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cwǣdon, Lōca, nū hū hrædlīce þæt fīctrēow forscranc!

21. Þā andswarode hē him and cwæð, Sōþ ic ēow secge, Gyf gē habbað gelēafan and ne twȳniað, ne dō gē nā þæt ān be þām fīctrēowe, ac ēac þēh gē cweþan tō þisum munte, Āhefe þē ūpp and feall innan þā sǣ,[1]

22. and ealles þæs þe gē biddaþ gē bēoð tīþa, gyf gē gelȳfað.

Đys [godspel] sceal on wōdnesdæg on þǣre fīftan wucan ofer pentecosten.

23. Đā hē cōm intō þām temple, þā cōmon þāra sācerda ealdras him tō, and cwǣdon, On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þū þās þing? and hwā sealde þē þisne anweald?[2]

24. Þā andswarode sē Hǣlend him and cwæð, And ic āhsige ēow ānre sprǣce; gyf gē mē þā sprǣce secgeað, þonne secge ic ēow on hwylcum anwealde ic þās þing wyrce.[3]

25. Hwæðer wæs Iohannes fulluht? þe of heofonum, þe of mannum? Đā cwǣdon hig betwux him, Gyf wē secgaþ, Of heofone, þonne cwyð hē, For hwām ne gelȳfde ge him?[4]

  1. A, tweoniað; A, þeah; A, cweðon; A, up; B, feal.
  2. A, þæra; A, hwylcere, B, hwilcre; A, wyrcst, B, wyrcaþ.
  3. A, om. and (before ic acsige); A, B, secgað; A, do (for wyrce).
  4. A, heofenum; A, betweox; A, heofene; A, gelyfdon.