2 Ða Iohannes on benden gehyrde cristes weorc. þa sente he to hym twegen. his leorningcnihtes.
Gernestlice ealle cneornyssa fram abrahame oððe dauid synd feowertene cneornyssa ⁊fram dauiðe oððe babilonis geleorednysse feortene cneornysse ⁊fram babilonis leorednysse. oð crist feortene cneornysse.
Soðlice herodes nam Iohannem ⁊geband hine ⁊sette on cwarterne. for þam wife herodiade philippus his broðor.
Soðlice þa se hælend gehyrde þæt Iohannes belæwed wæs. þa ferde he to galilea
Ða geneahlahten iohannes leorningcnihtes to him ⁊þus cwæðen. hwi feste we ⁊þa sunderhalgan gelomliche. Sodlice þine leorningcnihtes ne fæsteð.
Soðlice herodes sende ⁊het iohanne gebinden on cwarterne. for herodiadiscan his broðer lafe philippus for þan þe he nam hyo.
Herodes se feorðan dæles rica þa he wæs fram him geþread. be þare herodiscan his broder wife ⁊be eallen yfelen þe herodes dyde.
Ða geherde herodes se ferðen dæles rice ealle þa þing þe be him wæren geworðene. Ða tweonede him forþan þe sume sægdon þt iohannes of deaðe aras
Ða se hælend wiste þt þa pharisei gehyrden. þæt he hæfdee (sic) ma leorningcnihta þonne Iohannes