57 ⁊hyo wæren untreowsede Note: MS. untweowsede. on him. Ða soðlice saigde se hælend heom. nis nan witege buton wurðscipe bute on hys earde ⁊on his huse.
⁊eadig ys se þe ne swicð on me.
⁊he ne worhte þær manega mænege Note: read mægene. buto for heora ungeleaffulnysse.
And þa he þanen eode he ferde on his æðel ⁊him folgeden his leorningcnihtas.
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
hu nis þis smið maria sune. jacobes broðer ⁊iosepes ⁊iude ⁊symones. hu ne synde his swustre her mid us ⁊þa wurðen hyo gedrefede.
þa cwæð se hælend. Soðlice nis nan witege buten wurdscipe. buton on his æðele ⁊on his mægðe ⁊on his huse.
Ða cwæð he. soðlice ic eow segge þæt nan witege nis andfenge on hys æðele.
⁊eadige beoð swa hwilc swa ne beoð on me geuntreowsod.
Se hælend self kydde gewytnesse þæt nan witega nefð nenne wurðscipe on hys agenen earde.
⁊hyo cwæðen. Hu nys þis se hælend iosepes sune. we cunnon hys fæder ⁊hys moder. hu mete segð þes. ic com of heofenum;
Ða wiste se hælend þæt hys leorningcnihtas murcnedon betweox heom selfum be þyson ⁊he cwæð to heom ðæt eow beswicð.