¶ And his father and mother went to Hierusalem every year at the feast of ester.
And when he was xij. years old, they went up to Hierusalem after the custom of the feast.
The jewes' ester was nye at hand, and many went out of the country up to Ierusalem before the ester to purify themselves.
¶ Before the feast of ester when Iesus knew that his hour was come, that he should depart out of this world unto the father. When he loved his which were in the world, unto the end he loved them.
¶ And the jewes' ester was even at hand, And Iesus went up to Ierusalem,
(And ester a feast of the jewes, was nye.)