Luke 19:4-12

⁴And he ran bifore, and stiyede in to a sicomoure tree, to se hym; for he was to passe fro thennus.

⁵And Jhesus biheld vp, whanne he cam to the place, and saiy hym, and seide to hym, Sache, haste thee, and come doun, for to dai Y mot dwelle in thin hous.

⁶And he hiyynge cam doun, and ioiynge resseyuede hym.

⁷And whanne alle men sayn, thei grutchiden seiynge, For he hadde turned to a synful man.

⁸But Sache stood, and seide to the Lord, Lo! Lord, Y yyue the half of my good to pore men; and if Y haue ony thing defraudid ony man, Y yelde foure so myche.

⁹Jhesus seith to hym, For to dai heelthe is maad to this hous, for that he is Abrahams sone;

¹⁰for mannus sone cam to seke, and make saaf that thing that perischide.

¹¹Whanne thei herden these thingis, he addide, and seide a parable, for that he was nyy Jerusalem, `and for thei gessiden, that anoon the kyngdom of God schulde be schewid.

¹²Therfor he seide, A worthi man wente in to a fer cuntre, to take to hym a kyngdom, and to turne ayen.