2 And quoʼ they to him, “Tell us whatna authoritie ye hae for thir things ye do; and wha is he that gied ye this authoritie?”
And it cam aboot, on ane oʼ thae days, when he was giean lear to the folk iʼ the Temple, and tellin them the Gude‐tidins, the Heid‐priests, and the Writers, wiʼ their Elders, cam on him,
But he answerʼt them, “I too wull speir at you anent a thing; and tell me —
Than upspak the Jews to him, “What ferlies hae ye to schaw us, gin ye put oot yere haun to siclike wark?”
“But the ane that did his neebor wrang, shoved him awaʼ, sayin, ‘Wha made ye a maister or a judge ower us?
“Stiff‐neckit and thrawn! uncircumceesed in heart and lugs! ye aye hae a plea wiʼ the Holie Spirit! as yere faithers, sae div ye.