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Which seide, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe.

And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus seide to hym, Yit o thing failith `to thee; sille thou alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue thou me.

Whanne these thingis weren herd, he was soreful, for he was ful ryche.

And Jhesus seynge hym maad sorie, seide, How hard thei that han money schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God;

for it is liyter a camel to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God.

And thei that herden these thingis seiden, Who may be maad saaf?

And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben impossible anentis men, ben possible anentis God.

But Petir seide, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee.

And he seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to you, there is no man that schal forsake hous, or fadir, modir, or britheren, or wijf, or children, or feeldis, for the rewme of God,

and schal not resseyue many mo thingis in this tyme, and in the world to comynge euerlastynge lijf.

And Jhesus took hise twelue disciplis, and seide to hem, Lo! we gon vp to Jerusalem, and alle thingis schulen be endid, that ben writun bi the prophetis of mannus sone.

For he schal be bitraied to hethen men, and he schal be scorned, and scourgid, and bispat;

and aftir that thei han scourgid, thei schulen sle hym, and the thridde dai he schal rise ayen.

And thei vndurstoden no thing of these; and this word was hid fro hem, and thei vndurstoden not tho thingis that weren seid.

But it was don, whanne Jhesus cam nyy to Jerico, a blynde man sat bisidis the weie, and beggide.

And whanne he herde the puple passynge, he axide, what this was.

And thei seiden to hym, that Jhesus of Nazareth passide.

And he criede, and seide, Jhesu, the sone of Dauyd, haue mercy on me.

And thei that wenten bifor blamyden hym, that he schulde be stille; but he criede myche the more, Thou sone of Dauid, haue mercy on me.

And Jhesus stood, and comaundide hym to be brouyt forth to hym. And whanne he cam nyy, he axide hym,

and seide, What wolt thou that Y schal do to thee? And he seide, Lord, that Y se.

And Jhesus seide to hym, Biholde; thi feith hath maad thee saaf.

And anoon he say, and suede hym, and magnyfiede God. And al the puple, as it say, yaf heriyng to God.

And lo! a man, Sache bi name, and this was a prince of pupplicans, and he was riche.

And he souyte to se Jhesu, who he was, and he myyte not, for the puple, for he was litil in stature.

And he ran bifore, and stiyede in to a sicomoure tree, to se hym; for he was to passe fro thennus.

And Jhesus biheld vp, whanne he cam to the place, and saiy hym, and seide to hym, Sache, haste thee, and come doun, for to dai Y mot dwelle in thin hous.

And he hiyynge cam doun, and ioiynge resseyuede hym.

And whanne alle men sayn, thei grutchiden seiynge, For he hadde turned to a synful man.

But Sache stood, and seide to the Lord, Lo! Lord, Y yyue the half of my good to pore men; and if Y haue ony thing defraudid ony man, Y yelde foure so myche.

Jhesus seith to hym, For to dai heelthe is maad to this hous, for that he is Abrahams sone;

for mannus sone cam to seke, and make saaf that thing that perischide.

Whanne thei herden these thingis, he addide, and seide a parable, for that he was nyy Jerusalem, `and for thei gessiden, that anoon the kyngdom of God schulde be schewid.

Therfor he seide, A worthi man wente in to a fer cuntre, to take to hym a kyngdom, and to turne ayen.

And whanne hise ten seruauntis weren clepid, he yaf to hem ten besauntis; and seide to hem, Chaffare ye, til Y come.

But hise citeseyns hatiden hym, and senten a messanger aftir hym, and seiden, We wolen not, that he regne on vs.

And it was don, that he turnede ayen, whan he hadde take the kyngdom; and he comaundide hise seruauntis to be clepid, to whiche he hadde yyue monei, to wite, hou myche ech hadde wonne bi chaffaryng.

And the firste cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath wonne ten besauntis.

He seide to hym, Wel be, thou good seruaunt; for in litil thing thou hast be trewe, thou schalt be hauynge power on ten citees.

And the tother cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue besauntis.

And to this he seide, And be thou on fyue citees.

And the thridde cam, and seide, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, that Y hadde, put vp in a sudarie.

For Y dredde thee, for thou art `a sterne man; thou takist awey that that thou settidist not, and thou repist that that thou hast not sowun.

He seith to hym, Wickid seruaunt, of thi mouth Y deme thee. Wistist thou, that Y am `a sterne man, takynge awei that thing that Y settide not, and repyng ethat thing that Y sewe not?

and whi hast thou not youun my money to the bord, and Y comynge schulde haue axid it with vsuris?

And he seide to men stondynge nyy, Take ye awei fro hym the besaunt, and yyue ye to hym that hath ten beyauntis:

And thei seiden to hym, Lord, he hath ten besauntis.

And Y seie to you, to ech man that hath, it schal be youun, and he schal encreese; but fro him that hath not, also that thing that he hath, schal be takun of hym.

Netheles brynge ye hidur tho myn enemyes, that wolden not that Y regnede on hem, and sle ye bifor me.

And whanne these thingis weren seid, he wente bifore, and yede vp to Jerusalem.

And it was don, whanne Jhesus cam nyy to Bethfage and Betanye, at the mount, that is clepid of Olyuete, he sente hise twei disciplis, and seide,

Go ye in to the castel, that is ayens you; in to which as ye entren, ye schulen fynde a colt of an asse tied, on which neuer man sat; vntye ye hym, and brynge ye to me.

And if ony man axe you, whi ye vntien, thus ye schulen seie to hym, For the Lord desirith his werk.

And thei that weren sent, wenten forth, and fonden as he seide to hem, a colt stondynge.

And whanne thei vntieden the colt, the lordis of hym seiden to hem, What vntien ye the colt?

And thei seiden, For the Lord hath nede to hym.

And thei ledden hym to Jhesu; and thei castynge her clothis on the colt, setten Jhesu on hym.

And whanne he wente, thei strowiden her clothis in the weie.

And whanne he cam nyy to the comyng doun of the mount of Olyuete, al the puple that cam doun bygunnen to ioye, and to herie God with greet vois on alle the vertues, that thei hadden sayn,

and seiden, Blessid be the king, that cometh in the name of the Lord; pees in heuene, and glorie in hiye thingis.

And sum of the Farisees of the puple seiden to hym, Maister, blame thi disciplis.

And he seide to hem, Y seie to you, for if these ben stille, stoonus schulen crye.

And whanne he neiyede, `he seiy the citee,

and wepte on it, and seide, For if thou haddist knowun, thou schuldist wepe also; for in this dai the thingis ben in pees to thee, but now thei ben hid fro thin iyen.

But daies schulen come in thee, and thin enemyes schulen enuyroun thee with a pale, and thei schulen go aboute thee, and make thee streit on alle sidis,

and caste thee doun to the erthe, and thi sones that ben in thee; and thei schulen not leeue in thee a stoon on a stoon, for thou hast not knowun the tyme of thi visitacioun.

And he entride in to the temple, and bigan to caste out men sellynge ther inne and biynge,

and seide to hem, It is writun, That myn hous is an hous of preyer, but ye han maad it a den of theues.

And he was techynge euerydai in the temple. And the princis of prestis, and the scribis, and the princis of the puple souyten to lese hym;

and thei founden not, what thei schulden do to hym, for al the puple was ocupied, and herde hym.

And it was don in oon of the daies, whanne he tauyte the puple in the temple, and prechide the gospel, the princis of preestis and scribis camen togidere with the elder men;

and thei seiden to hym, Seie to vs, in what power thou doist these thingis, or who is he that yaf to thee this power?

And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, And Y schal axe you o word; answere ye to me.

Was the baptym of Joon of heuene, or of men?

And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, seiynge, For if we seien, Of heuene, he schal seie, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym?

and if we seien, Of men, al the puple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, that Joon is a prophete.

And thei answeriden, that thei knewen not, of whennus it was.

And Jhesus seide to hem, Nether Y seie to you, in what power Y do these thingis.

And he bigan to seie to the puple this parable. A man plauntide a vynyerd, and hiride it to tilieris; and he was in pilgrimage longe tyme.

And in the tyme of gaderynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden yyue to hym of the fruyt of the vynyerd; whiche beten hym, and leten hym go voide.

And he thouyte yit to sende another seruaunt; and thei beten this, and turmentiden hym sore, and leten hym go.

And he thouyte yit to sende the thridde, and hym also thei woundiden, and castiden out.

And the lord of the vyneyerd seide, What schal Y do? Y schal sende my dereworthe sone; perauenture, whanne thei seen hym, thei schulen drede.

And whanne the tilieris sayn hym, thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, and seiden, This is the eire, sle we hym, that the eritage be oure.

And thei castiden hym out of the vyneyerd, and killiden hym. What schal thanne the lord of the vyneyerd do to hem?

He schal come, and distruye these tilieris, and yyue the vyneyerd to othere. And whanne this thing was herd, thei seiden to hym, God forbede.

But he bihelde hem, and seide, What thanne is this that is writun, The stoon which men bildynge repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner?

Ech that schal falle on that stoon, schal be to-brisid, but on whom it schal falle, it schal al to-breke him.

And the princis of prestis, and scribis, souyten to leye on hym hoondis in that our, and thei dredden the puple; for thei knewen that to hem he seide this liknesse.

And thei aspieden, and senten aspieris, that feyneden hem iust, that thei schulden take hym in word, and bitaak hym to the `power of the prince, and to the power of the iustice.

And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Maister, we witen, that riytli thou seist and techist; and thou takist not the persoone of man, but thou techist in treuthe the weie of God.

Is it leueful to vs to yyue tribute to the emperoure, or nay?

And he biheld the disseit of hem, and seide to hem, What tempten ye me?

Shewe ye to me a peny; whos ymage and superscripcioun hath it? Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, The emperouris.

And he seide to hem, Yelde ye therfor to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperours, and tho thingis that ben of God, to God.

And thei myyten not repreue his word bifor the puple; and thei wondriden in his answere, and heelden pees.

Summe of the Saduceis, that denyeden the ayenrisyng fro deeth to lijf, camen, and axiden hym,

and seiden, Maister, Moises wroot to vs, if the brother of ony man haue a wijf, and be deed, and he was with outen eiris, that his brothir take his wijf, and reise seed to his brother.

And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris;