The Gospell of S. Mathew. The .xx. Chapter.
- For the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto an houssholder which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde.
- And he agreed wt the labourers for a peny a daye and sent them into his vyneyarde.
- And he went out about the thyrde houre and sawe other stonding ydell in the marketplace
- and sayd vnto them go ye also into my vyneyarde: and whatsoever is right I will geve you. And they went there waye.
- Agayne he wet out about the sixte and nynthe houre and dyd lyke wyse.
- And he went out aboute the eleventhe houre and founde other stondynge ydell and sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell?
- They sayde vnto hym: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde and whatsoever is right that shall ye receave.
- When even was come the lorde of the vyneyarde sayde vnto hys steward: call the labourers and geve them their hyre beginnyng at ye laste tyll thou come to ye fyrste.
- And they whiche were hyred aboute the eleventhe houre came and receaved every man a peny.
- Then came ye fyrst supposyng yt they shuld receave moare: and they likewyse receaved every man a peny.
- And when they had receaved it they murmured agaynst the good man of the housse
- saying: These laste have wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall vnto vs which have born ye burthe and heet of the daye.
- He answered to one of the sayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddest thou not agre wt me for a peny?
- Take that which is thy duty and go thy waye. I will geve vnto this last as moche as to the.
- Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thyne eye evyll because I am good?
- Soo the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be chosen.
- And Jesus ascended to Jerusalem and toke the .xii. disciples a parte in the waye and sayde to the.
- Beholde we goo vp to Jerusalem and the sonne of ma shalbe betrayed vnto ye chefe prestes and vnto the scribes and they shall condene him to deeth
- and shall delyvre him to the getils to be mocked to be scourged and to be crucified: and ye thyrd daye he shall ryse agayne.
- Then came to hym the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshippynge him and desyringe a certayne thinge of him.
- And he sayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She sayde vnto him: Gravnte that these my two sonnes may sit ye one on thy right hond and the other on ye lifte hond in thy kyngdome.
- Jesus answered and sayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe yt I shall drynke of and to be baptised wt the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with? They answered to him that we are.
- And he sayd vnto the: Ye shall drinke of my cvp and shalbe baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hond and on my lyst hond is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father.
- And when the ten hearde this they disdayned at ye two brethre:
- But Jesus called them vnto him and sayde: Ye knowe yt the lordes of the gentyls have dominacio over them. And they that are great exercise power over the.
- It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister:
- and whosoever wil be chefe let him be youre servaut
- eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
- And as they departed fro Hierico moche people folowed him.
- And beholde two blinde men sittinge by ye waysyde whe they hearde Jesus passe by cryed sayinge: Thou Lorde ye sonne of David have mercy on vs.
- And ye people rebuked them be cause they shulde holde their peace. But they cryed ye moare sayinge: have mercy on vs thou Lorde which arte ye sonne of David.
- Then Jesus stode styll and called the and sayde: what will ye that I shulde do to you:
- They sayd to him: Lorde that oure eyes maye be opened.
- Jesus had copassion on the and touched their eyes. And immediatly their eyes receaved syght. And they folowed him.