WestSaxon1175(i)
1 Ða se hælend for; þa ge-seah he ænne man. þe wæs blind ge-boren.
2 & hys leorning-cnihtes hyne axoden and cwæðen. Lareow. hwæt synegede þes. Oððe his mages þæt he were blind ge-boren.
3 Se hælend andswerede; & cwæð. ne synegede he ne hys magas. ac þæt godes weorc wære ge-swutolod on hym.
4 Me ge-bereð to wercen þas weorc þe me sende þa hwile þe hyt daig ys. nyht cymð þonne nan man wyrcan ne mayg.
5 Ic eom middan-eardes leoht. þa hwile þe ic on middan-earde eom.
6 Ða he þas þing sægde. þa spette he on ða eorðen & worhte fenn of hys spatle ænd smerede mid þa fenne ofer hys eagen.
7 & cwæð to hym. Ga & þweag þe on syloes mere. he for & þweah hyne & com ge-sond.
8 Witodlice hys neah-ge-buras & þa þe hyne ge-seagen þa he weadle wæs; cwæðen. hu nys þis se. þe sæt & wædlede.
9 Sume cwæðen he hyt ys. Sume cwæðen nese; ac ys him ge-lich. he cwæð soðlice ic hyt eom.
10 Ða cwæðen hyo to hym. Hwu wæron þine eagen ge-openedo. (sic)
11 He andswerede & cwæð. Se mann þe ys genemned hælend worhte fen. & smerede mine eagen. & cwæð to me. gä to syloes mere ænd þweah þe. & ic eode & þwoh me. & ge-seah.
12 Ða cwæðon hy to hym. hwær ys he. þa cwæð he; ic nat.