27 “This is he oʼ wham it is putten‐doon, ‘Lo! I send oot my messenger afore yere face, wha sal mak yer fit‐road gangable afore ye!’
“For this is he oʼ wham it is written, ‘Tent ye! I send oot my messenger afore thy face, wha sal mak gangable thy fit‐path afore thee!’
Eʼen as it is putten‐doon by Esaiah the prophet, “Lo! I send oot my messenger afore thy face, wha sal mak ready thy way for thy comin.
“And ye, bairn, sal be caʼd the Prophet oʼ the Maist Heigh; for ye sal gang on afore him, to mak ready his gangins;
“But what gaed ye oot tae see? A prophet? Aye! say I tʼye: and muckle mair nor a prophet!
“For I say tʼye, Amang aʼ that are born oʼ weemen, there isna a greater prophet than John the Baptist; yet he wha is the less in Godʼs Kingdom is greater nor he!”
Quoʼ he, “I am but the sough oʼ a voice cryin iʼ the wilderness, ‘Straughten oot Godʼs road!’ just as Esaiah the Prophet said.”