Her onginð matheus boc þas halga god spelleres. Soðliche wel is to understanden þæt æfter matheus gerechednysse her is on cneornysse boc. hælendes cristes dauiðes suna. abrahames suna.
Suðdæles cwen arist on dome mid þisse cneornisse ⁊hyo geniðeriað hyo forþam þe hyo com fram landes gemærum to geheren salomones wisdom ⁊þes ys mare þanne salomon.
Witodlice ich eow fullie on wætere to deadbote. Se þe æfter me toward ys. he is strengre þanne ich. þas gescy ne eom ich wurðe to berenne. He eow fulleð on halgen gaste ⁊on fyre.
Ða andswerede Iohannes heom eallen seggenden. Witodlice ic eow an watere fullige. Soðlice kymð strengre þanne ich; þas ich nem wurðe þæt ich hys scoþwang uncnytte. Heo eow fulled on halgen gaste ⁊on fyre.