The Gospel of Saint Mark in West-Saxon

1 Heafodweard

Iohannes se Fulwihtere gearwaþ þone weg

1 Her ys godspelles angyn Hælendes Cristes, godes suna. 2 Swa awriten is on ðæs witegan bec Isaiam,

“Nu! ic asende minne engel beforan ðinre ansyne,

se gegearwaþ ðinne weg beforan ðe.

3 Clypigende stefen on ðam westene, ‘gegearwiaþ Drihtnes weg, doþ rihte his siðas.’”

4 Iohannes wæs on westene fulligende, and bodiende dædbote fulwiht, on synna forgyfenesse. 5 And to him ferde eall Iudeisc rice, and ealle Hierosolimaware; and wæron fram him gefullode on Iordanes flode, hyra synna anddetende. 6 And Iohannes wæs gescryd mid oluendes hærum, and fellen gyrdel wæs ymbe his lendenu; and gærstapan, and wudu hunig he æt, 7 And he bodode, and cwæþ, Strengra cymþ æfter me, ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceona þwanga bugende uncytte. 8 Ic fullige eow on wætere; he eow fullaþ on Halgum gaste.

Þæt fullwiht Iesus

9 And on ðam dagum, come se Hælend fram Nazareth galilee, and wæs gefullod on Iordane fram Iohanne. 10 And sona of ðam wætere, he geseah opene heofonas, and Haligne gast swa culfran astigende, and on him wunigende. 11 And ðam wæs stefn of heofenum geworden, Ðu eart min gelufoda suna, on ðe ic gelicode.

Seo costnung Iesus

12 And sona gast hine on westen genydde. 13 And he on westene wæs feowertig daga and feowertig nihta, and he wæs fram Satane gecostnod, and he mid wilddeorum wæs, and him englas þenodon. 14 Syððan Iohannes geseald wæs, com se Hælend on galileam, godes rices godspell bodigende, 15 And ðus cweðende, witodlice tid is gefylled, and heofena rice genelæcþ; doþ dædbote, and gelyfaþ ðam godspelle.

Iesus hateþ his forman larmenn

16 And ða he ferde wið ða galileiscan sæ, he geseah Simonem, and Andream, his broðor, hyra nett on ða sæ lætende; soþlice hi wæron fisceras. 17 And ða cwæþ se Hælend, Cumaþ æfter me; and ic do inc ðæt gyt beoþ sawla onfonde. 18 And hi ða hrædlice him fyligdon, and forleton heora nett. 19 And ðanon hwon agan, he geseah Iacobun Zebedei, and Iohannes his broðor, and hi on heora scype heora nett logodon. 20 And he hi sona clypode; and hi heora fæder, Zebedeo, on scipe forleton, mid hyrligum, [and hi folgodon hine.]

Mann mid unclænum gaste

21 And ferdon to Cafarnaum, and sona restedagum he lærde hi, on gesamnunge ingangende. 22 And hi wundredon be his lare; soþlice he wæs hi lærende, swa swa se ðe anweald hæfþ, næs swa boceras. 23 And on heora gesamnunge wæs sum man on unclænum gaste, and he hrymde, 24 And cwæþ, Eala Nazarenisca Hælend, hwæt is us and ðe? com ðu us to forspillanne? ic wat ðu eart godes halga. 25 Ða cidde se Hælend him, and cwæþ, Adumba, and ga of ðisum men. 26 And se unclæna gast hine slitende, and mycelre sefne clypigende, him of eode. 27 Ða wundredon hi ealle, swa ðæt hi betwux him cwædon, Hwæt ys ðis? hwæt is ðeos niwe lar? ðæt he on anwealde unclænum gastum bebyt, and hi hyrsumiaþ him. 28 And sona ferde his hlisa to galilea rice.

Iesus hæleþ manige

29 Hrædlice of hyra gesamnunge hi comon on Simonis and Andreas hus, mid Iacobe and Iohanne. 30 Soþlice ða sæt Simonis sweger hriþigende; and hi him be hyre sædon. 31 And genealæcende, he hi upahof, hyre handa gegripenre, and hrædlice se fefer hi forlet, and heo þenode him. 32 Soþlice ða hit wæs æfen geworden, ða sunne to setle eode, hi brohton to him ealle ða unhalan, and ða ðe wode wæron. 33 And eall seo burhwaru wæs gegaderod to ðære duran. 34 And he manega gehælde ðe missenlicum adlum gedrehte wæron, and manega deofolseocnyssa he utadraf, and hi sprecan ne let, forðam hi wiston ðæt he Crist wæs.

Iesus bodaþ in galileam

35 And swiðe ær arisende, he ferde on weste stowe, and hine ðar gebæd. 36 And him fylidge Simon, and ða ðe mid him wæron. 37 And ða hi hine gemetton, hi sædon him, Eall ðis folc ðe secþ. 38 Ða cwæþ he, Fare we on gehende tunas and ceastra, ðæt ic ðar bodige, witodice to ðam ic com. 39 And he wæs bodigende on heora gesamnungum, and ealre galilea, and deofolseocnessa utadrifende.

Iesus clænsaþ hreoflan

Ðys godspel sceal on wodnesdæg on þære fifteoðan wucan ofer pentecosten.

40 And to him com sum hreofla, hine biddende, and gebigedum cneowum, him to cwæþ, Drihten, gif ðu wylt, ðu miht geclænsian me. 41 Soþlice se Hælend him miltsode, and his hand aþenode, and hine æhrinende, and ðus cwæþ, Ic wylle, beo ðu geclænsod. 42 And ða he ðus cwæþ, sona seo hreofnes him fram gewat, and he wæs geclænsod.

43 And sona he bead him, [and onsent hine]. 44 And cwæþ, warna, ðæt ðu hit nanum men ne secge; ac ga, and ætyw ðe ðara sacerda ealdre, and bring for ðinre clænsunga ðæt Moyses bebead, him on gewitnesse.

45 And he, ða utgangende, ongan bodian, and widmærsian ða spræce, swi ðæt he ne mihte openlice on ða ceastre gan, ac beon ute on westum stowum; and hi æghwanon to him comon.

2 Heafodweard

Iesus hæleþ laman

1 And eft æfter dagum, he eode into Cafarnaum. And hit wæs gehyred, ðæt he wæs on huse, 2 And manega togædere comon, … And he to heom spræc. 3 And hi comon anne laman to him berende, ðone feower men bæron. 4 And ða hi ne mihton hine inbringan for ðære mænigeo, hi openodon ðone hrof, ðar se Hælend wæs; and … hi ða inasendon ðæt bed, ðe se lama onlæg. 5 Soþlice ða se Hælend geseah heora geleafan, he cwæþ to ðam laman, Sunu, ðe synt ðine synna forgifene. 6 Ðar wæron sume of ðam bocerum sittende, and on heora heortan þencende, 7 Hwi spycþ ðes ðus? He dysegaþ; hwa mæg synna forgyfan, buton god ana? 8 Ða se Hælend ðæt on his gaste oncneow, ðað hi swa betwux him þohton, he cweaþ to him, Hwi þence ge ðas þing on eowrum heortum? 9 Hwæðer is eðre to secgenne to ðam laman, Ðe synd ðine synna forgifene, hwæðer ðe cweðan, Aris, nim ðin bed, and ga? 10 Ðæt ge soþlice witon ðæt mannes sunu hæfþ anweald on eorþan synna to forgyfanne, he cwæþ to ðam laman, 11 Ðe ic secge, aris, nim ðin bed, and ga to ðinum huse. 12 And he sona aras, and, [underleat bere,] beforan him eallum eode, swa ðæt ealle wundredon, .… and ðus cwædon, Næfre we ær ðyllic ne gesawon.

Iesus hateþ Leui

13 Eft he uteode to ðære sæ, and eall seo mænigeo him to com; and he hi lærde. 14 And ða he forþeode, he geseah Leuin Alphei sittende æt hys cepsetle, and he cwæþ to him. Folga me. Ðaaras he and folgode him. 15 And hit gewearþ, ða he sæt on his huse, ðæt manega manfulle … sæton mid ðam Hælende and his leorningcnihtum; soþlice manega, ða ðe him fyligdon, wæron. 16 Boceras and Farisei, and cwædon, witodlice he ytt mid manfullum and synfullum, and hi cwædon to his leorningcnihtum, Hwi ytt eower lareow and drincþ mid manfullum and synfullum? 17 Ða se Hælend ðis gehyrde, he sæde him, Ne beþurfon na ða halan læces, ac ða ðe untrume synt; ne com ic na ðæt ic clypode rihtwise, ac synfulle.

Frignung ymb fæstunge

18 And ða wæron Iohannes leorningcnihtas and Pharisei fæstende; and ða comon hi, and sædon him, Hwi fæstaþ Iohannes leorningcnihtas and Phariseorum, and ðine ne fæstaþ? 19 Ða cwæþ se Hælend, Cweðe ge scolon, ðæs brydguman cnihtas fæstan, swa lange swa se brydguma mid him is? Ne magon hi fæstan, swalange tide, swahi ðone brydguman mid him habbaþ. 20 Soþlice ða dagas cumaþ, ðonne se brydguma him biþ fram acyrred, and ðonne hi fæstaþ on ðam dagum. 21 Nan man ne siwaþ niwne scyp to ealdum reafe, elles he afyrþ ðone niwan scyp of ðam ealdan reafe, and biþ mare slite. 22 And nan man ne deþ niwe win on ealde bytta, elles ðæt win tobrycþ ða bytta, and ðæt win biþ agoten, and ða bytta forwurðaþ. Ac niwe win sceal beon gedon on niwe bytta, ðonne beoþ butu gehealden.

Iesus is Dryhten restedæges

23 Eft wæs geworden, ða he restedagum þurh æceras eode, his leorningcnihtas ongunnon ða ear pluccigean. 24 Ða cwædon Pharisei to him, Loca nu! hwæt ðine leorningcnihtas doþ, ðæt him alyfed næs on restedagum. 25 Ða sæde he hym, Ne rædde ge næfre hwæt dyde Dauid, … ða hine himgrode, and ða ðe mid him wæron? 26 Hu he in godes huse eode, under Abiathar, ðara sacerda ealdre, and he æt ða offrunghlafas. ðe him ne alyfede næron to etanne, buton sacerdum anum, and he sealde ðam ðe mid him wæron. 27 And he sæde him, Restedæg wæs geworht for ðam men, næs se man for ðam restedæge; 28 witodlice drihten is mannes sunu eac swylce restedæges.

3 Heafodweard

Mann hæbbende forscruncene hand

1 And eft he eode on gesomnunge, and ðar wæs an man forscruncene hand hæbbende. 2 And hi gymdon, hwæðer he on reste dagum gehælde, ðæt hi hine gewregdon. 3 Ða cwæþ he to ðam men ðe forscruncene hand hæfde, Aris gemang him. 4 Ða cwæþ he, Alyfþ restedagum wel to donne, hwæðer ðe yfele? sawla gehælan, hwæðer ðe forspillan? And hi su wodon. 5 And hi besceawigende mid yrre, ofer hyra heortan blindnesse geunret, cwæþ to ðam men, Aþene ðine hand. And he aþenede he, ða wearþ his hand gehæled sona. 6 Ða Pharisei mid Herodianiscum utgangende, þeahtedon ongen hine, hu hi hine fordon mihton.

Manigo folgaþ Iesus

7 And ða ferde se Hælend to ðære sæ mid his leorningcnihtum; and mycel menigeo him fyligde fram galilea and Iudea, 8 And Hierusalem, and fram Idumea and begeondan Iordane, and to him com mycel menegeo, ymbe Tirum and Sidone, gehyrende ða þing ðe he worhte. 9 And he cwæþ to his cnihtum, ðæt hi him on scipe þenodon, for ðære menigum, ðæt hi hine ne ofþrungon; 10 Soþlice manega he gehælde, …. swa ðæt hi æthrinon his. And swa fela swa untrumnessa, 11 And unclæne gastas hæfdon, ða hi hine gesawon, hi toforan him astrehton, and ðus cweðende, cypedon, Ðu eart godes sunu. 12 And he him swyðe forbead, ðæt hi hine ne geswutelodon.

Þa Twelfe

13 And on anne munt he ferde, and to him geclypode ða ðe he wolde; and hi to him comon. 14 And he dyde, ðæt hi twelfe mid him wæron, and he hi asende godspell to bodigenne. 15 And he him anweald sealde untrumnessa to hælanne, and deofolseocnessa ut to adrifanne. 16 And he nemde Simon Petrum, 17 And Iacobum Zebedei and Iohannem, his broðor, and him naman onsette Boanerges, ðæt is, þunres bearn; 18 And Andream and Philippum, and Bartholomeum and Matheum, and Thomam and Iacobum Alphei, and Taddeum and Simonem Chananeum, 19 And Iudam Scarioth, se hine sealde. 20 And eft him to com swa micel menigu, ðæt hi næfdon hlaf to etanne. 21 And ða hi hine gehyrdon, hi ferdon ðæt hi hyne namon; and ðus cwædon, Soþliice he is on hatheortnesse gewend.

Seo bysmerung þæs Halgan gastes

22 And ða boceras ðe wendon fram Hierusalem, cwædon, Soþlice he hæfþ Beelzebub, and on deofla ealdre he deofolseocnessa utadrifþ. 23 And he hi togædere geclypode, and on bigspellum him to cwæþ, Hu mæg Satanas Satanan ut adrifan? 24 And gif his rice on him sylfum byþ todæled, hu mæg hit standan? 25 And gif dæt hus ofer hit sylfe ys todæled, hu mæg hit standan? 26 And gif Satanas winþ ongen hine sylfne, he biþ todæled, and he standan ne mæg, ac hæfþ ende. 27 Ne mæg man ðone strangan his æhta and his fatu bereafian, and on his hus gan, buton man ðone strangan ærest gebinde, and ðonne hys hus reafige. 28 Soþlice ic eow secge, ðæt ealle sinna synd manna bearnum forgyfene, and bysmerunga, ðam ðe hi bysmeriaþ. 29 Soþlice ic eow secge, se ðone Halgan gast bysmeraþ, se næfþ on ecnysse forgyfenesse, ac biþ eces gyltes scyldig. 30 Forðam ðe hi cwædon, He hæfþ unclænne gast.

Iesus modor and gebroðru

31 Ða com to him his modor and his gebrodðra, and ðar ute stodon, and to him sendon, and to him clypedon. 32 And mycel menigu ymb hine sæt; and to him cwædon, Her is ðin modor, and ðine gebroðra ute and secaþ ðe. 33 He ða him andswarode and cwæþ, Hwylc is min modor and mine gebroðru? 34 And he cwæþ, ða behealdende, ðe him abuton sæton, Her is min modor and mine gebroðru. 35 Soþlice, se ðe deþ godes willan, se is min modor, and min broðor, and swustor.

4 Heafodweard

Þæt bispell ymb þone sædere

1 And eft he ongan hi æt ðære sæ læran; and him wæs mycel menegu to gegaderod, swa ðæt he on scip eode, and on ðære sæ wæs, and eall seo menegu ymbe ða sæ wæs, on lande. 2 And he hi fela on bigspellum lærde. And him to cwæþ on hys lare,

3 gehyraþ.

(Ðys godspell sceal on þære wucan æfter þam þe man belycð alleluia.)

Ut eode se sædere his sæd to sawenne. 4 And ða he sew, sum feoll wið ðone weg, and fugelas comon, and hit fræton. 5 Sum feoll ofer stanscyligean, ðar hit næfde mycele eorþan; and sona upeode, forðam ðe hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse. 6 Ða hit upeode, seo sunne hit forswælde, and hit forscranc, forðam hit wyrtruman næfde. 7 And sum feoll on þornas, ða stigon ða þornas, and forþrysmodon ðæt, and hit wæstm ne bær. 8 And sum feoll on god land, and hit sealde, uppstigende, and wexende, wæstm; and an brohte þritigfealdne, sum syxtigfealdne, sum hundfealdne. 9 And he cwæþ, gehyre, se ðe earan hæbbe to gehyranne.

Se ende þara bispella

10 And ða he ana wæs, hine axodon ðæt bigspell ða twelfe ðe mid him wæron. 11 And he sæde him, Eow is geseald to witanne godes rices gerynu. Ðam ðe uite synd, ealle þing on bigspellum gewurðaþ.

12 Ðæt hi geseonde geseon, and na ne geseon,

and gehyrende gehyron, and ne ongyton;

ðelæs hi hwænne syn gecyrede, and him sin hyra synna forgyfene.

13 Ða sæde he him, ge nyton ðis bigspell and hu mage ge ealle bigspell witan? 14 Se ðe sæwþ, word he sæwþ. 15 Soþlice ða synd wið ðone weg, ðar ðæt word is gesawen; and ðonne hi hit gehyraþ, sona cymþ Satanas, and afyrþ ðæt word ðe on heora heortan asawen ys. 16 And ða synd gelice ðe synd ofer ða stanscylian gesawen, sona ðænue hi ðæt word gehyraþ, and ðæt mid blisse onfoþ; 17 And hi nabbaþ wyrtruman on him, ac beoþ unsaðolfæste; and syððan upcymþ deofles costnung, and his ehtnys for ðam worde, …. 18 Hi synd on þornum gesawen ðæt synd; ða ðe þæt word gehyraþ, 19 And of yrmþe, and swicdome woroldwelena, and oðra gewilnunga, ðæt word ofþrysmiaþ, and synd buton wæstme gewordene. 20 And ða ðe gesawene synd ofer ðæt gode land, ða synda ðe ðæt word gehyraþ, and onfoþ, and wæstm bringaþ, sum þritigfealdne, sum syxtigfealdne, and sum hundfealdne.

Leohtfæt under bydene

21 He sæde him, Cwyst ðu cymþ ðæt leohtfæt, ðæt hit beo under bydene aset, oððe under bedde? wite geare, ðæt hit sy ofer candelstæf aset? 22 Soþlice nis nan þing behydd, ðe nesy geswutelod; ne nis digle geworden, ac ðæt hit openlice cume. 23 gehyre, gif hwa earan hæbbe to gehyranne. 24 And he cwæþ to him, warniaþ hwæt ge gehyron. And on ðam gemete ðe ge metaþ, eow biþ gemeten, and eow biþ geict. 25 Ðam biþ geseald ðe hæfþ, and ðam ðe næfþ, eac ðæt he hæfþ, him biþ ætbroden.

Þæt bispell ymb þæt weaxende sæd and þæt senepsæd

26 And he cwæþ, godes rice ys, swylce man wurpe god sæd on his land, and sawe, 27 And arise dæges and nihtes, and ðæt sæd growe, and wexe, ðonne he nat. 28 Soþlice sylfwilles seo eorþe wæstm beraþ, ærest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwæte on ðam eare. 29 And ðonne se wæstm hine forþbringþ, sona he sent his sicol, forðam ðæt rip æt is. 30 And eft he cwæþ, For hwam geanlicie we heofena rice? oððe hwylcum bigspelle wiðmete we hit? 31 Swa swa senepes sæd, ðonne hit biþ on eorþan gesawen, hit is ealra sæda læst ðe on eorþan synd; 32 And ðonne hyt asawen biþ, hit astihþ, and biþ ealra wyrta mæst; and hæfþ swa mycele bogas, ðæt heofenes fugelas eardian magon under his sceade. 33 And manegum swylcum bigspellum he spræc to him, ðæt hi mihton gehyran; 34 Ne spæc he na butan bigspelle. Eall he his leorningcnihtum asundron rehte.

Seo gestillung þæs stormes

35 And sæde him, ðonne æfen biþ, Uton faran agen. 36 And ða menigu forlætende, hi onfengon hine, swa he on scipe wæs; and oðre scipu wæron mid him. 37 And ða wæs mycel yst windes geworden, and yþa he awearp on ðæt scyp, ðæt hit gefylled wæs. 38 And he wæs on scipe, ofer bolster slapende. And hi awehton hine, and cwædon, Ne belimpþ to ðe, ðæt we forweorðaþ? 39 And he aras, and ðam winde bebead, and cwæþ to ðære sæ, Suwa, and gestil. And se wind geswac ða, and wearþ mycel smyltnes. 40 And he sæde him, Hwi synd ge forhte? gyt ge babbaþ geleafan? 41 And hi micclum ege him ondredon, and cwædon ælc to oðrum, Hwæt wenst ðu, hwæt is ðes? ðæt him windas and sæ hyrsumiaþ.

5 Heafodweard

Seo hælo menn hæbbende unclænne gast

(Þis godspel sceal on frigedæg on þære seofeðan wucan ofer pentecosten)

1 Ða comon hi ofer ðære sæs muþan on ðæt rice Hierasenorum. 2 And hym of scipe gangendum, him sona agen arn an aman of dam byrgenum on unclænum gaste. 3 Se hæfde on byrgenum scræf, and hine nan man mid racenteagum ne mihte gebindan. 4 Forðam he oft mid fotcopsum and racenteagum gebunden, toslat ða raceteaga, and ða fotcopsas tobræc, and hine nan man gewyldan ne mihte. 5 And symle, dæges and nihtes, he wæs on byrgenum and on muntum, hrymende, and hine sylfne mid stanum ceorfende. 6 Soþlice ða he ðone Hæland feorran geseah, he arn, and hine gebæd. 7 And mycelre stemne hrymende, and ðus cwæþ, Eala mæra Hælend, godes sunu, hwæt is me and ðe? Ic halsige ðe þurh god, ðæt ðu me ne þreage. 8 Ða cwæþ se Hælend, Eala unclæna gast, ga of ðysum men. 9 Ða ahsode he hyne, Hwæt is ðin nama? Ða cwæþ he, Min nama is legio; forðam we manega synd. 10 And he hine swyðe bæd, ðæt he hine of ðam rice ne nydde. 11 Ðar wæs embe ðone munt mycel swyna heord læswigende. 12 And ða unclænan gastas hyne bædon, and cwædon, Send us on ðas swyn, ðæt we on hi gegan. 13 And ða lyfde se Hælend sona. And ða eodon ða unclænan gastas on ða swyn, and on myclum hryre seo heord wearþ on sæ bescofen, twa þusendo, and wurdon adruncene on ðære sæ.

14 Soþlice ða ðe hi heoldon, flugon, and cyðdon on ðære ceastre, and on lande; and hi uteodon, ðæt hi gesawon hwæt ðar gedon wære. 15 And hi comon to ðam Hælende, and hi gesawon ðone ðe mid deofle gedreht wæs, gescrydne sittan, and hales modes; and hi him ondredon. 16 And hi rehton him, ða ðe hit gesawon, hu hit gedon wæs be ðam ðe deofolseocnesse hæfde, and be ðam swynum. 17 And hi bædon, ðæt he of hyra gemærum fore. 18 Ða he on scip edoe, hine ongan biddan, se ðe ær mid deofle gedreht wæs, ðæt he mid him wære. 19 Him ða se Hælend ne getiðode, ac he sæde him, ga to ðinum huse to ðinum hiwum, and cyþ him, hu mycel Drihten gedyde, and he gemiltsode ðe. 20 And he ða ferde, and ongan bodigean on Decapolim, hu fela se Hælend him dyde; and hig ealle ðæs wundredon.

Seo hælo wifes and Iairus seocre dohtor

21 And ða se Hælend eft on scype ferde ofer ðone muþan, him com to mycel menigu, and wæs ymbe ða sæ. 22 And ða com sum of heahgesamnungum, Iairus hatte, and ða he hyne geseah, he astrehte hine to his fotum, 23 And hine swyðe bæd, and he cwæþ, Min dohtor is on ytemestum sðe; cum, and sete ðine hand ofer hi, ðæt heo hal sy, and lybbe. 24 Ða ferde he mid him, and him fyligde mycel menigeo, and þrungon hine.

25 And ða ðæt wif ðe on blodes ryne twelf winter wæs, 26 And fram manegum læcum fela þinga þolode, and dælde eall ðæt heo ahte, and hit naht ne fremode, ac wæs ðe wyrse. 27 Ða heo be ðam Hælende gehyrde, eho com wiðæftan ða menigu, and his reaf æthran. 28 Soþlice heo cwæþ, gif ic furðon his reafes æthrin, ic beo hal. 29 And ða sona wearþ hyre blodes ryne adruwod, and heo on hire gefredde ðæt heo of ðam wite gehæled wæs. 30 And ða se Hælend oncneow on him silfum ðæt him mægen of eode, he cwæþ, bewend to ðære menigu, Hwa æthran mines reafes? 31 Ða cwædon his leorningcnihtas, Ðu gesyhst ðas menigu ðe þringende, and ðu cwyst, Hwa æthran me? 32 And ða beseah hine, ðæt he gesawe ðæne ðe ðæt dyde. 33 Ðat wif ða ondrædende and forhtigende, … com, and astrehte hi beforan him, and sæde him eall ðæt riht. 34 Ða cwæþ se Hælend, Dohtor, ðin geleafa ðe hale gedyde; ga ðe on sibbe, and beo of ðisum hal.

35 Him ða gyt sprecendum, hi comon fram ðam heahgesamnungum, and cwædon, Ðin dohtor is dead; hwi drecst ðu leng ðone lareow? 36 Ða he gehyrde ðæt word, ða cwæþ se Hælend, Ne ondræd ðu ðe, gelyf for an. 37 And he ne let him ænig ne fyligean, buton Petrum, and Iacobum, and Iohannem, Iacobes broðor. 38 And hi comon on ðæs heahealdres hus. And he geseah mycel gehyd, wepende and geomriende. 39 And ða he ineode, he cwæþ, Hwi synd ge gedrefede, and wepaþ? Nis ðis mæden na dead, ac heo slæpþ. 40 Ða tældon hi hine. He ða, eallum utadrifenum, nam ðæs mædenes [fæder and] moder, and ða ðe mid him wæron, and inneodon suwiende, ðar ðæt mæden wæs. 41 And hire hand nam, and cwæþ, Thalimtha, cumi, ðæt is on ure geþeode gereht, Mæden, ðe ic secge, aris. 42 And heo sona aras, and eode; soþlice heo wæs twelf wintre. And ealle hi wundredon mycelre wundrunge. 43 And he him þearle behead, ðæt hi hyt nanum men ne sædon. And he het hire etan syllan.

6 Heafodweard

Iesus wierþ wiþstanden be Nazareth

1 And ða he ðanum eode, he ferde on his eðel; and him folgodon his leorningcnihtas.

2 And gewordenum restedæge, he ongan on gesamnunge læran. And manege gehyrdon and wundredon on his lare, and cwædon, Hwanon synd ðyssum ealle ðas þing? And hwæt is se wisdom ðe him geseald is, and swylce mihta ðe þurh his handa gewordene synd? 3 Hu nys [ðys] se smiþ, Marian sunu, Iacobes broðor and Isoepes and Iude and Simonis? hu ne synd his swustra her mid us? And ða wurdon hi gedrefede. 4 Ða cwæþ se Hælend, Soþlice nis nan witega buton wurþscipe, buton on his eðele, and on his mægþe, and on his huse. 5 And he ne mihte ðar ænig mægen wyrcan, buton feawa untrunie, onasettum his handum, he gehælde. 6 And he wundrode for heora ungeleafan, He ða lærende ða castel beferde.

Iesus utsent þa leorningcnihtas

7 And him twelfe to geclypode, and agan hi sendan twam and twam; and him anweald sealde unclænra gasta, 8 And him bebead, ðæt hi naht on wege ne namon, buton gyrde ane, ne codd, ne hlaf, ne feoh on heora gyrdlum, 9 Ac gesceode mid calcum, and ðæt hi mid twam tunecum gescrydde næron. 10 And he cwæþ to him, Swa hwyle hus swa ge ingaþ, wunigaþ ðar, oððæt ge utgan. 11 And swa hwylce swa eow ne gehyraþ, ðonne ge ðanon utgaþ asceacaþ ðæt dust of eowrum fortum, him on gewitnesse. 12 And utgangende, hi bodedon, ðæt hi dædbote dydon. 13 And hi manega deofolseocnessa utadrifon, and manega untrume mid ele smyredon, and gehældon.

Se deaþ Iohannes þæs Fullwihteres

14 And ða gehyrde Herodes se cyng, ðæt soþlice his nama wæs swutol geworden, and he[d] cwæþ, witodlice Iohannes se Fulluhtere of deaþe aras, and on him synd forðam mægenu geworht. 15 Sume cwædon, He is Elias; sume cwædon, He is witega, swylce an of ðam witegum. 16 Ða Herodes ðæt gehyrde, he cwæþ, Se Iohannes, ðe ic beheafdode, se aras of deaþe. 17 Soþlice Herodes sende, and het Iohannem, gebindan on cwerterne, for ðære Herodiadiscan, his broðor lafe, Philippus; forðam ðe he nam hi. 18 Ða sæde Iohannes Herode, Nys ðe alyfed, to hæbbenne ðines broðer wif. 19 Ða syrwde Herodias ymbe hine, and wolde hyne ofslean, and heo ne mihte. 20 Soðlice Herodes ondred Iohannem, and wiste ðæt he wæs rihtwis and halig, and he heold hine on cwerterne. And he gehyrde ðæt he fela wundra worhte, and he lufelice him hyrde.

21 Ða se dæg com Herodes gebyrdtide, he gegearwode mycele feorme his ealdormannum, and ðam fyrmestum on galilea. 22 And ða ða ðæra Herodiadiscan dohtor inneode, and trumbode, hit licode Herode, and eallum ðam ðe him mid sæton, se cing cwæþ ða to ðam mædene, Bide me swa hwæt swa ðu wylle, and ic ðe sylle. 23 And he swor hire, Soþes ic ðe sylle, swa hwæt swa ðu me bitst, ðeah ðu wylle healf min rice. 24 Ða heo uteode, heo cwæþ to hyre meder, Hwæs bidde ic? Ða cwæþ heo, Iohannes heafod ðæs Fulluhteres. 25 Sona ða heo mid ofeste in to ðam cyninge eode, heo bæd, and ðus cwæþ, Ic wylle ðæt ðu me hrædlice on anum disce sylle Iohannes heafod. 26 Ða wearþ se cyning geunret forðam aþe, and forðam ðe him mid sæton nolde ðeah hi geunretan; 27 Ac sende ænne cwellere, and bebead ðæt man his heafod on anum disce brohte. And he hine ða on cwerterne beheafdode, 28 And his heafod on disce brohte, and hit sealde ðam mædene, and ðæt mæden hit sealde hire meder. 29 Ða his cnihtas ðæt gehyrdon, hi comon, and his lic namon, and hine on byrgene ledon.

Fife þusendu wordon gefed

30 Soþlice ða ða apostolas togædere comon, hi cyddon ðam Hælende eall, ðæt hi dydon, and hi lærdon. 31 And he sæde him, Cumaþ and uton gan onsundron on weste stowe; and us hwon restan. Soþlice manega wæron ðe comon, and agenhwyrfdon, and fyrst næfdon ðæt hi æton. 32 And on scryp stigende, hi foron onsundron on weste stowe. 33 And gesawon hi farende, and hi gecneowon manega, and gangende of ðam burgum, ðyder urnon, and him beforan comon. 34 And ða se Hælend ðanon eode he geseah mycele menegu, and he gemiltsode him, forðam ðe hi wæron swa swa scep ðe nanne hyrde nabbaþ. And he ongan hi fela læran. 35 And ða hit mycel ylding wæs, his leorningcnihtas him to comon, and cwædon, Deos stow is weste, and tima is forþagan; 36 Forlæt ðas manegu, ðæt hi faron on gehende tunas, and him mete bicgan ðæt hi eton. 37 Ða cwæþ he, Sylle ge him etan. Ða cwædon hi, Uton gan and mid twam hundred penegum hlafas biegan, and we him etan syllaþ. 38 Ða cwæþ he, Hu fela hlafa hæbba ge? gaþ and lociaþ. And ða hi wiston, hi cwædon, Fif hlafas, and twegen fixas. 39 And ða bebead se Hælend, ðæt ðæt fole sæte ofer ðæt grene hig. 40 And hi ða sæton, hundredum, and fiftigum. 41 And fif hlafum, and twam fixum onfangenum, he on heofon locode, and hi bletsode, and ða hlafas bræc, and sealde his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hi toforan him asetton. And twegen fixas him eallon dælde; 42 And hi æton ða ealle, and gefyllede wurdon. 43 And hi namon ðara hlafa, and fixa lafa, twelf wilian fulle. 44 Soþlice fif þusend manna, ðara etendra wæron.

Iesus gangeþ ofer wætere

45 Ða sona he nydde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stigan, ðæt hig him beforan foron ofer ðæne muþan to Bethsaida, oð he ðæt folc forlete. 46 And ða he hi forlet, he ferde on ðone munt, and hine ana ðar gehæd. 47 And ða æfen wæs, ðæt scyp wæs on middre sæ, and he ana wæs on lande; 48 And he geseah hi on rewette swincende; him wæs wiðerweard wind. And on niht embe ða feorþan wæccan, he com to him ofer ða sæ gangende, and wolde hi forbugan. 49 Ða hi hine gesawon ofer ða sæ gangende, hi wendon ðæt hit unfæle gast wære, and hi clypedon; 50 Hi ealle hine gesawon, and wurdon gedrefede. And sona he spræc to him, and cwæþ, gelyfaþ, ic hit eom; ne þurfon ge eow ondrædan. 51 And he on scryp to him eode, and se wind geswac. And hi ðæs ðe ma betwux him wundredon; 52 Ne ongeton hi be ðam hlafum; soþlice heora heorte wæs ablend.

Seo hælo seocra on genesaret

53 And ða hi ofersegledon, hi comon to genesaret, and ðar wicedon. 54 And ða hi of scipe eodon, sona hi hine gecneowon. 55 And eall ðæt rice befarende, hi on sæccingum bæron ða untruman, ðar hi hine gehyrdon. 56 And swa hwar swa he on wic oððe on tunas eode, on stræton hi ða untruman ledon, and hine bædon, ðæt hi huru his refes fnæd æthrinon; and swa fela swa hine æthrinon, hi wurdon hale.

7 Heafodweard

Þeawas and bodu

1 Ða comon to him Pharisei and sume boceras cumende fram Hierusalem. 2 And ða hi gesawon sume of his leorningcnihtum besmitenum handum, ðæt is, unþwogenum handum, etan, hi tældon hi and cwædon, 3 Pharisei and ealle Iudeas ne etaþ, buton hi hyra handa gelomlice þwean, healdende hira yldrena gesetnessa. 4 And on stræte, hi ne etaþ, buton hi geþwegene beon; and manega oðre synd, ðe him gesette synd, ðæt is calicea fyrmþa, and ceaca, arfata, and mæstlinga. 5 And ða acsodon hine Pharisei and ða boceras, Hwi ne gaþ ðine leorningcnihtas æfter ure yldrena gesetnysse, ac besmitenum handum hyra hlaf þicgaþ? 6 Ða andswarode he him, wel witegode Isaias be eow, licceterum, swa hit awriten is,