"I do not want it," he said. "If you want bread, for Christ's sake, wait, and I will have my wife cut you off a piece."
The devil just spit out and ran away from the peasant. Not only would he not take anything for Christ's sake, but it was worse than cutting him even to hear that word.
And so he did not get any bread. Everywhere it was the same; no matter where the devil went, they gave him nothing for money, but said:
"Bring us something else, or come and work for it, or take it for Christ's sake!"
But the devil had nothing but money. He did not like to work, and for Christ's sake he could not take anything. The old devil grew angry.
"What else do you want, if I give you money? You can buy anything for money, or hire a labourer."
The fools paid no attention to him.
"No," they said, "we do not want it. We have no taxes and no wages to pay, so what do we want with the money?"
The old devil went to bed without eating supper.