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And whanne the couenaunt was maad with werk men, of a peny for the dai, he sente hem in to his vyneyerd.

And whanne euenyng was comun, the lord of the vyneyerd seith to his procuratoure, Clepe the werk men, and yelde to hem her hire, and bigynne thou at the laste til to the firste.

As mannus sone cam not to be seruyd, but to serue, and to yyue his lijf redempcioun for manye.

And whanne Jhesus cam nyy to Jerusalem, and cam to Bethfage, at the mount of Olyuete, thanne sente he his twei disciplis, and seide to hem,

But whanne the tyme of fruytis neiyede, he sente his seruauntis to the erthe tilieris, to take fruytis of it.

And the erthetilieris token his seruauntis, and beeten `the toon, thei slowen another, and thei stonyden another.

And at the laste he sente his sone to hem, and seide, Thei schulen drede my sone.

But the erthe tilieris, seynge the sone, seiden with ynne hem silf, This is the eire; come ye, sle we hym, and we schulen haue his eritage.

Thei seien to hym, He schal leese yuele the yuele men, and he schal sette to hire his vyneyerd to othere erthetilieris, whyche schulen yelde to hym fruyt in her tymes.

and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk to a kyng that made weddyngis to his sone.

But thei dispisiden, and wenten forth, oon in to his toun, anothir to his marchaundise.

But othere helden his seruauntis, and turmentiden hem, and slowen.

and seiden, Mayster, Moises seide, if ony man is deed, not hauynge a sone, that his brother wedde his wijf, and reise seed to his brothir.

And seuen britheren weren at vs; and the firste weddide a wijf, and is deed. And he hadde no seed, and lefte his wijf to his brother;

And the puple herynge, wondriden in his techynge.

Thanne if Dauid clepith hym Lord, hou is he his sone?

And Jhesus wente out of the temple; and his disciplis camen to hym, to schewe hym the bildyngis of the temple.

come not doun to take ony thing of his hous; and he that is in the feeld,

turne not ayen to take his coote.

And lerne ye the parable of a fige tre. Whanne his braunche is now tendir, and the leeues ben sprongun, ye witen that somer is nyy;