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XXVI, 26] 19. And þā leorningcnihtas dydon swā sē Hǣlynd heom bebēad; and hig gegearwodon him ēasterþēnunga.

20. On þām ǣfene sæt sē Hǣlynd mid hys twelf leorningcnihtum æt gereorde.

21. And þā hī ǣtun, hē cwæð tō him, Witodlīce ic secge ēow þæt ān ēower belǣwð mē.

22. Đā wurdon hig swīþe geunrōtsode, and ongann ānra gehwylc cweðan, Drihtyn, cwyst þū eom ic hyt?

23. And hē andswarode and þus cwæð, Sē þe bedȳpð on disce mid mē hys hand sē mē belǣwð.

24. Witodlīce mannes Sunu færþ, swā hit āwriten ys be him; wā þām menn þurh þone þe byþ mannes Sunu belǣwed! betere wǣre þām menn þæt hē nǣfre nǣre ācenned.

25. Þā cwæð Iudas þe hyne belǣwde, Cwyst þū, Lārēow, hwæðer ic hyt sī? Đā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Þū hyt sǣdest.

26. Witodlīce þā hig ǣtun, sē Hǣlend nam hlāf, and hyne geblētsode, and bræc, and sealde hys leorningcnihtum, and cwæð, Onfōþ, and etað; þis ys mīn līchama.