9 “And he that bad ye and him, soud come and say, ‘Gie place to this ane!’ and than sal ye, wiʼ shame, gang to tak up a laigher place.
And whan he was sayin thir things, aʼ wha war settin their sels again him were shamed, and aʼ the folk rejoiced ower the glorious warks dune by him.
“Bring ye than forth frutes fit for repentance; and begin‐na to say wiʼ yersels, ‘We hae a faither, eʼen Abraʼm!’ For say I tʼye, that God coud raise up oʼ thae stanes bairns till Abraʼm!