1 WYC And it was don in oon of the daies, whanne he tauyte the puple in the temple, and prechide the gospel, the princis of preestis and scribis camen togidere with the elder men; BSB BSB: One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
2 WYC and thei seiden to hym, Seie to vs, in what power thou doist these thingis, or who is he that yaf to thee this power? BSB BSB: “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
3 WYC And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, And Y schal axe you o word; answere ye to me. BSB BSB: “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:
4 WYC Was the baptym of Joon of heuene, or of men? BSB BSB: John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 WYC And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, seiynge, For if we seien, Of heuene, he schal seie, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym? BSB BSB: They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
6 WYC and if we seien, Of men, al the puple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, that Joon is a prophete. BSB BSB: But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
7 WYC And thei answeriden, that thei knewen not, of whennus it was. BSB BSB: So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 WYC And Jhesus seide to hem, Nether Y seie to you, in what power Y do these thingis. BSB BSB: And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
9 WYC And he bigan to seie to the puple this parable. A man plauntide a vynyerd, and hiride it to tilieris; and he was in pilgrimage longe tyme. BSB BSB: Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
10 WYC And in the tyme of gaderynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden yyue to hym of the fruyt of the vynyerd; whiche beten hym, and leten hym go voide. BSB BSB: At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
11 WYC And he thouyte yit to sende another seruaunt; and thei beten this, and turmentiden hym sore, and leten hym go. BSB BSB: So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
12 WYC And he thouyte yit to sende the thridde, and hym also thei woundiden, and castiden out. BSB BSB: Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13 WYC And the lord of the vyneyerd seide, What schal Y do? Y schal sende my dereworthe sone; perauenture, whanne thei seen hym, thei schulen drede. BSB BSB: ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14 WYC And whanne the tilieris sayn hym, thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, and seiden, This is the eire, sle we hym, that the eritage be oure. BSB BSB: But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
15 WYC And thei castiden hym out of the vyneyerd, and killiden hym. What schal thanne the lord of the vyneyerd do to hem? BSB BSB: So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 WYC He schal come, and distruye these tilieris, and yyue the vyneyerd to othere. And whanne this thing was herd, thei seiden to hym, God forbede. BSB BSB: He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
17 WYC But he bihelde hem, and seide, What thanne is this that is writun, The stoon which men bildynge repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner? BSB BSB: But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
18 WYC Ech that schal falle on that stoon, schal be to-brisid, but on whom it schal falle, it schal al to-breke him. BSB BSB: Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
19 WYC And the princis of prestis, and scribis, souyten to leye on hym hoondis in that our, and thei dredden the puple; for thei knewen that to hem he seide this liknesse. BSB BSB: When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
20 WYC And thei aspieden, and senten aspieris, that feyneden hem iust, that thei schulden take hym in word, and bitaak hym to the `power of the prince, and to the power of the iustice. BSB BSB: So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
21 WYC And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Maister, we witen, that riytli thou seist and techist; and thou takist not the persoone of man, but thou techist in treuthe the weie of God. BSB BSB: “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22 WYC Is it leueful to vs to yyue tribute to the emperoure, or nay? BSB BSB: Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 WYC And he biheld the disseit of hem, and seide to hem, What tempten ye me? BSB BSB: But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 WYC Shewe ye to me a peny; whos ymage and superscripcioun hath it? Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, The emperouris. BSB BSB: “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
25 WYC And he seide to hem, Yelde ye therfor to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperours, and tho thingis that ben of God, to God. BSB BSB: So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26 WYC And thei myyten not repreue his word bifor the puple; and thei wondriden in his answere, and heelden pees. BSB BSB: And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
27 WYC Summe of the Saduceis, that denyeden the ayenrisyng fro deeth to lijf, camen, and axiden hym, BSB BSB: Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28 WYC and seiden, Maister, Moises wroot to vs, if the brother of ony man haue a wijf, and be deed, and he was with outen eiris, that his brothir take his wijf, and reise seed to his brother. BSB BSB: “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
29 WYC And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris; BSB BSB: Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
30 WYC and the brothir suynge took hir, and he is deed with outen sone; BSB BSB: Then the second
31 WYC and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften not seed, but ben deed; BSB BSB: and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
32 WYC and the laste of alle the womman is deed. BSB BSB: And last of all, the woman died.
33 WYC Therfor in the `risyng ayen, whos wijf of hem schal sche be? for seuene hadden hir to wijf. BSB BSB: So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
34 WYC And Jhesus seide to hem, Sones of this world wedden, and ben youun to weddyngis; BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 WYC but thei that schulen be had worthi of that world, and of the `risyng ayen fro deeth, nethir ben wedded, BSB BSB: But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
36 WYC nethir wedden wyues, nethir schulen mowe die more; for thei ben euen with aungels, and ben the sones of God, sithen thei ben the sones of `risyng ayen fro deeth. BSB BSB: In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
37 WYC And that deed men risen ayen, also Moises schewide bisidis the busch, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob. BSB BSB: Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 WYC And God is not of deed men, but of lyuynge men; for alle men lyuen to hym. BSB BSB: He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
39 WYC And summe of scribis answeringe, seiden, Maistir, thou hast wel seid. BSB BSB: Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
40 WYC And thei dursten no more axe hym ony thing. BSB BSB: And they did not dare to question Him any further.
41 WYC But he seide to hem, How seien men, Crist to be the sone of Dauid, BSB BSB: Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
42 WYC and Dauid hym silf seith in the book of Salmes, The Lord seide to my lord, Sitte thou on my riythalf, BSB BSB: For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
43 WYC til that Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet? BSB BSB: until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
44 WYC Therfor Dauid clepith hym lord, and hou is he his sone? BSB BSB: Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
45 WYC And in heryng of al the puple, he seide to hise disciplis, BSB BSB: In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
46 WYC Be ye war of scribis, that wolen wandre in stolis, and louen salutaciouns in chepyng, and the firste chaieris in synagogis, and the firste sittynge placis in feestis; BSB BSB: “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
47 WYC that deuouren the housis of widewis, and feynen long preiyng; these schulen take the more dampnacioun. BSB BSB: They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”