Mark 6:4-40

⁴And Jhesus seide to hem, That a profete is not without onoure, but in his owne cuntrey, and among his kynne, and in his hous.

⁵And he myyte not do there ony vertu, saue that he helide a fewe sijk men, leiynge on hem hise hoondis.

⁶And he wondride for the vnbileue of hem. And he wente aboute casteles on ech side, and tauyte.

⁷And he clepide togidere twelue, and bigan to sende hem bi two togidere; and yaf to hem power of vnclene spiritis,

⁸and comaundide hem, that thei schulde not take ony thing in the weie, but a yerde oneli, not a scrippe, ne breed, nether money in the girdil,

⁹but schod with sandalies, and that thei schulden not be clothid with twei cootis.

¹⁰And he seide to hem, Whidur euer ye entren in to an hous, dwelle ye there, til ye goon out fro thennus.

¹¹And who euer resseyueth you not, ne herith you, go ye out fro thennus, and schake awei the powdir fro youre feet, in to witnessyng to hem.

¹²And thei yeden forth, and prechiden, that men schulden do penaunce.

¹³And thei castiden out many feendis, and anoyntiden with oyle many sijk men, and thei weren heelid.

¹⁴And kyng Eroude herde, for his name was maad opyn, and seide, That Joon Baptist hath risen ayen fro deeth, and therfor vertues worchen in hym.

¹⁵Othir seiden, That it is Helie; but othir seiden, That it is a profete, as oon of profetis.

¹⁶And whanne this thing was herd, Eroude seide, This Joon, whom Y haue biheedide, is risun ayen fro deeth.

¹⁷For thilke Eroude sente, and helde Joon, and boond hym in to prisoun, for Erodias, the wijf of Filip, his brothir; for he hadde weddid hir.

¹⁸For Joon seide to Eroude, It is not leueful to thee, to haue the wijf of thi brothir.

¹⁹And Erodias leide aspies to hym, and wolde sle hym, and myyte not.

²⁰And Eroude dredde Joon, and knewe hym a iust man and hooli, and kepte hym. And Eroude herde hym, and he dide many thingis, and gladli herde hym.

²¹And whanne a couenable dai was fallun, Eroude in his birthdai made a soper to the princis, and tribunes, and to the grettest of Galilee.

²²And whanne the douyter of thilke Erodias was comun ynne, and daunside, and pleside to Eroude, and also to men that saten at the mete, the kyng seide to the damysel, Axe thou of me what thou wolt, and Y schal yyue to thee.

²³And he swore to hir, That what euer thou axe, Y schal yyue to thee, thouy it be half my kyngdom.

²⁴And whanne sche hadde goon out, sche seide to hir modir, What schal Y axe? And sche seide, The heed of Joon Baptist.

²⁵And whanne sche was comun ynne anoon with haast to the kyng, sche axide, and seide, Y wole that anoon thou yyue to me in a dische the heed of Joon Baptist.

²⁶And the kyng was sori for the ooth, and for men that saten togidere at the meete he wolde not make hir sori;

²⁷but sente a manqueller and comaundide, that Joones heed were brouyt in a dissche. And he bihedide hym in the prisoun,

²⁸and brouyte his heed in a disch, and yaf it to the damysel, and the damysel yaf to hir modir.

²⁹And whanne this thing was herd, hise disciplis camen, and token his bodi, and leiden it in a biriel.

³⁰And the apostlis camen togidere to Jhesu, and telden to hym alle thingis, that thei hadden don, and tauyt.

³¹And he seide to hem, Come ye bi you silf in to a desert place; and reste ye a litil. For there were many that camen, and wenten ayen, and thei hadden not space to ete.

³²And thei yeden in to a boot, and wenten in to a desert place bi hem silf.

³³And thei sayn hem go awei, and many knewen, and thei wenten afoote fro alle citees, and runnen thidur, and camen bifor hem.

³⁴And Jhesus yede out, and saiy myche puple, and hadde reuth on hem, for thei weren as scheep not hauynge a scheepherd. And he bigan to teche hem many thingis.

³⁵And whanne it was forth daies, hise disciplis camen, and seiden, This is a desert place, and the tyme is now passid;

³⁶lete hem go in to the nexte townes and villagis, to bie hem meete to ete.

³⁷And he answeride, and seide to hem, Yyue ye to hem to ete. And thei seiden to hym, Go we, and bie we looues with two hundrid pens, and we schulen yyue to hem to ete.

³⁸And he seith to hem, Hou many looues han ye? Go ye, and se. And whanne thei hadden knowe, thei seien, Fyue, and two fischis.

³⁹And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden make alle men sitte to mete bi cumpanyes, on greene heye.

⁴⁰And thei saten doun bi parties, bi hundridis, and bi fifties.