WestSaxon1175(i)
10 & þa genehlahten his leorning-cnihtes & cwæðen to hym. For-hwi spæcst þu to heom mid byspellen.
11 Ða answerede he heom. for-þan þe eow ys ge-seald to witene heofene riches geryne. & heom nys na ge-seald.
12 Soðlice þam þe hafð him beoð ge-seald. & he hæfð. soðlice se þe næfð. & þæt he hæfð him beoð æt-broden.
13 For-þam ic spece to heom mid byspellen. for-þam þe lokiende hyo ne geseoð. & ge-herende hyo ne ge-hereð. ne ne on-geteð
14 þæt on heom sy ge-felled ysaias gewitegung. Of ge-hernysse ge geheorað. & ge ne ongyteð [Note: MS. ongyted. ] . & lokiende ge ge-seoð. & ge ne ge-seoð.
15 Soðlice þises folkes heorte. is aherd. & hyo hefylice mid earen ge-hyrden. & heora eagen be-clysdon. þe læs hye afre mid eagen ge-seagen. & mid earan ge-hyrdon. & mid heortan on-getan. & syon ge-cherde. & ic hyo ge-hæle.
16 Soðlice eadygen synd eowrum eagen for-þam þe hyo ge-seoð. & eowre earan forþam þe hyo ge-herað.
17 Soðlice on eornestlice ic eow segge þæt manega witegan & rihtwise ge-wilneden þa þing to ge-seonne þe ge ge-seoð. & hyo ne ge-seagen. & ge-hyran þa þing þe ge ge-hyrað. & hyo ne ge-hyrdon.