“But wae for ye, Scribes and Pharisees, pretenders! for ye steek up the Kingdom oʼ Heeven afore men wha wad gang in; ye naither gang in yersels, nor alloo them to gang in wha wad!
“Wae for you, Scribes and Pharisees, pretenders! for ye devoor weedowsʼ hooses, eʼen while ye are makin lang prayers: sae sal ye hae the wechtier judgment!
Noo thar war iʼ the assembly at Antioch, baith prophets and teachers; sic like as Barnabas, and Simon (him caʼd Niger), Lucius oʼ Cyrene, and Manaen, wha was foster‐brither to Herod, the king‐depute, and Saul.
For we maun aʼ be made seen at the bar oʼ Christ, that ilk ane may hae conform to the things dune iʼ the body, eʼen as he has dune, be they gude or ill.
Obey them that hae the airtin oʼ ye, and gie‐in to them; for they are takin tent for yere sauls, as haein an accoont to gie; that they may do siclike wiʼ joy, and no wiʼ dool; for that war nae profit for you!