Luke 16:15 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)
15 And he said to them, “Ye are thae wha pit their sels richt afore men, but God taks tent oʼ yere hearts; for the lofty amang men is an abomination in Godʼs sicht.
And sae, judge nocht ower?-?sune, till the time the Lord comes, wha wull baith mak plain the hidlin things oʼ the mirkness, and wull schaw the thochts oʼ the hearts: and than, ilk aneʼs commendin sal come frae God.
“And Iʼse slay her bairns wiʼ death; and aʼ the Kirks sal come to ken that I am he that rypes the inwarts and the heart; and I wull return ye — ilk ane — conform to yere warks.
In like mainner, ye younger anes, gie‐in to the aulder; and aʼ, ane to anither, pittin on humbleness oʼ mind; for “God arrays himsel again the haughty, but gies favor to the humble.”
“The Pharisee, takin his staun, prayed sae by his sel — ‘Lord! I thank thee I am‐na like the lave oʼ men, extortioners, ill‐deedie anes, adulterers — or eʼen as this tax‐man!
And, watchin him uncolie, they sent oot fause men, wha soud pretend to be just, that they micht tak haud oʼ his speech, sae as to deliver him up to the pooer and authoritie oʼ the Governor.
“And again, whan ye are fastin, ye arena to be as the pretenders, wiʼ wae iʼ yere faces; for they mar their looks, that they may kythe afore men as fastin. Aye, aye! say I, they too hae their reward!
“And whaneʼer ye pray be‐na as the pretenders; for weel they like to pray iʼ the kirks, and at the corners oʼ the braid causeys, sae as folk soud see them. Aye, aye! say I; they hae gotten their reward!
“Whan, than, ye wad do a gude wark, dinna hae a bugle‐horn soondit afore ye, as the pretenders div in kirks and merkits, that they may be roosed oʼ men. Truly say I tʼye, they hae gotten aʼ their reward!
He says to him the third time, “Simon, son oʼ John! treasur ye me me?” Peter was wae that he said to him the third time, “Treasur ye me?” And he said to him, “Lord! thou kens aʼ things; thou weel kens I treasur thee?” Jesus says to him, “Feed my puir sheep!
“I tell ye, this ane gaed doon till his hoose acceptit, raither than that ane: for ilk ane that heizes up his sel sal be humblʼt, but he that louts his sel sal be raised up!”