But and yf we shall saye of men, all the people wyll stone vs. For they be perswaded that Iohn is a Prophet.
But and yf we shall saye of men, then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophete.
But what went ye out for to se? A prophete. Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a prophete.
Then went the ruler of the temple with ministers, and brought them without violence. For they feared the people: least they should haue bene stoned.
And manye resorted vnto hym, & sayed: Iohn dyd no myracle, but all thynges that Iohn spake of thys man, are true.
And thou chylde shalt be called the prophete of the hiest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes.
And they wente aboute to take hym. But they feared the people. For they perceyued that he spake that similitude agaynste them. And they lefte hym.
But they sayed, not on the holy daye, lest any vproure aryse amonge the people.
And they wente aboute to laye handes on hym, but they feared the people, because they toke hym as a Prophete.
And when he would haue put him to deth, he feared the people, because they counted hym as a Prophet.
But the Phariseis and scribes despised the counsel of God againste them selues, and were not baptysed of him.
And they thought wtin them selues, saiyng: yf we shal say, from heauen, he wil say: why then beleued ye him not?
And they aunswered that they coulde not tell whence it was.