THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI

to Tobias
my son.
Walk and
take whom
soever you find
from the brethren
of ours
who are poor

and he journeyed
Tobias
and having returned he said
to me. Behold
one of those
from the
nation of ours

Recto.

Col. i.

ii. 4

and I took him
out of the
street into
one of the
rooms
until
the sun
and I bury
him. And

Col. ii.

ii. 8

he was in danger
of dying
and he fled.
And he lost
all the possessi
ons of his
5 and behold

For the purpose of comparison it will be convenient to give the new text with the corresponding portions of the two extant Greek versions in parallel columns:—

1076.	B.	ℵ.
ii. 2 much, I said to Tobias my son Walk and take whomever you find of our poor brethren	much, and I said to my son Walk and take whomever you find of our brethren in need	more, and I said to Tobias my son Child, walk and whomever you find poor of our brethren . . . and take
ii. 3 for you to come. And Tobias journeyed and having returned he said to me Behold		to come. And Tobias journeyed to seek some poor one of our brethren and
	and having come he said Father, one from the