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21. Đā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Gyf þū wylt bēon fullfremed, gā and becȳp eall þæt þū āhst, and syle hyt þearfum, and þonne hæfst þū goldhord on heofone; and cum and folga mē.^[1]

22. Đā sē geonga mann gehȳrde þis word, þā ēode hē aweg unrōt; sōþlīce hē hæfde mycele ǣhta.^[2]

23. Witodlīce sē Hǣlend cwæð tō hys leorningcnihtum, Sōþlīce ic ēow secge, Þæt earfoðlīce sē welega gǣð on Godes rīce.

24. And eft ic ēow secge, Þæt eaðelīcre byð þām olfende tō gānne þurh nǣdle ēage, þonne sē welega on heofona rīce gā.^[3]

25. Đā hys leorningcnihtas þis gehȳrdon, hig wundrodun and cwǣdon, Hwā mæg þis gehealdan?^[4]

26. Þā cwæð sē Hǣlend, Unēaþelīc þæt ys mid mannum; ac ealle þing synt mid Gode ēaþelīce.^[5]

Đys [godspel] sceal tō sancte Paulus mæssedæge, and tō sancte Benedictus.

27. Đā andswarode Petrus and cwæð, Nū wē forlēton ealle þing, and folgodon þē; hwæt byð ūs tō mēde?^[6]

1. A, fulfremed (ful- above the line); B, eal; A, heofenum; A, om. and cum.
2. A, B, man.
3. A, eaðelicere; A, heofena.
4. A, wundredon, B, wundrodon.
5. A, om. þæt; A, syndon myd.
6. Corp., B, þingc, A, þing.