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v, 40] cwydum, Ne forswere þū; sōðlīce Drihtne þū āgyltst þīne āðās.

34. Ic secge ēow sōþlīce þæt gē eallunga ne swerion, nē þurh heofon, for þām þe hēo ys Godes þrymsetl;

35. nē þurh eorðan, for þām ðe hēo ys hys fōtscamul; nē þurh Hierusalem, for þām þe hēo ys mǣres cyninges ceaster.

36. Nē ðū ne swere þurh þīn hēafod, for þām þe þū ne miht ǣnne locc gedōn hwītne oððe blacne.

37. Sōðlīce sī ēower sprǣc, Hyt ys, hyt ys, Hyt nys, hyt nys; sōðlīce gyf þǣr māre byð, þæt bið of yfele.

38. Gē gehȳrdon þæt gecweden wæs, Ēage for ēage, and tōð for tēð;

39. sōþlīce ic secge ēow, Ne winne gē ongēn þā ðe ēow yfel dōþ; ac gyf hwā þē slēa on þīn swȳþre wenge, gegearwa him þæt ōðer.

40. And þām ðe wylle on dōme wið þē flītan,