And it cam aboot, whan he was in a particular place, prayin, as he endit ane oʼ his disciples said to him, “Lord! tell us hoo to pray; eʼen as John tellʼt his disciples!”
“Sell yere plenishin, and gie awmons: mak to ye wallets that dinna wax auld; gear nevir‐failin aboon! whaur nae reiver comes nar, nor moth dis destroy!
“But Abraʼm said, ‘Bairn! caʼ ye to minʼ that ye gat aʼ yere gude things iʼ yere lifetime; and Lazarus the ill things: and noo he is at rest, and ye are in sair pyne.
And, listenin to him, Jesus said, “Ae thing, yet, dae ye want! Sell ye aʼ things that ye hae, and divide wiʼ the needy, and yeʼse hae gude gear in Heeven! And come! follow ye me!”
Than Mary took a pund oʼ ointment, the raal nard, unco precious, and anointit Jesusʼ feet; and dichtit his feet wiʼ her hair; and the hail hoose was fuʼ oʼ the perfume oʼ the ointment.
“But wha drinks oʼ the watir I gie him, sal be drouthie nevirmair; for the watir I gie him sal be in him an unseen waal, springin up intil Life Eternal!”
“Truly, truly say I tʼye, The man wha hears my word, and lippens on him wha sent me, has Life for Aye, and comes‐na intil condemnation; but he is come oot oʼ death intil Life.
“Seek‐na for perishin meat, but for that meat that bides until Eternal Life, whilk the Son oʼ Man sal gie ye: for him has the Faither, eʼen God, sealed.”