And at a time whan the folk war that thick thegither that they war trampin ower ane anither, he begude to say to his disciples first — “Tak tent to yersels, and be ye ʼware oʼ the barm oʼ the Pharisees, whilk in sooth is pretence.
“Or hoo can ye say till yere brither, ‘Brither, lat me puʼ oot the mote that is in yere ee,’ whan ye yersel see‐na the baulk that is in yere ain ee? Dissembler! cast oot first the baulk oot oʼ yere ain ee, and than may ye see weel to puʼ oot the mote that is in yere britherʼs ee.
For I am in fear, least in ony way, haein come, I soudna finʼ in ye sic as I wad desire; and that I soud be fund oʼ you sic as ye wadna. Least by ony means strivins, envies, belchins oʼ wrath, diveesions, ill‐speakins, swallins, tulzies, be fund.
The auld weemen, iʼ the same way, in demeanor as becomes holie anes; no giean to slander, nor yet to muckle wine made captive; teachers oʼ what is gude;
Sae, seein we hae aʼ aboot us sic an unco clud oʼ witnesses — drappin ilka taiglement, and the dawtit sin that eithlie rinks us roond, lat us rin, perseverin, iʼ the race set afore us;
Speak‐ye‐na again ane‐anither, brethren. He that speaks again his brither, or judges his brither, speaks again the law itsel, and judges the law: but gin ye pass judgment on the law, nae mair are ye a doer oʼ the law, but a judge!