Luke · Chapter 9

[ edit] Forſoþe twelue apoſtlis clepid to gidere, Jheſu ȝaf to hem vertu and power on alle deuelis, and þat þei ſchulde heele ſykeneſſis. And he ſente hem for to preche þe kyngdom of God, and for to heele ſyke men. fAnd he ſeiþ to hem, Take ȝe no þing in þe weye, neþir ȝerd, neþir ſcrippe, neþir breed, neþir money, and neþir haue ȝe twey cootis. And in to what euere hous ȝe ſchulen entre, dwelle ȝe þere, and go ȝe not out þennis. And who euere ſchulen not receyue ȝow, ȝe goynge out of þat citee ſchake of alſo þe poudir of ȝoure feete in to witneſſinge on hem. Soþli þei gon out, cumpaſſiden bi caſtels, euangeliſinge and heelinge euerewhere.

Forſoþ Eroude, þe fourþe prince, herde alle þe þingis þat weren don of him, and he doutide, for þat it was ſeid of ſum men, for Joon roos aȝen fro deede men; forſoþ of ſum men, for Elye apperide; ſoþli of oþere men, for oon of þe olde prophetis roos. And Eroude ſeiþ, I haue bihedid Joon; ſoþli who is þis, of whom I heere þes þingis? And he ſouȝte for to ſe him. And apoſtlis turnynge aȝeyn toolden to him, what euere þingis þei diden. And hem takun to, he wente on anoþere half in to deſert place, which is Beþſayda. Which þing whanne þe cumpanyes hadden knowen, þei folowiden him. And he receyuyde hem, and ſpak to hem of þe kingdom of God; and heelide hem þat hadden nede of cure.

Soþli þe day bigan for to bowe doun, and þe twelue comynge nyȝ ſeiden to him, Leeue þe cumpanyes, þat þei goynge turne in to caſtels and townes, þat ben aboute, þat þei fynde metis, for we ben here in a deſert place. Forſoþe he ſeiþ to hem, Ȝyue ȝe to hem to ete. And þei ſeiden, Þer ben not to vs more þan fyue loouys and tweye fiſchis, no but perauenture and we go, and byen metis in to al þe cumpany. Soþli þe men weren almooſt fyue þouſynde. Forſoþe he ſeiþ to his diſciplis, Make hem to ſitte to mete by feeſtis, fyftyes. And þei diden ſo, and þei maden alle men ſitte to þe mete.

Forſoþe fyue looues and tweye fyſches takun, he byheld in to heuene, and bleſſide hem, and brak, and delide to his diſciplis, þat þei ſchulden putte bifore þe cumpanyes. And alle men eeten, and weren fillid; and þis þat lefte to hem of broken metis was taken, twelue coffyns. And it was don, whanne he was aloone preiynge, and his diſciplis weren wiþ him, and he axide hem, ſeiynge, Whom ſeyn þe cumpanyes me to be? And þei anſweriden, and ſeiden, John Baptiſt, forſoþe oþere ſeyen Elye, but oþere ſeyen, for o prophete of þe formere haþ riſun. Soþli he ſeide to hem, But whom ſeye ȝe me to be? Symound Petre anſweringe ſeide, Þe Criſt of God.

And he blamynge hem comaundide hem þat þei ſchulden ſeie to no man, and ſeiþ þes þingis, For it bihoueþ mannis ſone to ſuffre manye þingis, and to be repreued of þe eldere men, and of princes of preſtis, and of ſcribis, and for to be ſlayn, and in þe þridde day to ryſe aȝen. Forſoþe he ſeide to alle men, If ony man wole come aftir me, denye he him ſilf, and take he his croſſ euery day, and ſue he me. Soþli he þat ſchal wilne to make his lyf ſaaf, ſchal leeſe it; forwhi he þat ſchal leeſe his lyf for me, ſchal make it ſaaf. Forſoþe what profitiþ it to a man, if he wynne al þe world, ſoþli leeſe him ſilf, and do peyringe of him ſilf?

Forwhi who þat ſchal ſchame me and my wordis, and mannis ſone ſchal ſchame him, whanne he ſchal come in his mageſte, and of þe fadir, and of þe hooly aungels. Forſoþ I ſeye to ȝou, verily þer ben ſumme ſtondinge here, whiche ſchulen not taſte deeþ, til þei ſeen þe rewme of God. Soþli it was don aftir þes wordis almooſt eiȝte dayes, and he took Petre and James and John, and he ſtiȝede in to an hil, þat he ſchulde preie. And þe while he preiede, þe likneſſe of his cheere was maad oþir maner, and his cloþing whit ſchynynge. And loo! tweye men ſpaken wiþ him, forſoþe Moyſes and Elye weren ſeyn in mageſte; and þei ſeyden his goynge out, which he was to fillinge in Jeruſalem.

Forſoþe Petre, and þei þat weren wiþ him, weren greuyd wiþ ſleep, and þei wakinge ſyȝen his mageſte, and tweye men þat ſtooden wiþ him. And it was don, whanne þei departiden fro him, Petre ſeiþ to Jheſu, Comandour, it is good to vs for to be here, and make we here þre tabernaclis, oon to þee, and oon to Moyſes, and oon to Elye; not witinge what he ſchulde ſeye. Soþli him ſpekinge þes þingis, a cloude was maad, and ſchadewide hem; and þei dredden, hem entringe in to þe clowde. And a voys was maad fro þe clowde, ſeyinge, Þis is my dereworþe ſone, heere ȝe him. And þe while þe vois was maad, Jheſu was founden aloone.

And þei helden pees, and ſeide to no man in þo dayes ouȝt of þo þingis, whiche þei hadden herd. Forſoþe it was don in þe day ſuynge, hem comynge doun of þe hil, myche cumpanye of peple renneþ to hem. And loo! a man of þe cumpanye criede, ſeyinge, Maiſtir, I biſeche þee, byhold in to my ſone, for he is oon aloone to me; and lo! a ſpirit takiþ him, and ſudenly he crieþ, and hurtliþ down, and todrawiþ him wiþ froþ, and vnneþe he goþ awey to-drawinge him. And I preiede þi diſciplis, þat þei ſchulde caſte him out, and þei myȝten not. Soþli Jheſu anſweringe ſeide to hem, A! vnfeiþful generacioun and weyward, hou longe ſchal I be anentis ȝou, and ſchal ſuffre ȝou? leed hidur þi ſone.

And whanne he cam nyȝ, þe fend hurlide him doun, and to-brayd. And Jheſu blamede þe vnclene ſpirit, and heelide þe child, and ȝeld him to his fadir. Soþli alle men wondriden greetly in þe greetneſſe of God. And alle men wondringe in alle þingis whiche he dide, he ſeide to his diſciplis, Putte ȝe þes wordis in ȝoure hertis, for it is to comynge, þat mannis ſone be bitrayed in to þe hondis of men. And þei knewen not þis word, and it was hid bifore hem, þat þei feeliden it not; and þei dreden to axe him of þis word. Forſoþe a þouȝt entride in to hem, who of hem ſchulde be more.

And Jheſu ſeynge þe þouȝtis of þe herte of hem, takynge a child, ſettide him biſydis him ſilf; and ſeiþ to hem, Who euere ſchal receyue þis child in my name, receyueþ me; and who euere ſchal receyue me, receyueþ hym þat ſente me; for whi he þat is leſſe among ȝou alle, is þe more. Forſoþ John anſweringe ſeide, Comaundour, we ſyȝen ſum man caſtinge out fendis in þi name, and we han forbodyn him, for he ſueþ not þee wiþ vs. And Jheſu ſeiþ to him, Nyle ȝe forbede, forſoþe he þat is not aȝens ȝou, is for ȝou. Soþli it was don, whanne þe dayes of his takynge vp weren fillid, and he ſettide faſte his face, þat he ſchulde go in to Jeruſalem; and he ſente meſſangeris bifore his ſiȝt.

And þei goynge entriden in to a citee of Samaritans, þat þei ſchulden make redy to him. And þei receyueden not him, for þe face was of him goynge in to Jeruſalem. Forſoþe whanne James and John, his diſciplis, hadden ſeyn, þei ſeiden, Lord, wolt þou we ſeye, þat fier come doun fro heuene, and waaſte hem, as Helye did? And he turned blamyde hem, ſeyinge, Ȝe witen not, whos ſpiritis ȝe ben; forſoþe mannis ſone cam not for to leeſe ſoulis, but for to ſaue. And þei wenten in to anoþer caſtel. Forſoþ it was don, hem walkynge in þe weye, ſum man ſeide to him, I ſchal ſue þee, whidur euere þou ſchalt go.

And Jheſu ſeide to him, Foxis han dennys, and briddis of þe eyr han neſtis, but mannis ſone haþ not where he ſchal reſte his heed. Forſoþe he ſeide to anoþer, Sue þou me. Soþli he ſeide, Lord, ſuffre me firſt to go, and to burie my fadir. And Jheſu ſeide to him, Suffre þat deede men burie her deede; but go þou, and telle þe kyngdom of God. And anoþir ſeide, Lord, I ſchal ſue þee, but firſt ſuffre me to telle aȝen to hem þat ben at home. Forſoþe Jheſu ſeiþ to him, No man ſendynge his hond to þe plouȝ, and biholdinge aȝen, is able to þe rewme of God.