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

Sōþlīce þā sē Hǣlend of þām munte nyþer āstāh, þā fyligdon him mycle mænio. [1]
2. Þā genēalǣhte ān hrēofla tō him, and hine tō him geēaðmēdde, and þus cwæð, Drihten, gyf þu wylt, þū miht mē geclǣnsian. [2]
3. Ðā āstrehte sē Hǣlend hys hand, and hrepode hyne, and þus cwæð, Ic wylle; bēo geclǣnsod. And hys hrēofla wæs hrædlīce geclǣnsod. [3]
4. Ðā cwæð sē Hǣlend tō him, Warna þē þæt þū hyt nǣnegum men ne secge; ac gang, ætēowe þē þām sācerde, and bring hym þā lāc þe Moyses bebēad, on hyra gecȳðnesse.
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Euangelium Secundum Mattheum: The Gospel of Saint Matthew in West-Saxon… (1910)

Đā cwæð Hǣlend tō him, Foxas habbað holu, and heofenan fuglas nest; sōþlīce mannes Sunu næfð hwǣr hē hys hēafod āhylde. [19]
21. Đā cwæð tō him ōþer of hys leorningcnihtum, Drihten, ālȳfe mē ǣrest tō farenne and bebyrigean mīnne fæder. [20]
22. Þa cwæð sē Hǣlend tō him, Fylig mē, and lǣt dēade bebyrigean hyra dēadan. [21]
Đis [godspel] sceal on þone fēorðan sunnandæg ofer twelftandæg. 23. And hē āstāh on scyp, and hys leorningcnyhtas hym fyligdon.
24. Đā wearð mycel styrung geworden on þǣre sǣ, swā þæt þæt scyp wearð ofergoten mid ȳþum; witodlīce hē slēp.
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