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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 13:1 | Lo, all this haue I sene with myne eye, hearde with myne eare, & vnderstand it. |
| 13:2 | Loke what ye knowe, that same do I knowe also, nether am I inferior vnto you. |
| 13:3 | Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the almyghtie, & my desyre is to comen with God. |
| 13:4 | As for you, ye are worckmaisters of lyes, and vnprofytable Physicians all together. |
| 13:5 | Woulde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye myght be taken for wyse men. |
| 13:6 | Therfore heare my wordes, & pondre the sentence of my lyppes. |
| 13:7 | Wyll ye make answere for God wyth lyes, and maynteyne hym with disceate? |
| 13:8 | Wyll ye accepte the persone of God, and intreate for hym? |
| 13:9 | Shall that helpe you, when he calleth you to rekoning. Thynke ye to begyle him, as a man is begyled? |
| 13:10 | He shall punysh you, & reproue you, yf ye do secretly accepte any persone. |
| 13:11 | Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth hym selfe? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you? |
| 13:12 | Youre remembraunce shalbe lyke vnto the dust, and youre pride shalbe turned to claye. |
| 13:13 | Holde youre tonges now, and let me speake, for there is some thinge come into my mynde. |
| 13:14 | Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and myne soule in myne handes? |
| 13:15 | Lo, there is nether conforte nor hope for me, yf he wyll slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his syght, |
| 13:16 | he is euen the same that maketh me whole: and why? there maye no hypocrite come before hym. |
| 13:17 | Heare my wordes, and pondre my sayinges with youre eares. |
| 13:18 | Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde ryghtwes. |
| 13:19 | What is he, that wyll go to lawe with me? For yf I holde my tonge, I shall dye. |
| 13:20 | Neuerthelesse graunte me two thinges, and then wyll I not hyde my selfe from the. |
| 13:21 | Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed. |
| 13:22 | And then sende for me to the lawe, that I maye answere for my selfe: or els, let me speake, and geue thou the answere. |
| 13:23 | Howe greate are my mysdedes and synnes? Let me knowe my transgressions and offences. |
| 13:24 | Wherfore hydest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemye? |
| 13:25 | Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme vnto a flyinge leafe, and folowe vpon drye stubble? |
| 13:26 | That thou layest so sharpely to my charge, and wilt vtterlye vndo me, for the synnes of my youth? |
| 13:27 | Thou hast put my fote in the stockes: thou lokest narowly vnto all my pathes, & markest the steppes of my fete: |
| 13:28 | were as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, and as a cloth that is moth aten. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.