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West Saxon I [1878], THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN IN ANGLO-SAXON AND NORTHUMBRIAN VERSIONS SYNOPTICALLY ARRANGED, WITH COLLATIONS EXHIBITING ALL THE READINGS OF ALL THE MSS. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, by the REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (F. A. BROCKHAUS, LEIPZIG) [word count] [B01210].
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CHAPTER X.


1   And to-somne gecigydum hys twelf leorning-cnihtun. he sealde him unclænra gasta anweald &thaet; hig adryfun hig &udia;t ∧ hældun adle ∧ ælce untrumnysse;


2   Ðis synt soðlice þæra twelf apostola naman; Se forma ys simon þe ys genemned Petrus ∧ Andreas hys broðor. Iacobus zebedei. ∧ Iohannes hys broður.

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3   Philippus. ∧ Bartholomeus. Thom&adia;s. ∧ Matheus. Puplicanus ∧ Iacobus alphei ∧ Taddeus.


4   Simon chananeus. ∧ Iudas scarioth þe hyne belæwde;


5   Ðas twelf se hælynd sende him be-beodende ∧ cweþende. ne fare ge on þeoda weg. ∧ ne ga ge innan samaritana ceastre


6   ac gað m&adia; to þam sceapun þe forwurdun israhela hiwrædene;


7    note Se hælend cwæþ to hys leorning-cnihton gað ∧ bodiaþ cweþende &thaet; heofona rice ge-nealæcþ;


8   Hælað untrume. Awecceað deade. clænsiað hreofle. drifað ut deoflu. ge onfengun to gyfe syllað to gyfe.


9   næbbe ge gold ne seolfer ne feoh on eowrum bigyrdlum


10   ne codd on wege. ne twa tunecan. ne ge-scy. ne gyrde. soþlice se wyryhta ys wyrþe hys metys.


11    note On swa hwylce burh oððe ceastre swa ge ingað ahsiað hwa si wyrðe on þære. ∧ wuniaþ ðær oð ge &udia;t-gan


12   þonne ge ingan soþlice on &thaet; hus gretað hit cweðende sy syb þisun huse


13   ∧ gyf &thaet; hus witodlice wyrþe byð eower syb cymð ofer hyt. gyf hyt soðlice wyrþe ne byð eowur syb byð to eow gecyrred;

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14   And swa hwa swa eow ne under-fehð ne eowre spræca ne gehyrð. þonne ge &udia;t-gan of ðam huse oððe of ðære ceastre asceacaþ &thaet; dust of eowrum fotum.


15   Soþlice ic eow secge acumendlicre byð sodoma lande ∧ gomorra on domes dæg þonne ðære ceastre;


16    note Nu ic eow sende swa sceap. gemang wulfas beoþ eornustlice gleawe swa næddran ∧ bylwite swa culfran


17   warniað eow soþlice fram mannum. hig syllaþ eow soþlice on gemotum ∧ swingað eow on hyra gesomnungum.


18   ∧ ge beoþ gelædde to d&edia;mun ∧ to cyningun for me. to hyra dome ∧ þeodun;


19   Þonne belæwaþ syllað eow ne þence ge hu oððe hwæt ge sprecun. eow byð geseald soþlice on þære t&idia;de hwæt ge sprecun.


20   ne synt ge na þe þær sprecað ac eowres fæder gast þe sprycð on eow;


21   Soþlice broþur sylþ hys broður to deaðe. ∧ fæder hys sunu. ∧ bearn arisaþ ongen magas ∧ to deaþe h&idia; fordoþ.


22   ∧ ge beoþ on hatunge eallum mannum for m&idia;num naman. Soðlice se þurh-wunaþ oð ende se byþ hal;


23    note Ðonne hi eow ehtaþ on þysse byrig fleoþ on oþre. ∧ ðonne h&idia; on þære eow ehtaþ fleoþ on þa þryddan; Soþlice ic eow secge ne be-faraþ ge israhela burga ærþan þe mannes sunu cume;

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24   Nys se leorning-cniht ofer hys lareow ne þeow ofer hys hlaford


25   genoh byþ soþlice þam leorning-cnihte &thaet; he sy swylce hys lareow ∧ þeow swylce hys hlafurd; Gyf hi þæs h&idia;redes fæder belzebub clypedon mycle swyþur hig eow clypiaþ


26    note eornustlice ne ondræde ge hig; Nys soþlice nan þing dyhle &thaet; ne wurðe geswutelod. ne nan dihle þing &thaet; ne wurðe ge-openod;


27   Ðæt ic eow secge on þystrum. secgað hyt on leohte. ∧ &thaet; ge on eare gehyrað bodiaþ uppan hrofum


28   ∧ ne ondræde ge þa ðe eowyrne lic-haman of-sleaþ. ne magon hig soþlice þa sawle ofslean. ac ondrædað m&adia; þone þe mæg sawle ∧ lichaman ford&odia;n on helle.


29   h&udia; ne becypað h&idia;g twegen spearwan to peninge. ∧ &adia;n of ðam ne be-fylð on eorðan b&udia;tan eowrun fæder;


30   And soþlice ealle eowres heafdes loccas synt getealde;


31   Ne ondræde ge ge synt selran þonne manega spearuan;


32   Ælcne eornustlice þe me cyþ beforan mannun. ic cyþe hyne beforan m&idia;nun fæder þe on heofenum ys;


33   Se þe me wiðsæcð beforan mannun. ∧ ic wiþsace hyne beforan m&idia;num fæder þe on heofenum ys;

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34   Ne wene ge &thaet; ic come sybbe on eorþan to sendanne. ne com ic sybbe to sendanne ac swurd;


35   Ic com soþlice mann asyndrian ongen hys fæder. ∧ dohtur ongen hyre modur. ∧ snore ongen hyre swegre.


36   ∧ mannes fynd hys ge-h&udia;san;


37    note Se hælend cwæð to hys leorning-cnihtum. Se þe lufaþ fæder oððe modor m&adia; þonne me nys h&edia; m&edia; wyrþe. ∧ se ðe lufað sunu oððe dohtor swyþur þonne me nys he me wyrþe.


38   ∧ se þe ne nimþ hys cwylminge ∧ fyligþ me nys he me wyrþe;


39   Se þe ge-met hys sawle se for-spilþ hig. ∧ se þe for-spilþ hys sawle for m&edia; h&edia; ge-m&edia;t hi;


40   Se þe eow under-fehþ he under-fehð me ∧ se ðe me under-fehþ he under-fehð þone þe me sende;


41   Se þe under-fehð witegan on witegan naman he on-fehþ witygan mede. And se þe under-fehþ rihtwisne on riht-wises naman he onfehþ riht-wises m&edia;de;


42   And swa hwylc swa sylþ anne drinc cealdes wæteres &adia;num þyssa lytylra manna on leorningcnihtes naman. Soþ ic secge eow ne amyrð he hys mede;
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West Saxon I [1878], THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN IN ANGLO-SAXON AND NORTHUMBRIAN VERSIONS SYNOPTICALLY ARRANGED, WITH COLLATIONS EXHIBITING ALL THE READINGS OF ALL THE MSS. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press, by the REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge (F. A. BROCKHAUS, LEIPZIG) [word count] [B01210].
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