The Life of Jesus

The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men? answere me.

And they thought with themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say, Why then did ye not beleeue him?

But if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he was a Prophet in deede.

Then they answered, and saide vnto Iesus, We cannot tell. And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Neither will I tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.

And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

But they tooke him, and beat him, and sent him away emptie.

And againe he sent vnto them another seruant, and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

And againe he sent another, and him they slew, and many other, beating some, and killing some.

Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

So they tooke him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.

And they sent vnto him certaine of the Pharises, and of ye Herodians that they might take him in his talke.

And when they came, they saide vnto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou considerest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God truely, Is it lawfull to giue tribute to Cesar, or not?

Should we giue it, or should we not giue it? but he knew their hypocrisie, and said vnto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a peny, that I may see it.

So they brought it, and he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said vnto him, Cesars.

Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God, those that are Gods: and they marueiled at him.

Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) and they asked him, saying,

Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

Then the seconde tooke her, and he died, neither did he yet leaue issue, and the third likewise: