Verse 1
And after two dayes was Easter, and the daies of swete bred. And ye hye prestes & scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate, & put him to death.
Verse 2
But they sayde: Not in the feast daye, lest there be an vproure in the people.
Verse 3
And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper, and sat at the table, there came a woman, which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment. And she brake ye boxe, & poured it vpo his heade.
Verse 4
Then were there some, yt disdayned and sayde: Where to serueth this waist?
Verse 5
This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens, & bene geue to ye poore. And they grudged agaynst her.
Verse 6
But Iesus sayde: let her be in rest. Why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke vpo me.
Verse 7
Ye haue allwaye the poore with you, and wha so euer ye wil, ye maye do the good: but me haue ye not allwaie.
Verse 8
She hath done what she coulde, she is come before, to anoynte my body for my buriall.
Verse 9
Verely I saye vnto you: Where so euer this gospell shalbe preached in all the worlde, there shal this also that she hath now done, be tolde for a remembraunce of her.
Verse 10
And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes, to betraye him vnto them.
Verse 11
Whan they herde yt, they were glad, & promysed that they wolde geue him money. And he sought, how he might coueniently betraye him.
Verse 12
And vpon ye first daye of swete bred, wha the Easter lambe was offered, his disciples sayde vnto him: Where wilt thou yt we go and prepare, yt thou mayest eate ye Easter labe?
Verse 13
And he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto them: Go youre waye into the cite, and there shal mete you a ma bearinge a pitcher with water, folowe him,
Verse 14
& where so euer he goeth in, there saye ye to the good man of the house: The Master sendeth the worde: Where is the gest house, wherin I maye eate the Easter labe, wt my disciples?
Verse 15
And he shal shewe you a greate parlour, which is paued & prepared, there make readye for vs.
Verse 16
And ye disciples wete forth, & came in to ye cite, & foude it as he had sayde vnto the. And they prepared ye Easter lambe.
Verse 17
At euen he came wt the twolue.
Verse 18
And as they sat at the table & ate, Iesus sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: One of you yt eateth wt me, shal betraye me.
Verse 19
And they were sory, & sayde vnto hi one after another: Is it I? & another (sayde:) is it I?
Verse 20
He answered & saide vnto the: One of the twolue, euen ye same yt dyppeth with me in ye platter.
Verse 21
The sonne of man truly goeth forth, as it is wrytte of hi. But wo vnto that ma, by whom the sonne of man is betrayed. It were better for the same man, that he had neuer bene borne.
Verse 22
And as they ate, Iesus toke the bred, gaue thankes, & brake it, and gaue it the, & sayde: Take, eate, this is my body.
Verse 23
And he toke the cuppe, thaked, and gaue it the, and they all dranke therof.
Verse 24
And he sayde vnto them: This is my bloude of the new Testament, which shalbe shed for many.
Verse 25
Verely I saye vnto you, that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne, tyll ye daye yt I drynke it new in ye kyngdome of God.
Verse 26
And wha they had sayde grace, they wete forth vnto mount Oliuete.
Verse 27
And Iesus sayde vnto them: This night shal ye all be offended in me, for it is wrytten: I wil smyte the sheperde, & the shepe shal be scatred abrode.
Verse 28
Neuertheles after yt I am rysen agayne, I wil go before you in to Galile.
Verse 29
But Peter sayde vnto him: And though all men shulde be offended, yet wolde not I be offended.
Verse 30
And Iesus sayde vnto him: Verely I saye vnto ye: Todaye in this same night, before ye cock crowe two tymes, shalt thou denye me thryse.
Verse 31
But he saide yet more: Yee though I shulde dye wt ye, yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all i like maner.
Verse 32
And they came in to ye felde called Gethsemane, and he saide vnto his disciples: Syt ye here, tyll I go yonder, and praye.
Verse 33
And he toke with him Peter & Iames, & Ihon, and begane to waxe fearefull, & to be in an agonye,
Verse 34
& sayde vnto the: My soule is heuy eue vnto ye death: tary ye here and watch.
Verse 35
And he wente forth a litle, fell vpon the grounde and prayed, that, (yf it were possyble) ye houre might passe fro him,
Verse 36
and sayde: Abba, my father, all thinges are possyble vnto the, take this cuppe awaye fro me: Neuertheles not what I wyl, but what thou wilt.
Verse 37
And he came vnto them, and founde the slepynge, and sayde vnto Peter: Symon, slepest thou? Couldest thou not watch with me one houre?
Verse 38
Watch and praye, that ye fal not in to temptacion. The sprete is wyllinge, but ye flesh is weake.
Verse 39
And he wete forth agayne, and prayde, and spake the same wordes,
Verse 40
and returned, and founde them slepynge agayne: for their eyes were heuy, & they knewe not what they shulde answere him.
Verse 41
And he came the thirde tyme, and sayde vnto them: Slepe on now, and take youre rest, It is ynough, the houre is come: beholde, ye sonne of man shalbe delyuered in to the handes of synners:
Verse 42
aryse, let vs be goynge. Beholde, he is at hande, that betrayeth me.
Verse 43
And immediatly whyle he yet spake, came Iudas one of the twolue, and with him a greate multitude, with swerdes and staues from the hye prestes and scrybes and elders.
Verse 44
And the traytoure had geuen them a toke, and sayde: Whom so euer I kysse, that same is he, laye handes vpon him, and lede him awaye warely.
Verse 45
And wha he was come, he wente straight waye vnto him, and sayde vnto him: O master, master, and kyssed him.
Verse 46
Then layed they their handes vpon him, & toke him.
Verse 47
But one of the that stode by, drew out his swerde, and smote the hye prestes seruaunt, and cut of his eare.
Verse 48
And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the: Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and with staues to take me.
Verse 49
I was daylie with you in the temple, and taught, and ye toke me not. But this is done, that the scrypture maye be fulfilled.
Verse 50
And all the disciples forsoke him, and fled.
Verse 51
And there folowed him a yonge ma, which was clothed in lynnen vpon the bare skynne, and the yonge me toke holde of him.
Verse 52
But he let the lynnen go, and fled naked from them.
Verse 53
And they led Iesus vnto the hye prest, where all ye hye prestes, and elders and scrybes were come together.
Verse 54
As for Peter, he folowed him a farre of in to the hye prestes palace. And he was there, and sat with the seruauntes, and warmed him.
Verse 55
But the hye prestes and the whole councell sought wytnesse agaynst Iesus, yt they might brynge him to death, and they founde none.
Verse 56
Many gaue false wytnesse agaynst him, but their wytnesses agreed not together.
Verse 57
And some stode vp, and gaue false wytnes agaynst him, and sayde:
Verse 58
We herde him saye: I wil breake downe this temple that is made with hodes, and in thre dayes buylde another not made wt handes.
Verse 59
But their wytnesse agreed not together.
Verse 60
And the hye prest stode vp amonge them, and axed Iesus, and sayde: Answerest thou nothinge vnto it, that these testifie agaynst the?
Verse 61
But he helde his tunge, and answered nothinge. The the hye prest axed him agayne, and sayde vnto him: Art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed?
Verse 62
Iesus sayde: I am. And ye shal se the sonne of man syt at the right hande of power, and come in the cloudes of heaue.
Verse 63
Then the hye prest rent his clothes, & sayde: What nede we eny mo wytnesses?
Verse 64
Ye haue herde the blasphemy. What thynke ye? They all codemned him, that he was giltie of death.
Verse 65
Then beganne there some to spyt vpo him, and to couer his face, and to smyte him with fistes, and to saye vnto him Prophecie vnto vs. And the seruauntes smote him on the face.
Verse 66
And Peter was beneth in ye palace. The came one of the wenches of the hye prest:
Verse 67
And wha she sawe Peter warmynge him, she loked vpo hi, and sayde: And thou wast with Iesus of Nazareth also.
Verse 68
But he denyed, & sayde: I knowe him not, nether can I tell what thou sayest. And he wente out in to the fore courte, and the cock crew.
Verse 69
And a damsell sawe him, and beganne agayne to saye vnto them that stode by: This is one of them.
Verse 70
And he denyed it agayne. And after a litle whyle they yt stode by, sayde agayne vnto him: Of a trueth thou art one of them for thou art a Galilean, and thy speach soundeth euen alike.
Verse 71
But he begane to curse and sweare: I knowe not the man, that ye speabe of.
Verse 72
And the cock crew agayne.Then thought Peter vpon the worde, that Iesus sayde vnto him: Before ye cock crow two tymes, thou shalt denye me thryse. And he beganne to wepe.