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25. Genōh byþ sōþlīce þām leorningcnihte þæt hē sȳ swylce hys lārēow, and þēow swylce hys hlāfurd. Gyf hī þæs hīredes fæder Belzebub clypedon, mycle swȳþur hig ēow clypiað.^[1]

Đys godspel gebyrað tō ānes confessores mæssedæge.

26. Eornustlīce ne ondrǣde gē hig; nys sōþlīce nān þing dȳhle þæt ne wurðe geswutelod, nē nān dīhle þing þæt ne wurðe geopenod.^[2]

27. Đæt ic ēow secge on þȳstrum, secgað hyt on lēohte; and þæt gē on ēare gehȳrað, bodiaþ uppan hrōfum.

28. And ne ondrǣde gē þā ðe ēowyrne līchaman ofslēaþ; ne magon hig sōþlīce þā sāwle ofslēan; ac ondrǣdað mā þone þe mæg sāwle and līchaman fordōn on helle.^[3]

29. Hū ne becȳpað hig twēgen spearwan tō peninge? and ān of ðām ne befylð on eorðan būtan ēowrun Fæder.^[4]

30. And sōþlīce ealle ēowres hēafdes loccas synt getealde.^[5]

31. Ne ondrǣde gē; gē synt sēlran þonne manega spearuan.^[6]

32. Ǣlcne eornustlīce þe mē cȳþ beforan man-^[7]

1. A, hlaford; B, clypodun; A, swyðor, B, swiþur.
2. A, eornostlice; A, ondrædon; A, digle; A, weorðe (twice); A, dygle.
3. A, B, eowerne; B, magun.
4. B, becipað hi twegen spearuan; A, eowrum; B, fædyr.
5. B, heafudes; A, synd.
6. A, synd; A, spearwan.
7. A, eornostlice; A, mannum.