P071 Specimens of the Different Versions.

P071 Specimens of the Different Versions.

14. Douay Bible, 1609.

11 Therefore Israel their father said to them: If it must nedes be so, do that you wil: take of the best fruites of the land in your vessels, and carie to the man for presents, a courtesie of rosen, and of honey, and of incense, of mirhe, of terebinth, and of almondes.

12 Duble money also carie with you: and recarie that you founde in your sackes, lest perhaps it was done by an errour.

15. Tyndale, 1525.

Mark xiv, 1-3.

After two dayes folowed ester and the dayes of swetebreed. And the hye prest and scryb sought meanes howe they myght take hym by crafte and putt hym to deeth. Butt they sayde: nott on the feaste daye, leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people. When he was in bethania in the housse off Simon the leper, even as he sate att meate, there cam a womā with an alablaster boxe of oyntment, called narde, that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe ād powred it on his heed.

16. Coverdale, 1535. And after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred. And yᵉ hye prestes & scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate, & put him to death. But they sayde: Not in the feast daye, lest there be an uproure in the people. And when he was at Bethanye, in the house of Symon the leper, and sat at the table, there came a woman, which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment. And she brake yᵉ boxe & poured it upō his heade.

17. The Great Bible, 1539.

After two dayes was Easter, and the dayes of swete breed. And the hye Prestes and the Scribes sought, how they myghte take him by crafte, & put him to deeth. But they sayde: not in the feast daye, leest any busynes aryse amōge the people. And whan he was at Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sate at meate, ther cam a womā hauyng an alabaster boxe of oyntmēt, called Narde, that was pure and costly: & she brake the boxe, & powred it on his heed.