¹ And he entred agayne into ye synagoge and there was a man there which had a widdred honde.

² And they watched him to se whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye yt they might accuse him.

³ And he sayde vnto ye man which had ye wyddred honde: arise and stonde in ye middes.

⁴ And he sayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on ye Saboth dayes or an evyll? to save life or kyll? But they helde their peace.

⁵ And he loked round aboute on them angerly mournyge on the blindnes of their hertes and sayde to the man: stretch forth thyne honde. And he stretched it oute. And his honde was restored even as whole as the other.

⁶ And ye Pharises departed and streyght waye gaddred a counsell with the that belonged to Herode agaynst him yt they might destroye him.

⁷ And Iesus auoyded wt his disciples to ye sea. And a greate multitude folowed him fro Galile and fro Iurie

⁸ and fro Hierusalem and fro Idumea and fro beyonde Iordane: and they yt dwelled about Tyre and Sidon a greate multitude: which whe they had herde what thinges he dyd came vnto him.

⁹ And he comaunded his disciples yt a shippe shuld wayte on him because of the people leste they shuld througe him.

¹⁰ For he had healed many in somoche that they preased apon him for to touche him as many as had plages.

¹¹ And when the vnclene sprites sawe him they fell doune before him and cryed sayinge: thou arte the sonne of God.

¹² And he straygtly charged them that they shuld not vtter him.

¹³ And he wet vp into a mountayne and called vnto him whom he wolde and they came vnto him.

¹⁴ And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they shuld be wt him and that he myght sende the to preache:

¹⁵ and that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devyls.

¹⁶ And he gave vnto Simon to name Peter.

¹⁷ And he called Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn Iames brother and gave them Bonarges to name which is to saye the sonnes of thounder.

¹⁸ And Andrew and Philip and Bartlemew and Mathew and Thomas and Iames the sonne of Alphey and Taddeus and Symon of Cane

¹⁹ and Iudas Iscarioth which same also betrayed him. And they came vnto housse

²⁰ and the people assembled togedder agayne so greatly that they had not leesar so moche as to eate breed.

²¹ And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beside him selfe.

²² And ye Scribes which came fro Ierusalem sayde: he hath Belzebub and by ye power of the chefe devyll casteth out devyls.

²³ And he called them vnto him and sayde vnto them in similitudes. How can Satan drive out Satan?

²⁴ For yf a realme be devided ageynste it silfe that realme cannot endure.

²⁵ Or yf a housse be devided agaynste it silfe that housse cannot continue:

²⁶ So yf Sata make insurreccion agaynste himsilfe and be devided he cannot continue but is at an ende.

²⁷ No man can entre into a stronge mans housse and take awaye hys gooddes excepte he fyrst bynde that stronge man and then spoyle hys housse.

²⁸ Verely I saye vnto you all synnes shalbe forgeven vnto mens chyldren and blasphemy wherwith they blaspheme.

²⁹ But he that blasphemeth ye holy goost shall never have forgevenes: but is in dauger of eternall dapnacion:

³⁰ because they sayde he had an vnclene sprete.

³¹ Then came his mother and his brethre and stode with out and sent vnto him and called him.

³² And the people sate aboute hym and sayde vnto him: beholde thy mother and thy brethre seke for the with out.

³³ And he answered them sayinge: who is my mother and my brethre?

³⁴ And he loked rounde about on his disciples which sate in compasse about hym and sayde: beholde my mother and my brethren.

³⁵ For whosoever doeth ye will of God he is my brother my syster and mother.