Matthew · Chapter 28

[ edit] Forſoþe in þe euenyng of þe ſaboþ, or haliday, þat ſchyneþ in þe firſte day of þe woke, Marie Mawdeleyn cam, and anoþer Marie, for to ſe þe ſepulcre. And lo! þer was maad a greet erþe mouyng; forſoþ þe aungel of þe Lord cam doun fro heuene, and comynge to turnide awey þe ſtoon, and ſat þeron. Soþli his lokyng was as leyt, and his cloþis as ſnow; forſoþe for drede of him þe keperis ben afferid, and þei ben maad as deede men. Forſoþe þe aungel anſweringe ſeide to þe wymmen, Nyle ȝe drede, for I woot þat ȝe ſeken Jheſu, þat is crucified; he is not here, ſoþli he roos, as he ſeide; come ȝe, and ſeeþ þe place, where þe Lord was putt.

And ȝe goynge ſone, ſeie to his diſciplis and to Petre, for he haþ riſun. And lo! he ſchal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee; þere ȝe ſchulen ſe him. Lo! I haue bifore ſeid to ȝou. And Marie Mawdeleyn, and anoþer Marie wenten out ſoone fro þe buryel, wiþ drede and greet ioye, rennynge for to telle his diſciplis. And lo! Jheſus ran aȝens hem, ſeyinge, Heil ȝe. Forſoþe þei camen to, and heelden his feet, and worſchipiden him. Þanne Jheſus ſeiþ to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; go ȝe, telle ȝe to my briþeren, þat þei go in to Galilee; þere þei ſchulen ſe me. Þe whiche whanne þei hadden gon, loo! ſumme of þe keperis camen in to þe cytee, and tolden to þe princes of preſtis alle þingis þat weren don.

And þei gedrid to gidre wiþ þe eldere men, a counceil takun, ȝaue to þe knyȝtis plenteuous money, ſeyinge, Seie ȝe, for his diſciplis camen by niȝte, and han ſtolen him, vs ſlepinge. And if þis be herd of þe preſedent, or iuſtiſe, we ſchulen conceile him, and make ȝou ſikir. And þe money takun, þei diden, as þei weren tauȝt. And þis word is puppliſſid at þe Jewis, til in to þis day. Forſoþe enleuene diſciplis wenten in to Galilee, in to an hil, where Jheſus hadde ordeyned to hem. And þei ſeynge him, worſchipiden; ſoþli ſumme of hem doutiden. And Jheſus comynge to, ſpak to hem, ſeyinge, Al power is ȝouun to me, in heuene and in erþe.

Þerfore ȝe goynge teche alle folkis, criſtenynge hem in þe name of þe Fadir, and of þe Sone, and of þe Hooly Goſt; techinge hem for to kepe alle þingis, what euere þingis I haue comaundid to ȝou; and lo! I am wiþ ȝou in alle dayes, til to þe endyng of þe world. Here endiþ þe goſpel of Maþeu, and bigynneþ þe prolog of Mark.