The Faith of the Centurion (Matthew 8:5–13; John 4:43–54)
1 TNT When he had ended all his sainges in the audience of the people he entred into Capernaum. BSB BSB: When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
2 TNT And a certayne Centurions seruaunte was sicke and redy to dye whom he made moche of. BSB BSB: There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
3 TNT And when he hearde of Iesu he sent vnto him the elders of the Iewes besechinge him that he wolde come and heale his servaunt. BSB BSB: When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
4 TNT And they came to Iesus and besought him instantly sayinge: He is worthi that thou shuldest do this for him. BSB BSB: They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,
6 TNT And Iesus went with them. And when he was not farre from the housse the Centurion sent frendes to him sayinge vnto him: Lorde trouble not thy silfe: for I am not worthy that thou shuldest enter vnder my roffe. BSB BSB: So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.
7 TNT Wherfore I thought not my silfe worthy to come vnto the: but saye the worde and my servaunt shalbe whoole. BSB BSB: That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8 TNT For I lyke wyse am a man vnder power and have vnder me soudiers and I saye vnto won goo: and he goeth. And to another come: and he cometh. And to my servaunt do this: and he doeth it. BSB BSB: For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
9 TNT When Iesus herde this he merveyled at him and turned him about and sayd to the people that folowed him: I saye vnto you I have not founde so greate faith noo not in Israel. BSB BSB: When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”
10 TNT And they that were sent turned backe home agayne and founde the servaunt that was sicke whoole. BSB BSB: And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 11 TNT And it fortuned after that that he went into a cite called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and moche people. BSB BSB: Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
12 TNT When he came nye to the gate of the cite: beholde ther was a deed man caried out which was the only sonne of his mother and she was a widowe and moche people of the cite was with her. BSB BSB: As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
13 TNT And when the lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayde vnto her: wepe not. BSB BSB: When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”
14 TNT And he went and touched the coffyn and they that bare him stode still. And he sayde: Yonge man I saye vnto the aryse. BSB BSB: Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
15 TNT And the deed sate vp and beganne to speake. And he delyvered him to his mother. BSB BSB: And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 TNT And ther came a feare on the all. And they glorified god sayinge: a greate prophet is rysen amonge vs and god hath visited his people BSB BSB: A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
17 TNT And this rumor of him wet forthe throughout all Iurie and thorowout all the regions which lye rounde about. BSB BSB: And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
John’s Inquiry (Matthew 11:1–6)
18 TNT And the disciples of Iohn shewed him of all these thinges. BSB BSB: Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.
19 TNT And Iohn called vnto him .ii. of his disciples and sent the to Iesus sayinge: Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we loke for another? BSB BSB: So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
20 TNT When the men were come vnto him they sayde: Iohn baptiste sent vs vnto ye sayinge: Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we wayte for another? BSB BSB: When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
21 TNT And at the same tyme he cured many of their infirmites and plages and of evyll spretes and vnto many that were blynde he gave sight. BSB BSB: At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.
22 TNT And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them: Goo youre wayes and shewe Iohn what thinges ye have sene and harde: how that the blynde se the halt goo the lepers are clensed the deafe heare the deed aryse to the poore is the glad tydinges preached BSB BSB: So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
23 TNT and happy is he that is not offended by me. BSB BSB: Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Jesus Testifies about John (Malachi 3:1–5; Matthew 11:7–19)
24 TNT When the messengers of Iohn were departed he began to speake vnto the people of Iohn What wet ye oute into the wildernes for to se? went ye to se arede shaken with the wynde? BSB BSB: After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
25 TNT But what went ye out for tose? A man clothed in soofte rayment? Beholde they which are gorgeously apparelled and lyve delicatly are in kynges courtes. BSB BSB: Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
26 TNT But what went ye forth to se? A prophete? Ye I saye to you and moare then a prophete. BSB BSB: What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
27 TNT This is he of who it is wrytten: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face to prepare thy waye before the. BSB BSB: This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
28 TNT For I saye vnto you: a greater prophete then Iohn amonge wemes chyldre is ther none. Neverthelesse one that is lesse in the kyngdo of god is greater the he. BSB BSB: I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 TNT And all the people that hearde and the publicans iustified God and were baptised with the baptism of Iohn. BSB BSB: All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
30 TNT But the pharises and scribes despised the counsell of god agaynst them selves and were not baptised of him. BSB BSB: But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
31 TNT And the lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke? BSB BSB: “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
32 TNT They are lyke vnto chyldre sittynge in the market place and cryinge one to another and sayinge: We have pyped vnto you and ye have not daunsed: we have mourned to you and ye have not wept. BSB BSB: They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
33 TNT For Iohn baptist cam nether eatynge breed ner drinkynge wyne and ye saye: he hath the devyll. BSB BSB: For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
34 TNT The sonne of man is come and eateth and drinketh and ye saye: beholde a man which is a glotton and a drinker of wyne a frende of publicans and synners. BSB BSB: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
35 TNT Yet is wysdome iustified of all her chyldren. BSB BSB: But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus (Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9; John 12:1–8)
36 TNT And one of the pharises desyred him that he wolde eate with him. And he went into the pharises housse and sate doune to meate. BSB BSB: Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
37 TNT And beholde a woman in that cite which was a synner assone as she knewe that. Iesus sate at meate in the pharises housse she brought an alablaster boxe of oyntment BSB BSB: When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
38 TNT and she stode at his fete behynde him wepynge and beganne to wesshe his fete with teares and dyd wipe the with the heares of her heed and kyssed his fete and anoynted them with oyntment. BSB BSB: As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
39 TNT When the pharise which bade him sawe that he spake with in him sylfe sayinge: If this man were a prophete he wolde surely have knowen who and what maner woman this is which toucheth him for she is a synner. BSB BSB: When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
40 TNT And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Simon I have some what to saye vnto the. And he sayd master saye on. BSB BSB: But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
41 TNT There was a certayne lender which had two detters the one ought five hondred pence and the other fyfty. BSB BSB: “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42 TNT When they had nothinge to paye he forgave the boothe. Which of them tell me will love him moost? BSB BSB: When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43 TNT Simon answered and sayde: I suppose that he to whom he forgave moost. And he sayde vnto him: Thou hast truly iudged. BSB BSB: “I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
44 TNT And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon: Seist thou this woman? I entred into thy housse and thou gavest me noo water to my fete but she hath wesshed my fete with teares and wiped the with the heeres of her heed. BSB BSB: And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
45 TNT Thou gavest me no kysse: but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my fete BSB BSB: You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
46 TNT Myne heed with oyle thou dydest not anoynte: but she hath annoynted my fete with oyntmet. BSB BSB: You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
47 TNT Wherefore I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgeve her for she loved moche. To whom lesse is forgeven the same doeth lesse love. BSB BSB: Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
48 TNT And he sayde vnto her thy synnes are forgeven the. BSB BSB: Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 TNT And they that sate at meate with him beganne to saye within them selves: Who is this which forgeveth synnes also? BSB BSB: But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
50 TNT And he sayde to the woman: Thy faith hath saved the Goo in peace. BSB BSB: And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”