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Then spake Iesus to the people and to his disciples

And Iesus went out and departed fro the teple: and his disciples came to hym for to shewe him the byldinge of the teple.

And as he sat vpon the mout Olivete his disciples came vnto hym secretely sayinge. Tell vs when these thinges shalbe? And what signe shalbe of thy comynge and of the ende of the worlde?

And let him which is on ye housse toppe not come downe to fet eny thinge out of his housse.

Nether let him which is in ye felde returne backe to fetche his clothes.

And he shall sende his angeles with the greate voyce of a trope and they shall gader to gether his chosen from the fower wyndes and from the one ende of the worlde to the other.

Learne, a similitude of the fygge tree: when his braunches are yet tender and his leves sproge ye knowe that sommer is nye.

Of this be sure that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche and not suffre his housse to be broke vppe.

If there be any faithfull servaut and wyse whome his master hath made ruler over his housholde to geve the meate in season covenient:

happy is that servaunt whom his master (when he cometh) shall finde so doinge.

Verely I saye vnto you he shall make him ruler over all his goodes.

But and yf that evill servaut shall saye in his herte my master wyll defer his comynge

and beginne to smyte his felowes ye and to eate and to drinke with the dronke:

and wyll devyde him and geve him his rewarde with ypocrites. There shalbe wepinge and gnasshinge of tethe.

Lykwyse as a certeyne ma redy to take his iorney to a straunge coutre called his servautes and delivered to them his gooddes.

And vnto one he gave .v. talentes to another .ii. and to another one: to every man after his abilite and streyght waye departed.

But he yt receaved ye one went and digged a pit in the erth and hyd his masters money.

The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye.

And his master sayde vnto him well good servaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I wyll make the ruler over moche: go in into thy masters ioye.

His master answered and sayde vnto him: thou evyll servaut and slewthfull thou knewest yt I repe where I sowed not and gaddre where I strawed not: