cȳfe settað, ac ofer candelstæf þæt hit onlīhte eallum þe on þām hūse synt.[1]
16. Swā onlīhte ēower lēoht beforan mannum þæt hī gesēon ēowre gōdan weorc, and wuldrian ēowerne Fæder þe on heofenum ys.[2]
17. Nelle gē wēnan þæt ic cōme tōwurpan þā ǣ, oððe þā wītegan; ne cōm ic nā tōwurpan, ac gefyllan.[3]
18. Sōþes on eornost ic secge ēow, Ǣr þām gewīte heofon and eorðe, ān i oððe ān prica ne gewīt fram þǣre ǣ, ǣr þām ealle þing gewurðan.[4]
19. Eornostlīce sē ðe tōwyrpð ān of þysum lǣstum bebodum, and þā men swā lǣrð, sē byð lǣst genemned on heofonan rīce; sōþlīce sē ðe hit dēð and lǣrð, sē biþ mycel genemned on heofonan rīce.[5]
20. Sōðlīce ic secge ēow, Būton ēower rihtwīsnyss māre sȳ þonne þǣra wrītera and sundorhālgena, ne gā gē on heofonan rīce.[6]