Matthew · Chapter 16

[ edit] And Phariſees and Saduceis temptynge him camen niȝ to hym, and preiden hym for to ſhewe to hem a tokene fro heuene. And he anſwerynge ſeiþ to hem, Þe eeuenynge maad, ȝe ſeien, It ſhal be cleer, for þe heuene is lijk to reed; and þe morwe, To day tempeſt, for heuen ſhyneþ heuy, or ſorwful. Þerfore ȝe han knowe to deme wiſely þe face of heuen, but ȝe mowen not wite þe tokenys of tymes. Þe yuel generacioun and avowtrer ſekiþ a tokne; and a tokene ſhal nat be ȝouen to it, no but þe tokne of Jonas, þe prophete. And, hem forſaken, he wente awey. And whenne his diſciplis camen ouer þe ſee, þei forȝaten for to take loouys.

Þe whiche ſeide to hem, Beholde ȝe, and beþ war of þe ſourdowȝ of Phariſees and Saducees. And þei þouȝten amonge hem, ſeiynge, For we han nat taken loouys. Forſoþe Jheſus witynge ſeide to hem, What þenken ȝe amonge ȝou of litil feiþ, for ȝe han nat loouys? Ȝit ȝe vndirſtonden nat, neþer han mynde of fyue loouys in to fyue þouſand of men, and hou many cofyns ȝe token? trewly neþer of ſeuen loouys in to four þouſand of men, and hou many lepis ȝee token? Whi vndirſtonden ȝe nat, for I ſeide nat to ȝou of breed, Be ȝe war of ſourdowȝ of Phariſees and of Saducees? Þanne þei vnderſtoden, þat he ſeide nat to be war of ſourdowȝ of loouys, bote of þe techynge of Phariſees and Saducees.

Soþely Jheſus came in to þe parties of Ceſarie of Philip, and axide his diſciplis, ſeyinge, Whom ſeyn men to ben mannes ſone? And þei ſeiden, Summe Joon Baptiſt; oþer forſoþe Hely; but oþer Jeremye, or oon of þe prophetis. Jheſus ſeiþ to hem, Soþely whom ſeien ȝe me to be? Symon Petre anſwerynge ſeide, Þou art Criſt, þe ſone of God lyuynge. Forſoþe Jheſus anſwerynge ſeide to hym, Bleſſid art þou, Symon Bariona, þat is, þe ſone of culuer; for fleſh and blood ſhewide nat to þee, but my fadir þat is in heuenes. And Y ſeye to þee, for þou art Petre, and vpon þis ſtoon I ſhal bilde my churche, and þe ȝatis of helle ſhulen nat han miȝt, or ſtrengþe, aȝeins it.

And to þee I ſhal ȝeue þe keies of þe kyngdam of heuenes; and what euer þou ſhalt bynde vpon erþe, ſhal be bounden and in heuenes; and what euer þou ſhalt vnbynde vpon erþe, ſhal be vnbounden and in heuenes. Þanne he comaundide to his diſciplis, þat þei ſhulden ſeie to no man, þat he was Criſt. Fro þat tyme Jheſus bygan for to ſhewe to his diſciplis, þat it byhouiþ hym to go to Jeruſalem, and ſuffre many þingus of þe eldris, and ſcribis, and princis of preſtis; and be ſleyn, and þe þridde day ryſe vp aȝein. And Petre, takynge hym to, began for to blame hym, ſeyinge, Fer be it fro þee, Lord; þis þing ſhal not be to þee.

Þe whiche, turnyd, ſeide to Petre, Saþanas, go after me; þou art ſclaundre to me; for þou ſaueriſt nat, or vndirſtondiſt nat, þo þingis þat ben of God, but þo þingis þat ben of men. Þanne Jheſus ſeide to his diſciplis, Ȝif eny man wole cume after me, denye he hym ſelf, and take his croſſe, and ſue me; for he þat wole make his ſoule ſaaf, þat is, his lyf, ſhal leſe it; forſoþe he þat ſhal leſe his ſoule, þat is, his lyf, for me, ſhal fynde it. Soþely what profitiþ it to a man, ȝif he wynne al þe world, trewly he ſuffre peyrynge of his ſoule? or what chaungynge ſhal a man ȝeue for his ſoule?

For mannes ſone is to come in glorie of his fadir, wiþ his angelis, and þanne he ſhal ȝelde to euery man aftir his workis. Treuly I ſeie to ȝou, þere ben ſumme of men ſtondynge heer, þe whiche ſhul nat taaſte deþ, til þei ſeen mannys ſone cummynge in his kyngdom.