Jesus and Nicodemus
(Genesis 22:1–10; Romans 5:6–11)

1Ther was a man of the pharises named Nicodemus a ruler amonge ye Iewes. 2The same cam to Iesus by nyght and sayde vnto him: Rabbi we knowe that thou arte a teacher whiche arte come from God. For no man coulde do suche miracles as thou doest except God were with him. 3Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Verely verely I saye vnto the: except a man be boren a newe he cannot se the kyngdom of God.

4Nicodemus sayde vnto him: how can a man be boren when he is olde? can he enter into his moders wombe and be boren agayne? 5Iesus answered: verely verely I saye vnto the: except that a man be boren of water and of ye sprete he cannot enter into the kyngdome of god. 6That which is boren of the flesshe is flesshe: and that which is boren of the sprete is sprete. 7Marvayle not that I sayd to the ye must be boren a newe. 8The wynde bloweth where he listeth and thou hearest his sounde: but canst not tell whence he cometh and whether he goeth. So is every man that is boren of the sprete.

9And Nicodemus answered and sayde vnto him: how can these thinges be? 10Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: arte thou a master in Israel and knowest not these thinges? 11Verely verely I saye vnto the we speake that we knowe and testify that we have sene: and ye receave not oure witnes. 12Yf when I tell you erthely thinges ye beleve not: how shuld ye beleve yf I shall tell you of hevenly thinges? 13And no man ascendeth vp to heaven but he that came doune from heaven that is to saye the sonne of man which is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifte vp the serpent in the wyldernes even so must the sonne of man be lifte vp 15that none that beleveth in him perisshe: but have eternall lyfe.

16For God so loveth the worlde yt he hath geven his only sonne that none that beleve in him shuld perisshe: but shuld have everlastinge lyfe. 17For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condepne the worlde: but that the worlde through him might be saved. 18He that beleveth on him shall not be condepned. But he that beleveth not is condempned all redy be cause he beleveth not in the name of the only sonne of God. 19And this is the condempnacion: that light is come into the worlde and the me loved darcknes more then light because their dedes were evill. 20For every man that evyll doeth hateth the light: nether commeth to light lest his dedes shuld be reproved. 21But he that doth truth commeth to the light that his dedes might be knowen how that they are wrought in God.

John’s Testimony about Jesus

22After these thinges cam Iesus and his disciples into the Iewes londe and ther he haunted with them and baptised. 23And Iohn also baptised in Enon besydes Salim because ther was moche water there and they came and were baptised. 24For Iohn was not yet cast into preson.

25And ther arose a questio bitwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes about purifiynge. 26And they came vnto Iohn and sayde vnto him: Rabbi he that was with the beyonde Iordan to whom thou barest witnes. Beholde the same baptyseth and all me come to him. 27Iohn answered and sayde: a man can receave no thinge at all except it be geve him fro heaven. 28Ye youre selves are witnesses how that I sayde: I am not Christ but am sent before him. 29He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome. But the frende of the brydegrome which stondeth by and heareth him reioyseth greately of the brydgromes voyce. Tis my ioye is fulfilled. 30He must increace: a nd I muste decreace.

31He that commeth from an hye is above all: He that is of ye erth is of the erth and speaketh of the erth. He that cometh from heaven is above all 32and what he hath sene and hearde: that he testifieth: but no man receaveth his testimonye. 33How be it he that hath receaved hys testimonye hath set to his seale that God is true. 34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God. For God geveth not the sprete by measure. 35The father loveth the sonne and hath geven all thinges into his honde. 36He that beleveth on the sonne hath everlastynge lyfe: and he that beleveth not the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wrathe of God abydeth on him.