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48 oð þis heofena rīce þolað nēad, and strece nimað þæt.

13. Sōþlīce ealle wītegan and ǣ wītegudun oð Iohannes.

14. And gyf gē wyllað gelȳfan, hē ys Helias þe tō cumenne ys.

15. Sē ðe ēaran hæbbe tō gehȳrynne, gehȳre.

16. Sōþlīce hwām telle ic þās cnēorysse gelīce? Hēo ys gelīc sittendum cnapun on foretīge; þā hrȳmað tō hyra efengelīcon,

17. and cweþað, Wē sungun ēow, and gē ne frīcudun; we cwīþdun, and gē ne wēopun.

18. Sōþlīce Iohannes cōm nē etende nē drincende, and hī cwǣdun, Hē hæfð dēofulsēocnysse.

19. Mannes Sunu cōm etende and dryncynde, and hī cweðaþ, Hēr ys ettul mann and wīndrincende, mānfulra and synfulra frēond! And wīsdōm ys gerihtwīsud fram heora bearnum.

20. Đā ongan hē hyspan þā burga on þām wǣrun