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XXVI, 10] and mannes Bearn byþ geseald þæt hē sī on rōde āhangen.

3. Đā wǣron gesamnode þā ealdras þǣra sācerda, and hlāfordas þæs folces, to ðǣra sācerda ealdres botle þe wæs genemned Kaiphas;

4. and hig hæfdon mycel gemōt þæt hig woldon þone Hǣlend mid fācne besyrwan, and ofslēan.

5. Hig cwǣdon witodlīce sume þæt hyt ne mihte bēon on þām frēolsdæge, þē lǣs tō mycel styrung wurde on þām folce.

6. Đā sē Hǣlynd wæs on Bethania, on Symones hūse þæs hrēoflan,

7. ðā genēalǣhte him tō sum wīf, sēo hæfde box mid dēorwyrðre sealfe, and āgēat uppan hys hēafud þǣr hē sæt.

8. Þā gesāwun hys leorningcnihtas þæt, and wurdon gebolgene, and cwǣdon, Tō hwan ys þiss forspilled?

9. Þis mihte bēon geseald tō myclum wurþe, and þearfum gedǣled.

10. Þā sē Hǣlend hyt wiste, þā cwæð hē tō heom, Hwī synt gē grame þysum wīfe? witodlīce gōd weorc hēo worhte on me.