13 Ða æfter feawa dagen ealle his þing gegaderede se gingre sune ⁊ferde wræclice on feor landen ⁊forspilde þær his ehte libbende on his gælsan.
þa cwæð se ylder to his fader. Fader syle me minne dæl minre ehte. þe me to gebyreð. Ða dælde he him his ehte.
Ða he hyo hæfde ealle amerde. þa warð mycel hunger on þam rice ⁊he warð wædle.
Ac seoððan þes þin sune com þe his spede mid miltystren amerde; þu ofsloge him an fet chalf.
Ða cwæð he to his leorning cnihten Sum welig man wæs. se hæfde sumne gerefe. se warð wið hine forwreiged swilce he is god forspilde.