Matthew · Chapter 4

[ edit] Thanne Jheſus was led in to deſert of a ſpirit, þat he ſhulde be temptid of þe deuel. And whanne he hadde faſtid fourty days and fourety niȝtis, afterward he hungride. And þe tempter cummynge niȝ, ſaide to hym, Ȝif þou be Goddis ſone, ſay þat þeſe ſtoons be maad looues. Þe whiche anſwerynge ſaid to hym, It is wryten, A man lyueþ not in breed aloon, bot in euery word þat comeþ forþ fro þe mouþe of God.

Þanne þe deuyl toke hym in to an hooly citee, and ſette hym on þe pynacle of þe temple, and ſaide to hym, Ȝif þou be Goddis ſone, ſende þee doun; ſoþely it is wryten, For to his aungels he comaundide of þee, and þei ſhulden take þee in hoondis, leſt perauenture þou hurte þi fote at a ſtoon. Eftſone Jheſus ſaiþ to hym, It is writen, Þou ſhalt not tempte þe Lord þi God. Eftſone þe deuel toke hym in to a ful heeȝ hill, and ſhewide to hym alle þe rewmys of þe world, and þe glorie of hem; and ſaide to hym, Alle þeſe þingis Y ſhal ȝeue to þee, ȝif þou fallynge doun ſhalt worſhipe me.

Þan Jheſus ſaide to hym, Go, Saþanas; forſoþe it is wrytin, Þou ſhalt worſhipe þe Lord þi God, and to hym alone þou ſhalt ſerue. Þan þe deuel lafte hym; and loo! aungelis camen niȝe, and ſerueden to hym. Soþely whanne Jheſus hadde herde þat Joon was taken, he wente into Galilee.

And þe cite of Nazaret laft, he came, and dwelte in þe citee of Caphernaum, beſide þe ſee, in þe eendis of Zabulon and Neptalym, þat it ſhulde be fulfillid, þat þing þat was ſaid by Yſay, þe prophete, Þe lond of Zabulon and þe lond of Neptalym, þe weye of þe ſee ouer Jordan, of Galilee of heþene men, þe peple þat dwelte in derkneſſis ſay grete liȝt, and men ſittynge in þe cuntree of ſhadew of deþ, liȝt is ſprunge to hem. Fro þennus Jheſus bygan for to preche, and ſay, Do ȝe penaunce, forſoþe þe kyngdom of heuens ſhal cume niȝe.

Soþely Jheſus, walkynge biſidis þe ſee of Galilee, ſay two breþeren, Symon, þat is clepid Petre, and Andrew, his broþer, ſendynge nett in to þe ſee; forſoþe þei weren fiſheris. And he ſaide to hem, Come ȝe after me, and I ſhal make ȝou to be maad fiſheris of men. And anon her nettis forſakyn, Þey ſueden hym. And he goynge forÞ fro Þat place, ſay tweyn oÞer breÞeren, Jamys of Zebedee, and Joon, his broÞer, in Þe ſhip wiÞ Zebedee, her fadir, makynge aȝein, or beetynge, her nettis, and he clepide hem. SoÞely anoon Þe nettis forſaken and Þe fadir, Þei ſueden hym.

And Jheſus enuyraunyde al Galilee, techynge in Þe ſynagogis of hem, and prechynge Þe goſpel of kyngdam, and helynge al ſorow, or ache, and al ſekeneſſe in Þe peple. And his opynyoun, or fame, wente in to al Syrie; and Þei offriden to hym alle men hauynge yuele, takyn wiÞ dyuers ſorowis and tourmentis, and hem Þat hadden deuelis, and lunatijk men, and men in palſie, and he helide hem. And Þere ſueden hym many cumpanyes of Galilee, and of Decapoly, and of Jeruſalem, and of Judee, and of beȝonde Jordan.