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genumen, and ōðer byþ lǣfed. Twēgen bēoþ on bedde; ān byð genumen, and ōþer byð lǣfed.[1]

Đys godspel sceal to mænies confessores mæssedæge.

42. Wacigeað witodlīce, for þām þe gē nyton on hwylcyre tīde ēower Hlāford cuman wyle.[2]

43. Witað þæt gyf sē hīredes ealdor wiste on hwylcere tīde sē þēof tōwerd wǣre, witodlīce hē wolde wacigean, and nolde geþafigan þæt man hys hūs underdulfe.[3]

44. And for þām bēo gē gearwe; for þām ðe mannes Sunu wyle cuman on þǣre tīde þe gē nyton.[4]

45. Wēnst þū hwā sȳ getrȳwe and glēaw þēow, þone geset hys hlāfurd ofer his hīred þæt hē him on tīde mete sylle?[5]

46. Ēadig ys sē þēow þe hys hlāfurd hyne gemēt þus dōndne, þonne hē cymð.[6]

47. Sōþ ic ēow secge þæt ofer eall þæt hē āh hē hyne gesett.[7]

48. Gyf sē yfela þēowa ðencþ on hys heortan and cwyþ, Mīn hlāfurd uferað hys cyme;[8]

  1. B, genumyn.
  2. Corp., Đ (for W), A, Waciað, B, Wacigað; B, witudlice; A, B, hwylcere.
  3. A, toweard; B, witudlice; A, wacian, B, wacigan; Corp., geþafigen, A, geþafian, B, geþafigan; B, undyr-.
  4. Corp., sunnu, A, B, sunu; B, nytun.
  5. Corp., B, Wens, A, Wenst; A, treowe; A, hlaford; A, om. he.
  6. Corp., B, Eadi, A, eadig; A, hlaford; A, donde.
  7. A, geset.
  8. A, hlaford.