The Life of Jesus

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? beholde, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and liue delicately, are in Kings courtes.

But what went ye foorth to see? A Prophet? yea, I say to you, and greater then a Prophet.

This is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are begotten of women: neuerthelesse, hee that is the least in the kingdome of God, is greater then he.

Then all the people that heard, and the Publicanes iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.

But the Pharises and the expounders of the Law despised the counsell of God against themselues, and were not baptized of him.

And the Lord saide, Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation? and what thing are they like vnto?

They are like vnto litle children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced: we haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept.

For Iohn Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine: and ye say, He hath the deuil.

The Sonne of man is come, and eateth and drinketh: and ye say, Beholde, a man which is a glutton, and a drinker of wine, a friend of Publicanes and sinners:

But wisdome is iustified of all her children.

And one of the Pharises desired him that hee would eate with him: and hee went into the Pharises house, and sate downe at table.

And beholde, a woman in the citie, which was a sinner, when she knewe that Iesus sate at table in the Pharises house, shee brought a boxe of oyntment.

And shee stoode at his feete behinde him weeping, and began to wash his feete with teares, and did wipe them with the heares of her head, and kissed his feete, and anoynted them with the oyntment.

Nowe when the Pharise which bade him, saw it, he spake within himselfe, saying, If this man were a Prophet, hee woulde surely haue knowen who, and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

And Iesus answered, and saide vnto him, Simon, I haue somewhat to say vnto thee. And he said, Master, say on.

There was a certaine lender which had two detters: the one ought fiue hundreth pence, and the other fiftie:

When they had nothing to pay, he forgaue them both: Which of them therefore, tell mee, will loue him most?

Simon answered, and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgaue most. And he said vnto him, Thou hast truely iudged.

Then he turned to the woman, and said vnto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entred into thine house, and thou gauest mee no water to my feete: but she hath washed my feete with teares, and wiped them with the heares of her head.

Thou gauest me no kisse: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kisse my feete.

Mine head with oyle thou didest not anoint: but she hath anoynted my feete with oyntment.

Wherefore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgiuen her: for she loued much. To whom a litle is forgiuen, he doeth loue a litle.

And he saide vnto her, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

And they that sate at table with him, began to say within themselues, Who is this that euen forgiueth sinnes?