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22 Ða cwæþ se fæder to his þeowum; Bringað raðe þæne selestan gegyrelan & scrydað hyne & syllað him hring on his hand. & gescÿ to his fotum.
23 & bringað an fætt styric & of-sleað & utun etan & gewist-fullian.
24 for-þam þes min sunu wæs dead & he ge-edcucude. he for-wearð & he is gemet; Ða ongunnon hig gewist-læcan
25 Soðlice hys yldra sunu wæs on æcere & he cöm. & þa he þam huse genealæhte he ge-hyrde þæne sweg & þt weryd.
26 Þa clypode he anne þeow & axode hine hwæt þt wære;
27 Ða cwæð he þin broðor com. & þin fæder of-sloh än fæt celf for-þam þe he hyne halne on-feng;
28 Ða bealh he hine & nolde ingan; Þa eode his fæder üt & ongan hine biddan;
29 Ða cwæþ he his fæder &swarigende; Efne swa fela geara ic þe þeowude & ic næfre þin bebod ne forgymde. & ne sealdest þu me næfre an ticcen þt ic mid minum freondum gewist-fullude;
30 Ac syððan þes þin sunu com. þe hys spëde mid myltystrum amyrde. þu of-sloge him fætt celf;
31 Ða cwæþ he sunu. þu eart symle mid me. & ealle mine þing synt þïne
32 þe ge-byrede gewist-fullian & geblissian for-þam þes þin broðor wæs dead & he ge-edcucede he for-wearð & he is gemet;