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ēowrum gesomnungum, and gē hig ēhtað of byrig on byrig:[1]

35. þæt ofer ēow cume ǣlc rihtwīs blōd þe wæs āgoten ofer eorþan, fram Abelys blōde þæs rihtwīsan oð Zacharias blōd, Barachias suna, þone gē ofslōgon betwyx þām temple and þām wēofode.[2]

36. Sōþ ic ēow secge, Ealle þās þing cumaþ ofer þās cnēorisse.[3]

37. Ēalā Ierusalem, ēalā Ierusalem, þū þe wītegan ofslihst, and mid stānum oftorfast þā ðe tō þē āsende synt! swīðe oft ic wolde þīne bearn gegaderigan, swā sēo henn hyre cīcenu under hyre fyþeru gegaderað, and þū noldest![4]

38. Witodlīce nū byþ ēower hūs ēow wēste forlǣten.[5]

39. Sōð ic secge ēow, Ne gesēoþ gē mē heonon forð, ǣr þām þe gē secgeon, Sȳ geblētsod sē þe cōm on Drihtnes naman.[6]

  1. B, eowrun gesomnungun.
  2. A, abeles, B, abylys; A, betweox; B, þan (for þam; twice); A, weofede.
  3. B, ic secge eow (changed order); B, þinc; B, ofyr.
  4. Corp., gerusalem (second time), A, hierusalem (twice), B, gerusalem (twice); A, synd; A, gegaderian.
  5. B, Witudlice; B, eowyr.
  6. Corp., eow secge (marked for transposition); A, syngon (for secgeon), B, sycgon; A, sig gebletsod sig gebletsod.