John 3:2-5 þes com to hym on nyht. & cwæð to hym. Rabbi þæt ys lareow. we witen þæt þu come fram gode. ne mayg nan man þas taken wyrcan þe þu wyrcst buton god beo mid hym.

WestSaxon1175⁽ⁱ⁾ ² þes com to hym on nyht. & cwæð to hym. Rabbi þæt ys lareow. we witen þæt þu come fram gode. ne mayg nan man þas taken wyrcan þe þu wyrcst buton god beo mid hym. ³ Se halend hym andswerede & cwæð. Soð ic þe segge buton hwa beo eadniwan ge-kenned ne mayg he ge-seon godes riche. ⁴ Þa cwæð Nichodemus to hym. hwu mayg man beon eft akenned þanne he beoð eald. Cwest þu. mag he eft cuman on hys moder innoðe & beon eft akenned. ⁵ Se hælend hym andswerede & cwæð. Soð ic þe segge buton hwa beo ge-edkenned of watere & of halegen gaste ne maig he in-faren on godes riche.