Matthew · Chapter 17

[ edit] And after ſexe dayes Jheſus toke Petre, and Jamys, and Joon, his broþer, and ledde hem aſydis in to an hiȝ hill, and was transfigured, or turnyd into an oþer lickeneſſe, bifore hem. And his face ſchoon as þe ſunne; forſoþe his cloþis were maad white as ſnow. And lo! Moyſes and Helye apperiden to hem, ſpekynge wiþ hym. Soþely Petre anſwerynge ſeid to Jheſu, Lord, it is good vs to be here. Ȝif þou wolt, make we here þree tabernaclis; to þee oon, to Moyſes oon, and oon to Helie. Ȝit hym ſpekynge, loo! a liȝty cloude ſhadewid hem; and loo! a vois of þe cloude, ſeyinge, Þis is my derworþ ſone, in whom I haue wel pleſide to me; heere ȝe hym.

And þe diſciplis, heerynge, fellen doun in to her facis, and dredden gretely. And Jheſus came niȝ, and touchide hem, and ſeide to hem, Ris vp, nyl ȝe dreede. Forſoþe þei, ryſynge vp her eiȝen, ſawen no man, no but Jheſus aloon. And, hem cummynge doun fro þe mounteyn, Jheſus comaundide hem, ſeyinge, Saie ȝe to no man þe viſioun, til mannes ſone ryſe aȝein fro dead. And his diſciplis axiden hym, ſeyinge, What þerfore ſeyn ſcribis, þat it behoueþ Hely firſt come? And he anſwerynge ſeiþ to hem, Forſoþe Hely is to come, and he ſhal reſtore alle þingis.

Treuly Y ſeye to ȝou, þat Hely is now comen, and þei knewen hym nat, but þei diden in hym, what euere þingis þei wolden; ſo and mannys ſone is to ſuffre of hem. Þanne diſciplis vndirſtoden, þat of Joon Baptiſt he hadde ſeid to hem. And whanne he cam to þe cumpanye of peple, a man cam to hym, foldid on knees byfore hym, ſeyinge, Lord, haue mercy on my ſone; for he is lunatyke, and ſuffriþ yuel, for why oft tymys he falliþ in to þe fijr, and oft tymys in to water. And I offride hym to þi diſciplis, and þei myȝten nat hele hym. Jheſus anſwerynge ſeiþ, A! þou generacioun vnbyleeful, or out of þe feiþ, and weiward; hou longe ſhal I be wiþ ȝou? hou longe ſhal I ſuffre ȝou?

Brynge ȝee hym hidir to me. And Jheſus blamyde hym, and þe deuel wente out fro hym; and þe child is helid fro þat houre. Þanne diſciplis camen niȝ to Jheſu priuyly, and ſeiden to hym, Whi miȝte nat we caſten hym out? Jheſus ſeiþ to hem, For ȝoure vnbyleue. Treuly I ſeie to ȝou, ȝif ȝe ſhulen haue feiþ, as a corn of ſeneuey, ȝe ſhulen ſeie to þis hill, Paſſe þou hennus, and it ſhal paſſe; and no þing ſhal be impoſſible to ȝou; forſoþe þis kynde is nat caſt out, no but by preyinge and faſtynge. Treuly, hem lyuynge togidre in Galilee, Jheſus ſeide to hem, Mannes ſone is to be bitraied in to þe hondis of men; and þei ſhulen ſlea hym, and þe þridde day he ſhal ryſe aȝein.

And þei ben maad ful ſory. And whanne he came to Capharnaum, þei þat token tribut, camen to Petre, and ſeiden to hym, Ȝoure maiſter payeþ nat tribute? And he ſeiþ, Ȝhe. And whenne he had entrid in to an houſe, Jheſus came bifore hym, ſeyinge, Symount, what ſemeþ to þee? Of whiche taken þe kyngis of erþe tribut, or rent? of her owne ſonys, eþer of alyenys, or oþer mennys ſones? And he ſeide, Of oþer mennus ſonys. Jheſus ſeide to hym, Þerfore ſonys ben free. Forſoþe þat we ſclaundre nat hem, go þou to þe ſee, and ſende an hoke, and take þe ilke fiſhe þat firſt cummeþ vp; and, his mouþ openyd, þou ſhalt fynde ſtater, þat is, a certeyn of moneye; þou takyng it, ȝeue to hem for me and for þee.