19 “ ‘Nae mair am I fit to be caʼd yere son; mak me like till ane oʼ the feeʼd servants!’ And, sae risin, he cam awa till his faither.
And Simon Peter, whan he saw, fell doon at Jesusʼ knees, cryin, “Depairt frae me, for I am a sinfuʼ man, O Lord!”
Lout yersels doon than, under the michty haun oʼ God, that he may raise ye up in due time.
For I am but the least oʼ the Apostles, wha am‐na fit to be caʼd an Apostle, for that I persecutit the Kirk oʼ God.
“ ‘I will rise and gang tae my faither, and wull say till him, My faither! I hae dune wrang, again Heeven, and afore you;
“But, while he was yet haudin far‐awa, his faither spyʼt him, and was fuʼ oʼ compassion; and rinnin, he fell on his neck, and begude kissin him.