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Euangelium Secundum Mattheum: The Gospel of Saint Matthew in West-Saxon… (1910)

Ðis [godspel] sceal on frīgedæg on þǣre þryddan wucan ofer twelftandæg. 23. And þā befērde sē Hǣlend ealle Galileam, lǣrende on hyra gesomnungum; and hē wæs bodiende godspel þæs rīces, and hǣlende ǣlce ādle and ǣlce untrumnysse on þām folce. [21]
24. And ðā fērde hys hlīsa intō ealle Syriam; and hī brōhton him ealle yfel hæbbende missenlīcum ādlum and on tintregum gegripene, and þā ðe dēofelsēocnyssa hæfdon, and mōnoðsēoce, and laman, and hē þā gehǣlde.
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Euangelium Secundum Mattheum: The Gospel of Saint Matthew in West-Saxon… (1910)

And þā genēalǣhte sē costniend, and cwæð, Gyf þū Godes Sunu sȳ, cweð þæt þās stānas tō hlāfe gewurðon. [3]
4. Ðā andswarode sē Hǣlend, Hit ys āwriten, Ne leofað sē man be hlāfe ānum, ac be ǣlcon worde þe of Godes mūðe gǣð. [4]
5. Þā gebrōhte sē dēofol hine on þā hālgan ceastre, and āsette hine ofer þæs temples hēahnesse, [5]
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.
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