12 Soðlice ich eow segge þæt helïas com ⁊hyo hine ne gecneowen. Ac hyo dyden embe hine swa hwæt swa hyo wolden ⁊swa ys mannes sune eac fram heom to þrowienne.
Ða Iohannes on benden gehyrde cristes weorc. þa sente he to hym twegen. his leorningcnihtes.
Seððen he ongan swutelian hys leorningcnihten þæt he wolde faran to ierusalem ⁊fele þinge þolian fram yldren ⁊bokeren ⁊ealdormannen. þara sacerda ⁊beon ofslagen ⁊þridden daige arisen.
Þa andswerede he heom. Witodlice helias ys toward ⁊he geedniwað ealle þing.
Þa ongeaten hys leorningcnihtes þæt he hit saigde be iohanne þam fulluhtere.
Ða hyo wunedon on galilea. þa cwæð se hælend. Mannes sune is to syllene on manne hande.
⁊ða hyo of þa munte eoden se hælend heom bebead ⁊þus cweð. Nanen men ge þis ne seggen ær mannes sune of deaðe arise.
Iohannes com on rihtwisnesse weige ⁊ge ne geherden hine. Witodlice manfulle ⁊myltistran gelyfden ⁊ge geseagen ⁊ne dydon syððan nane deadbote þæt ge gelyfdon on hym.
Ða cweð se hælend to hym. Foxas hæbbeð holo ⁊heofene fugeles nyst. soðlice mannes sune næfð hwær he hys heafod anhelde.
Soðlice Iohannes com se fulluhtere hlaf ne etende ne win drinkende ⁊ge cweðed. deofelseocnysse he hafð.
To hys agene he com ⁊hy hyne ne underfengen.