16 þa herodes þt geherde he quoth. Se Johannes þe ic beheafdede se aras of deaðe.
Ða cwæð herodes. iohannem ich beheafdede hwæt is þes. be hwam ic þellic gehire. Ða smægde he þæt he hine geseage.
Ic synogede þa ic sealde þæt rihtwise blod. Ða cwæðen hyo. Hwæt cwæðst þu þæt to us;
⁊þa sægde he his cnihten. þes is iohannes se fulluhtere þe ic beheafdede he aras of deaðe ⁊for þam synde þas wundre gefremede on him.
sume cwæðen he is helias. sume cwæðen he is witege. swilc an of þam witegen.
Soðlice herodes sende ⁊het iohanne gebinden on cwarterne. for herodiadiscan his broðer lafe philippus for þan þe he nam hyo.