But Iesus sayd vnto hym folowe me, and let the dead burye their deade.
It was mete that we shoulde make merye, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue again and was loste, and is founde.
And ye which were dead in sinne thorow the vncircumcision of youre fleshe, hath he quyckened with him, and hath forgeuen vs al oure treaspases.
Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest, and stand vp from death, and Christ shall geue the lyght.
euen when we were dead by synne, hath quickened vs together in Christ (for by grace are ye saued)
And you hath he quickened also that were deade in treaspas & synne,
But she that lyueth in pleasure, is dead euen yet alyue.
The daye folowinge Iesus woulde go into Galyle, and founde Philip, and saide vnto him: folow me.
And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man syt receyuyng of custome named Mathew, and sayd to hym: folow me.
And he lefte the oxen & ranne after Eliah and sayd: let me I pray the kisse my father and my mother, and then I will folow the. And he saide to him: go backe againe, for what haue I done to the?
Another that was one of his disciples said vnto him: master, suffer me fyrst to go and burye my father.
And as Iesus passed by, he sawe Leuye the sonne of Alphey syt at the recepte of custome, and sayde vnto hym: folowe me. And he arose, and folowed hym.
And he sayed vnto another: folow me. And the same sayde: Lorde suffer me fyrste to go & burye my father,
Iesus sayde vnto him. Let the dead burye her dead: but go thou & preach the kyngedome of God.
for thys my sonne was dead, and is alyue agayne, he was lost and is nowe founde. And they beganne to be mery.
That spake he, signyfyeng by what death he should glorifie God. And when he had saied thus, he sayed to hym: folowe me.
Iesus sayde vnto him: Yf I wyll haue him to tarye tyll I come, what is that to the? folow thou me.