8 And Jesus said to them, “Nae mair div I tell you by whatna authoritie I do thir things I am doin.”
“Lat abee! theyʼre but blinʼ leaders oʼ the blinʼ! And gin the sichtless airt the sichtless, baith sal faʼ intil the sheugh.”
“An ill‐deedie and adulterous race seek eftir some sign; and nae sign sal be giʼen tillʼt but the sign oʼ Jonah.” And he gaed aff frae them.
And they answerʼt Jesus, and said, “We canna tell.” And than he, too, says to them, “And naither div I tell you by what authoritie I do thir things!
And they answerʼt Jesus, and said, “We canna tell!” And Jesus says to them, “Nae mair div I tell you by whatna authoritie I do thir things!”
And they answerʼt that they coudna tell whence he was.
And he begude to speak to the folk this parable: “Thar was a man wha plantit a vine‐yaird, and gied some gairdeners the tack oʼt, and syne gaed his ways frae hame for a lang time.
“And gin I soud speir quaistens, in naegate wad ye answer me, nor free me.