Luke · Chapter 4

[ edit] Forſoþe Jheſu ful of þe Hooly Goſt turnede aȝen fro Jordan, and was led by þe ſpirit in to deſert fourty dayes, and was temptid of þe deuyl, and eet no þing in þo dayes; and þo dayes endid, he hungride. Forſoþe þe deuel ſeide to him, If þou ert Goddis ſone, ſeye to þis ſtoon, þat it be maad bred. And Jheſus anſweride to him, It is writun, For a man lyueþ not in breed aloone, but in euery word of God.

And þe deuyl ladde hym in to an hiȝ hil, and ſchewide to him alle þe rewmes of þe roundneſſe of erþe in a moment of a tyme; and ſeiþ to him, I ſchal ȝyue to þee al þis power, and þe glorie of hem, for to me þei ben ȝouun, and to whom I wole I ȝyue hem; þerfore if þou fallinge doun ſchalt worſchipe bifore me, alle þingis ſchulen be þine. And Jheſus anſweringe ſeide to him, It is writen, Þou ſchalt worſchipe þe Lord þi God, and to hym aloone þou ſchalt ſerue.

And he ledde him in to Jeruſalem, and ſettide on þe pynacle of þe temple, and ſeide to him, If þou art Goddis ſone, ſende þi ſelf fro hennis down; for it is writen, For he haþ comaundid to his aungels of þee, þat þei kepe þee in alle þi weyes, and for þei ſchulen in hondis take þee, leſt perauenture þou hirte þi foot at a ſtoon. And Jheſus anſweringe ſeiþ to him, It is ſeid, Þou ſchalt not tempte þe Lord þi God. And euery temptacioun endid, þe deuyl wente away fro him til to a tyme. And Jheſu turnyde aȝen in þe vertu of þe ſpirit in to Galilee, and þe fame wente forþ of him þurȝ al þe cuntre. And he tauȝte in þe ſynagogis of hem, and was magnyfied of alle men.

And he cam to Nazareþ, where he was noriſchid, and he entride by cuſtom in þe day of ſaboþ in to þe ſynagoge, and roos for to rede. And þe book of Yſaie, þe prophete, was takun to him; and as he turnyde þe book, he fond a place where it is writun, Þe Spirit of þe Lord on me, for which þing he anoyntide me; he ſente me for to euaungeliſe to pore men, for to heele contrite men in herte, and for to preche remyſcioun to caytifs, and ſiȝt to blynde men; and for to delyuere brokun men in to remiſcioun; for to preche þe ȝeer of þe Lord pleſaunt, and þe day of ȝeldynge.

And whanne he hadde cloſid þe book, he ȝaf aȝein to þe mynyſtre, and ſat; and þe yȝen of alle men in þe ſynagoge weren biholdinge in to him. Soþli he bigan for to ſeie to hem, For in þis day þis ſcripture is fulfillid in ȝoure eeris. And alle men ȝauen witneſſinge to him, and wondriden in þe wordis of grace, þat camen forþ of his mouþ. And þei ſeiden, Wher þis is not þe ſone of Joſeph? And he ſeide to hem, Soþli ȝe ſchulen ſeie to me þis likneſſe, Leeche, heele þi ſilf. Þei ſayden, Hou grete þingis han we herd don in Capharnaum, make þou and here in þi cuntre. Soþli he ſeiþ, Treuli I ſeie to ȝou, for no man prophete is receyued in his owne cuntre.

In treuþe I ſeie to ȝou, for manye widewis weren in þe dayes of Elye, þe prophete, in Iſrael, whanne heuene was cloſid þre ȝeer and ſixe moneþis, whanne greet hungir was maad in euery lond; and to non of hem was Elye ſent, no but to Sarepta of Sydon, to a womman widowe. And manye meſelis weren in Iſrael, vndir Elyſe, þe prophete, and non of hem was clenſid, no but Naman of Sirie. And alle in þe ſynagoge heeringe þes þingis, weren fulfillid wiþ wraþþe. And þei riſen vp, and caſtiden out him wiþ oute þe citee, and ledde him to þe cop of þe hil on which þe cite of hem is foundid, þat þei ſchulden caſte him doun.

Soþly Jheſus paſſynge wente þorw þe myddil of hem; and he cam doun in to Cafarnaum, a citee of Galilee, and þere he tauȝte hem in þe ſaboþis. And þei weren aſtonyed in his teching, for his word was in power. And in þe ſynagoge was a man hauynge an vnclene fend, and he criede wiþ greet vois, ſeyinge, Suffre, what to vs and to þee, Jheſus of Nazareþ? haſt þou comen for to leeſe vs? I knowe þee, þat þou art þe hooly of God. And Jheſu blamyde him, ſeyinge, Waxe doumbe, and go out fro him. And whanne þe fend hadde caſt him forþ in to þe myddel, he wente a wey fro him, and ȝit noyede hym no þing.

And drede is maad in alle men, and þei ſpaken to gidere, ſeyinge, What is þis word, for in power and vertu he comaundiþ to vnclene ſpiritis, and þei gon out? And þe fame was puppliſchid of hym in to ech place of þe cuntre. Forſoþe Jheſu riſynge of þe ſynagoge, entride in to þe hous of Symount; ſoþli þe modir of Symondis wyf was holden wiþ grete feueris, and þei preieden him for hir. And Jheſu ſtondinge on hir, comaundide to þe feuir, and it lefte hir; and anon ſche riſynge mynyſtride to hem. Forſoþ whanne þe ſunne wente doun, alle þat hadden ſike men wiþ dyuerſe langwiſchingis, ledden hem to hym; and he, puttinge hondis to ech by him ſilf, heelide hem.

Soþli fendis wenten out fro manye, criynge, and ſeyinge, For þou ert þe ſone of God. And he blamynge ſuffride not hem for to ſpeke, for þei wiſten him to be Criſt. Soþli, þe day maad, he gon out, wente in to deſert place; and þe cumpenyes of peple ſouȝten him, and þei camen til to him, and þei helden him, þat he ſchulde not go awey fro hem. To whiche he ſeyde, For and to oþere citees it bihoueþ me for to euaungeliſe þe kyngdom of God, for þerfore I am ſente. And he was prechinge in þe ſynagogis of Galilee.