“The Spirit oʼ the Lord is on me, for that he has anointit me to preach gude tidins to the puir; he has sent me to tell oot their release to the prisoners, and to the blinʼ receivin oʼ sicht; to send awa free thae that war wranged.
And, the law being read — and the prophets — the kirk‐rulers sent to them, and quoʼ they, “Men, brethren! gin ye hae ony word oʼ gude‐coonsel for the folk, say on!”
“For they oʼ Jerusalem, and their rulers, kennin naither him nor the words oʼ the prophets that are read ilka Sabbath‐day, they hae eʼen fulfillʼt them in condemnin him.
“But God turned, and gied them up to worship the host oʼ the sky, as it is putten doon iʼ the prophetʼs book, ‘Did ye offer to me slain beass and sacrifeeces forty year iʼ the wilderness, O hoose oʼ Israʼl?