1    ^note Soþlice wæs geworden þa ða menegu him to comon &thaet; hig godes word gehyrdon. he st&odia;d wið þone mere genesareth.

2   ∧ he geseah twa sc&idia;pu standende wið þæne mere; Ða fisceras eodun ∧ wohson heora nett;

3   He þa astigende on &adia;n scyp. &thaet; wæs simones bæd hyne &thaet; he hit lyt-hw&odia;n fram lande tuge. ∧ on þam scipe sittende he lærde þa menegu;

4   Ða he sprecan geswac he cwæþ to simone; Teoh hit on dypan ∧ lætað eowre nett on þone fisc-wer;

5   Þa cwæþ s&idia;mon him ∧swariende; Eala be-beodend ealle niht swincende we naht ne gefengon; Soðlice on þinum worde ic m&idia;n nett ut-lædia;te;

6   ∧ þa hi &thaet; dydon hig betugon mycele menigeo fixa. ∧ hyra net wæs to-brocen.

7   ∧ hig bicnodon hyra geferan. þe on oðrum scipe wæron. &thaet; hi comun ∧ him fylston; Ða comon hig ∧ gefyldon butu þa scipu. swa &thaet; hi neh wæron besencte;

8   Þa petrus &thaet; geseah he feoll to þæs hælendes cneowum ∧ cwæð; Drihten. gew&idia;t fram me forþam ic eom synfull mann.

9   ∧ he wundrude ∧ ealle þa ðe mid him wæron on þam were þara fixa þe hi gefengon;

10   Gelice iacobum ∧ iohannem zebedeis suna. þa wæron simones geferan; Ða cwæþ se hælend to simone. ne ondrædia;d þu þe; Heonon forð þu byst men gefonde;

11   ∧ hig tugon hyra scypo to lande. ∧ for-leton hig ∧ folgodon þam hælende;

12   Ða he wæs on &adia;nre ceastre þa wæs þar &adia;n hreofla ∧ þa he geseah þæne hælend þa astrehte he hine ∧ bæd ∧ þus cwæð; Drihten. gyf þu wylt þu miht me geclænsian;

13   And he æt-hr&adia;n hine his handa &adia;þenede ∧ cwæð; Ic wylle. si þu geclænsud; And sona se hreofla him fram f&edia;rde

14   ∧ he bebead him &thaet; he hit nanum men ne sæde. ac g&adia; æt-yw þe þam sacerde. ∧ bring for þ&idia;nre clænsunga swa moyses bebead him on gewitnesse;

15   Witodlice þæs þe m&adia; seo sprædia;c be him f&edia;rde ∧ mycele menegeo comun &thaet; hi ge-hyrdon ∧ wurdon gehælede fram hyra untrumnessum;

16   He þa ferde on westen ∧ hyne gebæd;

17    ^note Ða wæs anum dæge geworden &thaet; he sæt ∧ hig lædia;rde ∧ þa wædia;ron þa faris&edia;i sittende ∧ þære. ædia;.-lareow-was. þa comon of ælcon castele galil&edia;ædia; ∧ iudeæ. ∧ hierusalem ∧ drihtnes mægen wæs hig to gehælene;

18   And þa bæron men on anum bedde anne man. se wæs lama.

19   ∧ hig ne mihton hine inbringan ∧ alecgan beforan him. for þære menigo þe mid þam hælende wæs; Þa astigon hig uppan þæne hr&odia;f ∧ þurh þa watelas hine mid þam bedde asende beforan þæne hælend;

20   Ða he ge-seah hyra geleafan he cwæð; La mann þe synd þine synna forgyfene;

21   Þa agunnon þencan þa boceras ∧ farisei ∧ cwædia;don. hwæt is þes þe her sprycþ woffunga; Hwa mæg synna for-gyfan buton god ana;

22   Ða se hælend gecneow hyra geþancas he ∧swariende cwæþ to him. hwæt þencege on eowrum heortum.

23   hwæðer is eðre to cweþenne þe synd þine synna for-gyfene. hwæþer þe cweþan aris ∧ ga.

24   &thaet; ge witon &thaet; mannes sunu on eorðan anwea[l]d hæfð synna to for-gyfanne; And he sædia;de þam laman. þe ic secge aris. nim þin bed. ∧ ga on þin h&udia;s;

25   ∧ he sona be-foran h&idia;m aras. ∧ nam &thaet; he on lædia;g ∧ to his huse ferde ∧ god wuldrode.

26   ∧ hig ealle wundredon ∧ god mærsodon ∧ wæron mid ege gefyllede. ∧ cwædia;don. soðes we to-dæg wundru gesawon;

27   Þa æfter þam he ut-eode ∧ geseah publicanum he wæs oþrum naman leu&idia; gehaten æt ceap-sceamule sittende. ∧ he cwæþ to him filig me;

28   ∧ he him þa filigde ∧ ealle hys þing for-let;

29   ∧ leu&idia; dyde him mycelne gebeorscype on his huse. ∧ þar wæs mycel menegeo manfulra ∧ oðerra þe mid him sædia;ton;

30   Þa murcnodon þa farisei ∧ þa boceras ∧ cwædon to hys leorning-cnihtum. hwi etege ∧ drincað mid manfullum ∧ synfullum;

31   Ða ∧swarude se hælend ∧ cwæþ to him; Ne beþurfon læces þa ðe hale s&ydia;nd. ac þa ðe unhælþe habbaþ;

32   Ne com ic riht-wise clypian. ac synfulle on dædbote;

33   Ða cwædon hig to him. hwi fæstað iohannes leorning-cnihtas gel&odia;mlice ∧ halsunga doð. ∧ eall-swa farisea. ∧ þine etað ∧ drincað;

34   Þa cwæð he cwystuþu magon þæs brydguman bearn fæstan swa lange swa se brydguma myd him ys;

35   Soþlice þa dagas cumaþ þonne se brydguma him byð afyrred. þonne fæstað hig on þam dagum;

36    ^note Þa sæde he him an big-spell. ne asend nan m&adia;n sc&ydia;p of n&idia;wum reafe on eald r&edia;af. elles &thaet; n&idia;we sl&idia;t. ∧ se niwa scyp ne hylp þam ealdan;

37   Ne nan man ne sent n&idia;we w&idia;n on ealde bytta. elles &thaet; n&idia;we w&idia;n brycð þa bytta ∧ &thaet; w&idia;n byð agoten. ∧ þa bytta for-wurðað;

38   Ac n&idia;we w&idia;n is to sendenne on n&idia;we bytta. þonne beoð þa bytta gehealdene;

39   And ne drincð n&adia;n man eald w&idia;n ∧ wylle sona &thaet; n&idia;we. he cwyþ. &thaet; ealde is betere;

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