¶ Then said he unto them: how say they that Christ is David's son?
¶ This is the book of the generation of Iesus Christ the son of David, the son also of Abraham.
¶ And as Iesus departed thence, two blind men followed him crying, and saying: O thou son of David, have mercy on us.
Saith not the scripture that Christ shall come of the seed of David: and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?
Therefore since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him, that the fruit of his loins should sit on his seat:
¶ I Iesus sent mine angel, to testify unto you these things in the congregations. I am the root and the generation of David, and the bright morning star.