18 Soðlice he cwæð. hwam is godes rice gelic; ⁊hwam wene ic þæt hit beo gelich.
He rehte heom þa þa oðerne byspel ⁊þus cwæð. heofene riche is geworðen þam men gelic þe seow god sæd on his akere.
⁊he cwæð. Godes rice is swilce man þe worpe god sæd on his land.
Ænd eft he cwæð. hwam wene ic þæt godes rice seo gelic.
ne hyo ne cweðað. efne her hit is. oððe þær; godes rice is betwenan eow.
Hwan telle ic gelic þeosse cneorisse men ⁊hwam synde hi Note: hi added above the line. gelice.