; lo! thi kyng cometh, sittynge on `an asse fole.¹⁶ Hise disciplis knewen not first these thingis, but whanne Jhesus was glorified, thanne thei hadden mynde, for these thingis weren writun of hym, and these thingis thei diden to hym.¹⁷ Therfor the puple bar witnessyng, that was with hym, whanne he clepide Lazarus fro the graue, and reiside hym fro deth.¹⁸ And therfor the puple cam, and mette with hym, for thei herden that he hadde don this signe.¹⁹ Therfor the Farisees seiden to hem silf, Ye seen, that we profiten no thing; lo! al the world wente aftir hym.

²⁰ And there weren summe hethene men, of hem that hadden come vp to worschipe in the feeste dai.²¹ And these camen to Filip, that was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and preieden hym, and seiden, Sire, we wolen se Jhesu.²² Filip cometh, and seith to Andrew; eft Andrew and Filip seiden to Jhesu.²³ And Jhesus answerde `to hem, and seide, The our cometh, that mannus sone be clarified.²⁴ Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, but a corn of whete falle in to the erthe, and be deed, it dwellith aloone;²⁵ but if it be deed, it bryngith myche fruyt. He that loueth his lijf, schal leese it; and he that hatith his lijf in this world, kepith it in to euerlastynge lijf.²⁶ If ony man serue me, sue he me; and where Y am, there my mynystre schal be. If ony man serue me, my fadir schal worschipe hym.

²⁷ Now my soule is troublid, and what schal Y seie? Fadir, saue me fro this our; but therfor Y cam in to this our;²⁸ fadir, clarifie thi name. And a vois cam fro heuene, and seide, And Y haue clarified, and eft Y schal clarifie.²⁹ Therfor the puple that stood, and herde, seide, that `thundur was maad; othere men seide, an aungel spak to hym.<sup>30</sup> Jhesus answerde, and seide, This vois cam not for me, but for you.<sup>31</sup> Now is the doom of the world, now the prince of this world schal be cast out.<sup>32</sup> And if Y schal be enhaunsid fro the erthe, Y schal drawe alle thingis to my silf.<sup>33</sup> And he seide this thing, signifiynge bi what deth he `was to die.³⁴ And the puple answeride to hym, We han herd of the lawe, that Crist dwellith with outen ende; and hou seist thou, It bihoueth mannys sone to be arerid?³⁵ Who is this mannus sone? And thanne Jhesus seith to hem, Yit a litil liyt is in you; walke ye, the while ye han liyt, that derknessis catche you not; he that wandrith in derknessis, woot nere whidur he goith.³⁶ While ye han liyt, bileue ye in liyt, that ye be the children of liyt. Jhesus spak these thingis, and wente, and hidde hym fro hem.

³⁷ And whanne he hadde don so many myraclis bifor hem, thei bileueden not `in to hym;³⁸ that the word of Ysaie, the prophete, schulde be fulfillid, which he seide, Lord, who bileuede to oure heryng, and to whom is the arm of the Lord schewid?³⁹ Therfor thei myyten not bileue, for eft Ysaye seide,⁴⁰ He hath blyndid her iyen, and he hath maad hard the herte of hem, that thei se not with iyen, and vndurstonde with herte; and that thei be conuertid, and Y heele hem.⁴¹ Ysaye seide these thingis, whanne he say the glorie of hym, and spak of hym.

⁴² Netheles `of the pryncis manye bileueden in hym, but for the Farisees thei knowlechiden not, that thei schulden not be put out of the synagoge;⁴³ for thei loueden the glorie of men, more than the glorie of God.

⁴⁴ And Jhesus criede, and seide, He that bileueth in me, bileueth not in me, but in hym that sente me.⁴⁵ He that seeth me, seeth hym that sente me.⁴⁶ Y liyt cam in to the world, that ech that bileueth in me, dwelle not in derknessis.⁴⁷ And if ony man herith my words, and kepith hem, Y deme hym not; for Y cam not, that Y deme the world, but that Y make the world saaf.⁴⁸ He that dispisith me, and takith not my wordis, hath hym that schal iuge hym; thilke word that Y haue spokun, schal deme hym in the last dai.⁴⁹ For Y haue not spokun of my silf, but thilke fadir that sente me, yaf to me a maundement, what Y schal seie, and what Y schal speke.⁵⁰ And Y woot, that his maundement is euerlastynge lijf; therfor tho thingis that Y speke, as the fadir seide to me, so Y speke.