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The Great Bible 1539
| 8:1 | Iesus went vnto mount olyuete, |
| 8:2 | and early in the mornynge he came agayne into the temple, and all the people cam vnto hym, & he sate downe, & taught them. |
| 8:3 | And the Scribes & Pharises brought vnto hym a woman taken in aduoutry: & whan they had set hir in the myddes, |
| 8:4 | they saye vnto hym: Master, thys woman was taken in aduoutry, euen as the dede was a doing. |
| 8:5 | Moses in the lawe commaunded vs, that suche shulde be stoned. But what sayest thou? |
| 8:6 | This they sayde to tempt him that they myght accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, and with his fynger wrote on the grounde. |
| 8:7 | So, whan they contynued askynge him, he lyfte him selfe vp, and sayde vnto them: let him that is amonge you without synne, cast the fyrst stone at her. |
| 8:8 | And agayne he stowped downe, & wrote on the grounde. |
| 8:9 | And assone as they hearde this, they went out one by one, begynning at the eldest. And Iesus was lefte alone, & the woman standynge in the myddes. |
| 8:10 | When Iesus had lyfte vp him selfe, and sawe no man, but the woman, he sayde vnto hir: woman, where are those thyne accusars? Hath no man condempned the? |
| 8:11 | She sayde: No man, Lorde. And Iesus sayde. Nether do I condempne the. Go and synne nomore. |
| 8:12 | Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying: I am the lyght of the worlde. He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darcknes but shall haue the light of lyfe. |
| 8:13 | The Pharises therfore sayde vnto him: thou hearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true. |
| 8:14 | Iesus answered, & sayde vnto them: though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I knowe whence I cam, and whither I go. But ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. |
| 8:15 | Ye iudge after the flesshe I iudge no man. |
| 8:16 | And yf I iudge, my iudgement is true. For I am not alone: but I & the father that sent me. |
| 8:17 | It is also wrytten in youre lawe, that the testimony of two men is true. |
| 8:18 | I am one that beareth wytnes of my selfe, & the father that sent me, beareth wytnes of me. |
| 8:19 | Then sayde they vnto him: where is thy father? Iesus answered: ye nether knowe me, nor yet my father: If ye had knowen me, ye shulde haue knowen my father also. |
| 8:20 | These wordes spake Iesus in the tresury as he taught in the temple, and no man layde handes on hym for his houre was not yet come. |
| 8:21 | Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, & ye shall seke me, & shall dye in youre synnes. Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come. |
| 8:22 | Then sayde the Iewes: will he kyll him selfe, because he sayth: whyther I go, thyther can ye not come? |
| 8:23 | And he sayde vnto them: ye are from beneth, I am from aboue. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world, |
| 8:24 | I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes. |
| 8:25 | Then sayd they vnto him. who arte thou? And Iesus sayeth vnto them: Euen the very same thing that I speake vnto you. |
| 8:26 | I haue many thinges to saye, and to iudge of you: Yee, & he that sent me, is true. And I speake in the world, those thinges, which I haue hearde of hym. |
| 8:27 | Howebeit they vnderstode not that he spake of his father. |
| 8:28 | Then sayd Iesus vnto them: when ye haue lyft vp an hye the sonne of man, then shall ye knowe, that I am he, and that I do nothinge of my selfe: but as my father hath taught me, euen so I speake these thinges: |
| 8:29 | and he that sent me, is wt me. The father hath not lefte me alone, for I do all wayes those thinges that please him. |
| 8:30 | As he spake these wordes, many beleued on him. Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes, which beleued on him: |
| 8:31 | If ye continue in my worde, then are ye my very disciples, |
| 8:32 | and ye shall knowe the trueth: and the trueth shall make you free. |
| 8:33 | They answered him: We be Abrahams seed, and were neuer bonde to eny man: how sayest thou then: ye shalbe made fre? |
| 8:34 | Iesus answered them: verely, verely I saye vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, |
| 8:35 | is the seruaunte of sinne. And the seruaunt abydeth not in the house for euer. |
| 8:36 | But the sonne abydeth euer. If the sonne therfore shal make you fre, then are ye fre in dede. |
| 8:37 | I knowe that ye are Abrahams seed: but ye seke meanes to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. |
| 8:38 | I speake that which I haue sene with my father: and ye do that, which ye haue sene with youre father. |
| 8:39 | They answered and sayde vnto him: Abraham is oure father. Iesus sayeth vnto them: If ye were Abrahams children, ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham. |
| 8:40 | But now ye go aboute to kyll me, a man that hath tolde you the trueth whych I haue heard of God: this dyd not Abraham. |
| 8:41 | Ye do the dedes of youre father. Then sayde they to him: we were not borne of fornicacion. We haue one father, euen God. |
| 8:42 | Iesus sayd vnto them: yf God were youre father, truly ye wolde loue me. For I proceaded forth, and came from God. Nether came I of my selfe, but he sent me: |
| 8:43 | Why do ye not knowe my speache? Euen because ye can not abyde the hearing of my worde. |
| 8:44 | Ye are of youre father that deuyll, and the lustes of youre father will ye serue. He was a murtherer from the beginninge and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his awne. For he is a lyar, and the father of the same thing: |
| 8:45 | And because I tell you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. |
| 8:46 | Which of you rebuketh me of synne? If I saye the trueth, why do not ye beleue me? |
| 8:47 | He that is of God, heareth Goddes wordes. Ye therfore beare them not, because ye are not of God. |
| 8:48 | Then answered the the Iewes, and sayd vnto him: Saye we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast the deuyll? |
| 8:49 | Iesus answered: I haue not the deuyll: but I honoure my father, and ye haue dishonored me. |
| 8:50 | I seke not myne awne prayse: ther is one that seketh, and iudgeth. |
| 8:51 | Uerely verely, I saye vnto you: yf a man kepe my saieng, he shall neuer se deeth. |
| 8:52 | Then sayd the Iewes vnto him: Now knowe we that thou hast the deuyll. Abraham is deed, and the prophetes, and thou sayest: yf a man kepe my saying, he shal neuer taste of death. |
| 8:53 | Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is deed? and the prophetes are deed. Whom makest thou thy selfe? |
| 8:54 | Iesus answered: If I honoure my selfe, myne honour is nothinge. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye saye, is your God, |
| 8:55 | & yet ye haue not knowen hym: but I knowe him. And yf I saye, I knowe him not, I shalbe a lyar lyke vnto you. But I knowe him, and kepe his sayinge. |
| 8:56 | Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye: and he sawe it, & reioysed. |
| 8:57 | Then sayd the Iewes vnto him: thou art not yet .l. yere olde, and hast thou sene Abraham? |
| 8:58 | Iesus sayd vnto them: Uerely verely, I saye vnto you: yer Abraham was borne, I am. |
| 8:59 | Then toke they vp stones, to cast at hym: But Iesus hyd him selfe, and went out of the temple. |
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."