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20 & he aras þa & com to his fader. & þa gyt þa he wæs feor his fæder he hine geseah. & warð mid mildheortnysse astyred. & agen hine earn & hine be-clypte & cyste hine.
21 Ða cwæð hys suna. Fader ic synegede on heofene & be-foran þe. nu ic ne eom wurðe þæt ic þin sune beo ge-nemned.
22 Ða cwæð se fader to his þeowan. bringeð raðe þanne sæleste gegyrlan & scridað hine & sylleð hym ring on his hand. & ge-scy to his foten.
23 & bringað an fet styric & of-sleað. & uten æten. & gewist-fullian;
24 for-þan þes min sune wæs dead. & he ge-edcuðede (sic). he for-warð & he is gefunden. Ða ongunnan hyo wistleacen.
25 Soðlice his yldre sune wæs on akere & he com ham. & þa he þam huse ge-nehlahte he ge-herde þanne sweig & þæt wyrd.
26 Ða cleopede he ænne þeow & axode hine hwæt þæt wære.
27 Ða cwæð he þin broðer is come. & þin fader of-sloh an fet chalf for-þan þe he hine halne on-feng.
28 Þa balh he hine & nolde ingan. Ða eode his fader ut & angan hine biddan.
29 Ða cwæð he to his fæder andsweriende. Efne swa fela geare ic þe þeoweda. & ic næfre þin bebod ne forgymde; & ne sealdest þu me næfre an tycchen. þt ic mid minen freonden ge-wistfullode.
30 Ac seoððan þes þin sune com þe his spede mid miltystren amerde; þu of-sloge him an fet chalf.
31 Ða cwæð he. sune þu ert symle mid me. & ealle mine þing synde þine.
32 þe ge-byrede ge-wistfullien & ge-blissian for-þan þes þin broðer wæs dead. & he ge-edcuðede (sic). he for-wearð. & ys gefunden.