3 But he answerʼt them, “I too wull speir at you anent a thing; and tell me —
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?”
“The Bapteezin oʼ John, was it frae Heeven or oʼ men?”
“And gin I soud speir quaistens, in naegate wad ye answer me, nor free me.
Yere speech at aʼ times bein wiʼ grace, kitchenʼd wiʼ saut; that ye may ken hoo ye soud be giean ilk ane his answer.