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52 10. Þā wæs þǣr ān man sē hæfde forscruncene hand. And hī āhsudon hyne þus cweðende, Ys hyt ālȳfed tō hǣlenne on restedagum? þæt hī wrēhton hyne.

11. Hē sǣde him sōþlīce, Hwylc man ys of ēow þe hæbbe ān scēap, and gyf þæt āfylþ restedagum on pytt, hū ne nymþ hē þæt and hefþ hyt ūpp?

12. Witodlīce micle mā mann ys scēape betera! witodlīce ys ālȳfed on restedagum wel tō dōnne.

13. Đā cwæð hē tō þām menn, Āþene þīne hand. And hē hī āþenede; and hēo wæs hāl geworden swā sēo ōþer.

14. Þā sundorhālgan ēodun þā ūt sōþlīce, and worhton geþeaht ongēn hyne hū hī hyne forspildon.

15. Sē Hǣlend sōþlīce þæt wiste, and fērde þanon, and him fyligdon mycel mænigeo; and hē hǣlde hig ealle;

16. and bebēad him þæt hig hyt nānum men ne sǣdon: