6. And hī wǣron gefullode on Iordane fram him, and hī andettan hyra synna.[1]
7. Sōðlīce þā hē geseh manega þǣra sunderhālgena and þǣra rihtwīsendra tō his fulluhte cumende, hē cwæð tō him, Lā, nǣddrena cyn, hwā geswutelode ēow to flēonne fram þām tōweardan yrre?[2]
8. Eornostlīce dōþ medemne wæstm þǣre dǣdbōte;[3]
9. and ne cweþað betwux ēow, Wē habbað Abraham ūs tō fæder. Sōþlīce ic secge ēow þæt God ys swā mihtig þæt hē mæg of þysum stānum āweccean Abrahames bearn.[4]
10. Eallunga ys sēo æx tō ðǣra trēowa wurtrumum āsett. Eornustlīce ǣlc trēow þe gōdne wæstm ne bringð byð forcorfen, and on fȳr āworpen.[5]
11. Witodlīce ic ēo wfullige on wætere tō dǣdbōte. Sē þe æfter mē tōwerd ys, hē ys strengra Þonne ic, ðæs gescȳ neom ic wyrðe tō berenne; hē ēow fullað on Hālgum Gāste and on fȳre:[6]
12. ðes fann ys on his handa, and hē āfeormað his þyrscelflōre; and hē gegaderað hys hwǣte on
- ↑ A, andetton heora.
- ↑ A, geseah; A, rihtwisedra, B, gerihtwisendra; A, nædrena cynn; A, swutelode; Corp., B, þan, A, þam.
- ↑ Corp., weastm, A, B, wæstm.
- ↑ A, betweox, B, betwyx; A, aweccan.
- ↑ B, trywa; A, wyrtruman; A, eornostlice; B, tryw; B, bring (for bringð).
- ↑ A, toweard; A, Ðæs gesci ne eom ic wirðe to beranne; B, halegum.
