Luke 20:5-40

⁵And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, seiynge, For if we seien, Of heuene, he schal seie, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym?

⁶and if we seien, Of men, al the puple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, that Joon is a prophete.

⁷And thei answeriden, that thei knewen not, of whennus it was.

⁸And Jhesus seide to hem, Nether Y seie to you, in what power Y do these thingis.

⁹And he bigan to seie to the puple this parable. A man plauntide a vynyerd, and hiride it to tilieris; and he was in pilgrimage longe tyme.

¹⁰And in the tyme of gaderynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden yyue to hym of the fruyt of the vynyerd; whiche beten hym, and leten hym go voide.

¹¹And he thouyte yit to sende another seruaunt; and thei beten this, and turmentiden hym sore, and leten hym go.

¹²And he thouyte yit to sende the thridde, and hym also thei woundiden, and castiden out.

¹³And the lord of the vyneyerd seide, What schal Y do? Y schal sende my dereworthe sone; perauenture, whanne thei seen hym, thei schulen drede.

¹⁴And whanne the tilieris sayn hym, thei thouyten with ynne hem silf, and seiden, This is the eire, sle we hym, that the eritage be oure.

¹⁵And thei castiden hym out of the vyneyerd, and killiden hym. What schal thanne the lord of the vyneyerd do to hem?

¹⁶He schal come, and distruye these tilieris, and yyue the vyneyerd to othere. And whanne this thing was herd, thei seiden to hym, God forbede.

¹⁷But he bihelde hem, and seide, What thanne is this that is writun, The stoon which men bildynge repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner?

¹⁸Ech that schal falle on that stoon, schal be to-brisid, but on whom it schal falle, it schal al to-breke him.

¹⁹And the princis of prestis, and scribis, souyten to leye on hym hoondis in that our, and thei dredden the puple; for thei knewen that to hem he seide this liknesse.

²⁰And thei aspieden, and senten aspieris, that feyneden hem iust, that thei schulden take hym in word, and bitaak hym to the `power of the prince, and to the power of the iustice.

²¹And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Maister, we witen, that riytli thou seist and techist; and thou takist not the persoone of man, but thou techist in treuthe the weie of God.

²²Is it leueful to vs to yyue tribute to the emperoure, or nay?

²³And he biheld the disseit of hem, and seide to hem, What tempten ye me?

²⁴Shewe ye to me a peny; whos ymage and superscripcioun hath it? Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, The emperouris.

²⁵And he seide to hem, Yelde ye therfor to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperours, and tho thingis that ben of God, to God.

²⁶And thei myyten not repreue his word bifor the puple; and thei wondriden in his answere, and heelden pees.

²⁷Summe of the Saduceis, that denyeden the ayenrisyng fro deeth to lijf, camen, and axiden hym,

²⁸and seiden, Maister, Moises wroot to vs, if the brother of ony man haue a wijf, and be deed, and he was with outen eiris, that his brothir take his wijf, and reise seed to his brother.

²⁹And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris;

³⁰and the brothir suynge took hir, and he is deed with outen sone;

³¹and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften not seed, but ben deed;

³²and the laste of alle the womman is deed.

³³Therfor in the `risyng ayen, whos wijf of hem schal sche be? for seuene hadden hir to wijf.

³⁴And Jhesus seide to hem, Sones of this world wedden, and ben youun to weddyngis;

³⁵but thei that schulen be had worthi of that world, and of the `risyng ayen fro deeth, nethir ben wedded,

³⁶nethir wedden wyues, nethir schulen mowe die more; for thei ben euen with aungels, and ben the sones of God, sithen thei ben the sones of `risyng ayen fro deeth.

³⁷And that deed men risen ayen, also Moises schewide bisidis the busch, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob.

³⁸And God is not of deed men, but of lyuynge men; for alle men lyuen to hym.

³⁹And summe of scribis answeringe, seiden, Maistir, thou hast wel seid.

⁴⁰And thei dursten no more axe hym ony thing.