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[1] And it came to passe, that on one of those dayes, as he taught ye people in the temple, & preached the Gospell, the hie priestes and the scribes came vpo hym, with the elders
[2] And spake vnto him, saying: Tell vs by what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges? Eyther who is he that gaue thee this aucthoritie
[3] Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: I also wyll aske you one thyng, & aunswere me
[4] The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men
[5] And they reasoned within the selues, saying, Yf we say from heauen, he wyll say, why then beleued ye hym not
[6] But and yf we say of men, all the people wyll stone vs: For they be perswaded that Iohn is a prophete
[7] And they aunswered, that they coulde not tell whence it was
[8] And Iesus saide vnto them: Neither tell I you by what aucthoritie I do these thynges
[9] Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season
[10] And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie
[11] And agayne, he sent yet another seruaunt: and hym they did beate, and entreated hym shamefully, and sent hym away emptie
[12] Agayne, he sent the thirde also: and hym they wounded, and cast hym out
[13] Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym
[14] But when the husbande men sawe him, they reasoned within them selues, saying: This is the heyre, come, let vs kyll hym, that the inheritaunce may be ours
[15] And they cast him out of the vineyard, and kylled hym. What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them
[16] He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd
[17] And he behelde them, & sayde: What is this then that is written, The stone that the buylders refused, the same is become the head of the corner
[18] Whosoeuer doth stumble vppon that stone, shalbe broken: but on whosoeuer it falleth, it wyll grinde hym to powder
[19] And the hye priestes & the scribes, the same houre went about to laye handes on hym: and they feared the people. For they perceaued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them
[20] And they watched hym, & sent foorth spyes, which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take hym in his wordes, and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie
[21] And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely
[22] Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar, or no
[23] He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me
[24] Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars
[25] And he sayde vnto them: Geue then vnto Caesar, the thynges which belong vnto Caesar, and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God
[26] And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people: and they marueyled at his aunswere, & helde their peace
[27] Then came to hym certayne of the saducees, which denie that there is any resurrection, and they asked hym
[28] Saying: Maister, Moyses wrote vnto vs, yf any mans brother dye, hauyng a wyfe, and he dye without chyldren: that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe, & rayse vp seede vnto his brother
[29] There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren
[30] And the seconde toke her, and he dyed chyldlesse
[31] And the thirde toke her, & in lykewise the residue of the seuen, and left no chyldren behynde them, and dyed
[32] Last of all, the woman dyed also
[33] Nowe in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wyfe
[34] Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed
[35] But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that worlde, and the resurrection from the dead, do not marrye wyues, neither are marryed
[36] Nor yet can dye any more: For they are equall vnto the angels, and are the sonnes of God, inasmuche as they are chyldren of the resurrection
[37] And that the dead shall ryse agayne, Moyses also sheweth besides the bushe, when he calleth the Lorde the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, & the God of Iacob
[38] For he is not a God of dead, but of lyuyng: For all lyue vnto hym
[39] Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered, and sayde? Maister, thou hast well sayde
[40] And after that, durst they not aske him any question at all
[41] And he sayde vnto them: Howe saye they that Christe is Dauids sonne
[42] And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the psalmes: The Lord saide to my Lord, syt thou on my right hand
[43] Tyll I make thine enemies thy footestoole
[44] Dauid therfore calleth hym Lorde, & howe is he then his sonne
[45] Then in the audience of all the people, he saide vnto his disciples
[46] Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes
[47] Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation
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