Matthew 8
Wycliffe's Bible
1But when Jesus was come down from the hill, much people (pur)sued him [many companies followed him]. 2And lo! a leprous man came, and worshipped him, and said, Lord, if thou wilt, thou mayest make me clean. (And lo! a leprous man came, and honoured him, and said, Lord, if thou desirest it/if thou will do it, thou can make me clean.) 3And Jesus held forth the hand, and touched him, and said, I will, be thou made clean. And anon the leprosy of him was cleansed. (And Jesus held forth his hand, and touched him, and said, I will, be thou made clean. And at once he was cleansed of the leprosy.) 4And Jesus said to him, See, say thou to no man; but go, show thee to the priests, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, in witnessing to them (as a testimony to them).

5And when he had entered into Capernaum, the centurion nighed to him, and prayed him, (And when he entered into Capernaum, a centurion came up to him, and beseeched him,) 6and said, Lord, my child lieth in the house sick on the palsy [sick in the palsy], and is evil tormented. (and said, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick in the palsy, and is greatly tormented.) 7And Jesus said to him, I shall come, and shall heal him. 8And the centurion answered, and said to him, Lord, I am not worthy, that thou enter under my roof; but only say thou by (a) word, and my child shall be healed (but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed). 9For why I am a man ordained under power, and have knights under me (and have soldiers under me); and I say to this, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10And Jesus heard these things, and wondered, and said to (the) men that (pur)sued him, Truly I say to you, I found not so great faith in Israel. (And Jesus heard these things, and wondered, and said to the men who followed him, I tell you the truth, I have not found such great faith in all of Israel.) 11And I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall rest with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heavens; 12but the sons of the realm shall be cast out into outer-more, (or uttermost), darknesses; there shall be weeping, and grinding of teeth. 13And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed, be it done to thee. And the child was healed from that hour (And the servant was healed from that hour/at that moment).

14And when Jesus was come into the house of Simon Peter, he saw his wife's mother lying (down), and shaken, (or shaking), with fevers. 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she rose, and served them. 16And when it was even(ing), they brought to him many that had devils, and he casted out (the) spirits by (a) word, and healed all that were evil-at-ease, (or having sickness); 17that it were fulfilled, that was said by Esaias, the prophet, saying (so that it was fulfilled, what was said by the prophet Isaiah, saying), He took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

18And Jesus saw much people about him, and bade, (or commanded), his disciples [to] go over the water. 19And a scribe nighed, and said to him, Master, I shall (pur)sue thee, whither ever thou shalt go. (And a scribe approached, and said to him, Teacher, I shall follow thee, wherever thou shalt go.) 20And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens, (or burrows), and birds of the air have nests, but man's Son hath not wherein to rest his head [but man’s Son hath not where he shall rest his head]. 21Another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me to go first, and bury my father (Lord, first allow me to go, and bury my father). 22But Jesus said to him, (Pur)Sue thou me, and let the dead men bury their dead men (Follow me, and let the dead bury the dead).

23And when he was gone up into a little ship, his disciples (pur)sued him (his disciples followed him). 24And lo! a great stirring was made in the sea, so that the ship was covered with waves; but he slept. 25And his disciples came to him, and raised him, and said, Lord, save us; (for) we perish. 26And Jesus said to them, What be ye of little faith aghast, (or afeared)? (Why be so afraid, ye of little faith?) Then he rose [up], and commanded to the winds and the sea, and a great peaceableness was made. 27And (the) men wondered, and said, What manner man is this, for the winds and the sea obey to him?

28And when he was come over the water into the country of (the) men of Gergesenes, two men met him, that had devils (who had demons), and came out of (the) graves, (or out from the burials), full mad, (or full fierce, or full wicked), so that no man might go by that way. 29And lo! they cried, and said, What to us and to thee, Jesus, the Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us? 30And not far from them was a flock of many swine, (or a drove of many hogs), pasturing. (And not far from them was a herd of many pigs at pasture.) 31And the devils prayed him, and said, If thou castest out us from hence, send us into the drove of swine, (or into the drove of hogs). (And the demons beseeched him, and said, If thou throwest us out of here, then send us into that herd of pigs.) 32And he said to them, Go ye. And they went out, and went into the swine, (or into the hogs); and lo! in a great rush all the drove went headlong into the sea, and they were dead in the waters. (And he said to them, Go! And they went out, and went into the pigs; and lo! in a great rush the whole herd went headlong into the lake, and they were dead in the water.) 33And the herders fled away, and came into the city, and told all these things, and of them that had the fiends, (or the devils) (and about them who had the demons). 34And lo! all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they prayed [him], that he would pass from their coasts (they beseeched him, that he should go away from their coasts).

WYCLIFFE’S BIBLE

Comprising of
Wycliffe’s Old Testament

and

Wycliffe’s New Testament
(Revised Edition)


Translated by

JOHN WYCLIFFE
and JOHN PURVEY


A modern-spelling edition of their
14TH century Middle English translation,
the first complete English vernacular version,
with an Introduction by

TERENCE P. NOBLE

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