A   And he sayde also vnto his disciples. &cross2; Ther was a certayn ryche man, whichhad a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym, that he had wasted hys goodes. And he called him, and sayde vnto him: How is it, that I heare thys of the? Geue acomptes of thy stewardshype: For thou mayste be no longer steward. The stewarde sayde with in him selfe: what shall I do? for my Master taketh awaye from me the stewardeshypp. I cannot dygge, and to begge I am ashamed. I wote what to do, þt; when I am put out of the stewardship, they maye receaue me into their houses.

B   So wh&abar; he had called all hys masters detters together, he sayde vnto the fyrst: how moch owest thou vnto my master? And he sayd: an hundred tonnes of oyle. And he sayde vnto him: take thy byll, ∧ syt doune quyckly and wryte fyftye. Then sayd he to another: how moch owest thou? And he sayde: an h&obar;dred quarters of wheate. He sayde vnto him. Take thy byll, and wryte foure scoore. And the Lorde c&obar;mended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wysly. For the chyldren of this worlde are in theyr nacion, wyser then the chyldren of lyght. C   And I saye vnto you: make you frendes of the vnryghteous &rhand; m&abar;mon, that when ye shall haue nede they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitacyons. &cross3;

&cross2; He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also &ibar; moch. And he that is vnryghteous in the least: is vnryghteous also in moch. So th&ebar;, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous m&abar;mon, who wyll beleue you in that which is true? And yf ye haue not bene faythfull in another mannes busynes, who shal geue you þt; which is your awne? ^noteNo serua&ubar;t c&abar; serue two masters: for ether he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shall leane to þe; one, ∧ despyse the other. Ye c&abar;not serue God ∧ mammon.

All these thynges herde the Pharyses also, which were couetous, and they mocked him. D   And he sayd vnto th&ebar;: Ye are they which iustifye youre selues before men: but God knoweth youre hertes. For that which is hyghlye estemed amonge men, is abhominable in the syght of God. &cross3;

^noteThe lawe and the Prophetes raygned &rhand; vntyll Iohn: and sence that tyme, the kyngdome of God is preached, and euery man stryueth to go in. ^noteEasyer is it for heauen and erth to peryshe, then one tytle of the lawe to fayll. ^noteWhosoeuer forsaketh hys wyfe, and marieth another, committeth aduoutrye. And he which marieth her that is deuorsed from her husbande, committeth aduoutry also.

E   &cross2; Ther was a certayne ryche m&abar;, which was clothed in purple and fyne whyte, and fared deliciously euery dyae: And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, which laye at his gate full of sores, desyrynge to be refresshed with the cromes, which fell from the ryche mannes borde (and no man gaue vnto hym.) The dogges came also, and lycked his sores, And it fortuned, that the begger died, and was caryed by the angelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed.

F   And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in hys bosome, and he cryed &abar;d sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am torm&ebar;ted in this flame. But Abraham sayde: Sonne ^note remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, ∧ c&obar;trary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed. Beyonde all this, betwene vs and you ther is a greate space set, so þt; they which wolde go from hence to you, cannot: nether maye come from thence to vs.

G   Then he sayd: I praye the therfore father, sende him to my fathers house. (For I haue fyue brethren) for to warne them, lest they also come into this place of tourment. Abraham sayde vnto him: they haue Moses and the Prophetes, let them heare them. And he sayde: naye father Abraham, but yf one come vnto th&ebar; from the deed, they wyll repent. He sayde vnto him: If they heare not Moses and the Prophetes, nether wyll they beleue, though one rose from deeth agayne. &cross3;

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