G1161–δέ–de

But of thilke dai and our no man wote, nethir aungels of heuenes, but the fadir aloone.

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But wite ye this, that if the hosebonde man wiste in what our the thefe were to come, certis he wolde wake, and suffre not his hous to be vndurmyned.

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But if thilke yuel seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tarieth to come,

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and bigynneth to smyte hise euen seruauntis, and ete, and drynke with drunken men;

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and fyue of hem weren foolis, and fyue prudent.

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but the prudent token oile in her vessels with the laumpis.

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And whilis the hosebonde tariede, alle thei nappiden and slepten.

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But at mydnyyt a cryy was maad, Lo! the spouse cometh, go ye oute to mete with him.

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And the foolis seiden to the wise, Yyue ye to vs of youre oile, for oure laumpis ben quenchid.

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The prudent answeriden, and seiden, Lest perauenture it suffice not to vs and to you, go ye rather to men that sellen, and bie to you.

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And while thei wenten for to bie, the spouse cam; and tho that weren redi, entreden with him to the weddyngis; and the yate was schit.

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And at the last the othere virgyns camen, and seiden, Lord, lord, opene to vs.

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And he answeride, and seide, Treuli Y seie to you, Y knowe you not.

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and to oon he yaf fyue talentis, and to another tweyne, and to another oon, to ech after his owne vertu; and wente forth anoon.

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And he that hadde fyue besauntis, wente forth, and wrouyte in hem, and wan othere fyue.

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But he that hadde takun oon, yede forth, and dalf in to the erthe, and hidde the money of his lord.

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But after long tyme, the lord of tho seruauntis cam, and rekenede with hem.

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His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord.

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And he that hadde takun twey talentis, cam, and seide, Lord, thou bitokist to me twey besauntis; loo!

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But he that hadde takun o besaunt, cam, and seide, Lord, Y woot that thou art an hard man; thou repist where thou hast not sowe, and thou gederist togidere where thou hast not spred abrood;

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His lord answeride, and seide to hym, Yuel seruaunt and slowe, wistist thou that Y repe where Y sewe not, and gadir to gidere where Y spredde not abrood?

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For to euery man that hath me schal yyue, and he schal encreese; but fro hym that hath not, also that that hym semeth to haue, schal be taken awey fro him.

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Whanne mannus sone schal come in his maieste, and alle hise aungels with hym, thanne he schal sitte on the sege of his maieste;

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and he schal departe hem atwynne, as a scheeperde departith scheep from kidis; and he schal sette the scheep on his riythalf, and the kidis on the lefthalf.

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and whanne sayn we thee herborles, and we herboreden thee; or nakid, and we hiliden thee?

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