The Newe Testament (Tyndale, 1526)

Otherwise, how can a man enter into a strong man’s house and violently take away his goods, except he first binds the strong man, and then plunders his house? He that is not with me is against me. And he that does not gather with me scatters abroad. Why, I say to you: all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven to men. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him: no, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good also, or else make the tree evil and its fruit evil also. For the tree is known by its fruit.

O generation of vipers, how can you speak well when you yourselves are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall have spoken, they shall give an account on the day of judgment. For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying: "Master, we would gladly see a sign from you." He answered them, saying: "An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but there shall no sign be given to them, but the

sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise at the day of judgment with this nation and condemn it. For they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall rise at the day of judgment with this generation and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the world to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, here is someone greater than Solomon.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks throughout dry places, seeking rest and finding none. Then he says: 'I will return again into my house from where I came out.' And when he is come, he finds the house empty, swept, and garnished. Then he goes his way and takes seven spirits worse than himself, and so they enter in and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning. Even so shall it be to this perverse nation."

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside the door, desiring to speak with him. Then one said to him: "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you."

He answered and said to him that told him: "Who is my mother? Or who are my brothers?" And he stretched forth his hand over his disciples and said: "Behold my mother and my brothers. For whoever fulfills my Father's will which is in heaven, he is my brother, my sister, and my mother."