Bede relates that Caedmon embodied a history of the Bible in Anglo-Saxon poetry; Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, translated the Psalms in the seventh century; and Bede translated the Gospel of John; he finished dictating it as he breathed his last, A.D. 735. King Alfred translated Ex. 20
"I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.