Luke 16:8-18

⁸And the lord preiside the baili of wickydnesse, for he hadde do prudentli; for the sones of this world ben more prudent in her generacioun than the sones of liyt.

⁹And Y seie to you, make ye to you freendis of the ritchesse of wickidnesse, that whanne ye schulen fayle, thei resseyue you in to euerlastynge tabernaclis.

¹⁰He that is trewe in the leeste thing, is trewe also in the more; and he that is wickid in a litil thing, is wickid also in the more.

¹¹Therfor if ye weren not trewe in the wickid thing of ritchesse, who schal bitake to you that that is verry?

¹²And if ye weren not trewe in othere mennus thing, who schal yyue to you that that is youre?

¹³No seruaunt may serue to twei lordis; for ether he schal hate `the toon, and loue the tothir; ethir he schal drawe to `the toon, and schal dispise the tothir. Ye moun not serue to God and to ritchesse.

¹⁴But the Farisees, that weren coueytous, herden alle these thingis, and thei scorneden hym.

¹⁵And he seide to hem, Ye it ben, that iustifien you bifor men; but God hath knowun youre hertis, for that that is hiy to men, is abhomynacioun bifor God.

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.