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THE GOSPEL
ST. MATTHEW.
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THE GOSPEL 186.2-
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ST. MATTHlEi^W,
TRANSLATED INTO LOWLAND SrCOTC," ^^ ""-
BY
GEORGE HENDERSON.'
LONDON. 1862.
We certify that only 250 copies of this work have been printed, of
which one is on thick paper.
STRANGEWAYS & WALDEN,
(late G, Barclay,)
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The design of the following translation is to show that the language of
the Lowland Scotch is not merely a corrupt form of that spoken in
England, but that it possesses claims to be considei'ed a branch of the
Anglo-Saxon family. It has also been though, desirable to give a " local
habitation" to various words and forms of expression, which, though
retained among the peasantry — in all countries the faithful depositaries
of ancient languages — are fast fading away before the schoolmaster and
the march of modern civilisation, and are too frequently affectedly con-
sidered as mere vulgar " barbarisms."
Possibly objections may be raised to the use of certain words, as Tcythe
for " appear," eydently for " diligently," hiddlinsly for " privately," &c.
as too archaic for a version of the Lowland Scotch of the present day ; but,
e.g. — taking the first of the above words, — as kythe is found in Burns's
" Halloween," in Ramsay's " Gentle Shepherd," and in the homely pro-
verb, " Kythe in your ain colours, that folk may ken ye," there appears to
be sufficient warrant for its retention : and so with the other words.
Various vernacular words, as lug for "ear," crack for "talk," cuddy
for "ass," &c. have been discarded, as unsuitable in a translation of a
portion of the Holy Scriptures.
The orthography adopted is that of Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and
other recent writers, their inconsistencies being avoided in order to ensure
uniformity.
The translator desires to acknowledge the assistance, kindly and
patiently accorded to him, of several competent persons.
G. H.
NOTES
1. The Scotch a at the end of a word, or before a consonant not fol-
lowed by e mute, has two peculiar sounds, which the English scarcely
possesses. The first and commonest of them is the pure Italian a, as in
the Scotch words cam', man, warld, not partaking in the least of the
sound of the e in bed^ which is heard in the English words fat, cab, man.
The second, which occurs in the words ha\ wa\ awa\ a', twa, wha, &c.,
is between the a in father and the aw in dawn, and is also to be found in
the Austrian dialect, e.g. in the word Vater.
A before a consonant, followed by e mute, is pronounced as in Eng-
lish. The same sound occurs also in a few instances where the letter is
not in this position ; but in such cases the pronunciation is generally in-
dicated by the letters a e, as infrae, gaed.
2. U followed by a consonant and an e mute, oo as a general rule,
and ui always, have a sound peculiar to the Scotch and to the Devonshire
dialect, which much resembles the French u in pu, but in which a fine
ear will not fail to discover a small admixture of the French eu in peu.
The diphthongal sound of the English u in duke is expressed by eu, as
in the word beuk {book).
3. Om is generally pronounced as the English oo, the Scotch word
house being pronounced as if it was written hoose.
4. The combination of letters ch, except when at the beginning of a
word, or after a consonant, e. g., childer, merchant (in which positions it
8 NOTES.
is pronounced as in English), has the same sound as in German — some-
times a strong guttural sound, as in dochtev (Germ. Tochter), and some-
times a softer sound, though still guttural, as in licht (Germ. Licht).
5. Gh has also the guttural German sound.
6. Ng is never to be pronounced with an unexpressed g added after
it, as in the ordinary English pronunciation of such words as stronger ,
longer, finger. In Scotch it has only the simple sound (as in king) with
the er after it, as Englishmen generally pronounce the word singer.
It is much to be regretted, in the interests of comparative philology,
that the Scotch, as well as the English, the French, the GaeMc, and all
their dialects, does not follow in its ordinary spelling a more phonetic
principle, such as is found in every other European language.
L. L. B.
THE GOSPEL
accordin' to
SAUNT MATTHEW.
Chap. I.
'T^HE beuk o' the forbears o' Jesus Christ, the Son
-^ o' David, the son o' Abraham.
2 Abraham gat Isaac ; an' Isaac gat Jacob ; an' Jacob
gat Judas an' his brithren ;
3 An' Judas gat Phares an' Zara o' Thamar ; an'
Phares gat Esrom ; an' Esrom gat Aram ;
4 An' Aram gat Aminadab; an'A^minadab gat Naas-
son ; an' Naasson gat Salmon ;
5 An' Sahuon gat Booz o' Rachab; an' Booz gat Obed
o' Ruth ; an' Obed gat Jesse ;
6 An' Jesse gat David the king ; an' David the king
gat Solomon o'her wha had been the v^ife o'Urias;
7 An' Solomon gat Roboam ; an' Roboam gat Abia ;
an' Abia gat Asa ;
B
2 SAUNT MATTHEW.
8 An' Asa gat Josaphat ; an' Josaphat gat Joram ;
an' Joram gat Ozias ;
9 An' Ozias gat Joatham ; an' Joatham gat Achaz ;
an' Achaz gat Ezekias ;
10 An' Ezekias gat Manasses ; an' Manasses gat
Amon ; an' Amon gat Josias ;
1 1 An' Josias gat Jechonias an' his brithren, about
the time they were carriet awa til Babylon :
12 An' after they were broucht til Babylon, Jechonias
gat Salathiel ; an' Salathiel gat Zorobabel ;
13 An' Zorobabel gat Abiud ; an' Abiud gat Elia-
kim ; an' Eliakim gat Azor ;
14 An' Azor gat Sadoc ; an' Sadoc gat Achim ; an'
Achim gat Eliud ;
15 An' Eliud gat Eleazar ; an' Eleazar gat Matthan ;
an' Matthan gat Jacob ;
16 An' Jacob gat Joseph the husban' o' Mary,
o' wham was born Jesus, .wha is ca'd Christ.
17 Sae a' the generations frae Abraham til David
are fourteen generations, an' frae David till the carryin'
awa intil Babylon are fourteen generations ; an' frae the
carryin' awa intil Babylon until Christ are fourteen
generations.
18 Now the birth o' Jesus Christ was after this gate :
CHAP. I. 3
Whan his mither Mary was bund in wadlock troth til
Joseph, afore they cam' thegither, she was fund wi'
bairn o' the Haly Ghaist;
19 Syne Joseph her husban', bein' a just man, an'
na willin' to mak' her a public example, was mindet to
pit her awa hiddlinsly.
20 But while he thoucht on thae things, behald, the
angel o' the Lord kythet until him in a dream, sayin',
Joseph, thou son o' David, binna afear't to tak' until
thee Mary thy wife ; for that whilk is conceivet in her
is o' the Haly Ghaist.
2 1 An' she sail bring furth a son, an' thou sallt ca'
his name Jesus ; for he sail saufe his people frae their
sins.
22 Now a' this was dune, that it micht be fulfillet
whilk was spoken o' the Lord by the prophet, sayin',
23 Behald, a maiden sail be wi' bairn, an' sail bring
furth a son, an' they sail ca' his name Emmanuel, (whilk,
bein' interpretet, is, God wi' us.)
24 Syne Joseph, bein' raiset frae sleep, did as the
angel o' the Lord had bidden him, an' teuk until him his
wife:
25 An' didna ken her till she had broucht furth her
first-born son ; an' he ca'd his name Jesus.
SAUNT MATTHEW.
Chap. II.
"VTOW whan Jesus was born in Bethlehem o' Judea,
-^^ in the days o' Herod the king, behald, there cam'
wise men frae the east til Jerusalem,
2 Sayin', Whare is he wha is born King o' the Jews?
for we hae seen his star in the east, an' are come to
worship him.
3 Whan Herod the king had hear't thae things, he
was foughten, an^ a' Jerusalem wi' him.
4 An' whan he had gather't a' the chief priests an'
scribes o' the people thegither, he spier't at them whare
Christ sud be born.
5 An' they said until him, In Bethlehem o' Judea ;
for sae it is written by the prophet,
6 An' thou, Bethlehem, in the lan^ o' Juda, artna
the laist amang the princes o' Juda : for out o' thee
sail come a governor, tliat sail rule my people Israel.
7 Syne Herod, whan he had hiddlinsly ca'd the
wise men, spier't at them eydently what time the star
kythet.
8 An' he sendet them til Bethlehem ; an' said, Gang
an' seek eydently for the young bairn ; an' whan ye hae
CHAP. II. 5
fund him, bring me back word, that I may come an'
worship him alsua.
9 Whan they had hear't the king, they set out;
an', lo, the star, whilk they saw in the east, gaed
afore them till it cam' an' stood owre whare the young
bairn was.
10 Whan they saw the star, they rejoicet wi' unco
meikle joy.
11 An' whan they had come intil the house, they
saw the young bairn wi' Mary his mither, an' fa'd doun,
an' worshippet him ; an' whan they had openet their
treasures, they ofFer't until him gifts, gowd, frankincense,
an' myrrh.
12 An' bein' warnet o' God in a dream that they
sudna gang back til Herod, they gaed awa intil their ain
kintra by anither road.
13 An' whan they were gane awa, behald, the angel
o' the Lord kytheth til Joseph in a dream, say in'. Rise
up, an^ tak' the young bairn an' his mither, an' flee intil
Egypt, an' be thou there till I bring thee word ; for
Herod will seek the young bairn to tak' his life.
14 Syne he rase up, an' teuk the young bairn an' his
mither by nicht, an' gaed awa intil Egypt.
15 An' was there till the death o' Herod, that it
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miclit be fulfillet vvhilk was spoken o' the Lord by the
prophet, sayin'. Out o' Egypt hae I ca'd my son.
16 Syne Herod, whan he saw that he was mocket by
the wise men, was sair anger't, an' sendet furth, an'
killet a' the bairns wha were in Bethlehem, an' in a' the
marches thereabout, frae twa years auld an' under, ac-
cording til the time whilk he had eydently spier't o' the
wise men.
17 Syne was fulfillet that whilk was spoken by
Jeremy the prophet, sayin',
18 In Rama was there a voice hear't o' waefu' dool,
an' greetin', an' meikle murnin', Rachel greetin' for her
bairns, an' wadna be comfortet, because they arena.
19 But whan Herod was dead, behald, an angel o'
the Lord kytheth in a dream til Joseph in Egypt,
20 Sayin', Rise up, an' tak' the young bairn an' his
mither, an' gang intil the Ian' o' Israel : for they are
dead wha soucht the young bairn's life.
21 An' he rase up, an' teuk the young bairn an' his
mither, an' cam' intil the Ian' o' Israel.
22 But whan he hear't that Archelaus rang in Judea
in the room o' his father Herod, he was afear't to gang
thither, but, bein' warnet o' God in a dream, he turnet
aside intil the parts o' Galilee.
CHAP. III. 7
23 An' he cam^ an' dwalt in a city ca'd Nazareth ;
that it micht be fulfillet whilk was spoken by the pro-
phets, He sail be ca'd a Nazarene.
Chap. III.
TN thae days cam' John the Baptist, preachin' in the
-*- wilderness o' Judea,
2 An' sayin'. Repent ye ; for the kingdom o' heaven
is at han\
3 For this is he wha was spoken o' by the prophet
Esaias, sayin'. The voice o' ane cryin' in the wilder-
ness, Mak' ready the way o' the Lord, mak' his paths
straught.
4 An' the same John had his claithin' o' camel's hair,
an' a leather girdin' about his loins ; an' his meat was
locusts an' wild hiney.
5 Syne gaed out til him Jerusalem, an' a' Judea, an'
a' the kintra roun' about Jordan,
6 An' were baptizet o' him in Jordan, confessin'
their sins.
7 But whan he saw mony o' the Pharisees an' Sad-
ducees come til his baptism, he said until them, O
aiFspring o' vipers, wha hath warnet you to flee frae the
wrath to come?
8 SAUNT IVIATTHEW.
8 Bring furth therefore fruits fittin' for repen-
tance :
9 An' dinna think to say until yoursels, We hae
Abraham til our father ; for I say until you, that God is
able o' thae stanes to raise up childer until Abraham.
10 An' now alsua the axe is laid until the root o' the
trees; therefore ilka tree whilk dothna bring furth guid
fruit is hewet doun, an' coost intil the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you wi' water until repentance:
but he wha cometh after me is michtier nor me, whase
shoon I amna wordy to bear ; he sail baptize you wi'
the Haly Ghaist, an' wi' fire :
12 Whase fan is in his han', an' he will throughly
purge his floor, an' gather his wheat intil the girnall ;
but he will burn up the caff wi' unslockenable fire.
13 Syne cometh Jesus frae Galilee til Jordan until
John to be baptizet o' him.
14 But John forbade him, sayin', I hae need to be
baptizet o' thee, an' comest thou til me ?
15 An' Jesus answerin' said until him. Let it be sae
now; for sae it becometh us to fulfil a' richteousness.
Syne he let him.
16 An' Jesus, when he was baptizet, gaed up
straughtway out o' the water ; an', lo, the heavens were
CHAP. IV.
openet until him, an' he saw the Spirit o' God com in'
doun like a doo, an' lichtin' upon him :
17 An', lo, a voice frae heaven, saying This is my
belovet Son, in wham I am weel pleaset.
Chap. IY.
O YNE was Jesus led up o^ the Spirit intil the wilder-
^ nes3, to be temp'et o' the deevil.
2 An' whan he had fastet forty days an' forty nichts,
he was afterwards an hunger't.
3 An' whan the temp'er cam' til him, he said, Gif thou
be the Son o' God, commaun' that thae stanes be made
bread.
4 But he answer't an' said. It is written, Man sallna
live by bread alane, but by ilka word that gaeth out o'
the mouth o' God.
5 Syne the deevil taketh him up intil the haly city,
an' setteth him on a pinnacle o' the temple,
6 An' saith until him, Gif thou be the Son o' God,
cast thysel doun ; for it is written. He sail gie his angels
charge anent thee ; an' in their ban's they sail bear thee
up, lest at ony time thou dash thy fit agayne a stane.
10 SAUNT MATTHEW.
7 Jesus said until him. It is written again, Thou
salltna temp' the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the deevil taketh him up intil an unco high
mountain, an' shaweth him a' the kingdoms o' the warld,
an' the glory o' them ;
9 An' saith until him, A' thae things will I gie thee,
gif thou wilt fa' doun an' worship me.
10 Syne saith Jesus until him, Get thee behint me,
Satan; for it is written. Thou sallt worship the Lord thy
God, an' him alane sallt thou serve.
11 Syne the deevil leaveth him; an', behald, angels
cam' an' minister't until him.
12 Now whan Jesus had hear't that John was coost
intil prison, he gaed awa intil Galilee.
13 An^ leavin' Nazareth, he cam' an^ dwalt in Ca-
pernaum, whilk is upon the sea-coast, in the marches o'
Zabulon an' Nephthalim ;
14 That it micht be fulfillet whilk was spoken by
Esaias the prophet, sayin',
15 The Ian' o' Zabulon, an^ the Ian' o' Nephthalim, by
the way o' the sea ayont Jordan in Galilee o'the Gentiles ;
16 The folk wha sat in mirkness saw great licht;
an' til thae wha sat in the region an' skaddow o' death
licht is sprung up.
CHAP. IV. 11
17 Frae that time Jesus begoude to preach an' to
say, Repent ; for the kingdom o' heaven is at han'.
18 An' Jesus, gangin^ by the sea o' Galilee, saw twa
brithren, Simon ca'd Peter, an' Andrew his brither, cast-
in' a net intil the sea, (for they were fishers.)
19 An' he saith until them. Follow me, an' I will
mak' ye fishers o' men.
20 An' they straughtway quat their nets, an' fol-
lowet him.
21 An' gangin' on frae there, he saw ither twa brith-
ren, James the son o' Zebedee, an' John his brither, in
a ship wi' Zebedee their father, mendin' their nets ; an'
he ca'd them.
22 An' they straughtway quat the ship an' their
father, an' followet him.
23 An' Jesus gaed about a' Galilee, teachin' in their
synagogues, an' preachin' the gospel o' the kingdom, an'
healin' a' kin'kind o' ailment an' disease amang the
folk.
24 An' his fame gaed throughout a' Syria ; an' they
broucht until him a' folk wha were ill, an' thae wha were
taen wi' sindry diseases an' torments, an' thae wha were
possesset wi' deevils, an' thae wha were lunatic, an' thae
wha had the palsy ; an' he healet them.
12 SAUNT MATTHEW.
25 An' there followet him a meikle thrang o' folk
frae Galilee, an' frae Decapolls, an' f'rae Jerusalem, an'
frae Judea, an' frae ayont Jordan.
Chap. Y.
A W seein' the thrang, he gaed up intil a mountain,
■^^ an' whan he had sat doun, his disciples cam' until
him:
2 An' he openet his mouth, an' taucht them, sayin',
3 Blesset are the puir in spirit : for theirs is the
kingdom o' heaven.
4 Blesset are they wha murn : for they sail be com-
fortet.
5 Blesset are the meek : for they sail inherit the
yirth.
6 Blesset are they wha hunger an' thirst after
richteousness : for they sail be fillet.
7 Blesset are the mercifu' : for they sail obteen
mercy.
8 Blesset are the pure in hairt: for they sail see
God.
9 Blesset are the peace-makers : for they sail be ca'd
the childer o' God.
CHAP. V. 13
10 Blesset are they wha are persecute! for richteous-
ness' sak' : for theirs is the kingdom o' heaven.
11 Blesset are ye, whan men sail misca' you, an'
persecute you, an' sail say a' kin'kind o' evil agayne
you fausely, for my sak'.
12 Rejoice, an' be unco glad ; for meikle is your
reward in heaven : for sae persecute! they the prophets
wha were afore you.
13 Ye are the saut o' the yirth ; but gif the saut hath
tint its savour, wharewi' sail it be sautet ? it is thance-
furth guid for naething, but to be coost out, an' to be
trampet under fit o' men.
14 Ye are the licht o' the warld. A toun that is set
on a hill canna be hidden.
15 Neither do men licht a can'le, an' pit it aneath
a bushel, but on a can'lestick, an' it gieth licht unto a'
that are in the house.
16 Let your licht sae shine afore men, that they may
see your guid warks, an' glorify your Father wha is in
heaven.
17 Trowna that I am come to destroy the law
or the prophets : I amna come to destroy, but to
fulfill.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven an' yirth
14 SAUNT MATTHEW.
pass, ae jot or ae tittle sail in naewise pass frae the law
till a' be fulfillet.
19 Wliasaever therefore sail break ane o' the laist o'
thae commaun'ments, an' sail teach men sae, he sail be
ca'd the laist in the kingdom o' heaven, but whasaever
sail do an^ teach them, the same sail be ca'd great in the
kingdom o' heaven.
20 For I say until you, that excep' your riehteousness
gae ayont the riehteousness o' the Scribes an^ Pharisees,
ye sail in nae case gae intil the kingdom o' heaven.
2 1 Ye hae hear't that it was said by them o' auld
time. Thou salltna kill ; an' whasaever sail kill sail be in
danger o' the judgment.
22 But I say until you, That wliasaever is angry wi'
his brither withouten a cause sail be in danger o' the judg-
ment; an' whasaever sail say til his brither, Raca, sail
be in danger o' the cuncil ; but whasaever sail say.
Thou fule, sail be in danger o' hell-fire.
23 Therefore, gif thou bring thy gift til the altar,
an' there it come til thy mind that thy brither hath aucht
agayne thee,
24 Quat there thy gift afore the altar, an' gae thy
gate ; first mak' frien's wi' thy brither, an' syne come an'
offer thy gift.
CHAP. V. 15
25 'Gree wi' thine adversary afFhan' whiles thou art
in the way wi' him ; lest at ony time the adversary gie
thee owre til the judge, an' the judge gie thee owre til
the officer, an' thou be coost intil prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou sallt by nae means
come out frae there till thou hast paid the uttermaist
bodle.
27 Ye hae hear't that it was said by them o' auld
time. Thou salltna commit adultery :
28 But I say until you. That whasaever leuketh on
a woman to lang after her hath committet adult'ry wi'
her a'ready in his hairt.
29 An^ gif thy richt ee offen' thee, pike it out, an'
cast it frae thee : for it is profitable for thee that ane o'
thy members sud perish, an' no that thy hale body sud
be coost intil hell.
30 An' gif thy richt ban' offen' thee, cut it aff, an'
cast it frae thee : for it is profitable for thee that ane o'
thy members sud perish, an' no that thy hale body sud
be coost intil hell.
31 It hath been said, Whasaever sail pit awa his
wife, let him gie her a writ o' divorcement :
32 But I say until you. That whasaever sail pit awa
his wife saufan' for the cause o' furnication garreth her
16 SAUNT MATTHEW.
commit adult'ry ; an' whasaever sail marry her that is
divorcet, committeth adult'ry.
33 Again, ye hae hear't that it hath been said by
them o' auld time, Thou salltna mansweer thysel, but
sallt mak' guid unto the Lord thine aiths :
34 But I say until you, Dinna sweer ava : neither by
heaven, for it is God's throne ;
35 Nor by the yirth, for it is his fitstule ; neither by
Jerusalem, for it is the city o' the great King :
36 Neither sallt thou sweer by thy head, because
thou canstna mak' ae hair white or black :
37 But let your converse be Ay, Ay ; Na, Na ; for
whatsaever is mair nor thae cometh o' evil.
38 Ye hae hear't that it hath been said. An ee for
an ee, an' a tooth for a tooth :
39 But I say until you. That ye dinna resent evil,
but whasaever sail smite thee on thy richt cheek, turn
til him the tither alsua.
40 An' gin ony man will sue thee at the law, an'
tak' awa thy coat, let him hae thy cloak alsua.
41 An' whasaever sail gar thee gang ae mile, gang
wi' him twa.
42 Gie til him wha asketh thee, an' frae him wha wad
borrow o' thee turnna thou awa.
CHAP. VI. 17
43 Ye bae hear't that it hath been said. Thou sallt
loe thy neibor, an' hate thine enemy.
44 But I say until you, Loe your enemies, bless
thae wlia ban you, do guid til thae wha hate you,
an' pray for thae wha spitefully use you, an^ persecute
you.
45 That ye may be the childer o' your Father wha
is in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise on the bad
an' on the guid, an' sendeth rain on the just an' on the
unjust.
46 For gin ye loe thae wha loe you, what reward
hae ye ? dinna e'en the publicans the same ?
47 An gin ye salute your brithren alane, what do ye
mair nor ithers ? dinna e'en the publicans sae ?
48 Be ye therefore perfite, e'en as your Father wha
is in heaven is perfite.
Chap. VI.
nn AK' tent that ye dinna your aumis afore men, to be
-■- seen o' them ; itherwaise ye hae nae reward o' your
Father wha is in heaven.
2 Therefore whan thou doest thine aumis, dinna
toot a trumpet afore thee, as the hypocrites do in the
c
18 SAUNT MATTHEW.
synagogues an' in the throwgangs, that they may hae
glory o' men. Verily I say unto you, They hae their
reward.
3 But whan thou doest thine aumis, letna thy left
han' ken what thy richt han' doeth :
4 That thine aumis may be in secret ; an' thy Father
wha seeth in secret, himsel sail reward thee openly.
5 An' whan thou prayest, thou salltna be as the
hypocrites are; for they loe to pray stan'in' in the
synagogues an' in the neuks o' the throwgangs, that they
may be seen o' men. Verily I say unto you. They hae
their reward.
6 But thou, whan thou prayest, gae intil thy closet,
an' whan thou hast steeket thy door, pray til thy Father
wha is in secret ; an' thy Father, wha seeth in secret,
sail reward thee openly.
7 But whan ye pray, usena vain repetitions as the
heathen do ; for they trow that they sail be hear't for
their meikle speakin'.
8 Binna ye therefore like until them ; for your
Father kenneth what things ye hae need o', afore ye
ask him.
9 After this gate therefore pray ye : Our Father wha
art in heaven, Hallowet be thy name.
CHAP. VI. 19
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be dune in yirth
as it is in heaven.
1 1 Gie us this day our daily bread.
12 An' forgie us our debts, as we forgie our
debtors :
13 An' lead us na intil temptation, but deliver us
frae evil ; for thine is the kingdom, an^ the power, an'
the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For gin ye forgie men their fauts, your heavenly
Father will forgie you alsua.
15 But gin ye forgiena men their fauts, neither will
your Father forgie your fauts.
16 Mairowre whan ye fast, binna as the hypocrites,
o' a dowie leuk, for they disfigure their faces that they
may kythe until men to fast. Verily I say unto you.
They hae their reward.
17 But thou, whan thou fastest, aneynt thy head, an'
wash thy face :
18 That thou dinna kythe until men to fast, but until
thy Father wha is in secret ; an' thy Father, wha seeth
in secret, sail reward thee openly.
19 Dinna lay by for yoursels walth upon yirth,
whare moth an' rust doth corrup', an' whare rievers
break through an' steal.
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20 But lay by for yoursels walth in heaven, wliare
neither moth nar rust doth corrup', an' whare rievers
dinna break througli nar steal.
21 For whare your walth is there will your hairt be
alsua.
22 The licht o' the body is the ee ; gif therefore
thine ee be single, thy hale body sail be fu^ o' licht.
23 But gif thine ee be evil, thy hale body sail be fu'
o' mirkness. Gif therefore the licht that is in thee be
mirk, how meikle is that mirkness !
24 Nae man can serve twa maisters; for either he
will hate the ane, an' loe the tither ; or else he will baud
til the ane an' despise the tither. Ye canna serve God
an' Mammon.
25 Therefore I say until you, Tak' nae thoucht for
your life, what ye sail eat, or what ye sail drink ; nar
yet for your body, what ye sail pit on. Isna the life mair
nor meat, an^ the body nor claes ?
26 Behald the burds o' the air ; for they dinna saw,
neither do they shear, nar gather intil barns ; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Arena ye meikle better
nor they ?
27 Whilk o' you by takin' thoucht can add ae cubit
until his stature ?
CHAP. VI. 21
28 An' why tak' ye thoucht for claes ? Think o' the
lilies o' the field, how they grow ; they toilna, neither do
they spin :
29 An' yet I say until you. That e'en Solomon in a'
his glory wasna decket like ane o' these.
30 Wharefore, gif God sae claithe the gerse o' the
field, whilk the day is, an' the morn is coost intil the
oon, sallna he meikle mair claithe you, O ye o' little
faith ?
31 Therefore tak' nae thoucht, sayin'. What sail we
eat ? or. What sail we drink ? or, Wharewithal sail we
be claithet ?
32 (For after a' thae things do the Gentiles seek :)
for your heavenly Father kenneth that ye hae need o' a'
thae things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom o' God an' his
richteousness, an' a' thae things sail be gien until you
forbye.
34 Tak' therefore nae thoucht for the morn : for the
morn sail tak' thoucht for the things o' itsel. Eneugh
for the day is the evil thereo'.
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Chap. VII.
TUDGENA, that ye binna judget.
^ 2 For wi' what judgment ye judge, ye sail be
judget ; an' wi' what measure ye mete, it sail be
measuret til you again.
3 An' why behaldest thou the mote that is in thy
brither's ee ; but takestna tent o' the beam that is in
thine ain ee?
4 Or how wilt thou say til thy brither, Let me pu*
out the mote out o' thine ee, an', behald, a beam is in
thine ain ee?
5 Thou hypocrite, first tak' out the beam out o'
thine ain ee, an' than sallt thou see clearly to tak' out
the mote out o' thy brither's ee.
6 Giena that whilk is haly until the dogs ; neither
fling ye your pearls afore swine, lest they tramp them
under fit, an' turn again an' rive you.
7 Ask, an' it sail be gien you ; seek, an' ye sail fin';
chap, an' it sail be openot until you.
8 For ilka ane wha asketh getteth ; an' he wha
seeketh fin'eth ; an' til him wha chappeth, it sail be
openet.
CHAP. VII. 23
9 Or what man is there o' jou, wha gif his son ask
bread, will gie him a stane ?
10 Or gif he ask a fish, will he gie him a serpent?
1 1 Gin ye than, bein' evil, ken how to gie guid gifts
until your bairns, how meikle mair sail your Father wha
is in heaven gie guid things til them wha ask him ?
12 Therefore a' things whatsaever ye wad that men
sud do til you, do you e'en sae til them ; for this is the
law an' the prophets.
13 Gang ye in at the strait yett; for wide is the
yett, an' braid is the road, whilk leadeth til destruction,
an' mony there be wha gae in thereat.
14 Because strait is the yett, an' narrow is the road,
whilk leadeth until life, an' few there be wha fin' it.
15 Bewaure o^ fause prophets, wha come til you in
sheep's claithin', but inwardly they are ravenin' wouves.
16 Ye sail ken them by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes o' thorns, or fegs o' thrissles ?
17 E'en sae ilka guid tree bringeth furth guid fruit;
but a bad tree bringeth fiirth bad fruit.
18 A guid tree canna bring furth bad fruit, neither
can a bad tree bring furth guid fruit.
19 Ilka tree that bringethna furth guid fruit is
hewet doun an' coost intil the fire.
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20 Wharefore by their fruits ye sail ken them.
21 Ilka ane that saith until me, Lord, Lord, sallna
gae intil the kingdom o' heaven ; but he wha doeth the
will o' my Father wha is in heaven.
22 Mony will say til me in that day, Lord, Lord,
haena we prophesiet in thy name, an' in thy name hae
coost out deevils, an' in thy name hae dune mony won-
derfu' warks ?
23 An' syne will I declare until them, I never kent
you ; gae awa frae me, ye wha wark iniquity.
24 Therefore whasaever heareth thae sayin's o' mine,
an' doeth them, I will liken him until a wise man wha
bigget his house upon a rock.
25 An' the rain raschet doun, an' the fluids cam',
an' the win's blew, an' blatter't agayne that house, an' it
fellna ; for it was fundet on a rock.
26 An' ilka ane that hearetli thae sayin's o' mine,
an' dothna do them, sail be likenet until a fulish man
wha bigget his .house upon the san'.
27 An' the rain raschet doun, an' the fluids cam', an'
the win's blew, an' blatter't agayne that house, an' it
fell ; an' great was the fa' o' it.
28 An' it cam' to pass, whan Jesus had endet thae
sayin's, the folk wonder't at his teachin'.
CHAP. VIII. 25
29 For he taucht them as ane haein' authority, an'
no as the scribes.
Chap. VIII.
TTTHAN he was come doun frae the mountain, a
^ ^ meikle thrang followet him.
2 An', behald, there cam' a leper an' worshippet
him, sayin'. Lord, gif thou wilt, thou canst mak' me
clean.
3 An' Jesus pat furth his han% an' touchet him,
sayin', I will; be thou clean. An' straughtway his
leprosy was cleanset.
4 An' Jesus saith until him. See thou tell nae man ;
but gae thy gate, shaw thysel to the priest, an' offer the
gift that Moses commaundet for a witness until them.
5 An' whan Jesus was gane intil Capernaum, there
cam' until him a centurion, beseechin' him,
6 An' sayin', Lord, my servan' lieth at hame ill o'
the palsy, sairly afflickit.
7 Jesus saith until him, I will come an' heal him.
8 The centurion answer't an' said. Lord, I amna
wordy that thou sudst come anunder my roof; but
speak the word only, an' my servan' sail be healet.
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9 For I am a man in authority, haein' sodgers aneath
me ; an' I say til this man, Gae, an' he gaeth ; an' til
anither, Come, an' he cometh ; an' til my servan', Do
this, an' he doeth it.
10 Whan Jesus hear't it, he wonder^ t, an' said til
thae wha followet, Yerily I say unto you, I haena fund
sae meikle faith, na, in a' Israel.
1 1 An' I say until you. That mony sail come frae
the east an' wast, an' sail sit doun wi' Abraham, an'
Isaac, an' Jacob, in the kingdom o' heaven.
12 But the childer o' the kingdom sail be coost out
intil outer mirkness ; there sail be greetin' an' runchin'
o' teeth.
13 An' Jesus said until the centurion, Gae thy gate;
an' as thou hast believet, sae be it dune until thee. An'
his servan' was healet in that vera same hour.
14 An' whan Jesus was come intil Peter's house, he
saw his wife's mither bedfast, an' ill o' a fever ;
15 An' he touchet her han', an' the fever left her ;
an' she rase up, an' minister't until them.
16 Whan the gloamin' was come they broucht until
him mony wha were possesset wi' deevils, an' he coost out
the spirits wi' his word, an' healet a' wha were ill.
17 That it micht be fulfillet whilk was spoken by
CHAP. VIII. 27
Esaias the prophet, saying Himsel teiik our infirmities
an' bure our sicknesses.
18 Now whan Jesus saw a meikle thrang about him,
he gied commaun'ment to gae til the ither side.
19 An' a certain scribe cam', an' said until him,
Maister, I will follow thee whithersaever thou gaest.
20 An' Jesus saith until him, The tods hae holes,
an' the burds o' the air hae nests ; but the Son o' man
hathna whare to lay his head.
21 An' anither o' his disciples said until him, Lord,
let me first gang an' bury my father.
22 But Jesus said until him, Follow me ; an' let the
dead bury their dead.
23 An' whan he was gane intil a ship, his disciples
followet him.
24 An', behald, there rase up an unco tempest in
the sea, insaemeikle that the ship was cover't wi^ the
waves ; but he was sleepin'.
25 An' his disciples cam' until him, an' waukenet
him, sayin'. Lord, saufe us : we perish !
26 An' he saith until them. Why are ye sae
fearfu', 0 ye o' little faith? Syne he rase up, an'
rebuket the win's an' the sea: an' there was an unco
calm.
28 SAUNT MATTHEW.
27 But the men wonder't, sayin', What kind o' man
is this that e'en the win's an' the sea obey him ?
28 An' whan he was come til the ither side intil the
kintra o' the Gergesenes, there met him twa possesset
wi' deevils comin' out o^ the tombs, unco fierce, sae that
nae man micht gang by that road.
29 An', behald, they criet out, say in', What hae we
to do wi^ thee, Jesus, thou Son o' God ? art thou come
here to torment us afore the time ?
30 An' there was a guid way aff frae them a hirsel
o' mony swine feedin'.
31 Sae the deevils besoucht him, sayin', Gif thou
cast us out, let us gae intil the hirsel o' swine.
32 An' he said until them, Gae. An' whan they
were come out, they gaed intil the hirsel o' swine ; an',
behald, the hale hirsel o' swine ran headlang doun a
heugh intil the sea, an' perishet in the waters.
33 An' they wha herdet them fled, an' gaed their
gate intil the toun, an' tauld ilka thing, an' what was
befa'en to the possesset o' the deevils.
24 An', behald, the hale toun cam' out to meet Jesus:
an' whan they saw him they besoucht him that he wad
gang awa out o' their marches.
CHAR IX.
Chap. IX.
A N' he gaed intil a ship, an' passet owre, an' cam'
-^^ intil his ain toun.
2 An', behald, they broucht til him a man ill o' the
palsy, lyin' on a bed : an' Jesus seein' their faith, said
until the ill o' the palsy, Son, be o' guid cheer, thy sins
are foro-ien thee.
3 An', behald, some o' the scribes said til themsels.
This man blasphemeth.
4 An' Jesus kennin' their thouchts, said, Wharefore
think ye evil in your hairts ?
5 For whilk is easier, to say. Thy sins are forgien
thee ; or to say. Rise up, an' gae awa ?
6 But that ye may ken that the Son o' man hath
power on yirth to forgie sins (syne saith he til the ill o'
the palsy,) Rise up, tak' up thy bed, an' gang until thine
house.
7 An' he rase up, an' gaed awa til his house.
8 But whan the thrang saw it, they wonder't an'
glorifiet God, wha had gien sic power until men.
9 An' as Jesus gaed furth frae there he saw a man,
ca'd Matthew, sittin' at the resett o' stent; an' he
30 SAUNT MATTHEW.
saith until him. Follow me. An' he rase up, an' followet
him.
10 An' it cam' to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the
house, behald, mony publicans an' sinners cam' an' sat
doun wi' him an' his disciples.
11 An' whan the Pharisees saw it, they said until
his disciples. Why eateth your Maister wi' publicans an'
sinners ?
12 But whan Jesus hear't that, he said until them.
They wha are hale needna a doctor, but they wha are ill.
13 But gae ye an' learn what that meaneth, I will
hae mercy, an' no sacrifice ; for I amna come to ca' the
richteous, but sinners til repentance.
14 Syne cam' til him the disciples o' John, sayin'.
Why do we an' the Pharisees fast aft, but thy disciples
dinna fast ?
15 An' Jesus said until them. Can the childer o' the
bride-chammer murn as lang as the bridegroom is wi'
them ? but the days will come whan the bridegroom sail
be taen frae them, an' than sail they fast.
16 Nae man pitteth a patch o' new claith intil an
auld garment, for that whilk is putten in to fill it up
taketh frae the garment, an' the rive is made waur.
17 Neither do men pit new wine intil auld bottles;
CHAP. IX. 31
else the bottles brust, an' the wine rinneth out, an' the
bottles perish ; but they pit new wine intil new bottles,
an' baith are preservet.
18 While he spak' thae things until them, behald,
there earn' a certain ruler, an' worshippet him, savin',
My dochter is e'en now dead; but come an' lay thy han'
upon her, an' she sail live.
1 9 An' Jesus rase up, an' foUowet him, an' sae did his
disciples.
20 An', behald, a woman wha had been afflickit wi'
a rinnin' o' bluid twal years, cam' ahint him, an' touchet
the hem o' his garment.
21 For she said until hersel. Gin I may but touch
his garment, I sail be hale.
22 But Jesus turnet him about, an' whan he saw
her, he said, Dochter, be o^ guid cheer ; thy faith
hath made thee hale. An' the woman was made hale
frae that hour.
23 An' whan Jesus cam' intil the ruler's house, an'
saw the minstrels an' the folk makin' a rowtin',
24 He said until them, Stan' back; for the lassie isna
dead, but sleepeth. An' they lauchet him til scorn.
25 But whan the folk were putten furth, he gaed
in an' teuk her by the han', an' the lassie rase up.
32 SAUNT MATTHEW.
26 An' the fame o' this gaed abraid outowre a' that
kintra,
27 An' whan Jesns gaed awa frae there, twa blin'
men followet him, crjin' an' sayin', Thou Son o' David,
hae pity on us.
28 An' whan he w^as come intil the house, the blin*
men cam' til him ; an' Jesus saith until them, Trow
ye that I am able to do this ? They said until him.
Ay, Lord.
29 Syne touchet he their een, say in', Sae as is your
faith, be it until you.
30 An' their een were openet; an' Jesus strickly
charget them, sayin', See that nae man ken it.
31 But they, whan they had gane awa, spread abraid
his fame in a' that kintra.
32 As they gaed out, behald, they broucht til him
a dumb man possesset wi' a deevil.
33 An' whan the deevil was coost out, the dumb
spak', an' the thrang wonder't, sayin'. The like o' this
was never seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out deevils
through the prince o' the deevils.
35 An' Jesus gaed about a' the touns an' clachans,
teachin' in their synagogues, an' preachin' the gospel
CHAP. X. 33
o' the kingdom, an' healin' ilka sickness an' ailment
amang the folk.
36 But whan he saw the thrang, he was movet
wi' pity towards them, because they were fbrfoughten,
an' were skaillet abraid, as sheep haein' nae shepherd.
37 Syne he saith until his disciples, The hairst truly
is routhie, but the shearers are few.
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord o' the hairst that he
will sen' furth shearers intil his hairst.
Chap. X.
AN' whan he had ca'd until him his twal disciples he
gied them power agayne unclean spirits, to cast
them out, an' to heal a' kin'kind o' ills an' ailments.
2 Now the names o' the twal apos'les are thae : The
first, Simon, wha is ca'd Peter, an' Andrew his brither ;
James the son o' Zebedee, an' John his brither ;
3 Philip, an' Bartholomew ; Thomas, an' Matthew
the publican ; James the son o' Alpheus ; an' Lebbeus,
whase surname was Thaddeus ;
4 Simon the Canaanite, an' Judas Iscariot, wha alsua
betrayet him.
5 Thae twal Jesus sendet furth, an' commaundet them,
D
34 SAUNT I^IATTHEW.
sayin', Gaena intil the way o' the Gentiles, an' intil ony
toun o' the Samaritans clinna ye gang :
6 But gae rather til the tint sheep o' the house o'
Israel.
7 An', as ye gae, preach, sayin', The kingdom o'
heaven is at han'.
8 Heal thae wha are ill, cleanse the lepers, raise the
dead, cast out deevils ; freely ye hae gotten, freely gie.
9 Tak' neither govvd, nar siller, nar brass, in your
purses :
10 Nar wallet for your journey, neither twa coats,
neither shoon, nar yet sticks : for the warkman is wordy
o' his meat.
11 An' intil whatsaever city or toun ye sail gae,
spier wha in it is wordy ; an' there bide till ye gae frae
there.
12 An' whan ye come intil a house, salute it.
13 An' gif the house be wordy, let your peace come
upon it ; but gin it binna Avordy, let your peace come
back til you.
14 An' whasaever sallna welcome you, nar hear
your words, whan ye gang awa out o' that house or toun,
daud aff the stoure frae your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you. It sail be mair brookable
CHAP. X. 35
for the Ian' o' Sodom an' Gomorrah in the clay o' judg-
ment nor for that toun.
16 Behald, I sen^ you furth as sheep amangwouves;
be ye therefore wylie as serpents, an' saikless as doos.
17 But tak^ tent 6' men ; for they will gie you up til
the cuncils, an' they will scourge you in their syn-
agogues,
18 An' ye sail be broucht afore governors an' kings
for my sak', for a witness agayne them an' the Gentiles.
19 But whan they gie you up, tak' nae thoucht how
or what ye sail speak ; for it sail be gien you in that
same hour what ye sail speak.
20 For it isna ye that speak, but the Spirit o' your
Father wha speaketh in you.
21 An' the brither sail gie up the brither til
death, an' the father the child, an' the childer sail rise
up agayne their parents, an' gar them be putten til
death.
22 An' ye sail be hatet o' a' men for my name's
sak' ; but he wha stan'eth out til the en' sail be saufet
23 But whan they persecute you in ae toun, flee ye
intil anither; for verily I say unto you. Ye sallna hae
gane owre the touns o' Israel till the Son o' man be
come.
3e> SAUNT MATTHEW.
24 The disciple isna aboon his inaister, nar the
servan' aboon his lord.
25 It is eneugh for the disciple that he be as his
maister, an' the servan' as his lord. Gif they have
ca'd the maister o' the house Beelzebub, how meikle
mair sail they ca' them o^ his househanld?
26 Dinna fear them therefore ; for there is naething
cover't that sallna be uncover't, an' hidden that sallna
be kent.
27 What I tell you in mirkness, that speak ye in
licht ; an' what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon
the riggins.
28 An' dinna fear thae wha kill the body, but
arena able to kill the saul ; but rather fear him wha is
able to destroy baith saul an' body in hell.
29 Arena twa sparrows sauld for ae bodle? an'
ane o' them sallna fa' to the grun' withouten your Father.
30 But the vera hairs o' your head are a' countet.
31 Dinna ye fear therefore ; ye are o' mair worth nor
mony sparrows.
32 Whasaever therefore sail confess me afore men,
him will I confess alsua afore my Father wha is in heaven.
33 But whasaever sail deny me afore men, him will
I alsua deny afore my Father wha is in heaven.
CHAP. X. 37
34 Trowna that I am come to sen' peace on yirth :
I camena to sen' peace, but a swerd.
35 For I am come to set a man at feide agayne his
father, an' the dochter agayne her mither, an^ the
dochter-in-law agayne her mither-in-law ;
36 An' a man's faes sail be they o' his ain house-
hauld.
37 He wha loeth father or mither mair nor me
isna wordy o' me ; an' he wha loeth son or dochter mair
nor me isna wordy o' me.
38 An' he wha takethna his cross, an' gaeth after me,
isna wordy o' me.
39 He wha fin'eth his life sail tine it; an' he wha
tineth his life for my sak' sail fin' it.
40 He wha receiveth you receiveth me, an' he wha
receiveth me receiveth him wha sendet me.
41 He wha receiveth a prophet in the name o' a
prophet sail be gien a prophet's reward ; an' he wha
receiveth a richteous man in the name o' a richteous
man sail be gien a richteous man's reward.
42 An' whasaever sail gie to drink until ane o' thae
wee anes a tass o' cauld water only in the name o' a
disciple, verily I say unto you, he sail in nae case tine
his reward.
38 SAUNT MATTHEW.
Chap. XL
A N' it cam' to pass whan Jesus had made an' en' o'
•^-^ commaundin' his twal disciples, he gaed awa frae
there to teach an' to preach in their touns.
2 Now whan John had heart in the prison the warks
o' Christ he sendet twa o' his disciples,
3 An' said until him. Art thou he that sud come, or
do we leuk for anither?
4 Jesus answer't an' said until them, Gae ye, an*
shaw John again thae things whilk ye do hear an' see:
5 The blin' receive their sicht, an' the lame gang,
the lepers are cleanset, an' the deaf hear, the dead are
raiset up, an' the puir hae the gospel preachet til them.
6 An' blesset is he whasaever sallna be offendet be-
cause o' me.
7 An', as they gaed awa, Jesus begoude to say
until the thrang anent John, What gaed ye out
intil the wilderness to see ? a reed shaken wi' the
win' ?
8 But what gaed ye out for to see ? a man claithet
in saft claes? Behald, they wha wear saft claithin' are
in kings' houses.
CHAP. XI. 39
9 But what gaed ye out for to see ? a prophet ? ay,
I say until you, an' mair nor a prophet.
10 For this is he o' wham it is written, Behald, I
sen' my messenger afore thy face wha sail mak' ready
thy road afore thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Amang thae wha are
born o' women there hathna risen a greater nor John
the Baptist: yet he that is laist in the kingdom o^
heaven is greater nor he.
12 An' frae the days o' John the Baptist till now
the kingdom o' heaven tholeth violence, an^ the violent
tak' it by force.
13 For a' the prophets an' the law prophesiet till John.
14 An' gin ye will receive it, this is Elias, wha was
for to come.
15 He wha hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whareuntil sail I even this generation? It
is like unto childer sittin' in the markets, an' casing until
their fallows,
17 An^ saying We hae pipet until you, an' ye haena
dancet ; we hae murnet until you, an' ye haena la-
mentet.
18 For John cam' neither eatin^ nar drinkin', an'
they say. He hath a deevil.
40 SAUNT MATTHEW.
1 9 The Son o' man cam' eatin' an' drinkin', an' they
say, Behald a man gluttonous an' a wine-bibber, a frien'
o' publicans an' sinners. But wisdom is justifiet o' her
childer.
20 Syne begoude he to upbraid the touns wharein
maist o' his michty warks were dune, because they
didna repent :
21 Wae until thee, Chorazin! wae until thee, Beth-
saida ! for gif the michty warks whilk were dune in you
had been dune in Tyre an' Sidon, they wad hae repented
lang syne in sackclaith an' ases.
22 But I say until you, It will be mair brookable for
Tyre an' Sidon at the day o' judgment nor for you.
23 An' thou, Capernaum, whilk art liftet up until
heaven sail be broucht doun til hell ; for gif the michty
warks whilk hae been dune in thee had been dune in
Sodom, it wad hae been t' the fore until this day.
24 But I say until you, that it sail be mair brookable
for the Ian' o' Sodom in the day o' judgment nor for
thee.
25 At that time Jesus spak' an' said, I thank
tbee, O Father, Lord o' heaven an' yirth, because thou
hast hidden thae things frae the wise an' prudent, an'
hast shawed them until bairns.
CHAP. XII. 41
26 E'en sae, Father: for sae it seemet guid in thy
sicht.
27 A' things are glen until me o' my Father ; an'
nae man kenneth the Son but the Father ; neither
kenneth ony man the Father saufan' the Son, an' he til
whamsaever the Son sail shavv him.
28 Come until me, a' ye wha labor an' are heavy
laden, an' I will gie you rest.
29 Tak^ my yoke upon you, an' learn o' me ; for I
am meek an' laighly in hairt; an', ye sail fin' rest until
your sauls.
30 For my yoke is easy, an' my burden is licht.
Chap. XII.
A T that time Jesus gaed on the Sabbath-day through
-^^ the corn : an' his disciples were an hunger't, an'
begoude to pu' the pyles o' corn, an' to eat.
2 But whan the Pharisees saw it, they said until
him, Behald, thy disciples do that whilk isna lawfu' to
do upon the Sabbath-day.
3 But he said until them, Haena ye read what David
did whan he was an hunger't, an' they wha were wi'him;
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4 How he gaed iiitil the house o' God, an' did eat
the shaw-brcad, whilk wasna lawfu' for him to eat,
neither for thae wha were wi' him, but for the priests
alane ?
5 Or haena ye read in the law how that on the
sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sab-
bath, an' arena blamet ?
6 But I say until you. That in this place is ane
greater nor the temple.
7 But gin ye had kent what this meaneth, I will hae
mercy, an' no sacrifice, ye wadna hae condemnet the
wyteless.
8 For the Son o' man is Lord e'en o' the sabbath-
day.
9 An' whan he had gane awafraethat place, he gaed
intil their synagogue :
10 An', behald, there was a man wha had his ban'
wizen't. An' they spier't at him, sayin'. Is 't lawfu' to
heal on the sabbath-days ? that they micht delate him.
1 1 An' he said until them. What man sail there be
amang ye that sail hae ae sheep, an' gin it fa' intil a
heugh on the sabbath-day, winna he tak' baud o' it, an'
lift it out ?
12 How meikle than is a man better nor a sheep?
CHAR XII. 43
Wharefore it is lawfu' to do guid on the sabbath-
days.
13 Syne saith he til the man, Rax furth thine han'.
An' he raught it furth, an' it was made hale like as the
ither.
14 Syne the Pharisees gaed out, an' held a cuncil
agayne him, liow they micht destroy him.
15 But whan Jesus kent it, he beteuk himsel frae
there; an' a meikle thrang followet him, an' he healet
them a' ;
16 An' he charget them that they sudna mak' him
kent:
17 That it micht be fulfillet whilk was spoken by
Esaias the prophet, sayin',
18 Behald my servan', wham I hae wal'd; my
belovet, in wham my saul is weel pleaset : I will pit my
spirit upon him, an' he sail shaw judgment til the
Gentiles.
19 He sallna strive, nar cry ; neither sail ony man
hear his voice in the throwgangs.
20 A bruiset reed he sallna break, an'reekin' lint he
sallna slocken, till he sen' furth judgment until victory.
2 1 An' in his name sail the Gentiles lippen.
22 Syne was broucht until him ane possesset wi' a
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deevil, blin' an' dumb: an' he healet him, insaemeikle
that the blin^ an' dumb baith spak' an' saw.
23 An' a' the folk were amazet, an' said, Isna this
the Son o' David ?
24 But whan tlie Pharisees hear't it, they said, This
fallow dothna cast out deevils but by Beelzebub the
prince o' the deevils ?
25 An' Jesus kent their thouchts, an' said until them.
Ilka kingdom at feide agayne itsel is broucht til desola-
tion ; an' ilka toun or house at feide agayne itsel sallna
Stan' :
26 An' gif Satan cast out Satan, he is makin' war
agayne himsel, syne how sail his kingdom stan' ?
27 An' gin I by Beelzebub cast out deevils, by
wham do your childer cast them out ? Therefore they
sail be your judges.
28 But gin I cast out deevils by the Spirit o' God,
syne the kingdom o' God is come until you.
29 Or else how can ony ane gang intil the house o'
a Strang man, an' spulyie his guids, excep' he first bin'
the Strang man ? an' than he will spulyie his house.
30 He that isna wi' me is agayne me; an' he that
dothna gather wi' me strinkleth abraid.
31 Wharefore I say until you. A' kin'kind o' sin an'
CHAP. XII. 45
blasphemy sail be forglen until men ; but the blasphemy
agayne the Haly Ghaist sallna be forglen until men.
32 An' whasaever speaketh a word agayne the
Son o' man, it sail be forgien him ; but whasaever
speaketh agayne the Haly Ghaist, it sallna be forgien
him, neither in this warld, nar in the warld to come.
33 Either mak' the tree guid, an' liis fruit guid ; or
else mak' the tree bad, an' his fruit bad: for the tree is
kent by its fruit.
34 O affspring o' vipers, how can ye, bein' evil,
speak guid things? for out o' the fu'ness of the hairt the
mouth speaketh.
35 A guid man out o' the guid treasure o' the hairt
bringeth furth guid things, an' a bad man out o' the
bad treasure bringeth furth bad things.
36 But I say until you, That ilka idle word that men
sail speak they sail gie an account thereo' in the day o'
judgment.
37 For by thy words thou sallt be justifiet, an^ by
thy words thou sallt be condemnet.
38 Syne certain o' the scribes an^ o' the Pharisees
answer't, sayin', Maister, we wad see a sign frae thee.
39 But he answer't an' said until them. An evil an'
adult'rous generation seeketh after a sign; an' there
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Ball nae sign be gien til it but the sign o' the prophet
Jonas :
40 For as Jonas was three days an' three nichts in
the wame of the whale ; sae sail the Son o' man be
three days an' three nichts in the hairt o' the yirth.
41 The men o' Nineveh sail rise in judgment wi'
this generation an' sail condemn it : because they re-
pented at the preachin^ o' Jonas ; an', behald, a greater
nor Jonas is here.
42 The queen o' the south sail rise up in the judg-
ment wi' this generation, an' sail condemn it ; for she
came frae the uttermaist pairts o' the yirth to hear the
wisdom o' Solomon ; an', behald, a greater nor Solomon
is here.
43 Whan the unclean spirit is gane out o' a man, he
gangeth through dry places seekin' rest, an' fin'eth nane.
44 Syne he saith, I will gae back intil my house frae
whare I cam' out ; an' whan he is come, he fin'eth it
toom, swupet, an' decket.
45 Syne gangeth he, an' taketh wi' himsel seven
ither spirits mair wicked nor himsel, an' they gae in,
an' bide there; an' the last state o' that man is waur nor
the first. E'en sae sail it be alsua until this wicket
generation.
CHAP. XIII. 47
46 Whiles he yet spak' til the folk, behald, his
mither an' his brithren stood outbye, wantin' to speak
wi' him.
47 Syne ane said until him, Behald, thy mither an'
thy brithren stan' outbye, wantin' to speak wi' thee.
48 But he answer't an' said until him that tauld
him, Wha is my mither ? an' wha are my brithren ?
49 An' he raught furth his han' toward his disciples,
an' said, Behald my mither an' my brithren !
50 For whasaever sail do the will o' my Father wha
is in heaven, the same is my brither, an' sister, an'
mither.
Chap. XIII.
T^HE same day gaed Jesus out o' the house an' sat by
-■- the sea-side.
2 An' a meikle thrang was gather't thegither until
him, sae that he gaed intil a ship, an' sat ; an' the hale
thrang stood on the shore.
3 An' he spak' mony things until them in parables,
sayin', Behald, a sawer gaed furth to saw.
4 An' whan he sawet, some seeds fa'd by the road-
side, an' the fowls cam' an' gorblet them up.
5 Some fa'd upon stany places, whare they hadna
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meikle ylrd : an' at ance they sprootet up, because they
had nae deepness o' ylrd :
6 An' whan the sun rase up, tliey were scowder't ;
an' because they had nae root they dowet awa.
7 An' some fa'd amang thorns ; an' the thorns
sprootet up, an' choket them.
8 But ithers fa'd intil guid grun', an' broucht furth
fruit, some an liunderd-fauld, some saxty-fauld, some
thretty-fauld.
9 Wha hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 An' his disci2:)les cam' an' said until him, Why
speakest thou until them in parables ?
11 He answer't an' said until them, Because it is
gien until you to ken the myst'ries o' the kingdom o*
heaven, but til them it isna gien.
12 For whasaever hath til him sail be gien, an' he
sail hae mair rowth ; but whasaever hathna, frae him
sail be taen awa e'en that whilk he hath.
13 Therefore speak I til them in parables; because
seein', they seena ; an' hearin', they hearna ; neither do
they understan'.
14 An' in them is fulfillet the prophecy o' Esaias,
whilk saitli. By hearin' ye sail hear, an^ salhia under-
stan'; an' seein' ye sail see, an' sallna perceive :
CHAP. XIII. 49
15 For this people's hairt is waxet gross, an' their
ears dull o' hearin', an' their een they hae steeket ; lest at
ony time they sud see wi' their een, an' hear wi' their
ears, an' sud understand wi' their hairt, an' sud be con-
vertet, an^ I sud heal them.
16 But blesset are your een, for they see; an' your
ears, for' they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you. That mony prophets
an' richteous men hae desiret to see thae things vvhilk
ye see, an' haena seen them; an' to hear thae things
whilk ye hear, an' haena hear't them.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable o' the sawer.
19 Whan ony ane heareth the word o' the kingdom,
an' doesna understan' it, syne cometh the wicket ane,
an' taketh awa that whilk was sawn in his hairt. This
is he wha receivet seed by the road-side.
20 But he wha receivet the seed intil stany places,
the same is lie wha heareth the word, an' at ance wi' joy
receiveth it :
21 Yet hathna he root in himsel, but bideth for a
while; for whan tribulation or persecution riseth up
because o' the word, belyve he is oifendet.
22 He alsua wha receivet seed amang the thorns is
he wha heareth the word ; an' the care o' this warld, an'
E
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the deceitfu'ness o' walth, choke the word, an' he be-
cometh unfruitfu'.
23 But he wha receivet seed intil the guid grun' is he
wha heareth the word, an' understan'eth it ; wha alsua
beareth fruit, an' bringeth furth, some ae hunderd-
fauld, some saxty, some thretty.
24 Anither parable pat he furth until them, sayin'.
The kingdom o' heaven is evenet until a man wha
sawet guid seed in his field :
25 But while men sleepet, his enemy cam' an' sawet
tares amang the wheat, an' gaed his gate.
26 But whan the braird was sprootet up, an'broucht
furth fruit, than kythet the tares alsua.
27 Sae the servan's o' the househaulder cam' an'
said until him, Sir, didstna thou saw guid seed in thy
field ? frae whare than hath it tares ?
28 He said until them, An enemy hath dune this.
The servan's said until him. Wilt thou than that we
gae an' pu' them up ?
29 But he said, Na ; lest while ye pu' up the tares,
ye root up also the wheat wi' them.
30 Let baith grow thegither till the hairst; an'
in the time o' the hairst I will say til the shearers,
Gather ye thegither first the tares> an' bin' them in
CHAP. XIII. 51
bunches to burn them ; but gather the wheat intil my
barn.
31 Anither parable pat he furth until them, sayin'.
The kingdom o' heaven is like til a grain o' mustart-
seed, whilk a man teuk an' sawet in his field ;
32 Whilk truly is the sma'est o^ a' seeds ; but whan
it is grown, it is the greatest amang herbs, an' becometh
a tree, sae that the burds o' the air come an' ludge in
the branches o^t.
33 Anither parable spak' he until them : The king-
dom o' heaven is like until barm whilk a woman teuk
an' hid in three measures o' meal, till the hale was
leavenet.
34 A' thae things spak' Jesus until the thrang in
parables ; an' withouten a parable spakna he until them ;
35 That it micht be fulfiUet whilk was spoken by
the prophet, sayin', I will open my mouth in parables ;
I will utter things whilk hae been keepet secret frae the
fundation o' the warld.
36 Syne Jesus sendet the thrang awa, an' gaed intil
the house ; an' his disciples cam' until him, sayin', Mak'
plain until us the parable o' the tares o^ the field.
37 He answer't an' said until them. He wha saweth
the guid seed is the Son o' man ;
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38 The field is the warld ; the guid seed are the
chiider o' the kingdom ; but the tares are the childer o*
the wicket ane ;
39 The enemy that sawet them is the deevil ; the
hairst is the en' o' the warld ; an' the shearers are the
angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gather't an' brunt in
the fire, sae sail it be in the en' o' this warld.
41 The Son o' man sail sen' furth his angels, an'
they sail gather out o' his kingdom a' things that ofFen*,
an' thae wha do wrang ;
42 An' sail cast them intil a kill o^ fire ; there sail
be greetin' an' runchin' o' teeth.
43 Syne sail the richteous shine furth as the sun in
the kintrdom o' their Father. Wha hath ears to hear,
let him hear.
44 Again, the kingdom o' heaven is like until treas-
ure hidet in a field ; the whilk whan a man hath fund,
he hideth, an' for joy thereo' gaeth an' selleth a' that he
hath, an' coffeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom o' heaven is like until a
merchantman seekin' guidly pearls :
46 Wha, whan he hath fund ae pearl o' great price,
gaed an' sauld a' that he had, an' coft it.
CHAP. XIII. 53
47 Again, the kingdom o' heaven is like a net, that
was coost intil the sea, an' gather't o' ilka kind :
48 Whilk whan it was fu', they drew til shore, an'
sat doun an' gather't the guid intil creels, but coost the
bad aw a.
49 Sae sail it be at the en' o' the warld ; the angels
sail come furth, an' shed the wacket frae amang the just,
50 An^ sail cast them intil the kill o' fire ; there sail
be greetin' an' runchin' o^ teeth.
51 Jesus saith until them, Hae ye understood a'thae
things ? They say until him, Ay, Lord.
52 Syne said he until them, Therefore ilka scribe
wha is instruckit until the kingdom o' heaven is like until
a man that is a househaulder, wha bringeth furth out
o* his treasure things new an' auld.
53 An' it cam' to pass that whan Jesus had finishet
thae parables, he gaed awa frae that place.
54 An' whan he w^as come intil his ain kintra, he
taucht them in their synagogue, insaemeikle that they
were astonishet, an' said, Whance hath this man this
wisdom an' thae michty warks ?
55 Isna this the wricht's son ? isna his mither caM
Mary ? an' his brithren James, an' Joses, an' Simon, an'
Judas ?
54 SAUNT MATTHEW.
56 An' his sisters, arena they a' wi' us? Whance
than hath this man a' thae things ?
57 An' they were angry wi' him. But Jesus said
until them, A prophet isna withouten honour, saufan' in
his ain kintra an' in his ain house.
58 An' he didna mony michty warks there, because
o' their no believin'.
Chap. XIV.
AT that time Herod the tetrarch hear't o' the fame o'
Jesus,
2 An' said until his ser van's. This is John the
Baptist : he is risen frae the dead, an' therefore michty
warks do shaw furth themsels in him.
3 For Herod had laid hand o' John, an' bund him,
an' putten him in prison, for Herodias' sak', his brither
Philip's wife.
4 For John said until him. It isna lawfu' for thee to
hae her.
5 An' whan he wad hae putten him til death, he
fear't the folk, because they hand him as a prophet.
6 But whan Herod's birthday was keepet, the doch-
ter o' Herodias dancet afore them, an' pleaset Herod.
CHAP. XIV. 55
7 Whareupon he promiset, wi' an aith, to gie her
whatsaever she wad ask.
8 An' she, bein' aforehan' instruckit o' her mither,
said, Gie me here John Baptist's head in an aschet.
9 An' the king was sorry ; natheless, for the aith's
sak^ an' thae wha sat at meat wi' him, he commaundet
it to be gien her.
10 An' he sendet, an' cut afF John's head in the
prison.
1 1 An' his head was broncht in an aschet, an' gien
til the damsel ; an' she broucht it til her mither.
12 An' his disciples cam', an' teuk up the body, an^
buriet it, an' gaed an' tauld Jesus.
13 Whan Jesus hear't o' it, he gaed awa frae there
by ship intil a muirland place, by himsel ; an^ whan the
folk hear't thereo', they followet him on fit out o' the
touns.
14 An' Jesus gaed furth, an' saw a great thrang,
an' was movet wi' pity toward them, an' he healet thae
wha were ill.
15 An' whan it was the gloamin' his disciples cam' til
him, sayin'. This is a muirland place, an' the time is now
gane by ; sen' the thrang awa, that they may gae intil
the clachans, an' cofF themsels victuals.
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16 But Jesus said until them. They needna gang
awa : gie ye them to eat.
17 An' they say until him. We hae here but five
laives an' twa fishes.
18 He said, Bring them here til me.
19 An' he commaundet the thrang to sit doun on the
gerse, an^ teuk the five laives an' the twa fishes, an'
leukin' up til heaven, he blesset, an' brak, an' gied the
laives til his disciples, an' the disciples til the thrang.
20 An' they did a' eat, an' were satisfiet: an' they
teuk up o' the orra bits whilk were left twal creels-fu'.
21 An' they that had eaten were about five thousan'
men, forbye women an' bairns.
22 An' straughtway Jesus gar't his disciples get
intil a ship, an' gae afore him until the tither side, while
he sendet the thrang awa.
23 An' whan he had sendet the thrang awa, he
gaed up intil a mountain by himsel to pray : and whan
the gloamin' was come he was tliere alane.
24 But the ship was now in the middle o' the sea,
tosset wi' waves ; for the win' was contrair.
25 An' in the fourt' watch o' the nicht Jesus gaed
until them, gangin' on the sea.
26 An' whan the disciples saw him gangin' on the
CHAP. XIV. 57
sea, they were fleyed, sayin'. It is a wraith; an^ they
screighet out for fear.
27 But straughtway Jesus spak' until them, say in',
Be o' guid cheer; it is me; binna fleyed.
28 An' Peter answer^t him, an' said. Lord, gin it be
thou, bid me come until thee on the water.
29 An' he said. Come. An' whan Peter was come
doun out o' the ship he gaed on the water to gang til
Jesus.
30 But whan he saw the win' gousty, he was afear't,
an', beginnin' to sink, he criet, sayin'. Lord, saufe me.
31 An' at ance Jesus raught furth his han', an' teuk
haud o' him, an' said until him, O thou o' little faith,
wharefore didst thou doubt ?
32 An' whan they were come intil the ship, the win'
ceaset.
33 Syne they wha were in the ship cam' an' wor-
shippet him, sayin', Yerament thou art tl.e Son o' God.
34 An' whan they were gane owre, they cam' until
the Ian' o' Gennesaret.
35 An' whan the men o' that place had kennin' o'
him, they sendet out intil a' that kintra roim' about,
an' broucht until him a' that were ailin' ;
36 An' besoucht him that they micht only touch the
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hem o' his garment ; an' as mony as touchet were made
perfitely hale.
Chap. XY.
O YNE cam' til Jesus Scribes an' Pharisees, wha were
^ o' Jerusalem, sayin^,
2 Why do thy disciples break the tradition o' the
elders? for they washna their ban's whan they eat
bread.
3 But he ansvver't, an' said until them. Why do ye
alsua break the commaun'ment o^ God by your tradition ?
4 For God commaundet, sayin'. Honour thy father
an' mither; an'. He that banneth father or mither, let
him dee the death.
5 But ye say, Whasaever sail say til his father or his
mither. It is a gift, by whatsaever thou michtest be
profitet by me;
6 An' honourna his father or his mither, he sail be
quits. Sae hae ye made the commaun'ment o' God o'
nae eifec' by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites! weel did Esaias prophesy o' you,
sayin',
8 This people draweth near until me wi' their mouth.
CHAP. XV. 59
an' honoureth me wi' their lips; but their hairt is far
frae me.
9 But in vain do they worship me, teachin' for doc-
trines the commaun'ments o' men.
10 An' he ca'd the thrang, an' said until them, Hear
an' understan' :
1 1 It isna that whilk gaeth intil the mouth fyleth a
man; but that whilk cometh out o' the mouth, that
fyleth a man.
12 Syne cam^ his disciples, an' said until him. Ken-
nest thou that the Pharisees were ofFendet after they
hear't this sayin'?
13 But he answer't an' said. Ilka plant whilk my
heavenly Father hathna plantet sail be rootet up.
14 Let them alane ; they are blin' leaders o' the blin'.
An' gif the blin' lead the blin', baith sail fa' intil the
sheugh.
15 Syne answer't Peter, an' said until him, Mak'
plain until us this parable.
16 An' Jesus said, Are ye alsua yet withouten under-
stan'in' ?
17 Dinna ye yet understan' that whatsaever cometh
in at the mouth gaeth intil the wame, an' is coost out
intil the draucht ?
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18 But thae things whilk come out o' the mouth
come furth frae the hairt ; an' they fyle the man.
19 For out o' the hairt come bad thouchts, murders,
adult'ries, furnications, thefts, fause witness, blasphemies :
20 Thae are the things whilk fyle a man ; but to eat
wi' unwashen ban's fylethna a man.
21 Than Jesus quat that place, an' gaed intil the
coasts o' Tyre an' Sidon.
22 An', behald, a w^oman o' Canaan cam' out o' the
same coasts, an' criet until him, sayin', Hae mercy on
me, O Lord, thou Son o' David; my dochter is sairly
afflickit wi' a deevil.
23 But he didna answer her a word. An' his disciples
cam' an' besoucht him, sayin'. Sen' her awa ; for she
crieth after us.
24 But he answer't an' said, I'mna sendet but until
the tint sheep o' the house o' Israel.
25 Syne cam' she an' worshippet him, sayin'. Lord,
help me !
26 But he answer't an' said. It isna fit to tak' the
bairns' bread an' to cast it til dogs.
27 An' she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat o'
the mulins whilk fa' frae their maisters' table.
28 Syne Jesus answer't an' said until her, 0 woman.
CHAP. XV. 61
great is thy faith ; be it until thee e^en as thou wilt. An'
her dochter was made hale frae that vera hour.
29 x\n' Jesus gaed frae tliat place, an' cam' near
until the sea o' Galilee, an' gaed up until a m.ountain, an'
sat doun there.
30 An' a meikle thrang cam' until him, haein' wi'
them thae wha were lame, blin', dumb, maimet, an' mony
ithers, an' set them doun at Jesus' feet; an' he healet
them.
31 Insaemeikle that the thrang wonder' t, whan
they saw the dumb to speak, the maimet to be hale, the
lame to gang, an' the blin' to see : an' they glorifiet the
God o' Israel.
32 Syne Jesus ca'd his disciples until him, an' said,
I am wae for the thrang, because they hae stay't wi'
me now three days, an' hae naething to eat ; an' I winna
sen' them awa fastin', lest they swarf by the road.
33 An' his disciples say until him, Whance sud we
hae sae meikle bread in the wilderness as to fill sae meikle
a thrang?
34 An' Jesus saith until them. How mony laives hae
ye ? An' they said. Seven, an' a wheen sma' fishes.
35 An' he commaundet the thrang to sit doun on
the grun'.
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36 An' he teuk the seven laives an' the fishes, an'
gied thanks, an' brak' them, an' gied til his disciples, an*
the disciples til the folk.
37 An' they did a' eat an' were fillet, an' they teiik
up o' the orra bits whilk were left seven creels-fu'.
38 An' they wha did eat were four thousan' men,
forbye women an' bairns.
39 An' he sendet awa the thrang, an' gaed intil a
ship, an' cam' intil the coasts o' Magdala.
Chap. XVI.
npHE Pharisees alsua wi' the Sadducees cam', an'
-*- temp'in' desiret him that he wad shaw them a sign
frae heaven.
2 He answer't an' said until them, Whan it is the
gloamin' ye say. It will be fair weather ; for the lift is
red:
3 An' in the mornin'. It will be foul weather the
day ; for the lift is red an' lowrin'. O ye hypocrites !
ye do shaw skill o' the face o' the lift; but canna ye
shaw skill o' the signs o' the times?
4 A wicket an' adult'rous generation seeketh after
a sign, an' there sail nae sign be gien until it, but the
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sign o' the prophet Jonas. An' he quat them, an' gaed
awa.
5 An' whan his disciples were come til the ither side,
they had forgotten to tak' bread.
6 Syne Jesus said until them, Tak' tent, an' bewaure
o' the barm o' the Pharisees an' o' the Sadducees.
7 An' they reasonet wi' themsels, sayin', It is because
we hae taen nae bread.
8 Whilk whan Jesus perceivet he said until them, O
ye o' little faith, why reason ye wi' yoursels, because ye
hae broucht nae bread ?
9 Dinna ye yet understand neither min' the five
laives o' the five thousan', an' how mony creels-fu' ye
teuk up?
10 Neither the seven laives o' the four thousan', an'
how mony creels-fu' ye teuk up ?
1 1 How is it that ye dinna understan', that I spakna
it til you anent bread, that ye sud bewaure o' the barm
o' the Pharisees an' o' the Sadducees ?
12 Syne understood they how that he badena them
bewaure o' the barm o' bread, but o' the teachin' o' the
Pharisees an' o' the Sadducees.
13 Whan Jesus cam' intil the coasts o' Cesarea
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Philippi, he spier't at his disciples, sayin', Wha do men
say that I the Son o' man am ?
14 An' they said, Some say that thou art John the
Baptist, some EKas, an' ithers Jeremias, or ane o' the
prophets.
15 He saith until them. But wha say ye that I am?
16 An' Simon Peter answer't an' said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son o' the hvin' God.
17 An' Jesus answer't an' said until him, Blesset art
thou, Simon-Barjona : for flesh an' bluid haena shawed
this until thee, but my Father wha is in heaven.
18 An' I say alsua until thee. That thou art Peter;
an' upon this rock I will big my kirk ; an^ the yetts o'
hell sallna prevail agayne it.
19 An' I will gie until thee the keys o' the kingdom
o' heaven ; an' whatsaever thou sallt bin' on yirth sail be
bund in heaven, an' whatsaever thou sallt lowse on yirth
sail be lowset in heaven.
20 Syne charget he his disciples that they sud tell
nae man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 Frae that time furth be^oude Jesus to shaw until
his disciples how that he maun gang until Jerusalem, an'
thole mony things o' the elders, an' chiel* priests, an'
CHAP. XVI. 65
scribes, an' be killet, an' be raiset again the third
day.
22 Syne Peter teuk him aside, an' begoude to rebuke
him, saying Be it far frae thee. Lord; this sallna be
until thee.
23 But he turnet an' said until Peter, Get thee
behint me, Satan, thou art an offence until me; for
thou dostna savour the things that be o' God, but thae
that be o' men.
24 Syne said Jesus until his disciples, Gin ony man
will come after me, let him deny himsel, an' tak' up his
cross, an' follow me.
25 For whasaever will saufe his life sail tine it ; an'
whasaever will tine his life for my sak' sail fin' it.
26 For what is a man profitet, gif he sail gain the
hale warld, an' tine his ain saul ? or what sail a man
gie in trock for his saul ?
27 For the Son o' man sail come in the glory o' his
Father wi' his angels ; an' than he sail reward ilka man
accordin' til his warks.
28 Yerily I say unto you. There are some stan'in'
here wha sallna prie o' death till they see the Son o'
man comin' in his kingdom.
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Chap. XYII.
A N' after sax days Jesus taketh Peter, James, an' John
-*-^ his brither, an' bringeth them up intil a high
mountain alane.
2 An' he was transfiguret afore them ; an' his face
did shine as the sun, an' his claes were white as the
hcht;
3 An', behald, there kythet until them Moses an'
Ehas talkin' wi' him.
4 Syne quo' Peter until Jesus, Lord, it is guid for
us to be here; gif thou wilt, let us mak' here three
tabernacles ; ane for thee, an' ane for Moses, an' ane
for Elias.
5 While he yet spak', behald, a bricht clud owre-
shadowet them: an', behald, a voice out o' the clud,
whilk said. This is my belovet Son, in wham I am weel
pleaset: hear ye him.
6 An' wdian the disciples hear't it, they fell on their
face, an' were sair fleyed.
7 An' Jesus cam' an' touchet them, an' said. Rise up,
an' binna fleyed.
8 An' whan they had liftet up their een they saw nae
man saufan' Jesus alane.
CHAP. XVII. 67
9 An' as they cam' doun frae the mountain, Jesus
charget them, sayin'. Tell the vision to nae man, till
the Son o' man be risen frae the dead.
10 An' his disciples spier't at him, saying How than
say the scribes that Elias maun first come ?
11 An' Jesus answer't an' said until them, Elias
truly sail first come, an' mak' guid a' things,
12 But I say until you, that Elias is come already,
an' they didna ken him, but hae dune until him whntsa-
ever they listet. Likewaise sail alsua the Son o' man
thole o' them.
13 Syne his disciples kent that he spak' until them o'
John the Baptist.
14 An' whan they were come til the thrang there
cam' til him a certain man, kneelin' doun til him, an'
sayin',
15 Lord, hae pity on my son ; for he is lunatic,
an' sair afflickit ; for afttimes he fa'eth intil the fire, an'
aft intil the water.
16 An' I broucht him til thy disciples, an' they cudna
cure him.
17 Syne Jesus answer't an' said, O faithless an'
thrawart generation, how lang sail I be wi' you? how
lang sail I thole you? Bring him here til me.
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18 An' Jesus rebuket the deevil; an' he gaed out o'
him : an' tlie bairn was curet frae that vera hour.
19 Syne cam' the disciples til Jesus by themsels, an'
said, Why cudna we cast hira out?
20 An' Jesus said until them, Because o' your unbe-
lief: for verily I say unto you. Gin ye hae faith as a grain
o' mustart-seed, ye sail say until this mountain. Remove
thance til yon place, an' it sail remove ; an' naething sail
be impossible until you.
21 Howbeit this kind dothna gae out but by prayer
an' fastin'.
22 An' while they dwalt in Galilee, Jesus said until
them. The Son o' man sail be betrayet intil the ban's o' men:
23 An' they sail kill him, an' the third day he sail be
raiset again. An' they were sair forfairn.
24 An' whan they were come til Capernaum, they
that teuk stent cam' til Peter, an' said, Dothna your
maistei. pay stent?
25 He saith, Ay. An' whan he was come intil the
house, Jesus, aforehan' wi' him, said. What thinkest thou,
Simon? o' wham do the kings o' the yirth tak' stent?
o' their ain childer or o' strangers?
26 Peter saith until him, O' strangers. Jesus saith
until him. Syne are the childer free.
CHAP. XVni. 69
27 Natheless, lest we sud ofFen' them, gang thou til
the sea, an' cast a heuk, an' tak' up the fish that first
Cometh up ; an' whan thou hast openet its mouth, thou
sallt fin' a bit o' money: that tak', an' gie until them
for me an' thee.
Chap. XYIII.
\ T the same time cam' the disciples until Jesus, sayin',
-^^ Wha is the greatest in the kingdom o' heaven ?
2 An' Jesus ca'd a wee bairn until him, an' set him
in the middle o' them,
3 An' said, Yerily I say unto you, Excep' ye be
convertet, an' become as wee bairns, ye sallna enter in til
the kingdom o' heaA^en.
4 Whasaever therefore sail hum'le himsel as this
wee bairn, the same is greatest in the kingdom o'
heaven.
5 An' whasae sail receive siccan a w^ee bairn in my
name receiveth me.
6 But whasae sail offen' ane o' thae wee anes wha
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstane
were hanget about his neck, an' that he were drounet in
the deep o' the sea.
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7 Wae until the M'orld because o' offences ! for it
maun needs be that offences come: but wae til that man
by wham the offence cometh !
8 Wharefore gif thy han' or thy fit offen' thee, cut
them aff, an' cast them frae thee : it is better for thee
to gae intil life halt or maimet, rather nor haein' twa
ban's or twa feet to be coost intil everlastin' fire.
9 An' gif thine ee offen' thee, pike it out, an' cast it
frae thee : it is better for thee to gae intil life wi' ae ee,
rather nor haein' twa een to be coost intil hell-fire.
10 Tak' tent that ye dinna despise ane o' thae wee
anes : for I say until you. That in heaven their angels do
aye see the face o' my Father wha is in heaven.
1 1 For the Son o' man is come to saufe that whilk
was tint.
12 How think ye? gin a man hae an hunderd
sheep, an' ane o' them be gane astray, dothna he leave
the ninety an' nine, an' gangeth awa til the mountains,
an' seeketh that whilk is gane astray ?
13 An' gif sae be that he fin' it, verily I say until
you, he rejoiceth mair o' that sheep nor o' the ninety an'
nine that didna gae astray.
14 E'en sae it isna the will o' your Father wha is in
heaven that ane o' thae wee anes sud perish.
CHAP. XVIII. 71
15 Mairowre, gif thy britber do aucbt agayne tbee,
gae an' tell bim bis faut atween bim an' tbee alane : gif
he sail bear thee, thou bast gainet thy britber.
16 But gif he winna bear tbee, syne tak' wi' tbee ane
or twa mair, that in the mouth o' twa or three witnesses
ilka word may be sickerly made to stan' guid.
17 An' gif be sail neglec' to bear them, tell it til the
kirk; but gif he neglec' to hear the kirk, let him be
until tbee as a heathen man an' a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsaever ye sail bin'
on yirth sail be bund in heaven ; an' whatsaever ye sail
lowse on yirth sail be lowset in heaven.
19 Again I say until you. That gif twa o' you sail
agree on yirth as touchin' ony thing that they sail ask,
it sail be dime for them o' my Father wha is in heaven.
20 For whare twa or three are gather't thegitber in
my name, there am I in the middle o' them.
21 Than cam' Peter til him, an' said, Lord, bow aft
sail my britber sin agayne me, an^ I forgie bim? till
seven times ?
22 Jesus saith until bim, I dinna say until tbee.
Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom o' heaven evenet until
a certain king wha wad count wi' his servants.
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24 An' whan he had begoude to count, ane
was broucht until him wha awet him ten thousan'
talents.
25 But forasmeikle as he hadna to pay, his lord
commaundet him to be sauld, an' his wife an' bairns,
an' a' that he had, an' payment to be made.
26 The servan' therefore fell doun, an' worshippet
him, sayin'. Lord, hae patience wi' me, an' I will pay
thee a'.
27 Syne the lord o' that servan' was movet wi' pity,
an' lowset him, an' forgied him the debt.
28 But the same servan' gaed out, an' fand ane o'
his fallow-servan's wha awet him a hunderd pence:
an' he laid ban's on him, an' teuk him by the hals,
sayin'. Pay me that thou awest.
29 An' his fallow-servan' fell doun at his feet, an'
besoucht him, sayin', Hae patience wi' me, an' I will pay
thee a'.
30 An' he wadna, but gaed an' coost him intil prison,
till he sud pay the debt.
31 Sae whan his fallow-servan's saw what was dune,
they were sair forfaim, an' cam' an' tauld their lord a'
that was dune.
32 Syne his lord, after that he had ca'd him, said
CHAP. XIX. 73
until him, O thou wicket servan', I forgied thee a' that
debt because thou desiredst me :
33 Sudstna thou alsua hae had pitj on thy fallow-
servan', e'en as I had pity on thee ?
34 An' his lord was sair anger't, an' deliver't him til
the tormentors till he sud pay a' that was due until him.
35 Sae likewaise sail my heavenly Father do alsua
until you, gin ye from your hairts dinna forgie ilka ane
his brither their offences.
Chap. XIX.
A N' it cam' to pass that whan Jesus had made an
-^^ en'o'thae sayin's, he gaed awa frae Galilee, an'
cam' intil the marches o' Judea ayont Jordan ;
2 An' mony folk followet him ; an' he healet them
there.
3 The Pharisees alsua cam' until him, temp'ing him,
an' sayin' until him. Is it lawfii' for a man to pit awa his
wife for ilka cause ?
4 An' he answer't an' said until them, Haena ye
read, that he wha made them at the beginnin' made them
male an' female,
5 An' said. For this cause sail a man leave father
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an' mithcr, an' sail cleave til his wife, an' they twa sail
be ae flesh ?
6 Wharefore they are nae mair twa, but ae flesh.
What therefore God hath joinet thegither, let nae man
pit asinder.
7 They say until him, Why did Moses than commaun'
us to gie a writin' o' divorcement, an' to pit her awa ?
8 He saith until them, Moses, because o' the hard-
ness o' your hairts, let you pit awa your wives ; but frae
the beginnin' it wasna sae.
9 An' I say until you, Whasaever sail pit awa his
wife, excep' it be for furnication, an' sail marry anither,
committeth adult'ry, an' whasae marrieth her wha is
putten awa committeth adult'ry.
10 His disciples say until him, Gif the case o'the
man be sae wi' his wife, it isna guid to marry.
1 1 But he said until them. A' men canna receive
this sayin', saufan' they til wham it is gien.
12 For there are some eunuchs, wha were sae bom
frae their mithers' womb ; an' there are some eunuchs,
wha were made eunuchs o' men ; an' there are eunuchs,
wha hae made themsels eunuchs for the kingdom o'
heaven's sak'. He wha is able to receive it, let him
receive it.
CHAP. XTX. 75
13 Syne were broucht until him wee bairns, that he
sud pit his ban's on them, an' pray; an' the disciples
rebuket them.
14 But Jesus said. Let the wee bairns come until
me, an' dinna forbid them; for o' sic is the kingdom
o' heaven.
15 An' he laid his ban's on them, an' gaed awa frae
that place.
16 An', behald, ane cam' an' said until him, Guid
Maister, what guid thing sail I do, that I may hae
eternal life ?
17 An' he said until him. How ca'est thou me guid?
There is nanc guid but ane, that is God: but gif thou
wilt gae intil life, keep the commaun'ments.
18 He saith until him, Whilk? Jesus said, Thou
sallt do nae murder. Thou salltna commit adult'ry. Thou
salltna steal. Thou salltna bear fause witness,
19 Honour thy father an' thy mither ; an', Thou sallt
loe thy neibor as thyself.
20 The young man saith until him. A' thae things
hae I keepet frae my youdith up : what lack I yet ?
'; 21 Jesus said until him, Gif thou wilt be perfite, gae
an' sell a' that thou hast, an' gie til the puir, an' thou sallt
hae rowth o' guids in heaven ; an' come an' follow me.
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22 But whan the young man hear't that sayin*,
he gaed awa sair coost doun ; for he had meikle
gear.
23 Syne said Jesus until his disciples. Verily I say
unto you, that a bien man sail hardly gae intil the
kingdom o' heaven.
24 An' again I say until you. It is easier for a camel
to gae through the ee o' a needle, nor for a bien man to
gae intil the kingdom o' God.
25 Whan his disciples hear't it, they were meikle
amazet, sayin', Wha than can be saufet?
26 But Jesus leuket on them, an' said until them,
Wi' men this is no possible ; but wi^ God a' things are
possible.
27 Syne answer't Peter, an' said until him, Behald,
we hae forleet a' an' followet thee: what sail we hae
therefore ?
28 An' Jesus said until them. Verily I say unto you.
That ye wha hae followet me, in the regeneration whan
the Son o' man sail sit on the throne o' his glory, ye
alsua sail sit upon twal thrones, judgin' the twal tribes o'
Israel.
29 An' ilka ane wha hath forleet houses, or brithren,
or sisters, or father, or mither, or wife, or bairns, or lan's.
CHAP. XX. 77
for my name's sak', sail hae an hunderd-fauld, an' sail
inherit everlastin' life.
30 But mony wha ai'e first sail be last ; an' the last
sail be first.
Chap. XX.
T7*0R the kingdom o' heaven is like until a man that
-^ is a househaulder, wha gaed out soon in the
momin' to fee laborers intil his wineyard.
2 An' whan he had 'gree't wi' the laborers for a
penny a day, he sendet them intil his wineyard.
3 An' he gaed out about the third hour, an' saw
ithers stan'in' idle in the market-place,
4 An^ he said until them, Gae ye alsua intil the
wineyard; an' whatsaever is richt, I will gie you. An'
they gaed their gate.
5 Again he gaed out about the saxt' an' nint' hour,
an' did likewaise.
6 An' about the elevent' hour he gaed out, an' fand
ithers stan'in' idle, an' saith until them. Why stan' ye
here a' day idle ?
7 They say until him. Because nae man hath fee'd
us. He saith until them, Gae ye alsua intil the wine-
yard ; an' whatsaever is richt, that sail ye hae.
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8 Sac whan the gloamm' was come, the lord o^ the
wineyard saith until his grieve, Ca' the laborers, an' gie
them their wage, begimiin' frae the last until the first.
9 An' whan they cam' wha were fee'd about the
elevent' hour, they gat ilka man a penny.
10 But whan the first cam', they thoucht that they
sud hae gotten mair ; an' they likewaise were pay't ilka
man a penny.
11 An' whan they had receivet it they grounget
agayne the guidman o' the house,
12 Say in', Thae last hae wroucht but ae hour, an'
thou hast made them eyne wi' us wha hae borne the
burden an' heat o' the day.
13 But he answer't ane o' them, an' said, Frien', I do
thee nae wrang ; didstna thou 'gree wi' me for a penny ?
14 Tak' that whilk is thine, an' gae thy gate : I will
me until this last e'en as until thee.
o
1 5 Isna it lawfu' for me to do what I will wi' mine
ain? Is thine ee evil, because I am guid?
16 Sae the last sail be first, an' the first last; for
mony are ca'd, but few are wal'd.
17 An' Jesus gacin' up til Jerusalem teuk the twal
disciples aside in the road, an' said until them,
18 Behald, we gae up til Jerusalem; an' the Son o'
CHAP. XX. 7.9
man sail be betrayet until the chief priests an' until the
scribes, an^ they sail condemn him til death,
19 An' sail gie him til the Gentiles to mock, an' to
scourge, an' to crucify him ; an' the third day he sail
rise again.
20 Than cam' til him the mither o' Zebedee's childer
wi' her sons, worshippin' him, an' desirin' a certain thing
o' him.
21 An' he said until her, What wilt thou? She saith
until him, Grant that thae my twa sons may sit, the ane
on thy richt han', an' the tither on thy left, in thy
kingdom.
22 But Jesus answer't an' said, Ye dinna ken what ye
ask. Are ye able to drink o' the tass whilk I sail drink
o', an' to be baptizet wi' the baptism whilk I am baptizet
wi' ? They say until him. We are able.
23 An' he saith until them, Ye sail indeed drink o' my
tass, an' be baptizet wi^ the baptism whilk I am baptizet
wi'; but to sit on my richt han', an' on my left, isna mine
to gie, but it sail be gien til thae for wham it is preparet
o' my Father.
24 An^ whan the ten hear't it, they were mo vet wi'
anger agayne the twa brithren.
25 But Jesus ca'd them until him an' said, Ye ken
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that the princes o' the Gentiles hae lordship owre them,
an' they wha are great hae power owre tliem.
26 But it sallna be sae amang you ; but whasaever
will be great amang you, let him be your minister ;
27 An^ whasaever will be chief amang you, let him
be your servan' :
28 E'en as the Son o' man cam'na to be minister't
until, but to minister, an' to gie his life a ransom for
mony.
29 An' as they gaed awa frae Jericho, a meikle
thrang followet him.
30 An', bebald, twa blin' men sittin' by the roadside,
whan they hear^t that Jesus passet by, criet out, sayin',
Hae pity on us, O Lord, thou Son o' David !
31 An' the thrang charget them that they sud baud
their tongue ; but they criet the mair, sayin', Hae pity
on us, O Lord, thou Son o' David !
32 An' Jesus stood still, an' ca'd them, an' said, What
will ye that I sud do until you ?
33 They say until him. Lord, that our een may be
openet.
34 Sae Jesus had pity on them, an' touchet their een,
an' straughtway their een gat sicht, an' they followet
him.
CHAP. XXI. 81
Chap. XXI.
AN' whan they drew near until Jerusalem, an' were
come til Bethphage, until the Mount o' Olives, syne
sendet Jesus twa disciples,
2 Sayin' until them, Gang intil the clachan foment
you, an' straughtway ye sail fin' an ass tether't, an^ a
cowt wi' her : lowse them, an' bring them until me.
3 An' gin ony man say aucht until you, ye sail say.
The Lord hath need o' them, an' straughtway he will
sen' them.
4 (A* this was dune that it micht be fulfillet whilk
was spoken by the prophet, sayin',
5 Tell ye the dochter o' Zion, Behald, thy King
Cometh until thee, meek, an' sittin' upon an ass, an' a
cowt the foal o' an ass.)
6 An' the disciples gaed, an' did as Jesus commaundet
them,
7 x\n' broucht the ass an' the cowt, an' pat on them
their claes, an' they set him thereon.
8 An' an unco meikle thrang spread their gar-
ments in the road; ithers cut doun branches frae the
trees, an' strawet them in the road.
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9 An' the folk wha gaed afore an' wha followet,
criet, sayin', Hosanna til the Son o' David! Blesset
is he wha cometh in the name o' the Lord ; Hosanna
in the highest !
10 An' whan he was come intil Jerusalem, a' the
city was movet, sayin', Wha is this ?
1 1 An' a' the folk said, This is Jesus, the prophet o'
Nazareth o' Galilee.
12 An' Jesus gaed intil the temple o' God, an'coost
out a' them wha sauld an' coft in the temple, an' cow-
pit the tables o' the money -nifFerers, an' the settles
o' thae wha sauld does ;
13 An' said until them. It is written. My house sail
be ca'd the house o' prayer ; but ye hae made it a howfF
o' rievers.
14 An' the blin' an' the lame cam' til him in the
temple ; an' he healet them.
15 An' whan the chief priests an' scribes saw the
wonderfu' things that he did, an' the bairns cryin' in the
temple, an' sayin', Hosanna til the Son o' David ! they
were sair anger't,
16 An' said until him, Hearest thou what thae say?
An' Jesus saith until them. Ay ; hae ye never read. Out o'
the mouth o' bairns an' sucklin's thou hast perfitet praise?
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17 An' he quat them, an' gaed out o' the city intil
Bethany ; an' he ludget there.
18 Now m the mornin', as he cam' back agam intil
the city, he hunger't ;
19 An' whan he saw a feg-tree in the road, he cam' til
it, an^ fand naething thereon but leaves alane, an' said
until it. Let nae fruit grow on thee hanceforrard for
ever. An' at ance the feg-tree wither't awa.
20 An' whan the disciples saw it, they wonder't,
say in', How soon is the feg-tree wither^ t awa !
21 Jesus answer't an' said until them, Yerily I say
unto you, gin ye hae faith, an' dinna doubt, ye sallna
only do this whilk is dune til the feg-tree, but alsua gin
ye sail say until this mountain. Be thou removet, an' be
thou coost intil the sea, it sail be dune.
22 An^ a' things whatsaever ye sail ask in prayer,
believin' ye sail get.
23 An' whan he was come intil the temple, the chief
priests an' the elders o' the people cam' until him as
he was teachin', an' said. By what richt doest thou thae
things ? an' wha gied thee this richt ?
24 An' Jesus answer't an' said until them, I alsua
will ask you ae thing whilk gin ye tell me, I likewaise
will tell you by what richt I do thae things.
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25 The baptism o' John, whance was it ? frae heaven,
or o' men ? An' they reasonet wi' themsels, say in', Gif we
sail say, Frae heaven, he will say until us, Why didna ye
than believe him ?
26 But gif we sail say, O' men ; we fear the folk ;
for a' baud John as a prophet.
27 An^ they answer't Jesus an' said, We canna tell.
An' he said until them. Neither tell I you by what
richt I do thae things.
28 But what think ye? A certain man had twa
sons ; an' he cam' til the first, an' said, Son, gae wark
the day in my wineyard.
29 He answer't an' said, I wimia; but afterward he
rewet, an' gaed.
30 An^ he cam' til the second, an' said likewaise. An*
he answer't an' said, I gae, sir ; an' gaedna.
31 Whilk o' thae twa did the will o' his father?
They say until him. The first. Jesus saith until them,
Yerily I say unto you, that the publicans an' harlots gae
intil the kingdom o' God afore you.
32 For John cam' until you in the way o' richteous-
ness, an' ye didna believe him; but the publicans an'
harlots believet him ; an' ye, whan ye had seen it, didna
repent afterward, that ye micht believe him.
CHAP. XXI. 85
33 Hear anither parable : There was a certain house-
haulder wlia plantet a winejard, an' hedget it roun*
about, an' howket a winepress in it, an' bigget a tower,
an' let it out til husban'men, an' gaed intil a far kintra.
34 An' whan the time o' the fruit drew near, he
sendet his servan's til the husban'men, that they micht
get the fruits o' it.
35 An' the husban'men teuk his servan's, an' nevellet
ane, an' killet anither, an' stanet anither.
36 Again, he sendet ither servan's mair nor the first ;
an' they did until them likewaise.
37 But last o' a' he sendet until them his son, sayin'.
They will respec' my son.
38 But whan the husban'men saw the son, they said
amang themsels. This is the heir ; come, let us kill him,
an' let us seize on his heirskip.
39 An' they grippet him, an' coost him out o' the
wineyard, an' killet him.
40 Whan the lord therefore o' the wineyard cometh,
what will he do to thae husban'men ?
41 They say until him, He will miserably destroy
thae wicket men, an' will set out his wineyard until
ither husban'men, wha sail gie him the fruits in their
seasons.
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42 Jesus saith until them, Did ye never read in the
Scriptures, The stane whilk the biggers rejeckit, the
same is become the capstane o' the neuk: this is the
Lord's doin', an' it is wonderfu' in our een?
43 Therefore say I until you, The kingdom o' God
sail be taen frae you, an' gien til a nation bringin^ furth
the fruits thereo'.
44 An' whasaever sail fa' on this stane sail be smashet:
but on whamsaever it sail fa', it will grin' him til powther.
45 An' whan the chief priests an' Pharisees had
hear't his parables, they cud see that he spak' o' them.
46 But whan they soucht to lay ban's on him, they
fear't the folk, because they teuk him for a prophet.
Chap. XXII.
A N' Jesus answer 't an' spak' until them again in
•^-^ parables, an' said,
2 The kingdom o' heaven is like until a certain king,
wha made a bridal for his son,
3 An' sendet furth his servants to ca' them wha were
bidden til the waddin' ; and they wadna come.
4 Again, he sendet furth ither servan's, sayin'. Tell
thae wha are bidden, Behald, I hae preparet my dmner ;
CHAP. XXII. 87
my owsen an' my fatlin's are killet, an' a' things are
ready : come until the bridal.
5 But they made licht o't, an' gaed their gates, ane
til his mailen, anither til his merchandice,
6 An' the lave teuk his servan's, an' treated them
spitefully, an' killet them.
7 But whan the king hear't o't, he was wrathfu' ; an'
he sendet furth his sodgers, an' destroy et thae mui'derers,
an' brunt up their toun.
8 Syne saith he til his servan's. The waddin' is ready,
but they wha were bidden werena wordy.
9 Gang ye therefore intil the highways, an' as mony
as ye sail fin', bid them til the feast.
10 Sae thae servan's gaed out intil the highways, an'
gather't thegither a' as mony as they fand, baith bad an'
guid : an' the waddin' was bodin wi' guests.
1 1 An' whan the king cam' in to see the guests, he
saw there a man wha hadna on a waddin' garment.
12 An' he saith until him, Frien', how camest thou
in here no haein' on a waddin' garment? An' he was
dumbfoun'er't.
1 3 Syne said the king til the servan's. Bin' him han'
an' fit, an' tak' him awa, an' cast him intil outer mirkness :
there sail be greetin' an' runchin' o' teeth.
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14 For mony are ca'd, but few are wal'd.
15 Than gaed the Pharisees, an' teuk rede how they
micht fickle him in his talk.
16 An' they sendet out until him their disciples wi' the
Herodians, say in', Maister, we ken that thou art true,
an' teachest the way o' God in truth, neither carest thou
for ony man : for thou regardestna the person o'
men.
1 7 Tell us therefore. What thinkest thou ? Is it lawfu'
to gie stent until Caesar, or no ?
18 But Jesus perceivet their wicketness, an' said.
Why temp' ye me, ye hypocrites ?
19 Shaw me the stent-money. An' they broucht
until him a penny.
20 An' he saith until them, Whase is this image an'
the writin' aboon ?
21 They say until him, Caesar's. Syne saith he
until them, Gie therefore until Caesar the things whilk
are Caesar's, an' until God the things whilk are God's.
22 Whan they had hear't thae words, they wonder't,
an' quat him, an' gaed their gate.
23 The same day cam' til him the Sadducees, wha
say that there is nae resurrection, an' spier't at him,
24 Sayin', Maister, Moses said, Gin a man dee, haein'
CHAP. XXII. 89
nae bairns, his brither sail marry his wife, an' raise up
bairns until his brither.
25 Now there were wi' us seven brithren ; an' the
first, whan he had marriet a wife, deed, an' haein' nae
affspring left his wife until his brither ;
26 Likewaise the second alsua, an' the third, until the
sevent'.
27 An' last o' a' the woman deed alsua.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whase wife sail she
be o' the seven, for they a' had her ?
29 Jesus answer't an' said until them. Ye do mistak',
no kennin' the Scriptures, nar the power o' God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nar
are gien in marriage, but are as the angels o' God in
heaven.
31 But as touchin' the resurrection o' the dead, hae
ye na read that whilk was spoken until you by God,
sayin',
32 I am the God o' Abraham, an' the God o' Isaac,
an' the God o' Jacob ? God isna the God o' the dead,
but o' the livin'.
33 An' whan the thrang hear't this they were asto-
nishet at his doctrine.
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34 But whan the Pharisees had hear't that he had
putten the Sadducecs til silence, they were gather't
thegithcr.
35 Syne ane o' them, wha was a lawyer, spier't at
him a question, temp'in' him, an' sayin',
36 Maister, whilk is the great commaun'ment in the
law?
37 Jesus said until him, Thou sallt loe the Lord thy
God wi' a' thy hairt, an' wi' a' thy saul, an^ wi' a' thy
min':
38 This is the first an' great commaun'ment.
39 An' the second is like until it. Thou sallt loe thy
neibor as thysel.
40 On thae twa commaun'mcnts hing a' the law an'
the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gather't thegither, Jesus
spier't at them,
42 Sayin', What think ye o' Christ ? Whase son is
he ? They say until him. The son o' David.
43 He saith until them. How than doth David in
spirit ca^ him Lord, sayin',
44 The Lord said until my Lord, Sit thou on my
richt han', till I mak' thine enemies thy fitstule ?
CHAP. XXIII. 91
45 Gif David than ca' him Lord, how is he his son ?
46 An' nae man was able to answer him a word,
neither daur't ony man frae that day furth spier at him
ony mair questions.
Chap. XXIII.
^T^HAN spak' Jesus til the thrang an' til his dis-
-^ ciples,
2 Say in', The scribes an' the Pharisees sit in Moses'
room:
3 A' therefore whatsaever they bid you tak' tent o',
that tak' tent o' an' do : but dinna ye after their warks ;
for they say, an' dinna.
4 For they bin' heavy burdens an' grievous to be
borne, an' lay them on men's shouthers ; but they them-
sels winna move them wi' ane o' their fingers.
5 But a' their warks they do to be seen o' men : they
mak' braid their phylacteries, an' widen the borders o'
their garments,
6 An' loe the foremaist places at feasts, an' the chief
settles in the synagogues,
7 An' accoustin's in the markets, an' to be ca'd o*
men. Rabbi, Rabbi.
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8 But binna ye ca'd Rabbi : for ane is jour Maister,
e'en Christ; an' a^ ye are brithrcn.
9 An' ca' nae man your father upon yirth : for ane
is your Father, wha is in heaven.
10 Binna ye be ca'd maisters : for ane is your Maister,
e'en Christ.
1 1 But he wha is greatest amang you sail be your
servan'.
12 An' whasaever sail lift up himsel sail be coost
doun ; an' he wha sail hum'le himsel sail be liftet
13 But wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypo-
crites ! for ye steek the kingdom o' heaven agayne
men : for ye neither gae in yoursels, neither let ye them
wha are enter in' gae in.
14 Wae until 3'ou, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites I
for ye devour widows' houses, an' for a pretence mak'
lang prayers; therefore ye sail hae the mair damna-
tion.
15 Wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye compass sea an' Ian' to mak' a convert ; an' whan
he is made, ye mak^ him twafauld mair the child o' hell
nor yoursels.
16 Wae until you, ye blin' guides, wha say, Whasa-
CHAP. XXIII. 93
ever sail sweer by the temple, it is naething; but
whasaever sail sweer by the gowd o' the temple, he is
bund by his aith !
17 Ye fules an' blin' ; for whilk is greater, the gowd
or the temple whilk sanctifieth the gowd ?
18 An', Whasaever sail sweer by the altar, it is
naething; but whasaever sweereth by the gift whilk is
upon it, he is bund by his aith.
1 9 Ye fules an' blin' : for whilk is greater, the gift or
the altar whilk sanctifieth the gift ?
20 Whasae therefore sail sweer by the altar, sweereth
by it, an' a' things thereon.
2 1 An' he wha sail sweer by the temple, sweereth by
it, an' by him wha dwalleth therein.
22 An' he wha sail sweer by heaven sweereth by the
throne o' God, an' by him wha sitteth thereon.
23 Wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites !
for ye pay tithe o' mint, an' anise, an' cummin, an' hae
left out the weichtier matters o' the law, judgment, mercy,
an' fai|;h : thae sud ye hae dune, an' no to leave the tither
undune.
24 Ye blin' guides, wha strain at a gnat, an' swallow
a camel.
25 Wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites!
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for ye mak' clean the outside o' the tass an' o' the aschet,
but within they are fu' o' extortion an' excess.
26 Thou bhn^ Pharisee, mak' clean first that whilk is
within the tass an' aschet, that the outside o' them may
be clean alsua.
27 Wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites !
for ye are like until whitet sepulchres, whilk truly kythe
bonnie outside, but are within fu' o' dead men's banes,
an' a' uncleanness.
28 E'en sae ye outwardly kythe richteous until men,
but within ye are fu' o' hypocrisy an' iniquity.
29 Wae until you, scribes an' Pharisees, hypocrites !
because ye big the tombs o' the prophets, an' busk the
sepulchres o* the richteous,
30 An' say. Gin we had been in the days o' our
fathers, we wadna hae been partakers wi' them in the
bluid o' the prophets.
31 Wharefore ye be witnesses until yoursels that ye
are the childer o' thae wha killet the prophets.
32 Pill ye up than the measure o' your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye afFspring o' vipers, how can ye
escape the damnation o' hell?
34 Wharefore, behald, I sen' until you prophets, an'
wise men, an' scribes : an' some o' them yc sail kill an'
I
CHAP. XXIV. 95
crucify, an' some o' them sail ye scourge in your syna-
gogues, an' persecute frae toun til toun.
35 That upon you may come a' the richteous bluid
shed upon the yirth,frae the bluid o' richteous Abel until
the bluid o' Zacharias, son o' Barachias, wham ye killet
atween the temple an' the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you. A' thae things sail come
upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou wha killest the
prophets, an' stanest thae wha are sendet until thee, how
aften wad I hae gather't thy childer thegither, e'en as a
hen gathereth her chickens anunder her wings, an' ye
wadna ?
38 Behald, your house is left until you waste.
39 For I say until you. Ye sallna see me hancefurth,
till ye sail say, Blesset is he wha cometh in the name o'
the Lord.
Chap. XXIY.
AN' Jesus gaed out o' an' awa frae the temple: an'
^^^ his disciples cam' til him to shaw him the biggins
o' the temple ;
2 An' Jesus said until them, Dinna ye see a' thae
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things? Verily I say unto you. There sallna be left
here ae stane upon anither that sallna be coost doun.
3 An' as he sat upon the mount o' Olives, the disciples
cam' until him by theinsels, sayin'. Tell us whan sail
thae things be ? an' what sail be the token o' thy comin',
an' the en' o' the warld ?
4 An' Jesus answer't, an' said until them, Tak' tent
that nae man begowk you.
5 For mony sail come in my name, sayin', I am
Christ, an' sail begowk mony.
6 An' ye sail hear o' wars an' rumours o' wars : see
that ye binna foughten ; for a' thae things maun come to
pass, but the en' isna yet.
7 For nation sail rise agayne nation, an' kingdom
agayne kingdom ; an' there sail be famines, an' pestilences,
an' yirthquakes, in sindry places.
8 A' thae are the beginnin' o' sorrows.
9 Syne sail they gie you up to be afflickit, an' sail
kill you ; an' ye sail be hatet o' a' nations for my name's
10 An' syne mony sail be ofFendet, an' sail betray
ane anither, an' sail hate ane anither.
11 An' mony fause prophets sail rise up, an' sail
begowk mony.
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12 An' because iniquity sail be rowth, the love o'
mony sail grow cauld.
13 But he wha sail stan' out until the en', the same
sail be saufet.
14 An' this gospel o' the kingdom sail be preachet
in a' the warld for a witness until a' nations : an' syne
sail the en^ come.
15 Whan therefore ye sail see the abomination o'
desolation, spoken o' by Daniel the propliet, stan'-
in' in the haly place (whasae readeth, let him under-
stan'),
16 Syne let them wha are in Judea flee til the hills.
17 Let him wha is on the riggin comena doun to
tak' ony thing out o' his house.
18 Neither let him wha is in the field come back to
tak' his claes.
19 An' wae until thae wha are wi' bairn, an' thae
wha gie suck in thae days !
20 But pray ye that your flicht binna in the winter,
nar on the Sabbath-day.
21 For syne sail be meikle dool, sic as hathna been
sin' the beginnin' o' the warld till now, no, nar ever sail
be.
22 An' excep' thae days sud be shortenet there sud
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nae flesh be saufet ; but for the sak' o' the elec' thae days
sail be shortenet.
23 Syne, gin ony man sail say until you, Behald,
here is Christ, or there, dinna believe him.
24 For there sail rise up fauso Christs an' fause pro-
phets, an' sail shaw great signs and wonders, insaemeikle
that, gin it were possible, they sail begowk the vera elec'.
25 Behald, I hae tauld you afore.
26 Wharefore gif they say til you, Behald, he is in
the muirland ; gaena furth : behald, he is in the secret
chammers, dinna believe it.
27 For as the levin cometh out o' the east, an'
shineth e'en until the wast, sae sail alsua the comin' o'
the Son o' man be.
28 For wharesaever the body is, there will the
aigles be gather^ thegitlier.
29 Straughtway after the dool o' thae days sail
the sun be darkenet, an' the moon sallna gie her licht,
an' the stars sail fa' frae the lift, an' the powers o' the
heavens sail be shaken :
30 An' syne sail kythe the sign o' the Son o' man
in the lift ; an' syne sail a' the nations o' the yirth mum,
an' they sail see the Son o' man comin' in the cluds o'
the lift wi' power an' meikle glory :
CHAP. XXIV. 99
31 An' he sail sen' his angels wi' a great soun^ o' a
trumpet, an' they sail gather thegither his elec' frae the
four win's, frae ae en' o' the lift til the tither.
32 Now learn a parable o' the feg-tree : Whan its
branch is yet tender, an' pitteth furth leaves, ye ken that
simmer is near.
33 Sae likewaise ye, whan ye sail see a' thae things,
ken that it is near, e'en at the door.
34 Verily I say unto you. This generation sallnn pass
till a' thae things be fulfiUet.
35 Heaven an' yirth sail pass aw a, but my words
sallna pass awa.
36 But o' that day an' hour kenneth nae man, na,
no the angels o^ heaven, but my Father alane,
37 But as the days o' Noe were, sae sail alsua the
comin' o' the Son o' man be.
38 For as in the days that were afore the fluid,
there were eatin' an^ drinkin', marryin' an' giein' in
marriage till the day that Noe gaed intil the airk,
39 An' didna ken till the fluid cam' an' teuk
them a' awa ; sae alsua sail the comin' o' the Son
o' man be.
40 Syne sail twa be in the field ; the ane sail be
taen, an' the tither left.
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41 Twa women sail be grindin' at the mill ; the ane
sail be taen, an' the tither left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye dinna ken what hour
your Lord doth come.
43 But ken ye this, that gif tlie guidman o' the
house had kent in what hour the riever wad come, he
wad hae watchet, an' wadna hae let his house be broken
intil.
44 Therefore be ye alsua ready : for in sic an hour
as ye trowna the Son o' man cometh.
45 Wha than is a faithfu' an' wise servan', wham his
lord hath made maister owre his househauld, to gie
them meat in due season?
46 Blesset is that servan' wham his lord whan he
cometh sail fin' sae doin'.
47 Yerily I say unto you, That he sail mak' him
maister owre a' his haudins.
48 But gif that bad servan' sail say in his hairt.
My lord pitteth aff his comin' ;
49 An' sail begin to toober his fallow-servan's, an' to
eat an' drink wi^ the drucken ;
50 The lord o' that servan' sail come in a day
whan he dothna leuk for him, an' in an hour that he
dothna ken o\
CHAP. XXV. 101
51 An' sail sned him asinder, an' appoint him his
portion wi' the hypocrites ; there sail be greetih' an'
rmichin' o' teeth.
Chap. XXY.
npHAN sail the kingdom o' heaven be evenet until
-*- ten maidens, wha teuk their lamps, an' gaed furth
to meet the bridegroom.
2 An' five o' them were wise, an' five were
fulish.
3 They wha were fulish teuk their lamps, an' teuk
nae oulie wi' them :
4 But the wise teuk oulie in their crusies wi' their
lamps.
5 While the bridegroom taiglet, they a' dover't an'
sleepet.
6 An' at midnicht there was a cry made, Behald, the
bridegroom cometh ; gae ye out to meet him !
7 Syne a' thae maidens rase up, an' trimmet their
lamps.
8 An' the fulish said until the wise anes, Gie us o'
your oulie, for our lamps are gane out.
9 But the wise maidens answer 't, sayin'. It maunna
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be sae, lest there binna eneugh for us an' you, but gang
ye rather til them wha sell, an' coff for yoursels.
10 An' while they gaed to coff, the bridegroom
cam'; an' they wha were ready gaed in wi' him til the
bridal, an' the door was steeket.
11 Afterward cam' alsua the tither maidens, sayin'.
Lord, Lord, open til us.
12 But he answer't an' said. Verily I say unto you,
I dinna ken ye.
13 Watch, therefore ; for ye ken neither the day nar
the hour wharein the Son o' man cometh.
14 For the kingdom o' heaven is as a man gaein'
intil a far kintra, wha ca'd his ain servan's, an' gied until
them his guids.
15 An' until ane he gied five talents, til anither twa,
an' til anither ane ; til ilka man accordin' til his ability ;
an' straughtway teuk his journey.
16 Syne he wha had gotten the five talents gaed,
an' coft an' trocked wi' that ilk, an' made ither five
talents.
17 An' likewaise he wha had gotten the twa, he alsua
gainet tither twa.
18 But he wha had gotten ane gaed an'howket in
the yird, an' hidet his lord's money.
CHAP. XXV. 103
1 9 After a lang time the lord o' thae servants cometh
an' counteth wi' them.
20 An', behald, he wha had gotten five talents cam'
an'broucht ither five talents, sayin', Lord, thou giedst
until me five talents : behald, I hae gainet for bye them
five talents mair.
21 His lord said until him, Weel dune, thou guid
an' faithfu' servan' : thou hast been faithfu' owre a few
things, I will mak' thee maister owre monj things ; gang
thou intil the joy o' thy lord.
22 He alsua wha had gotten twa talents cam' an'
said, Lord, thou giedst until me twa talents : behald, I
hae gainet twa ither talents forbye them.
23 His lord said until him, Weel dune, guid an'
faithfu' servan': thou hast been faithfu' owre a few things,
I will mak' thee maister owre mony things : gang thou
intil the joy o' thy lord.
24 Syne he wha had gotten the ae talent cam^ an'
said. Lord, I kent that thou art a nippit man, shearin'
whare thou hastna sawn, an' gatherin' whare thou hastna
strinklet :
25 An' I was afear't, an' gaed an' hidet thy talent in
the yird: behald, there thou hast that whilk is thine
ain.
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26 His lord answer't an' said until him. Thou wicket
an' sleuthfu' servan', thou kennest that I shear whare I
didna saw, an' gather whare I haena strinklet :
27 Thou sudst therefore hae putten my money to the
ockerers, an' syne at my comin' I sud hae gotten mine
ain wi' interest.
28 Tak' therefore the talent frae him, an' gie it imtil
him wha hath ten talents.
29 For until ilka ane that hath sail he gien, an' he
sail hae rowth ; but frae him wha hathna sail be taen
awa e'en that whilk he hath.
30 An' cast ye the unprofitable servan' intil outer
mirkness : there sail be greetin' an' runchin' o' teeth.
31 Whan the Son o' man sail come in his glory, an*
a' the haly angels wi' him, syne sail he sit uj^on the
throne o' his glory,
32 An' afore him sail be gather't a' nations : an' he
sail shed them ane frae anither, as a shepherd sheddeth
his sheep frae the gaits :
33 An' he sail set the sheep on his richt han', but
the gaits on the left.
34 Syne sail the king say until thae on his richt
han', Come, ye blesset o' my Father, inherit the kingdom
preparet for you frae the fundation o' the warld.
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35 For I was hungry, an' ye gied me meat ; I was
drouthy, an' ye gied me drink ; I was a stranger, an'
ye teuk me in ;
36 Naket, an' ye claithet me : I was ill, an' ye visitet
me ; I was in prison, an' ye cam' until me.
37 Syne sail the richteous answer him, sayin'. Lord,
whan saw we tliee hungry, an' fed thee ? or drouthy, an'
gied thee drink ?
38 Whan saw we thee a stranger, an' teuk thee in ?
or nakct, an' claithet thee ?
39 Or whan saw we thee ill, or in prison, an' cam'
until thee ?
40 An' the king sail answer an' say until them.
Verily I say unto you, Inasmeikle as ye hae dune it
until ane o' the laist o' thae my brithren, ye hae dune it
until me.
4 1 Syne sail he say alsua until them on his left han',
Gae awa frae me, ye curset, intil the everlastin' fire
preparet for the deevil an' his angels :
42 For I was hungry, an' ye gied me nae meat ; I
was drouthy, an' ye gied me nae drink ;
43 I was a stranger, an' ye didna tak' me in ; naket,
an' ye didna claithe me ; ill, an' in prison, an' ye didna
visit me.
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44 83^16 sail they alsua answer him, sayin', Lord,
whan saw we thee hungry, or drouthy, or a stranger, or
naket, or ill, or in prison, an' didna minister until
thee?
45 Syne sail he answer them, sayin'. Verily I say
unto you, Inasmeikle as ye didna do it til ane o' the
laist o' thae, ye didna do it til me.
46 An' thae sail gae awa intil everlastin' punish-
ment ; but the richteous intil life eternal.
Chap. XXVI.
A N' it cam' to pass, whan Jesus had endet a' thae
"^^ sayin's, he said until his disciples,
2 Ye ken that after twa days is the feast o' the
passover, an' the Son o' man will be betrayet to be
crucifiet.
3 Than gather't thegither the chief priests, an* scribes,
an' elders o' the people, in the palace o' the high-priest,
wha was ca'd Caiaphas,
4 An' teuk rede how they micht tak' Jesus by cun-
nin', an' kill him.
5 But they said. No, on the feast-day, lest there be
a racket amang the people.
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6 Now whan Jesus was in Bethany, in the house o'
Simon the leper,
7 There cam' until him a woman haein' an alabaster
box o' unco precious eyntment, an' toomet it on his head,
as he sat at meat.
8 But whan his disciples saw it, they were angry,
sayin', Til what en' is this wastrie ?
9 For the eyntment micht hae been sauld for muckle,
an' gien to the puir.
10 Whan Jesus hear't it he said until them. Why
fash ye the woman ? for she hath wroucht a guid wark
upon me ?
1 1 For ye hae the puir aye wi' you ; but me ye
haena aye.
12 For in that she hath toomet this eyntment on my
body, she did it for my burial.
13 Yerily I say unto you, Wharesaever this gospel
sail be preachet in the hale warld, there sail alsua this
whilk this woman hath dune be tauld for a memorial
o' her.
14 Syne ane o' the twal, ca'd Judas Iscariot, gaed
until the chief priests,
15 An' said until them. What will ye gie me, an' I
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will gie him up until you ? An' they ^gree't wi' him for
threttj pieces o' siller.
16 An' frae that time he soucht for a chance to
betray him.
17 Now the first day o' the feast o' unleavenet bread,
the disciples cam' til Jesus, sayin', Whare wilt thou that
we mak' ready for thee to eat the passover ?
18 An' he said, Gang intil the toun til sic a man,
an' say until him. The Maister saith, My time is
at han' ; I will keep the passover at thy house wi' my
disciples.
19 An' the disciples did as Jesus had direckit them ;
an' they made ready the passover.
20 Now whan the gloamin' was come he sat doun wi'
the twal.
21 An' as they did eat he said, Yerily I say unto
you, that ane o' you sail betray me.
22 An' they were unco waefu', an' begoude ilka ane
o' them to say until him. Lord, is it me ?
23 An' he answer't an' said. He wha dippeth his
han' wi' me in the aschet, the same sail betray me.
24 The Son o' man gaeth, as it is written o' him ;
but wae until that man by wham the Son o' man is
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betrayetl it had been guid for that man gif he hadna
been born.
25 Sjne Judas, wha betrajet him, answer^t an'
said, Maister, is it me? He said mitil him, Thou hast
said.
26 An' as they were eatin% Jesus teuk bread an'
blesset It, an' brak' it, an' gied it til his disciples, an'
said, lak', eat; tliis is my body.
27 An^ he teuk the cup, an' gied thanks, an' gied it
til them, sayjn'. Drink ye a' o' it;
^ 28 For this is my bluid o^ the new testament, whilk
is shed for mony for the forgieness o' sins.
29 Bat I say until you, I winna drink hancefurth o'
the fruit o' the vine, till that day whan I drink it new
wi you m my Father's kingdom.
30 An' whan they had sung a hymn, they ^aed out
til the Mount o' Olives.
31 Syne saith Jesus until them. A' ye sail be
offendet because o' me this nicht, for it is written, I
sail smite the shepherd, an' the sheep o' the hirsel sail
be scatter't abraid.
32 But after I am risen again, I will gae afore you
mtil Galilee,
33 Peter answer't an' said until him. Though a'
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men sail be ofiPendet, because o' thee, yet will I never be
ofFendet.
34 Jesus saith til him. Verily I say unto thee, That
this nicht, afore the cock craw, thou sallt disown me
thrice.
35 Peter said until him. Though I sud dee wi' thee,
yet winna I disown thee. Likewaise alsua said a' the
disciples.
36 Syne cometh Jesus wi' them until a place ca'd
Gethsemane, an' saith until the disciples. Sit ye here,
while I gang an' pray yonner.
37 An' he teuk wi' him Peter an' the twa sons o'
Zebedee, an' begoude to be waefu', an' unco heavy.
38 Syne saith he until them, My saul is unco
waefu', e'en until death : bide ye here, an^ watch wi'
me,
39 An' he gaed a wee farrer, an' fa'd on his face,
an^ prayet, sayin', O my Father, gin it be possible, let
this tass pass frae me ; natheless, no as I will, but as
thou wilt.
40 An' he cometh until the disciples an' fand them
sleepin', an' saith until Peter, What! cudna ye watch wi*
me ae hour ?
41 Watch an' pray, that ye dinna gae intil temp-
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tation ; the spirit truly is willin', but the flesh is feck-
less.
42 He gaed awa the second time, an' prayet, sayin',
O my Father, gif this tass maunna pass awa frae me,
excep' I drink it, thy will be dune.
43 An' he cam' an' fand them sleepin' agam (for their
een were heavy) :
44 An' he quat them, an' gaed awa again, an'
prayet the third time, sayin' the same words.
45 Syne cometh he til his disciples, an' saith until
them. Sleep on now, an' tak' your rest : behald, the hour
is at han , an' the Son o' man is betrayet intil the ban's
o' sinners.
46 Rise up, let us be gaun : behald, he is at ban' wha
doth betray me.
47 An' while he yet spak', lo, Judas, ane o' the
twal, cam', an' wi' him a meikle thrang wi' swerds an'
rungs, frae the chief priests an' elders o' the people.
48 Now he wha betrayet him had gien them a sign,
saying Whamsaever I sail kiss, that same is he : baud
him fast.
49 An' furthwith he cam' til Jesus, an' said, Hail,
Maister ; an' kisset him.
50 An' Jesus said until him, Frien', wharefore art
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thou come ? Syne cam' they, an' laid ban's on Jesus,
an' teuk him.
51 An', behald, ane o' them wha were wi' Jesus
raucht out his han', an' drew his swerd, an' strack a
servan' o' the high-priest, an' sneddet aff his ear.
52 Syne said Jesus until him, Pit up again thy
swerd intil its place ; for a' they wha tak' the swerd sail
perish by the swerd.
53 Trowest thou that I canna now pray til my
Father, an' he sail at ance gle me mair nor twal legions
o' angels ?
54 But how than sail the Scriptures be fulfillet
whilk say that sae it maun be ?
55 In that same hour said Jesus til the folk. Are
ye come out as agayne a riever wi' swerds an' rungs
for to tak' me? I sat daily wi' you teachin' in the
temple, an' ye laid nae baud on me.
56 But a' this was dune that the Scriptures o' the
prophets micht be fulfillet. Syne a' the disciples for-
leet him, an' fled.
57 An' they wha had laid baud on Jesus led him
awa til Caiaphas the high-priest, w^hare the scribes an'
elders were gather't thegither.
58 An^ Peter folio wet him afar aff until the palace
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o' the high-priest, an' gaed in, an^ sat wi' the servan's to
see the en\
59 Now the chief priests, an' elders, an' a' the cuncil,
soucht fause witness agayne Jesus that they micht pit
him til death. ^
^ 60 But they fand nane; ay, e'en though mony fause
witnesses cam', yet fand they nane. At last cam'twa
fause witnesses,
61 An' said. This fallow said, I am able to destroy
the temple o' God, an' to big it again in three days.
62 An' the high-priest rase up, an' said until him,
Answerest thou naething? What is it whilk thae witness
agayne thee ?
63 But Jesus held his tongue. An' the high-priest
answer't an' said until him, I adjure thee by the livin'
G-od, that thou tell us gif thou be the Christ, the Son
o' God.
64 Jesus saith until him. Thou hast said : mair-
owre I say until you. Hereafter sail ye see the Son o'
man sittm' on the richt han^ o' power, an' comin' in the
cluds o heaven.
65 Syne the high-priest rived his claes, sayin'. He
hath spoken blasphemy. What mair need hae we o'
witnesses? behald, now ye hae hear^t his blasphemv.
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66 What trow ye ? They answer't an' said. He is
wordy o' death.
67 Syne they spat in his face, an' nevellet him, an'
ithers cufFet him wi^ the looves o' their han's,
68 Sayin', Spae until us, thou Christ, Wha is he that
cuffet thee ?
69 Now Peter sat without in the ha': an' a maid-
servan' cam' until him, sayin'. Thou alsua wast wi' Jesus
o' Galilee.
70 But he denied afore them a', sayin', I dinna ken
what thou sayest.
7 1 An' whan he was gane out intil the porch, anither
ane saw him, an' said until them wha were there. This
fallow was alsua wi' Jesus o' Nazareth.
72 An' again he denied wi' an aith, I dinna ken the
man.
73 An' after a while cam' until him they wha stood
by, an' said til Peter, Surely thou alsua art ane o' them,
for thy speecli outeth thee.
74 Syne begoude he to ban an' to sweer, sayin', I
dinna ken the man. An' straughtway the cock crawed.
75 An' Peter mindet the word o' Jesus, wha said
until him. Afore the cock craw, thou sallt disown me
thrice. An' he gaed out, an' grat sairly.
CHAP. XXVII. 116
Chap. XXVII.
WHAN the mornin' was come^ a' the chief priests an'
elders o' the people teuk rede agayne Jesus to
pit him til death.
2 An' whan they had bund him they led him awa,
an' gied him up til Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Syne Judas, wha had betray et him, whan he «aw
that he was condemnet, rewet himsel, an' broucht again
the thretty pieces o' siller til the chief priests an' elders,
4 Sayin', I hae sinnet in that I hae betrayet the
innocent bluid. An^ they said. What is that til us ? See
thou til that.
5 An' he coost doun the pieces o' siller in the temple,
an' quat them, an' gaed an' hanget himsel.
6 An' the chief priests teuk the siller pieces, an'
said. It isna lawfu' for to pit them intil the treasure-
kist, because it is the price of bluid.
7 An' they teuk rede, an' coft wi' them the potter's
field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wharefore that tield was ca'd. The field o' bluid
until this day.
9 Syne was fulfillet that whilk was spoken by Jeremy
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the prophet, sayln% An' they teuk the thretty pieces o'
siller, the price o' him wha was valuet, wham they o*
the childer o' Israel did value ;
10 An'gied them for the potter's field, as the Lord
appointet me.
1 1 An' Jesus stood afore the governor ; an' the go-
vernor spier't at him, sayin', Art thou the king o' the
Jews ? An' Jesus said until him. Thou sayest.
12 An' whan he was delatet o'the chief priests an'
elders, he answer't nacthing.
13 Syne said Pilate until him, Hearestna thou how
mony things they witness agayne thee ?
14 An' he answer't him no a word ; insaemeikle
that the governor wonder't greatly.
15 Now at that feast the governor uset to lowse
until the folk a prisoner, wham they wad.
16 An' they had than a notable prisoner ca'd Ba-
rabbas.
17 Therefore whan they were gather't thegither,
Pilate said until them, Wham will ye that I lowse
until you, Barabbas, or Jesus wha is ca'd Christ?
18 For he kent that for ill-will they had gien him up.
19 Whan he was set doun on the judgment-seat,
his wife sendet until him, sayin', Hae thou nacthing to
CHAP. XXVII. 117
do wi' that just man : for I hae tholet mony things this
day in a dream because o' him.
20 But the chief priests an^ elders persuadet the
folk that they sud ask Barabbas, an' destroy Jesus.
21 Syne the governor spak' an' said until them,
Whilk o' the twa will ye that I lowse until you? They
said, Barabbas.
22 Pilate saith until them, What sail I do than wi'
Jesus wha is ca'd Christ ? They a' say until him. Let
him be crucifiet !
23 An' the governor said, Why ? what ill hath he
dune ? But they screighet the mair, sayin'. Let him be
crucifiet !
24 Whan Pilate saw that he cud prevail naething,
but that rather a racket was made, he teuk water an'
wasliet his ban's afore the folk, sayin', I am innocent o'
the bluid o' this just person : see ye til it.
25 Syne answer't a' the folk, an' said, His bluid be
on us, an' on our bairns !
26 Syne he lowset Barabbas until them ; an' whan
he had scourget Jesus, he gied him up to be crucifiet.
27 Syne the sodgers o' the governor teuk Jesus
intil the common ha', an' gather't until them the hale
band.
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28 An' they strippet him, an' pat on him a scarlet
robe.
29 An' whan they had plattet a croun o' tlioms,
they pat it upon his head, an' a reed in his richt han' ;
an' they bowet the knee afore him, an' mocket him,
sayin'. Hail, King o' the Jews !
30 An' they spat upon him, an' teuk the reed, an'
strack him on the head.
31 An' after they had mocket him, they teuk the
robe aff frae him, an' pat his ain claes on him, an' led
him awa to crucify him.
32 An' as they cam' out, they fand a man o' Cyrene,
Simon by name, him they gar't to bear his cross.
33 An' whan they were come until a place ca'd
Golgotha, (whilk is to say, a place o' a skull,)
34 They gied him vinegar to drink mynget wi' ga' :
an' whan he had pried thereo', he wadna drink.
35 An' they crucifiet him, an' pairtet his claes,
drawin' cutts : that it micht be fulfillet whilk was spoken
by the prophet. They pairtet my claes amang them, an'
for my vesture did they draw cutts.
36 An' sitting doun, they watchet him there ;
37 An' set up aboon his head his delation in writin'.
This is Jesus the King o' the Jews.
CHAP. XXVII. 119
38 Syne were there twa rievers crucifiet wi' him,
ane on the right han', an' anither on the left.
39 An' they that gaed by misca'd him, geckin' their
heads,
40 An' sayin', Thou wha destroy est the temple, an'
biggest it in three days, saufe thysel. Gif thou be the
Son o' God, come doun frae the cross.
41 Likewaise alsua the chief priests mockin' him, wi'
the scribes an' elders, said,
42 He saufet itiiers ; himsel he canna saufe. Gif he
be the King o' Israel, let him now come doun frae the
cross, an^ we will believe him.
43 He lippenet in God : let him saufe him now,
gif he will hae him : for he said, I am the Son o' God.
44 The rievers alsua wha were crucifiet wi' him,coost
the same in his teeth.
45 Now frae the saxt' hour there was mirkness owre
a' the Ian' until the nint' hour.
46 An' about the nint' hour Jesus criet wi^ a loud
voice, sayin', Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ! whilk is to say.
My God, my God, why hast thou forleet me ?
47 Some o' them wha stood there, whan the}^ hear't
that, said. This man ca'eth for Elias.
48 An' straughtway ane o' them ran, an' teuk a
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spunge, an' fillet it wi' vinegar, an' pat it on a reed, an^
giecl him to drink.
49 The lave said. Let him alane, let us see gin Elias
will come to saufe him.
50 Jesus, whan he had criet again wi' a loud voice,
gied up the ghaist.
51 An', behald, the veil o' the temple was riven in
twa frae the tap til the boddum ; an' the yirth did
quake, an' the rocks were rendet.
52 An' the graves were openet: an' mony bodies o'
the saunts wha sleepet rase up,
53 An' cam' out o' the graves after his resurrection,
an' gaed intil the haly toun, an' kythet until mony.
54 Now v/han the centurion, an' they wha were wi'
him, watchin' Jesus, saw the yirth quake, an' thae things
whilk were dune, they fear't greatly, say in', Yerament
this was the Son o^ God.
55 An' mony women were there leukin' on frae afar
aff, wha followet Jesus frae Galilee, ministerin' until
him ;
56 Amang wham was Mary Magdalene, an' Mary
the mither o' James an' Joses, an' the mither o' Zebe-
dee's childer.
57 Whan the gloamin' was come, there cam' a bien
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man o' Arlmathea, ca'd Joseph, wha alsua himsel was
a disciple o' Jesus :
58 He gaed til Pilate, an' begget the bod}^ o' Jesus.
Syne Pilate commaundet the body to be gien til him.
59 An' whan Joseph had taen the body, he wand
it in a clean linen claith,
60 An' laid it in his ain new tomb, whilk he had
liewet out o' the rock, an' he rowet a muckle stane til
the door o' the sepulchre, an' gaed his gate.
61 An' there was Mary Magdalene, an' the tither
Mary, sittin' foment the sepulchre.
62 Now the niest day (whilk followet the day o' the
preparation), the chief priests an' Pharisees gaed the-
gither until Pilate,
63 Sayin', Sir, we mindet that that begowker said
while he was yet livin'. After three days I will rise
again.
64 Commaun' therefore that the sepulchre be made
sicker until the third day, lest his disciples come by nicht
an' steal him awa, an' say until the folk. He is risen
frae the dead: sae the last faut sail be waur nor the
first.
65 Pilate said until them. Ye hae a watch, gae your
gate, mak' it as sicker as ye can.
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66 Sae they gaed, an' made the sepulchre sicker,
pittin' a seal on the stane, an' settin' a watch.
Chap. XXYIII.
TN the en^ o' the Sabbath, as it begoude to daw' to-
-^ ward the first day o' the week, cam' Mary Magda-
lene, an' the tither Mary, to see the sepulchre.
2 An', behald, there was an unco yirthquake: for the
angel o' the Lord cam' doun frae heaven, an' rowet awa
the stane frae the door, an' sat on't.
3 His countenance was like the levin, an^ his claes
white as snaw :
4 An' for fear o' him the guards did chitter, an'
becam' as dead men.
5 An' the angel spak' an^ said til the women, Binna
fleyed ; for I ken that ye seek Jesus wlia was cru-
cifiet.
6 He isna here ; for he is risen, as he said. Come,
see the place whare the Lord lay.
7 An^ gang glegly, an' tell his disciples that he is
risen frae the dead; an', behald, he gaeth afore you
intil Galilee; there sail ye see him. Behald, I hae
tauld you.
CHAP. XXVIII. 123
8 An' they gaed awa quickly frae the sepulchre wi'
fear an' meikle joy : an' did rin to bring the disciples
word.
9 An' as they gaed to tell the disciples, behald, Jesus
met them, sayin'. A' hail ! An' they cam' an' held him
by the feet, an' worshippet him.
10 Syne said Jesus until them, Binna fleyed : gae
tell my brithren that they gang intil Galilee, an' there
sail they see me.
11 Now whan they were gane, behald, some o' the
watch cam' intil the toun, an' shawet mitil the chief priests
a' the things that were dune.
12 An' whan they were gather't thegither wi' the
elders, an' had taen rede, they gied meikle siller until
the sodgers,
13 Sayin', Say ye. His disciples cam' by nicht, an'
staw him awa while we sleepet.
14 An' gif this come to the governor's ear we will
persuade him, an' mak' you sicker.
15 Sae they teuk the siUer, an' did as they were
bidden : an' this sayin' is commonly reefet amang the
Jews until this day.
16 SjTie the eleven disciples gaed awa intil Galilee,
until the mountain whare Jesus had trysted them.
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17 An^ whan they saw him they worshippet him, but
some doubtet.
18 An' Jesus cam* an' spak' until them, sayin', A
power is gien until me in heaven an' in yirth.
19 Gae ye therefore, an' teach a' nations, baptizir
them in the name o' the Father, an' o' the Son, an' o' thr
Haly Ghaist:
20 Teachin' them to tak' tent to an' do a' thing
whatsaever I hae commaundet you : an', behald, I am wi
you alway, e'en until the en' o' the warld. Amen.
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