Mark · Chapter 3

[ edit] And he entride eftſoone in to þe ſynagoge, and þer was a man hauynge a drye hond. And þei aſpieden hym, ȝif he helide in ſaboþis, for to accuſe hym. And he ſeiþ to þe man hauynge a drye hond, Ryſe in to þe mydil. And he ſeiþ to hem, Is it leeueful to do wel in þe ſaboþis, or yuele? for to make a ſoule ſaaf, wheþer to leſe? And þei weren ſtille. And he biholdynge hem aboute wiþ wraþe, hauynge ſorwe vpon þe blyndneſſe of her herte, ſeiþ to þe man, Holde forþ þin honde. And he helde forþ, and þe honde is reſtorid to hym. Soþely Phariſees goynge out anoon, maden a counſeil wiþ Herodyans aȝeins hym, hou þei ſhulden leſe hym.

Forſoþe Jheſus wiþ his diſciplis wente to þe ſee; and myche cumpanye from Galilee and Judee ſuede hym, and fro Jeruſalem, and fro Ydume, and biȝendis Jordan, and þei þat aboute Tyre and Sydon, a grete multitude, heerynge þe þingis þat he dide, camen to hym. And Jheſus ſeiþ to his diſciplis, þat þe litil boot ſhulde ſerue hym, for þe cumpanye of peple, leſt þei oppreſſiden hym; ſoþely he helide many, ſo þat þei felden faſt to hym, þat þei ſhulden touche hym. Forſoþe hou many euere hadden ſoris, or woundis, and vnclene ſpiritis, whenne þei ſeien hym, felden down to hym, and crieden, ſeyinge, Þou art þe ſone of God. And gretely he manaſſide hem, þat þei ſhulden nat make hym opyn, or knowen.

And he ſtyinge in to an hil, clepide to hym whom he wolde; and þei camen to hym. And he made, þat þere weren twelue wiþ hym, and þat he ſhulde ſende hem for to preche. And he ȝaue to hem power of heelynge ſikneſſis, and of caſtynge out fendis. And to Symount he putte name Petre, and James of Zebede and Joon, þe broþer of James, and he putte to hem names Boonerges, þat is, þe ſones of þondrynge; and Andrew and Philip, and Barþolomewe and Maþew, and Thomas and James Alfey, and Thadee and Symount Cananee, and Judas Scarioþ, þat bitraide hym. And þei comen to an hous, and þe cumpanye of peple came togidre eftſoone, ſo þat þei miȝte not neþer ete breed.

And whanne his kynneſmen hadden herdde, þei wenten out for to holde hym; ſoþely þei ſeiden, for he is turnyd in to wodeneſſe. And þe ſcribis þat camen doun fro Jeruſalem, ſeiden, For he haþ Belſebub, and for in þe prince of deuels he caſtiþ out fendis. And, hem gadrid togidre, he ſeide to hem in parablis, Hou may Saþanas caſte out Saþanas? And if a rewme be departide in itſelf, þe ilke rewme may not ſtonde. And if an hous be diſparpoilid on it ſelf, þilke hous may not ſtonde. And if Saþanas haþ riſen aȝeins hym ſelf, he is diſparpoilid, and he ſhal not mowe ſtonde, but haþ an ende.

No man, gon in to a ſtronge mannes hous, may take awey his veſſels, no but he bynde firſte þe ſtronge man, and þanne he ſhal diuerſly rauyſhe his hous. Trewly I ſeie to ȝou, for alle ſynnes and blaſphemyes, by whiche þei han blasfemed, ſhulen be forȝouen to þe ſones of men. Soþely he þat ſhal blasfeme aȝeins þe Holy Goſt, ſhal not haue remiſſioun in to wiþ outen eend, but he ſhal be gilty of euerlaſtynge treſpas. For þei ſeiden, He haþ an unclene ſpirit. And his modir and breþeren comen, and þei ſtondynge wiþ oute forþ, ſenten to hym, clepynge hym. And a cumpany ſat aboute hym; and þei ſeien to hym, Lo! þi modir, and þei breþeren wiþ outen forþ ſeken þee.

And he anſwerynge to hem ſeiþ, Who is my modir and my breþeren? And biholdynge hem aboute, þat ſaten in þe cumpas of hym, he ſeiþ, Lo! my modir and my breþeren. Forſoþ who þat doþ þe will of God, he is my broþer, and my ſiſter, and modir.