4 Swa hwylc swa hine eadmet. swa þes litling. se ys mare on hefene riche.
On þare tide geneohlahton his leorningcnihtas to þam hælende ⁊cwæðen. Hwa wenst þu is eldre on heofene rice.
⁊cweð. Soðlice ic segge eow. bute ge beon gecyrde ⁊geworðenne swa swa litlingas ne ga ge on heofena riche.
Ænd swa hwilc swa enne þellicne litlyng on mine naman onfegð se onfegð me.
Soðlice on eow hit nis swa. ac swa hwilc swa wile mid eow eldest beon. se beoð eower þen.
⁊hyo swigeden. Witodlice hyo on weige smaigden hwilc heore yldest were.
Forþan ælc þe hine upahefð byð genyðered ⁊se þe hine niðered se beoð upahafen.
⁊cwæð to heom. Se þe þisne cnape on minen naman onfehð; he onfehð me ⁊se þe onfehð me; he onfehð þane þe me sente. Witodlice se þe is læst betweox eow ealle; se is mara.