“Whatna man amang ye, haein a hunner sheep, gin he tine ane frae amang them, disna leaʼ the ninety‐and‐nine iʼ the muirs, and gang awa eftir the forwanderʼt ane, till he lichts on it?
He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son oʼ John! Love ye me?” He says to him, “Aye, Lord! thou kens I treasur thee!” He says to him, “Herd my sheep!”
And they, hearin, magnifyʼt God. And quoʼ they to him, “Ye see, brither, hoo mony myriads thar are amang the Jews wha believe; and they are aʼ — to begin wiʼ — unco fuʼ oʼ zeal for the Law.