26 “Alack! whan aʼ folk speak weel oʼ ye! for eʼen sae did their faithers to the fause prophets.
“Tak ye tent oʼ fause‐prophets, whilk come tʼye in sheepʼs‐cleedin, but iʼ the hinner‐end are devoorin wolves!
“Wae for you wha hae been filled fuʼ noo! for ye sal hungʼer. Wae for you wha lauch noo! for ye sal greet.
“Gin ye war oʼ the warldʼs ain, the warld wad loʼe its ain; but — for that ye are‐na oʼ the warld, but waled by me oot oʼ the warld — sae the warld has ill‐wull tʼye.
“The warld canna hate you: but it hates me, for I gie testimonie again it that its warks are ill.
For sic as thir ser‐na our Lord Jesus Christ, but their ain wame; and, by their fleechin words and flatterin speeches, deceive simple aefauld hearts.
Ye adulteresses! ken‐ye‐na that the freendship oʼ the warld is enmity wiʼ God? Wha, then, wad be a freend oʼ the warld is makin his sel a fae to God.