Luke · Chapter 3

[ edit] Forſoþe in þe fyftenþe ȝeer of þe empyre of Tiberie, emperour, Pilat of Pounce kepinge Judee, ſoþli Eroude, prince of Galilee, Philip forſoþ, his broþer, prince of Ituree, and of þe cuntre of Tracon, and Liſany, prince of Abilyn, vndir þe princis of preſtis Annas and Cayfas, þe word of þe Lord is maad on John, þe ſone of Zacharie, in deſert. And he cam in to al þe cuntre of Jordan, prechinge baptym of penaunce in to remyſcioun of ſynnes. As it is writun in þe book of wordis of Yſaye, þe prophete, Þe voys of oon criynge in deſert, Make ȝe redy þe weye of þe Lord, make ȝe his paþis riȝt.

Ech valey ſchal be fulfillid, and ech mountayn and litil hil ſchal be maad louȝ; and ſchrewide þingis ſchulen be in to dreſſid þingis, and ſcharpe þingis in to playne weyes; and ech fleiſch, or man, ſchal ſe þe helþe of God. Þerfore he ſeide to þe cumpanyes, þe whiche wenten out, þat þei ſchulden be baptyſid of him, Kyndlis of eddris, who ſchewide to ȝou to flee fro wraþþe to comynge? Þerfore do ȝe worþi fruytis of penaunce, and bigynne ȝe not to ſeye, We han a fadir Abraham; ſoþli I ſeie to ȝou, God is myȝti to reiſe of þes ſtoones þe ſones of Abraham. Forſoþe now an ax is put to þe roote of þe tree; ſoþli ech tree not makynge good fruyt, ſchal be kitt doun, and ſchal be ſent in to þe fier.

And þe cumpanyes axden him, ſeiynge, What þerfore ſchulen we do? Soþli he anſweringe ſeide to hem, He þat haþ twey cootis, ȝyue to him þat haþ non; and he þat haþ metis, do on lyk manere. Soþli and pupplicans camen for to be baptiſed; and þei ſeiden to him, Maiſtir, what ſchulen we don? And he ſeide to hem, Do ȝe no þing more, þan þat þat is ordeyned to ȝou. Forſoþe and knyȝtis axiden him, ſeiynge, What ſchulen alſo we do? And he ſeiþ to hem, Smyte ȝe wrongfulli no man, neþer make ȝe fals chalenge, and be ȝe apaid wiþ ȝoure ſoudis.

Forſoþ al þe peple geſſinge, and alle men þenkinge in her hertis of John, leſt perauenture he were Criſt, John anſweride, ſeyinge to alle men, Soþli I baptiſe ȝou in watir; forſoþe a ſtrengere þan I ſchal come aftir me, of which I am not worþi for to vnbynde þe þwong of his ſchoon; he ſchal baptyſe ȝou in þe Hooly Goſt and fyer. Whos wynewyng tool in his hond, and he ſchal purge his corn floor, and ſchal gedere þe whete in to his berne; ſoþli þe chaffis he ſchal brenne in fier vnquenchable. Forſoþ and he moneſtinge manye oþere þingis, euangeliſide to þe peple.

Soþli Eroude, þe forþe prince, whanne he was blamyd of John for Herodias, wyf of his broþer, and of alle euels þat Eroud dide, addide þis ouer alle, and cloſide John in priſoun. Forſoþ it was don, whanne al þe peple was baptiſid, and Jheſu criſtenyd, and preiynge, heuene was openyd. And þe Hooly Goſt cam doun in bodily lickneſſe, as a culuere in to him; and a voys was maad fro heuene, Þou ert my dereworþe ſone, in þee it haþ pleſid to me.

And Jheſu him ſilf was bygynnynge as of þritti ȝeer, þat he was geſſid þe ſone of Joſeph, which was of Hely, which was of Maþaþ, which was of Leuy, wich was of Melchy, which was of Jamne, þat was of Joſeph, þat was of Mataty, þat was of Amos, þat was of Naum, þat was of Hely, þat was of Nagge, þat was of Maþaþ, þat was of Maþatye, þat was of Semy, þat was of Joſeph, þat was of Juda, þat was of Johanna, þat was of Reſa, þat was of Zorobabel, þat was of Salatiel, þat was of Nery, þat was of Melchy, þat was of Addy, þat was of Coſan, þat was of Elmadan, þat was of Her, þat was of Jeſu, þat was of Eleaſar, þat was of Jorym, þat was of Maþaþ, þat was of Leuy, þat was of Symeon, þat was of Juda, þat was of Joſeph, þat was of Jona, þat was of Elyachim, þat was of Melca, þat was of Menna, þat was of Maþaþa, þat was of Naþan, þat was of Dauiþ, þat was of Jeſſe, þat was of Obeþ, þat was of Booz, þat was of Salmon, þat was of Naſon, þat was of Amynadab, þat was of Aram, þat was of Eſrom, þat was of Phares, þat was of Judas, þat was of Jacob, þat was of Yſaac, þat was of Abraham, þat was of Tare, þat was of Nacor, þat was of Seruch, þat was of Ragau, þat was of Phaleþ, þat was of Heber, þat was of Sale, þat was of Caynan, þat was of Arfaxat, þat was of Sem, þat was of Noe, þat was of Lameþ, þat was of Matuſale, þat was of Enok, þat was of Jareþ, þat was of Malaliel, þat was of Caynan, þat was of Enos, þat was of Seþ, þat was of Adam, þat was of God.