Luke 16:16-23

¹⁶The lawe and prophetis til to Joon; fro that tyme the rewme of God is euangelisid, and ech man doith violence in to it.

¹⁷Forsothe it is liyter heuene and erthe to passe, than that o titil falle fro the lawe.

¹⁸Euery man that forsakith his wijf, and weddith an other, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the wijf forsakun of the hosebonde, doith auowtrie.

¹⁹There was a riche man, and was clothid in purpur, and whit silk, and eete euery dai schynyngli.

²⁰And there was a begger, Lazarus bi name, that lai at his yate ful of bilis,

²¹and coueitide to be fulfillid of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannus boord, and no man yaf to hym; but houndis camen, and lickiden hise bilis.

²²And it was don, that the begger diede, and was borun of aungels in to Abrahams bosum.

²³And the riche man was deed also, and was biried in helle. And he reiside hise iyen, whanne he was in turmentis, and say Abraham afer, and Lazarus in his bosum.