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2:1	And it came to passe in those dayes, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2:2	(And this taxing was first made whe Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria)
2:3	And all went to bee taxed, euery one into his owne citie.
2:4	And Ioseph also wet vp fro Galilee, out of the citie of Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)
2:5	To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
2:6	And so it was, that while they were there, the dayes were accomplished that she should be deliuered.
2:7	And she brought foorth her first borne sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no roome for them in the Inne.
2:8	And there were in the same countrey shepheards abiding in ye field, keeping watch ouer their flocke by night.
2:9	And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
2:10	And the Angel said vnto them, Feare not: For behold, I bring you good tidings of great ioy, which shall be to all people.
2:11	For vnto you is borne this day, in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lord.
2:12	And this shall be a signe vnto you; yee shall find the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger.
2:13	And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heauenly hoste praising God, and saying,
2:14	Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good wil towards men.
2:15	And it came to passe, as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, the shepheards said one to another, Let vs now goe euen vnto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to passe, which the Lord hath made knowen vnto vs.
2:16	And they came with haste, and found Mary and Ioseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
2:17	And when they had seene it, they made knowen abroad the saying, which was told them, concerning this child.
2:18	And all they that heard it, wondered at those things, which were tolde them by the shepheards.
2:19	But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
2:20	And the shepheards returned, glorifying & praising God for all the things that they had heard and seene, as it was told vnto them.
2:21	And when eight dayes were accomplished for the circumcising of the childe, his name was called Iesus, which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiued in the wombe.
2:22	And when the dayes of her purification according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought him to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord,
2:23	(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Euery male that openeth the wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)
2:24	And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, a paire of turtle doues, or two yong pigeons.
2:25	And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon, and the same man was iust and deuout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the holy Ghost was vpon him.
2:26	And it was reuealed vnto him by the holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seene the Lords Christ.
2:27	And hee came by the spirit into the Temple: and when the parents brought in the child Iesus, to doe for him after the custome of the Lawe,
2:28	Then tooke hee him vp in his armes, and blessed God, and said,
2:29	Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace, according to thy word.
2:30	For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation.
2:31	Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.
2:32	A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
2:33	And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things which were spoken of him.
2:34	And Simeon blessed them, and said vnto Marie his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising againe of many in Israel: and for a signe which shall be spoken against,
2:35	(Yea a sword shall pearce thorow thy owne soule also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be reuealed.
2:36	And there was one Anna a Prophetesse, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was of a great age, and had liued with an husband seuen yeeres from her virginitie.
2:37	And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day.
2:38	And she comming in that instant, gaue thankes likewise vnto the Lord, and spake of him to al them that looked for redemption in Hierusalem.
2:39	And when they had performed all things according to the Lawe of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth.
2:40	And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was vpon him.
2:41	Now his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer.
2:42	And when he was twelue yeeres old, they went vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast.
2:43	And when they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned, the childe Iesus taried behind in Hierusalem, and Ioseph and his mother knew not of it.
2:44	But they supposing him to haue bene in the company, went a daies iourney, and they sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance.
2:45	And when they found him not, they turned backe againe to Hierusalem, seeking him.
2:46	And it came to passe, that after three daies they found him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the Doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
2:47	And all that heard him were astonished at his vnderstanding, and answeres.
2:48	And when they sawe him, they were amazed: and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? Behold, thy father and I haue sought thee sorrowing.
2:49	And he said vnto them, How is it that ye sought me? Wist yee not that I must bee about my fathers businesse?
2:50	And they vnderstood not the saying which he spake vnto them.
2:51	And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect vnto them: But his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
2:52	And Iesus increased in wisedom and stature, and in fauour with God and man.


2:1	It fortuned at the same tyme, that there wete out a comaundement fro Augustus the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde be taxed.
2:2	And this taxynge was the first that was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria.
2:3	And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed.
2:4	Then Ioseph gat him vp also fro Galile, out of the cite of Nazareth, in to Iewry, to ye cite of Dauid, which is called Bethleem, (because he was of ye house and lynage of Dauid)
2:5	that he might be taxed wt Mary his spoused wife, which was wt childe.
2:6	And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.
2:7	And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.
2:8	And there were in ye same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge their flocke by night.
2:9	And beholde, ye angell of the LORDE stode by the, and ye brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed.
2:10	And the angell sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. Beholde, I brynge you tydiges of greate ioye, which shall happen vnto all people:
2:11	for vnto you this daye is borne ye Sauioure, eue Christ ye LORDE, in the cite of Dauid.
2:12	And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger.
2:13	And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde:
2:14	Glory be vnto God an hye, & peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.
2:15	And it fortuned wha the angels were gone from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which ye LORDE hath shewed vnto vs.
2:16	And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.
2:17	And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe.
2:18	And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.
2:19	But Mary kepte all these sayenges, and pondred them in hir hert.
2:20	And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.
2:21	And whan eight dayes were ended, that the childe shulde be circumcysed, his name was called Iesus, which was named of ye angell, before he was conceaued in his mothers wombe.
2:22	And wha the dayes of their purificacion after the lawe of Moses, were come, they brought him to Ierusale, that they might present him vnto the LORDE
2:23	(As it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE: Euery machilde that first openeth the Matrix, shalbe called holy vnto ye LORDE)
2:24	and that they might geue the offerynge, as it is wrytte in the lawe of the LORDE (namely) a payre of turtle doues, or two yonge pigeons.
2:25	And beholde, there was a man (at Ierusale) whose name was Symeon, and the same ma was iust, and feared God, and loged for the consolacion of Israel, and the holy goost was in him.
2:26	And an answere was geue him of the holy goost, that he shulde not se death, before he had sene ye LORDES Christ.
2:27	And he came by inspiracion in to the teple.And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus in to the temple, to do for him after ye custome of the lawe,
2:28	then toke he him vp in his armes, and praysed God, and sayde:
2:29	LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse.
2:30	For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure,
2:31	who thou hast prepared before all people.
2:32	A light for the lightenynge of the Heythe, & for the prayse of yi people of Israel.
2:33	And his father and mother marueyled at the thinges that were spoke of him.
2:34	And Symeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary his mother: Beholde, this (childe) shalbe set to a fall, and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel, and for a token, which shalbe spoke agaynst.
2:35	And the swerde shal pearse thy soule, that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.
2:36	And there was a prophetisse, one Anna, the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser, which was of a greate age, and had lyued seuen yeares with hir hussbade from hir virginite,
2:37	& had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score & foure yeares, which came neuer fro the teple, seruynge God wt fastynge and prayenge, daye and night:
2:38	the same came forth also the same houre, and praysed the LORDE, and spake of him vnto all that loked for the redempcion at Ierusalem.
2:39	And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE, thy returned i to Galile, to their owne cite Nazareth.
2:40	And the childe grewe, and wexed stronge in sprete, full of wyssdome, & the grace of God was with him.
2:41	And his elders wente to Ierusalem euery yeare at the feast of Easter.
2:42	And whan he was twolue yeare olde, they wente vp to Ierusalem, after the custome of the feast.
2:43	And whan they had fulfilled the dayes, and were gone home agayne, the childe Iesus abode styll at Ierusalem.And his elders knewe it not,
2:44	but thought he had bene in the company, and they came a dayes iourney, and sought hi amoge their kynss folkes & acquataunce.
2:45	And wha they founde him not, they wete agayne to Ierusale, and sought him.
2:46	And it fortuned after thre dayes, yt they founde him in the temple, syttinge amonge the teachers, hearynge the, and opposynge them.
2:47	And all they that herde him, wodred at his vnderstondynge and answeres.
2:48	And whan they sawe him, they were astonnyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: My sonne, why hast thou done this vnto vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge.
2:49	And he sayde vnto them: What is it, that ye haue sought me? Wyst ye not, yt I must go aboute my fathers busynes?
2:50	And they vnderstode not the sayenge yt he spake vnto them.
2:51	And he wente downe with the, and came to Nazareth, and was obediet vnto them. And his mother kepte all these wordes in hir hert.
2:52	And Iesus increased in wyssdome, age and fauoure with God and men.


2:1	And it was don in tho daies, a maundement wente out fro the emperour August, that al the world schulde be discryued.
2:2	This firste discryuyng was maad of Cyryn, iustice of Sirie.
2:3	And alle men wenten to make professioun, ech in to his owne citee.
2:4	And Joseph wente vp fro Galilee, fro the citee Nazareth, in to Judee, in to a citee of Dauid, that is clepid Bethleem, for that he was of the hous and of the meyne of Dauid,
2:5	that he schulde knouleche with Marie, his wijf, that was weddid to hym, and was greet with child.
2:6	And it was don, while thei weren there, the daies weren fulfillid, that sche schulde bere child.
2:7	And sche bare hir first borun sone, and wlappide hym in clothis, and leide hym in a cratche, for ther was no place to hym in no chaumbir.
2:8	And scheepherdis weren in the same cuntre, wakynge and kepynge the watchis of the nyyt on her flok.
2:9	And lo! the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis hem, and the cleernesse of God schinede aboute hem; and thei dredden with greet drede.
2:10	And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle ye drede; for lo! Y preche to you a greet ioye, that schal be to al puple.
2:11	For a sauyoure is borun to dai to you, that is Crist the Lord, in the citee of Dauid.
2:12	And this is a tokene to you; ye schulen fynde a yong child wlappid in clothis, and leid in a cratche.
2:13	And sudenli ther was maad with the aungel a multitude of heuenli knyythod, heriynge God,
2:14	and seiynge, Glorie be in the hiyeste thingis to God, and in erthe pees be to men of good wille.
2:15	And it was don, as the `aungelis passiden awei fro hem in to heuene, the scheephirdis spaken togider, and seiden, Go we ouer to Bethleem, and se we this word that is maad, which the Lord hath `maad, and schewide to vs.
2:16	And thei hiyynge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and the yong child leid in a cratche.
2:17	And thei seynge, knewen of the word that was seid to hem of this child.
2:18	And alle men that herden wondriden, and of these thingis that weren seid to hem of the scheephirdis.
2:19	But Marie kepte alle these wordis, berynge togider in hir herte.
2:20	And the scheepherdis turneden ayen, glorifyinge and heriynge God in alle thingis that thei hadden herd and seyn, as it was seid to hem.
2:21	And aftir that the eiyte daies weren endid, that the child schulde be circumcided, his name was clepid Jhesus, which was clepid of the aungel, bifor that he was conceyued in the wombe.
2:22	And aftir that the daies of the purgacioun of Marie weren fulfillid, aftir Moyses lawe, thei token hym into Jerusalem, to offre hym to the Lord, as it is writun in the lawe of the Lord,
2:23	For euery male kynde openynge the wombe, schal be clepid holi to the Lord; and that thei schulen yyue an offryng,
2:24	aftir that it is seid in the lawe of the Lord, A peire of turturis, or twei culuer briddis.
2:25	And lo! a man was in Jerusalem, whos name was Symeon; and this man was iust and vertuous, and aboode the coumfort of Israel; and the Hooli Goost was in hym.
2:26	And he hadde takun an answere of the Hooli Goost, that he schulde not se deeth, but he sawy first the Crist of the Lord.
2:27	And he cam in spirit into the temple. And whanne his fadir and modir ledden the child Jhesu to do aftir the custom of the lawe for hym,
2:28	he took hym in to hise armes, and he blesside God,
2:29	and seide, Lord, now thou leuyst thi seruaunt aftir thi word in pees;
2:30	for myn iyen han seyn thin helthe,
2:31	which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis;
2:32	liyt to the schewyng of hethene men, and glorie of thi puple Israel.
2:33	And his fadir and his modir weren wondrynge on these thingis, that weren seid of hym.
2:34	And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is set in to the fallyng doun and in to the risyng ayen of many men in Israel, and in to a tokene, to whom it schal be ayenseid.
2:35	And a swerd schal passe thorou thin owne soule, that the thouytis ben schewid of many hertis.
2:36	And Anna was a prophetesse, the douytir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene yeer fro hir maydynhode.
2:37	And this was a widewe to foure scoor yeer and foure; and sche departide not fro the temple, but seruyde to God nyyt and dai in fastyngis and preieris.
2:38	And this cam vpon hem in thilk our, and knoulechide to the Lord, and spak of hym to alle that abiden the redempcioun of Israel.
2:39	And as thei hadden ful don alle thingis, aftir the lawe of the Lord, thei turneden ayen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth.
2:40	And the child wexe, and was coumfortid, ful of wisdom; and the grace of God was in hym.
2:41	And his fadir and modir wenten ech yeer in to Jerusalem, in the solempne dai of pask.
2:42	And whanne Jhesus was twelue yeer oold, thei wenten vp to Jerusalem, aftir the custom of the feeste dai.
2:43	And whanne the daies weren don, thei turneden ayen; and the child abood in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen it not.
2:44	For thei gessynge that he hadde be in the felowschip, camen a daies iourney, and souyten hym among hise cosyns and hise knouleche.
2:45	And whanne thei founden hym not, thei turneden ayen in to Jerusalem, and souyten hym.
2:46	And it bifelle, that aftir the thridde dai thei founden hym in the temple, sittynge in the myddil of the doctours, herynge hem and axynge hem.
2:47	And alle men that herden hym, wondriden on the prudence and the answeris of hym.
2:48	And thei seyn, and wondriden. And his modir seide to hym, Sone, what hast thou do to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir and Y sorewynge han souyte thee.
2:49	And he seide to hem, What is it that ye souyten me? wisten ye not that in tho thingis that ben of my fadir, it behoueth me to be?
2:50	And thei vndurstoden not the word, which he spak to hem.
2:51	And he cam doun with hem, and cam to Nazareth, and was suget to hem. And his moder kepte togidir alle these wordis, and bare hem in hir herte.
2:52	And Jhesus profitide in wisdom, age, and grace, anentis God and men.

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