2. And þā þā hē fæste fēowurtig daga and fēowurtig nihta, þā ongan hyne syððan hingrian.[1]
3. And þā genēalǣhte sē costniend, and cwæð, Gyf þū Godes Sunu sȳ, cweð þæt þās stānas tō hlāfe gewurðon.[2]
4. Ðā andswarode sē Hǣlend, Hit ys āwriten, Ne leofað sē man be hlāfe ānum, ac be ǣlcon worde þe of Godes mūðe gǣð.[3]
5. Þā gebrōhte sē dēofol hine on þā hālgan ceastre, and āsette hine ofer þæs temples hēahnesse,[4]
6. and cwæð tō him, Gyf þū Godes Sunu eart, āsend þē þonne nyðer; sōþlīce hit ys āwriten, Þæt hē his englum bebēad be ðē, þæt hig þē on hyra handum beron, þē lǣs þe ðīn fōt æt stāne ætsporne.[5]
7. Ðā cwæð sē Hǣlend eft tō him, Hit ys āwriten, Ne costna þū Drihten þīnne God.[6]
8. Eft sē dēofol hine genam, and lǣdde hine on swīðe hēahne munt, and ætēowde him ealle middaneardes rīcu and hyra wuldor,[7]
9. and cwæþ tō him, Ealle þās ic sylle þē, gyf þū feallende tō mē geēadmētst.[8]
- ↑ A, feowertig (twice).
- ↑ Corp., costnind (costni-nd, divided at the end of the line), A, B, costnigend; A, geweorðon.
- ↑ A, hælend him; A, ælcum.
- ↑ A, heahnysse.
- ↑ A, om. hyra; A bæron; A þe læs ðe.
- ↑ A, costa (changed into costna); A, ða na drihten.
- ↑ A, ætywde; A, middangeardes ; A, heora.
- ↑ A, om. to him; A, geeadmedest.
