16 And ithers oʼ them tempit him, seekin a ferlie frae Aboon,
And, as the multitudes thranged thegither, he begude to say, “This race is an ill race; aye seekin a token; and nae token sal it hae, but the token oʼ Jonah.
Syne they said to him, “What ferlie div ye schaw, that we could see and lippen? What div ye?
This said they for temptation, to hae something to wyte him wiʼ. But Jesus loutit doon, and gaed on writin in the yird wiʼ his fingʼer.
For baith Jews for ferlies are speirin, and Greeks for wisdom are seekin: