1 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.
Soðlice þa hyt wæs æfen geworðen. þa sægde þas wingeardes hlaford hys gerefen. Clepe þa werhtan ⁊gyf heom heore mede. agyn fram þam ytemestan. oð þanne fyrmesten.
Ða cwæð drihten; hwa wenst þu þæt is getreowe ⁊gleaw dihtnere; þane se hlaford gesett ofer his hyrd þæt he hym hwætes gemett on timen sylle.
Ða æfter feawa dagen ealle his þing gegaderede se gingre sune ⁊ferde wræclice on feor landen ⁊forspilde þær his ehte libbende on his gælsan.
Ac seoððan þes þin sune com þe his spede mid miltystren amerde; þu ofsloge him an fet chalf.
Ða cleopede he hine ⁊saide him. Hwi here ich þis be þe. agyf þine scyre. ne miht þu leng tunscyre bewiten.
Ða com oðer ⁊quoth. Hlaford her is þin pund þe ich hæfde on swatlin aleigd.
⁊iohann chuzan wif herodes gerefen; ⁊susanna ⁊manega oþre þe him of hyra spede þenedon.