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iv, 9] 2. And þā þā hē fæste fēowurtig daga and fēowurtig nihta, þā ongan hyne syððan hingrian.

3. And þā genēalǣhte sē costniend, and cwæð, Gyf þū Godes Sunu sȳ, cweð þæt þās stānas tō hlāfe gewurðon.

4. Ðā andswarode sē Hǣlend, Hit ys āwriten, Ne leofað sē man be hlāfe ānum, ac be ǣlcon worde þe of Godes mūðe gǣð.

5. Þā gebrōhte sē dēofol hine on þā hālgan ceastre, and āsette hine ofer þæs temples hēahnesse,

6. and cwæð tō him, Gyf þū Godes Sunu eart, āsend þē þonne nyðer; sōþlīce hit ys āwriten, Þæt hē his englum bebēad be ðē, þæt hig þē on hyra handum beron, þē lǣs þe ðīn fōt æt stāne ætsporne.

7. Ðā cwæð sē Hǣlend eft tō him, Hit ys āwriten, Ne costna þū Drihten þīnne God.

8. Eft sē dēofol hine genam, and lǣdde hine on swīðe hēahne munt, and ætēowde him ealle middaneardes rīcu and hyra wuldor,

9. and cwæþ tō him, Ealle þās ic sylle þē, gyf þū feallende tō mē geēadmētst.