Matthew · Chapter 8

[ edit] Forſoþe when Jheſus hadde comen doun fro þe hil, many cumpanyes folewiden hym. And loo! a leprouſe man cummynge worſhipide hym, ſayinge, Lord, ȝif þou wolt, þou maiſt make me clene. And Jheſus, holdynge forþe þe hond, touchide hym, ſayinge, I wole, be þou maad clene. And anoon þe lepre of hym was clenſid. And Jheſus ſaiþ to hym, See, ſay þou to no man; but go, ſhewe þee to preſtis, and offre þat ȝifte þat Moyſes comaundide, in to witneſſing to hem. Soþely when he hadde entride in to Capharnaum, centurio neiȝide to hym, preyinge hym, and ſaide, Lord, my child lyeþ in þe hous ſike on þe palſie, and is yuel tourmentid. And Jheſus ſaiþ to hym, I ſhal cume, and ſhal hele hym.

And centurio anſwerynge ſaiþ to hym, Lord, I am not worþi, þat þou entre vndir my roof; but oonly ſay bi word, and my child ſhal be helid. For whi and I am a man ordeynd vnder power, hauynge vndir me kniȝtis; and I ſay to þis, Go, and he goþ; and to an oþer, Come þou, and he comeþ; and to my ſeruaunt, Do þou þis þing, and he doþ. Soþely Jheſus, heerynge þeſe þingis, wondride, and ſaide to men ſuynge hym, Trewly I ſaye to ȝou, I fonde nat ſo grete feiþ in Yrael.

Soþely Y ſay to ȝou, þat manye ſhulen come fro þe eſt and weſt, and ſhulen reſt wiþ Abraham and Yſaac and Jacob in þe kyngdam of heuenes; forſoþe þe ſonys of þe rewme ſhulen be caſt out in to vttremeſt derkneſſis; þere ſhal be weepynge, and beetynge togidre of teeþ. And Jheſus ſaide to centurio, Go, and as þou haſt bileeued, be it don to þee. And þe child was helid fro þat houre. And when Jheſus hadde comen in to þe hous of Symond Petre, he ſay his wyues moder liggynge, and ſhakun wiþ feueris. And he touchide hir hond, and þe feuer lefte hir; and ſhe rooſe, and ſeruyde hem.

Soþely whan þe euenyng was maad, þei brouȝte to hym many hauynge deuelys, and he caſtide out ſpiritis by word, and helide alle hauynge yuel; þat it ſhulde be fulfillid, þat þing þat was ſaid by Yſaie, þe prophete, ſayinge, He toke oure infirmytees, and bere oure ſykeneſſis. Soþely Jheſus ſeeynge many cumpanyes about hym, bad his diſciplis go ouer þe water. And oo ſcribe, or a man of lawe, commynge to, ſaide to hym, Maiſtre, I ſhal ſue þee, whidir euer þou ſhalt go. And Jheſus ſaid to hym, Foxis han dichis, or borowis, and briddis of þe eir han neſtis, but mannes ſone haþ nat wher he reſte his heued. Soþeli an oþer of his diſciplis ſaide to hym, Lord, ſuffre me go firſt, and birye my fadir.

Forſoþe Jheſus ſaide to hym, Sue þou me, and late dede men birye her dead men. And Jheſu ſteyinge vp in to a litel ſhip, his diſciplis ſueden hym. And loo! a grete ſteryng was maad in þe ſee, ſo þat þe litil ſhip was hilid wiþ wawis; but he ſlepte. And his diſciplis camen niȝ to hym, and rayſiden hym, ſayinge, Lord, ſaue vs; we periſhen. And Jheſus ſeiþ to hem, What ben ȝee of litil feiþ agaſt? Þanne he ryſynge comaundide to þe wyndis and þe ſee, and a grete peſibleneſſe is maad. Forſoþe men wondreden, ſayinge, What manere man is he þis, for þe wyndis and þe ſee obeiſhen to hym?

And whan Jheſus hadde comen ouer þe water in to þe cuntre of men of Genazereþ, twey men hauynge deuelis runnen to hym, goynge out fro birielis, ful feerſe, or wickid, ſo þat no man miȝte paſſe by þat wey. And loo! þei crieden, ſayinge, What to vs and to þee, Jheſu, þe ſone of God? haſt þou comen hidir before þe tyme for to tourmente vs? Soþely a floc, or droue, of many hoggis leſewynge was nat fer from hem. But þe deuelis preyeden him, ſeyinge, Ȝif þou caſtiſt out vs hennes, ſende vs in to þe droue of hoggis. And he ſaiþ to hem, Go ȝee. And þei goynge out wente in to þe hoggis; and loo! in a greet bire al þe droue wente heedlynge in to þe ſee, and þei ben dead in watris.

Forſoþe þe hirdes fledden awey, and cummynge in to þe citee, tolden alle þeſe þingis, and of hem þat hadden þe fendis. And loo! al þe citee wente aȝeinis Jheſu, metynge hym; and hym ſeen, þei preiden hym, þat he ſhulde paſſe fro her cooſtis.