Luke 19:19-29

19 And to ye same he sayde: and be thou also ruler ouer fyve cities.
20 And the thyrde came and sayde: Lorde beholde here thy pounde which I have kepte in a napkyn
21 for I feared the because thou arte a strayte man: thou takest vp that thou laydest not doune and repest that thou dyddest not sowe.
22 And he sayde vnto him: Of thine awne mouth iudge I the thou evyll servaunt. knewest thou that I am a strayte man takinge vp that I layde not doune and repinge that I dyd not sowe?
23 Wherfore then gavest not thou my money into the banke that at my cominge I might have required myne awne with vauntage?
24 And he sayde to them that stode by: take fro him that pounde and geve it him that hath ten poude.
25 And they sayd vnto him: Lorde he hath ten pounde.
26 I saye vnto you that vnto all the that have it shalbe geve: and from him yt hath not eve that he hath shalbe taken from him.
27 Moreover those myne enemys which wolde not that I shuld raigne over them bringe hidder and slee them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken he proceded forthe before a ssendinge vp to Ierusalem.
29 And it fortuned when he was come nye to Bethphage and Bethany besydes moute olivete he sent two of his disciples
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