Mark · Chapter 1

[ edit] The bigynnynge of þe goſpel of Jheſu Criſt, þe ſone of God. As it is writun in Yſaie, þe prophete, Lo! I ſende myn angel bifore þi face, þat ſchal make þi weye redy bifore þee. Þe voice of oon cryinge in deſert, Make ȝe redy þe weye of þe Lord, make ȝe his paþis riȝtful. Jhon was in deſert baptiſynge, and prechinge þe baptym of penaunce, in to remiſcioun of ſynnes. And alle men of Jeruſalem wenten out to him, and al þe cuntre of Judee; and weren baptiſid of him in þe flood of Jordan, knowlechinge her ſynnes.

And John was cloþid wiþ heeris of camelis, and a girdil of ſkyn abowte his leendis; and he eet locuſtus, and hony of þe wode, and prechide, ſeyinge, A ſtrengere þan I ſchal come aftir me, of whom I knelinge am not worþi for to vndo, or vnbynde, þe þwong of his ſchoon. I haue baptiſid ȝou in water; forſoþe he ſhal baptiſe ȝou in þe Holy Gooſt. And it is don in þoo dayes, Jheſus came fro Nazareþ of Galilee, and was baptiſid of Joon in Jordan. And anoon he ſtyinge vp of þe water, ſayȝ heuenes openyd, and þe Holy Gooſt cummynge doun as a culuere, and dwellynge in hym. And a voys is maad fro heuenes, Þou art my ſone loued, in þee I haue pleſid. And anon þe Spirit puttide hym in to deſert.

And he was in deſert fourty dayes and fourty niȝtis, and was temptid of Saþanas, and was wiþ beeſtis, and angelis mynyſtriden to hym. Forſoþe after þat Joon was taken, Jheſus came in to Galilee, prechinge þe goſpel of þe kyngdam of God, and ſeiynge, For tyme is fulfillid, and þe kyngdam of God ſhal come niȝ; forþinke ȝee, or do ȝee penaunce, and bileue ȝee to þe goſpel. And he paſſynge biſidis þe ſee of Galilee, ſay Symont, and Andrew, his broþer, ſendynge nettis in to þe ſee; ſoþely þei weren fiſhers. And Jheſus ſeide to hem, Come ȝee after me; I ſhal make ȝou to be maad fiſhers of men. And anoon þe nettis forſaken, þei ſueden hym.

And he gon forþ þennes a litil, ſay James of Zebede, and Joon, his broþer, and hem in þe boot makynge nettis. And anoon he clepide hem; and Zebede, her fadir, left in þe boot wiþ hirid ſeruauntis, þei ſueden hym. And þei wenten forþ in to Cafarnaum, and anoon in þe ſabotis he gon yn into þe ſynagoge, tauȝte hem. And þei wondreden on his techynge; ſoþely he was techynge hem, as hauynge power, and not as ſcribis. And in þe ſynagoge of hem was a man in an vnclene ſpirit, and he criede, ſeyinge, What to vs and to þee, þou Jheſu of Nazareþ? haſte þou cummen bifore þe tyme for to deſtroie vs? Y woot þat þou art þe holy of God. And Jheſus þretenyde to hym, ſeyinge, Wexe dowmb, and go out of þe man.

And þe vnclene gooſt debrekynge hym, and cryinge wiþ grete vois, wente awey fro hym. And alle men wondriden, ſo þat þei ſouȝten togidre amonge hem, ſeyinge, What is þis þinge? what is þis newe techyng? for in power he comaundiþ to vnclene ſpiritis, and þei obeyen to hym. And þe tale, or tyþing, of hym wente forþ anoon in to al þe cuntree of Galilee. And anoon þei goynge out of þe ſynagoge camen in to þe hous of Symont and Andrew, wiþ James and Joon. Soþely and þe modir of Symontis wif ſik in feueris reſtide, or lay; and anoon þei ſeien to hym of hir. And he cummynge to, reride hir vp, þe hond of hir taken, and anoon þe feuere left hire, and ſhe mynyſtride to hem.

Forſoþe þe euenynge maad, whenne þe ſone wente doun, þei brouȝten to hym alle hauynge yuel, and hauynge deuelis. And al þe cite was gaderid at þe ȝate. And he helide many þat weren traueilide wiþ dyuers ſoris, and he caſtide out many deuelis, and he ſuffride hem nat for to ſpeke, for þei knewen hym. And in þe morewynge ful erly he ryſynge, gon out, wente in to deſert place, and preiede þere. And Symont ſuede hym, and þei þat weren wiþ hym. And whanne þei hadden founden hym, þei ſeiden to hym, For alle men ſeeken þee. And he ſeiþ to hem, Go we in to þe nexte townes and citees, þat and þere I preche, for to þis þing I came.

And he was prechynge in þe ſynagogis of hem, and in alle Galilee, and caſtynge out fendis. And a leprous man cam to hym, biſechynge hym, and, þe knee folden, ſeide, Ȝif þou wolt, þou maiſt clenſe me. Forſoþe Jheſus, hauynge mercy on hym, ſtreiȝt out his hond, and, touchynge hym, ſeiþ to hym, I wole, be þou maad clene. And whanne he hadde ſeide, anoon þe lepre partide awey fro hym, and he is clenſid. And he þretenyde to hym, and anoon he putte hym out, and ſeiþ to hym, Se þou, ſeie to no man; but go, ſhewe þee to þe princis of preſtis, and offre for þi clenſynge þo þingis þat Moyſes badde, in to witneſſynge to hem.

And he, gon out, biganne to preche, and diffame, or pupliſhe, þe word, ſo þat nowe he miȝte nat opynly go in to þe citee, but be wiþ out forþ in deſerte placis; and þei camen to gidre to hym on alle ſydis.