1 WYC And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid, he comaundide to hise twelue disciplis, and passide fro thennus to teche and preche in the citees of hem. BSB BSB: After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
3 WYC and seide to him, `Art thou he that schal come, or we abiden another? BSB BSB: to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
4 WYC And Jhesus answeride, and seide `to hem, Go ye, and telle ayen to Joon tho thingis that ye han herd and seyn. BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
5 WYC Blynde men seen, crokid men goon, meselis ben maad clene, deefe men heren, deed men rysen ayen, pore men ben takun to `prechyng of the gospel. BSB BSB: 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.
6 WYC And he is blessid, that shal not be sclaundrid in me. BSB BSB: Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
7 WYC And whanne thei weren goon awei, Jhesus bigan to seie of Joon to the puple, What thing wenten ye out in to desert to se? a reed wawed with the wynd? BSB BSB: As John’s disciples were leaving, 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?
8 WYC Or what thing wenten ye out to see? a man clothid with softe clothis? Lo! thei that ben clothid with softe clothis ben in the housis of kyngis. BSB BSB: Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
9 WYC But what thing wenten ye out to se? a prophete? Yhe, Y seie to you, and more than a prophete. BSB BSB: What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
10 WYC For this is he, of whom it is writun, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, that shal make redi thi weye bifor thee. 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.’
11 WYC Treuli Y seie to you, ther roos noon more than Joon Baptist among the children of wymmen; but he that is lesse in the kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he. BSB BSB: Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 WYC And fro the daies of Joon Baptist til now the kyngdom of heuenes suffrith violence, and violent men rauyschen it. BSB BSB: From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
13 WYC For alle prophetis and the lawe `til to Joon prophecieden; and if ye wolen resseyue, BSB BSB: For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
15 WYC He that hath eris of heryng, here he. BSB BSB: He who has ears, let him hear.
16 WYC But to whom schal Y gesse this generacioun lijk? It is lijk to children sittynge in chepyng, that crien to her peeris, BSB BSB: To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 WYC and seien, We han songun to you, and ye han not daunsid; we han morned to you, and ye han not weilid. BSB BSB: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 WYC For Joon cam nether etynge ne drynkynge, and thei seien, He hath a deuel. BSB BSB: For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
19 WYC The sone of man cam etynge and drynkynge, and thei seien, Lo! a man a glotoun, and a drinkere of wijne, and a freend of pupplicans and of synful men. And wisdom is iustified of her sones. BSB BSB: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
20 WYC Thanne Jhesus bigan to seye repreef to citees, in whiche ful manye vertues of him weren doon, for thei diden not penaunce. BSB BSB: Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
22 WYC Netheles Y seie to you, it schal be lesse peyne to Tire and Sidon in the dai of doom, than to you. BSB BSB: But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23 WYC And thou, Cafarnaum, whethir thou schalt be arerid vp in to heuene? Thou shalt go doun in to helle. For if the vertues that ben don in thee, hadden be don in Sodom, perauenture thei schulden haue dwellid `in to this dai. BSB BSB: And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
24 WYC Netheles Y seie to you, that to the lond of Sodom it schal be `lesse peyne in the dai of doom, than to thee. BSB BSB: But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
25 WYC In thilke tyme Jhesus answeride, and seide, Y knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men, and redi, and hast schewid hem to litle children; BSB BSB: At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
26 WYC so, fadir, for so it was plesynge tofore thee. BSB BSB: Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
27 WYC Alle thingis ben youune to me of my fadir; and no man knewe the sone, but the fadir, nethir ony man knewe the fadir, but the sone, and to whom the sone wolde schewe. BSB BSB: All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
28 WYC Alle ye that traueilen, and ben chargid, come to me, and Y schal fulfille you. BSB BSB: Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 WYC Take ye my yok on you, and lerne ye of me, for Y am mylde and meke in herte; and ye schulen fynde reste to youre soulis. BSB BSB: Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 WYC `For my yok is softe, and my charge liyt. BSB BSB: For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”