18 Soðlice iohannes com ne etende ne drinkende ⁊hyo cwæðan he hafð deofelseocnysse.
genoh beoð soðlice þam leorningcnihte þæt he beo swilce his lareow ⁊þeow swilce his hlaford. Gyf hy þas hyrdes fæder belzebub clypodon mycele swiðer hyo eow clepiað.
⁊cweðeð. we sungen eow ⁊ge ne fricodon ⁊we cwyddun ⁊ge ne weapan.
Se Iohannes witodlice hafde reaf of oluende hære ⁊fellenne gerdel embe hys lændene ⁊his mete wæs gærstapen ⁊wudehunig.
Soðlice þa sunderhalgene cwæðen on deofla ealdre he drifð ut deofle.
⁊þa bokeres þe wenden fram ierusalem cwæðen. Soðlice he hafð belzebub ⁊on deofle ealdre he deofelseocnisse utadrifð.
Soðlice he byð mære beforen drihtene ⁊he ne drincð win ne beor ⁊he beoð gefelleð mid halgen gaste; Þanne gyt of hys moder innoðe.
Manega heora cwæðen. Deofel ys on hym ⁊he wet. hwy hlyste ge hym.
þa answerede syo manige ænd cwæð. Deofel þe stiked on; hwa secð þe to ofslænne.
Witodlice þa iudeas andsweredon ⁊cwæðon to hym. hwi ne cweðe we wel þæt þu eart samaritanysc ⁊eart wod.
Ða cwæðen þa iudeas. nu we witon; þæt þu ært wod. Abraham wæs dead ⁊þa wytegan ⁊þu cwidst gyf hwa mine spræce hyrð ⁊healt; ne byð he næfre dead.