A68940:849
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But when the farmers saw him / they §Cthought in them selves saying: this is the heir / come let us kill him / that the inheritance may be ours. And they cast him out of the vineyard / and killed him. Now what shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them? He will come and destroy those farmers / and will let out his vineyard to other. When they heard that / they said: God forbid.
But when the fermers sawe him / they §Cthought in them selves sayinge: this is the heyre / come let vs kyll him / that the inheritaunce maye be oures. And they cast him out of the vyneyarde / and kylled him. Now what shall the Lorde of the vyneyarde do vnto them? He will come and destroye those fermers / and will let out his vyneyarde to other. When they hearde that / they sayde: God forbyd.
And he beheld them and said: what meaneth this then that is written: The stone that1 the builders refused / the same is made the heed corner stone? whosoever stumble at that stone / shall be broken: but on whosoever it fall upon / it will grind him to powder. And the high Priests and the Scribes the same hour went about to lay hands on him / but they feared the people. For they perceived that he had spoken this similitude against them.
And he behelde them and sayde: what meaneth this then yt is wrytten: The stone that1 the bylders refused / the same is made ye heed corner stone? whosoever stomble at that stone / shalbe broken: but on whosoever it faul vpon / it wyll grynde him to powder. And the hye Prestes and the Scribes the same howre went about to laye hondes on him / but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them.