Luke 9:1-20 ▼

1 Iesus called the twelue together, and gaue the power and aucthoritie ouer al deuils, and that they might heale diseases.

2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God, and to heale the sicke.

3 And he saide vnto the: Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrippe, neither bread, neither money, neither haue two coates.

4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abyde, and thence depart.

5 And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you, when ye go out of that citie, shake of the very dust from your feete, for a testimonie agaynst them.

6 And they departed, and went through the townes, preachyng the Gospell, and healyng euerywhere.

7 And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym, and doubted, because that it was sayde of some, that Iohn was rysen agayne from death:

8 And of some, that Elias had appeared, and of some, that one of the olde prophetes was rysen agayne.

9 And Herode sayde, Iohn haue I beheaded, but who is this of who I heare such thinges? And he desired to see him.

10 And the apostles returned, & tolde him all that they had done. And he toke the and went aside into a solitarie place, nye vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida.

11 Which whe the people knew, they folowed him: And he receaued them, and spake vnto the of the kingdome of God, & healed the that had nede to be healed.

12 And when the day began to weare away, then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym: Sende the people awaye, that they may go into the townes and vyllages rounde about, and lodge, and get meate: for we are here in a place of wyldernesse.

13 But he said vnto them: Geue ye the to eate. And they said: We haue no mo but fyue loaues and two fisshes, excepte we should go & bye meate for al this people.

14 And they were about fyue thousande men. And he said to his disciples: Cause the to sit downe by fifties in a companie.

15 And they dyd so, and made them all to sit downe.

16 And he toke the fyue loaues and the two fisshes, and loked vp to heauen, and blessed them, and brake, and gaue to the disciples to set before the people.

17 And they dyd all eate, and were satisfied. And there was taken vp of that remayned to them, twelue baskettes full of broken meate.

18 And it came to passe, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with hym, and he asked them, saying: Who say the people that I am?

19 They aunswered and sayde, Iohn Baptist: some say, Elias: and some say that one of the olde prophetes is rysen.

20 He sayde vnto them: But whom say ye that I am? Simon Peter aunswered, & saide: Thou art Christe, of God.