10 “For the Son oʼ Man cam to seek oot and save the anes that war forwanderʼt.”
“And she sal bring forth a son, and ye shall caʼ his name JESUS; for he sal save his folk frae their sins.”
“But gang ye raither to the forwanderin sheep oʼ Israʼlʼs hoose.
But he answerʼt, and said, “I wasna sent, but to the forwanderin sheep oʼ Israʼlʼs hoose!”
“Tak tent that ye lichtlie‐na ane oʼ thir wee anes; for say I tʼye, that in Heeven their ain Angels aye look upon my Heevenlie Faitherʼs face!
“For the Son oʼ Man has come to save thae that war lost.
“ ‘But it was richt we soud mak merry and rejoice; for he, thy brither, was deid, and cam back to life again; he had been tint, and was fund!’ ”
“Or whatna wumman, haein ten siller‐pennies, gin aiblins she tine ane oʼ them, disna licht a crusie, and soop her hoose, and seek wiʼ tentie care, till whatna time she lichts on it?
“For God sent‐na his Son intil the warld to bring condemnation onʼt, but that raither the warld micht be saved by him.
For, we yet bein feckless, Christ in due season deeʼt for the ungodlie.
Sae is he able to sauf to aʼ extremitie thae that come throwe him to God; leevin aye, to intercede in their behauf.