8 Soðlice herodes fagenede þa he þanne hælend geseah. langere tide he wilnode hine geseon. forþan þe he geherde mychel be him ⁊he hopede þt he geseage sum taken þe fram him gewurðe.
Ænd þa gehyrde herodes se kyng þt. Soðlice his name wæs swutel geworðen ⁊he cwæð. Witodlice johannes se fulluhtere of deaðe aras ⁊on him synd for þan manege geworht
Þa cwæð he. Witodlice ge seggeð me þas gelicnysse. eala leche gehæl þe sylfne. Do her on þinen earde swa fela wundre swa we gehyrden gedone on chapharnaum.