Woes to Scribes and Pharisees (Luke 11:37–54)
1 TNT Then spake Iesus to the people and to his disciples BSB BSB: Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2 TNT sayinge. The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate. BSB BSB: “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3 TNT All therfore whatsoever they byd you observe that observe and do: but after their workes do not: For they saye and do not. BSB BSB: So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4 TNT Ye and they bynde hevy burthes and grevous to be borne and ley the on menes shulders: but they themsylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers. BSB BSB: They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 TNT All their workes they do for to be sene of me. They set abroade their philateries and make large borders on there garmetes BSB BSB: All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6 TNT and love to sit vppermooste at feastes and to have the chefe seates in the synagoges BSB BSB: They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 TNT and gretinges in the marketes and to be called of men Rabi. BSB BSB: the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8 TNT But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master that is to wyt Christ and all ye are brethren. BSB BSB: But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 TNT And call no man youre father vpon the erth for there is but one youre father and he is in heven. BSB BSB: And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 TNT Be not called masters for there is but one youre master and he is Christ. BSB BSB: Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11 TNT He that is greatest amonge you shalbe youre seruaunte. BSB BSB: The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 TNT But whosoever exalteth himsilfe shalbe brought lowe. And he that hubleth himsilfe shalbe exalted. BSB BSB: For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 TNT Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites for ye shutte vp the kyngdome of heven before men: ye youre selves goo not in nether suffre ye them that come to enter in. BSB BSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
14 TNT Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites: ye devoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of praying longe prayers: wherfore ye shall receave greater damnacion. BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
15 TNT Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites which compasse see and londe to bringe one in to youre belefe: and when he ys brought ye make him two folde more the chylde of hell then ye youre selves are. BSB BSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16 TNT Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the temple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth. BSB BSB: Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 TNT Ye foles and blinde? whether is greater the golde or the temple that sanctifieth the golde. BSB BSB: You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18 TNT And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whosoever sweareth by the offeringe that lyeth on the aultre offendeth. BSB BSB: And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
19 TNT Ye foles and blinde: whether is greater the offeringe or the aultre which sanctifieth the offeringe? BSB BSB: You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20 TNT Whosoever therfore sweareth by the aultre sweareth by it and by all that there on is. BSB BSB: So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21 TNT And whosoever sweareth by the temple sweareth by it and by hym that dwelleth therin. BSB BSB: And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22 TNT And he that sweareth by heven swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron. BSB BSB: And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
24 TNT Ye blinde gydes which strayne out a gnat and swalowe a cammyll. BSB BSB: You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 TNT Wo be to you scribes and pharises ypocrites which make clene the vtter syde of the cuppe and of the platter: but within they are full of brybery and excesse. BSB BSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26 TNT Thou blinde Pharise clense fyrst the outsyde of the cup and platter that the ynneside of them maye be clene also. BSB BSB: Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
28 TNT So are ye for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto me when within ye are full of ypocrisie and iniquite. BSB BSB: In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 TNT Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites: ye bylde the tombes of the Prophetes and garnisshe the sepulchres of the righteous BSB BSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30 TNT and saye: Yf we had bene in the dayes of oure fathers we wolde not have bene parteners with them in the bloud of the Prophetes. BSB BSB: And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
31 TNT So then ye be witnesses vnto youre selfes that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophetes. BSB BSB: So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 TNT Fulfill ye lyke wyse the measure of youre fathers. BSB BSB: Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33 TNT Yee serpentes and generacion of vipers how shuld ye scape the dampnacion of hell? BSB BSB: You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34 TNT Wherfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes wyse men and scribes and of the ye shall kyll and crucifie: and of the ye shall scourge in youre synagoges and persecute from cyte to cyte BSB BSB: Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
35 TNT that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude that was sheed vpon the erth from the bloud of righteous Abell vnto the bloud of zacharias the sonne of Barachias who ye slewe betwene the temple and the altre. BSB BSB: And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
36 TNT Verely I say vnto you all these thinges shall light vpon this generacion. BSB BSB: Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Lament over Jerusalem (Luke 13:31–35)
37 TNT Hierusalem hierusalem which kyllest prophetes and stonest the which are sent to the: how often wolde I have gadered thy chyldren to gether as the henne gadreth her chickes vnder her winges but ye wolde not: BSB BSB: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
38 TNT Beholde youre habitacion shalbe lefte vnto you desolate. BSB BSB: Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 TNT For I saye to you ye shall not se me henceforthe tyll that ye saye: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lorde. BSB BSB: For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”