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cwæð tō him, Ǣlc rīce þe byð twȳrǣde on him sylfum byþ tōworpen; and ǣlc ceaster oððe hūs þe byð wiþerweard ongēn hyt sylf, hyt ne stent.^[1]

26. And gyf sē deoful ādrīfð ūt þone dēoful, hig bēoþ tōdǣlede; hū mæg þonne his rīce standan?^[2]

27. And gyf ic þurh Belzebub ādrīfe ūt dēofla, þurh hwæne ādrīfað ēowre bearn? for þām hig sylfe bēoð ēowre dēman.

28. Gyf ic sōþlīce on Godes Gāste āwurpe dēoflu, witodlīce on ēow becymð Godes rīce.

29. Oþþe hū mæg man in gān on stranges hūs, and hys fata hyne berēafian, būton hē gebinde ǣrest þone strangan, and þonne hys hūs berēafige?^[3]

Ðys [godspel] sceal on wōdnesdæg on þǣre twelftan wucan ofer pentecosten.

30. Sē þe nys mid mē, hē is ongēn mē; and sē þe ne gaderaþ mid mē, hē tōwyrpð.^[4]

31. For þām ic secge ēow, Ǣlc synn and bysmurspǣc byþ forgyfen mannum; sōþlīce þæs Hālgan Gāstes bysmurspǣc ne byð forgyfen. ^[5]

32. And swā hwylc swā cwyð word ongēn mannes Sunu, him byð forgyfen; sē þe sōðlīce cwyþ ongēn^[6] Hāligne Gāst, ne byð hyt hym for-

1. A, ongean.
2. A, deofol (twice).
3. B, bereafigean.
4. A, ongean.
5. A, syn; A, bysmorspræc (twice), B, bysmoropræc (second r above the line; twice).
6. A, cwaeð (changed into cweð; twice); A, ongean (twice).