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And he behelde them and sayde: what meaneth this then yt is wrytten: The stone that the bylders refused the same is made ye heed corner stone?
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whosoever stomble at that stone shalbe broken: but on whosoever it faul vpon it wyll grynde him to powder.
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And the hye Prestes and the Scribes the same howre went about to laye hondes on him but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them.
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And they watched him and sent forth spies which shuld fayne them selves perfecte to take him in his wordes and to delyvre him vnto the power and auctorite of the debite.
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And they axed him sayinge: Master we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght nother cosiderest thou eny manes degre but teachest the waye of God truly.
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Ys it laufull for vs to geve Cesar tribute or no?
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He perceaved their craftynes and sayde vnto them: why tept ye me?
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Shewe me a peny. Whose ymage and superscripcio hath it? They answered and sayde: Cesars.
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And he sayde vnto them: Geve then vnto Cesar that which belongeth vnto Cesar: and to God that which pertayneth to God.
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And they coulde not reprove his sayinge before the people. But they marvayled at his answer and helde their peace.
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Then came to him certayne of the Saduces which denye that ther is eny resurreccio. And they axed him