“And, a wheen days eftir, the young son gaitherʼt aʼ his gear thegither, and gaed awa frae hame till a far‐awa lanʼ; and thar sperflʼt his gear in riotousness.
But as they set theirsels to oppose and revile, shakin oot his raiment, he said to them, “Yere blude be on yere ain heid; I am clear! Frae this oot I gang to the Gentiles!”
Conductin yersels wiʼ honor amang the Gentiles; sae that whan they speak again ye as ill‐doers, they may, seein yere gude warks, glorify God in the day oʼ his comin amang them.
Haein a gude conscience; sae that whaur‐in they speak again ye as ill‐doers, they may be putten to shame, wha miscaʼ yere gude mainner oʼ life in Christ.
But thir, as mony things as they ken‐na, they miscaʼ; while in as mony things as they ken by nature as the beass without reason, in thir they corrupt theirsels.