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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 21:1 | Then came Dauid to Nob to Ahimelech the pryest. And Ahimelech was astonied at his coming and said vnto him: Why comest thou thy self alone, and noman wyth the? |
| 21:2 | And Dauid saide to Ahymelech the preast: the kinge hath commaunded me to do a certeyne thynge and sayde vnto me, let no man knowe where aboute I sende and what I haue commaunded the to do. And therefore I haue apoynted my seruauntes to suche and suche places. |
| 21:3 | And now what hast thou vnder thyne hande? geue me fyue loues of bread, or what cometh to hande. |
| 21:4 | And the pryest answered Dauid and sayd: there is no comen bread vnder myne hande, but there is halowed bread, yf the young men, had abstayned only from wemen. |
| 21:5 | And Dauid answered the pryest and sayde vnto him: of a truth wemen hath bene locked vp from vs about a thre dayes, when I came out, and the vesselles of the young men were holy. Howe be it thys waye is vnpure, but it shalbe halowed in the vessel. |
| 21:6 | And so the pryest gaue hym halowed bread, for there was no nother bread there saue shew breades that were taken from before the Lord, to put freshe bread there the day that it was taken away. |
| 21:7 | And there was there the same day a certen man of the seruauntes of Saul abydynge before the Lorde named Doeg an Edomite, the chefest of Sauls hearde men. |
| 21:8 | And Dauid sayde vnto Ahimelech: is not here vnder thine hande other speare or swerde? for I haue nether brought my swerde nor myne harnes wt me, because the kinges busines required hast. |
| 21:9 | Then the priest answered: the swerde of Goliath the Philistine whom thou sluest in Ocdale, that is here wrapt in a cloth behynde the Ephod. Yf thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no nother saue that here. And Dauid sayde: there is none to that, geue it me. |
| 21:10 | And Dauid arose and fled the same daye from the presence of Saul, and went to Achis the Kynge of Geth. |
| 21:11 | And the seruauntes of Achis sayde of hym: is not this Dauid the king of the lande? dyd they not synge vnto this felowe in daunses sayinge: Saul hath slayne hys thousand, and Dauid hys ten thousand? |
| 21:12 | And Dauid put those wordes into hys hert & was sore afrayed of Achis the king of Geth. |
| 21:13 | And he chaunged hys contenaunce before them and raued in theyr handes, and scrabled on the dores of the gate, and let hys spyttel fal doun vpon hys bearde. |
| 21:14 | Then sayde Achis vnto his seruaunt. Lo, ye saw that this man was besyde hym selfe, wherefore then haue ye brought hym to me? |
| 21:15 | lacke I madde men, that ye haue brought this felowe to playe the mad man in my presence? he shall not come into my house. |
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.