- 1. For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.
- 2. And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.
- 3. And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place,
- 4. And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.
- 5. Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse.
- 6. And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?
- 7. They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.
- 8. So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.
- 9. And when they came, that [were hired] about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.
- 10. But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.
- 11. And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house,
- 12. Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.
- 13. But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?
- 14. Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.
- 15. Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
- 16. So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen.
- 17. And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them:
- 18. Beholde, we go vp to Hierusalem, and the sonne of man shalbe betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the scribes, and they shall condempne hym to death:
- 19. And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the thirde day, he shall ryse agayne.
- 20. Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren, with her sonnes, worshyppyng hym, and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym.
- 21. And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.
- 22. But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able.
- 23. He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father.
- 24. And when the ten hearde [this], they disdayned at the two brethren.
- 25. But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them.
- 26. It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:
- 27. And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.
- 28. Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.
- 29. And as they departed from Hierico, much people folowed hym.
- 30. And behold, two blind men syttyng by the waye syde, when they hearde that Iesus passed by, they cryed, saying: O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
- 31. And the people rebuked them, because they should holde their peace. But they cryed the more, saying: haue mercy on vs, O Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid.
- 32. And Iesus stode styll, & called them, and sayde: what wyll ye that I shall do vnto you?
- 33. They saye vnto hym? Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
- 34. So Iesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediatly theyr eyes receaued syght. And they folowed hym.
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