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The Great Bible 1539
| 18:1 | And he put forth a parable vnto them, signifying that men ought all wayes to praye and not to be wery, |
| 18:2 | sayinge: Ther was in a certayne cytie a iudge, which feared not God, nether regarded man. |
| 18:3 | And ther was a certayne wedowe in the same cytye, and she came vnto hym, sayinge: auenge me of myne aduersary. |
| 18:4 | And he wolde not for a whyle. But after warde he sayd within him selfe: though I feare not God, nor care for man, |
| 18:5 | yet because thys wedowe is importune vpon me, I wyll auenge her, lest she come at the last and rayle on me. |
| 18:6 | And the Lorde sayde, heare what the vnryghtewes Iudge sayeth. |
| 18:7 | And shal not God auenge his electe, which crye daye and nyght vnto him, yee, though he deferre them? |
| 18:8 | I tell you that he will auenge them, & that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the erth? |
| 18:9 | And he tolde this parable, vnto certayne which trusted in them selues that they were perfecte, and despysed other |
| 18:10 | Two men went vp into the temple to praye: the one a Pharise, and the other a publican. |
| 18:11 | The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thancke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniuste, aduoutrers, or as this publycan. |
| 18:12 | I fast twyse in the weke. I geuetythe of all that I possesse. |
| 18:13 | And the publican stondyng a farre of, wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon hys brest, saying: God be mercyfull to me a synner: |
| 18:14 | I tell you: thys man departed home to hys house iustyfyed, more then the other. For euery one that exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted. |
| 18:15 | They brought vnto him also yong children, that he shulde touche them. When hys dysciples sawe it, they rebuked them. |
| 18:16 | But Iesus (whan he had called them vnto hym) sayde: Suffre children to come vnto me, and forbyd them not. For of soch is the kyngdome of God. |
| 18:17 | Uerely I saye vnto you: whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a chylde, shall not enter therin. |
| 18:18 | And a certayne ruler asked him, sayinge: good master, what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe? |
| 18:19 | Iesus sayd vnto him: Why callest thou me good? None is good, saue God onely. |
| 18:20 | Thou knowest the commaundementes: Thou shalt not commit aduoutry: thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not steale, thou shalt not beare false wytnes: honoure thy father & thy mother. |
| 18:21 | And he sayde: all these haue I kept from my youth vp. |
| 18:22 | When Iesus hearde that, he sayd vnto hym: Yet lackest thou one thynge. Sell all that thou hast, and distrybute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me. |
| 18:23 | When he hearde thys, he was sory: for he was very ryche. |
| 18:24 | When Iesus sawe that he was sory, he sayde wyth what difficulte shall they that haue mony, enter into the kingdome of God? |
| 18:25 | it is easyer for a camell to go thorow a nedles eye, then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdome of God. |
| 18:26 | And they that hearde it: sayd. And who can then be saued? |
| 18:27 | And he sayde: The thynges which are vnpossyble wt men, are possyble wyth God. |
| 18:28 | Then Peter sayde. Lo, we haue forsaken all, and folowed the. |
| 18:29 | He sayde vnto them: Uerely I saye vnto you: ther is no man that hath forsaken house, ether father or mother, ether brethren, or wyfe, or chyldren (for the kyngdome of Goddes sake) |
| 18:30 | whych shall not receaue moch more in this worlde, and in the worlde to come, lyfe euerlastynge. |
| 18:31 | Iesus toke vnto him the twelue, & sayd vnto them: Beholde, we go vp to Ierusalem, and all shalbe fulfylled, that are wrytten by the Prophetes, of the sonne of man. |
| 18:32 | For he shalbe delyuered vnto the gentyls, & shalbe mocked, and despytfully entreated, & spytted on: |
| 18:33 | & when they haue scourged him, they wyll put hym to deeth, and the thyrd daye he shall aryse agayne. |
| 18:34 | And they vnderstode none of these thynges. And this saying was hyd from them, so that they perceaued not the thynges which were spoken. |
| 18:35 | And it came to passe, that as he was come nye vnto Hierico, a certayne blynde man sate by the waye syde, beggynge. |
| 18:36 | And when he hearde the people passe by, he asked what it meant. |
| 18:37 | And they sayde vnto hym, that Iesus of Nazareth passed by. |
| 18:38 | And he cryed, sayinge: Iesu thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me. |
| 18:39 | And they whych went before, rebuked hym, that he shulde holde his peace. But he cryed so moch the more: thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me. |
| 18:40 | And Iesus stode styll, and commaunded hym to be brought vnto hym. And when he was come neare, he asked hym, |
| 18:41 | sayinge: what wilt thou that I do vnto the? And he sayde: Lorde, that I maye receaue my syght. |
| 18:42 | And Iesus sayd vnto hym: receaue thy syght: thy fayth, hath saued the. |
| 18:43 | And immediatly he receaued his syght, and folowed hym, praysynge God. And all the people, when they sawe it, gaue prayse vnto God. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."