See stelen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Anyone who steals shouldn't steal again, but should instead do useful work with their own hands so they have [something] to give to the needy.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Epheſianes 4:28, folio 75, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "he þat ſtal .· now ſtele he not / but moꝛe trauele he in woꝛchyng wiþ his hondis þat þat is good .· þat he haue wher of he ſchal ȝyue to nedi",
"translation": "Anyone who steals shouldn't steal again, but should instead do useful work with their own hands so they have [something] to give to the needy.",
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"text": "he þat ſtal .· now ſtele he not / but moꝛe trauele he in woꝛchyng wiþ his hondis þat þat is good .· þat he haue wher of he ſchal ȝyue to nedi",
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