26. Gyf wē secgað, Of mannum, wē ondrǣdað þis folc; ealle hig hæfdon Iohannem for ānne wītegan.[1]
27. Đā andswaredon hig and cwǣdon, Wē nyton. Þā cwæð hē, Nē ic ēow ne secge of hwylcum anwealde ic þās þing wyrce.
28. Hū þincð ēow? Ān mann hæfde twēgen suna; þā cwæð hē tō þām yldran suna, Gā and wyrce tō dæg on mīnum wīngearde.[2]
29. Đā cwæð hē, Ic nelle; ēode þēh syðþan tō þām wingearde.[3]
30. Þā cwæð hē eal swā tō þām ōðrum. Đā andswarode sē him and cwæð, Hlāford ic gā; and ne ēode swā þēah.[4]
31. Hwæðer þāra twēgra dyde þæs fæder willan? Þā cwǣdon hig, Sē æftera. Þā cwæð sē Hǣlend tō him, Sōð ic ēow secge þæt mānfulle and myltystran gāð beforan ēow on Godes rīce.[5]
32. Iohannes cōm on rihtwīsnesse wege, and gē ne gelȳfdon him; witodlīce mānfulle and myltystran gelȳfdon; and gē gesāwon, and ne dydon syðþan nāne dǣdbōte þæt gē gelȳfdon on him.[6]
- ↑ A, ænne.
- ↑ A, B, man; Corp., wingerde, A, wynearde, B, wingearde (a above the line).
- ↑ Corp., wingerde, A, wynearde, B, wingearde (a above the line).
- ↑ A, eall; A, andswarede, B, andswarude.
- ↑ A, hwæðer þær dyde (þær for þara; om. twegra); B, hælynd.
- ↑ Corp., myltysran, A, myltestran, B, myltystran.
