Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 3:1 | In tho daies Joon Baptist cam, and prechide in the desert of Judee, |
| 3:2 | and seide, Do ye penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuenes shal neiye. |
| 3:3 | For this is he, of whom it is seid bi Ysaie, the prophete, seyinge, A vois of a crier in desert, Make ye redi the weies of the Lord; make ye riyt the pathis of hym. |
| 3:4 | And this Joon hadde clothing of camels heeris, and a girdil of skynne aboute hise leendis; and his mete was honysoukis, and hony of the wode. |
| 3:5 | Thanne Jerusalem wente out to hym, and al Judee, and al the cuntre aboute Jordan; |
| 3:6 | and thei weren waischun of hym in Jordan, `and knowlechiden her synnes. |
| 3:7 | But he siy manye of the Farysees and of Saduceis comynge to his baptym, and seide to hem, Generaciouns of eddris, who shewide to you to fle fro the wraththe that is to come? |
| 3:8 | Therfor do ye worthi fruyte of penaunce, |
| 3:9 | and nyle ye seie with ynne you, We han Abraham to fadir; for Y seie to you, that God is myyti to reise vp of these stoones the sones of Abraham. |
| 3:10 | And now the ax is put to the roote of the tree; therfore euery tree that makith not good fruyt, shal be kit doun, and shal be cast in to the fier. |
| 3:11 | Y waische you in water, in to penaunce; but he that shal come after me is strongere than Y, whos schoon Y am not worthi to bere; he shal baptise you in the Hooli Goost and fier. |
| 3:12 | Whos wynewing cloth is in his hoond, and he shal fulli clense his corn flore, and shal gadere his whete in to his berne; but the chaffe he shal brenne with fier that mai not be quenchid. |
| 3:13 | Thanne Jhesus cam fro Galilee in to Jordan to Joon, to be baptised of hym. |
| 3:14 | And Joon forbede him, and seide, Y owe to be baptisid of thee, and thou comest to me? |
| 3:15 | But Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Suffre nowe, for thus it fallith to vs to fulfille al riytfulnesse. |
| 3:16 | Thanne Joon suffride hym. And whanne Jhesus was baptisid, anoon he wente up fro the watir; and lo! heuenes weren openyd to hym, and he saie the Spirit of God comynge doun as a dowue, and comynge on hym; and loo! |
| 3:17 | a vois fro heuenes, seiynge, This is my louyd sone, in which Y haue plesid to me. |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.