“The bapteezin oʼ John — whaur cam it frae? Frae Heeven? or oʼ men!” And they counsellʼt amang theirsels, sayin, “Gin we say, ‘Frae Heeven,’ he wull say to us, ‘Why, than, dinna ye believe him?’
And till John they cam, sayin, “Maister! the Ane that was ayont Jordan wiʼ ye, the Ane ye bure witness till — dʼye ken heʼs bapteezin, and aʼ the folk come till HIM?”
“And as John performed his task, he said, ‘Wha tak ye me to be? I am‐na he! But, tent ye! ane is comin eftir me, the shoon oʼ whase feet I am‐na fit to lowse!’