42. And hig cwǣdon, Hū nis þis sē Hǣlend, Iosepes sunu? wē cunnon his fæder and his mōdor; hūmeta segð þēs, Ic cōm of heofonum?[1]
43. Sē Hǣlend him andswarode and cwæð tō him, Ne murcniaþ ēow betwȳnan.[2]
44. Ne mæg nān man cuman tō mē, būton sē Fæder þe mē sende hyne tēo; and ic hine ārǣre on ðām ȳtemestan dæge.
45. On ðǣra wītegena bōcum is āwriten, Ealle ēaðlǣre beoð Godes. Ǣlc þe gehȳrde æt Fæder, and leornode, cymð tō mē.[3]
46. Ne geseah nān man Fæder, būton sē ðe is [of] Gode, sē gesyhþ Fæder.[4]
47. Sōð ic secge ēow, Sē hæfð ēce līf þe on mē gelȳfð.
48. Ic eom līfes hlāf.
49. Ūre fæderas ǣton heofunlīcne mete on wēstene, and hig synd dēade.[5]
50. Đis is sē hlāf þe of heofonum cōm, þæt ne swelte sē ðe of him ytt.[6]
51. Ic eom lybbende hlāf þe of heofonum cōm; swā hwā swā ytt of ðyson hlāfe, hē leofað on[7]