hig sylfe belistnodon for heofena rīce. Undernyme, sē þe undernyman mæge.[1]
13. Þā wǣron him gebrōhte lȳtlingas tō þæt hē hys hand on hig āsette and hig geblētsode; þā þrēadon hys leorningcnihtas hig.[2]
14. Þā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Lǣtað þā lȳtlingas, and nelle gē hig forbēodan cuman tō me; swylcra ys heofena rīce.[3]
15. And þā hē him hys handa on āsette, þā fērde hē þanon.[4]
16. And þā genēalǣhte him ān mann tō, and cwæþ, Lā gōda Lārēow, hwæt gōdes dō ic þæt ic ēce līf hæbbe?[5]
17. Đā cwæþ hē, Hwæt āxast þū mē be gōde; ān God ys gōd; sōþlīce gyf þū wylt on līf becuman, heald þā beboda.[6]
18. Đā cwæþ hē, Hwylce? Đā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Ne dō þū mannslyht; Ne dō þū unrihthǣmed; Ne stel þū; Ne sege þū lēase gewittnysse;[7]
19. Wurða þīnne fæder and mōdor; and, Lufa þīnne nēhstan swā þē sylfne.[8]
20. Þā cwæð sē geonga, Eall þiss ic gehēold; hwæt ys mē gȳt wana?[9]
