The Greatest Commandment
(Matthew 22:34–40; Mark 12:28–34)

1These are the commaundementes, ordinaunces & lawes which ye LORDE yor God hath comaunded, yt ye shulde lerne them, & do them, in the londe whyther ye go to possesse it, 2that thou mayest feare the LORDE yi God, & kepe all his ordinauces & commaundementes, which I commaunde the, thou and yi children, and yi childers children all ye dayes of youre life, that ye maye lyue loge. 3Thou shalt heare (O Israel) & take hede, yt thou do therafter, yt it maye go well with ye, & that thou mayest multiplye greatly, as ye LORDE God of yi fathers hath promysed the a londe yt floweth wt mylke & hony.

4Heare O Israel, the LORDE oure God is one LORDE onely. 5And thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God wt all thy hart, with all yi soule, & with all thy mighte. 6And these wordes, which I commaude the this daie, shalt thou take to hert, 7& shalt whet them vpon yi children, and shalt talke of them, wha thou syttest in thyne house, & whan thou walkest by the waie: whan thou lyest downe, & wha thou rysest vp. 8And thou shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shall be a token of remebraunce before thine eyes, 9and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

10Now whan ye LORDE yi God shal bringe the in to ye londe wherof he sware vnto yi fathers Abraham, Isaac, & Iacob, and shal geue the greate & goodly cities, which thou hast not buylded: 11and houses full of all goodes, which thou hast not filled: & digged welles which thou hast not digged: and vynyardes and olyue trees, which thou hast not plated, so yt thou eatest and art full: 12then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE, which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro the house of bondage: 13but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue, and sweare by his name. 14And ye shal not folowe the other goddes of the nacions which are aboute you 15(for the LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the myddest of the) that the wrath of the LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the, and destroye the from the earth.

16Ye shal not tempte ye LORDE youre God, as ye tempted him at Massa: 17but kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE yor God, and his witnesses, & his ordinaunces, which he hath commaunded the, 18that thou mayest do that which is right & good in ye sighte of the LORDE, yt thou mayest prospere, and yt thou mayest go in & conquere that good londe, which the LORDE sware vnto yi fathers, 19that he maye chace out all thine enemies before the, as the LORDE hath sayde.

Teach Your Children

20Now whan thy sonne axeth the todaye or tomorow, and sayeth: What meane these witnesses, ordinaunces and lawes, that the LORDE oure God hath comaunded you? 21Then shalt thou saye vnto thy sonne: We were Pharaos bondmen in Egipte, and the LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande, 22and the LORDE did greate & euell tokens & wonders in Egipte vpo Pharao and all his house before oure eyes, 23and brought vs from thence, to bringe vs in and to geue vs ye londe, that he sware vnto oure fathers. 24And therfore hath the LORDE commaunded vs to do acordinge vnto all these ordinaunces, that we might feare the LORDE oure God, that we might prospere all the dayes of oure life, as it is come to passe this daye. 25And it shall be righteousnes vnto vs before the LORDE oure God, yf we kepe and do all these commaundementes, as he hath commaunded vs.