And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and 'because' they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.
Whanne þei herden þese thingis, he addide, and seide a parable, for þat he was nyy Jerusalem, and for þei gessiden, þat anoon þe kyngdom of God schulde be schewid.