Luke 8:13 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)
13 “And thir on the rock are they wha, whan they hear, wiʼ joy welcome the word; but they hae nae rute — wha believe for a wee, and in time oʼ trial faʼ away.
For Herod was in fear oʼ John, kennin him to be a just and holie man, and keepit him safe: and listenin till him, he did a hantle oʼ things, and was fain to hear him.
“And thir that fell amang the thorns, are they that hear; and as they gang on their way, are smoorʼd wiʼ cark and care, and the gear and the joys oʼ this life, and bring nae frute to the ripenin.
“Gin ony man bide‐na in me, he is cuisten oot as a fushionless branch, and dwines awa; and folk soop them thegither, and set them alowe, and they are brunt.
And gin I hae the gift oʼ foretellin, and ken aʼ hidden things, and aʼ lear; and gin I hae aʼ faith, sae as to gar mountains flit, but hae‐na love, I am naething.
Gin at least ye bide iʼ the faith, sterk and steive, and no dung?-?awa frae the hope oʼ the Gude‐word ye heard, that was preached till aʼ the creation ʼneath the heevens; oʼ whilk I Paul becam a servitor.
And for this cause, nae mair happin ower my fainness, I sent to ken oʼ yere faith, least by ony means the tempin‐ane had tempit ye, and oor toil soud be aʼ in vain!
For gin aiblins eftir they had escapit the pollutions oʼ the warld, throwe a knowledge oʼ the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taiglʼt thar‐in — their last state is waur nor the first!
Frae ʼmang us they gaed oot, but they warna ane wiʼ us; for gin they had been ane wiʼ us, they wad hae bidden wiʼ us; but it was that they soud be kent, hoo they warna oʼ us.
Thir are they that are like hidlin rocks at yere love‐feasts, whan they feast wʼye; shepherds feedin theirsels withoot shame; cluds wantin moisture, by the winds driven on; trees oʼ the leaf‐faʼin, wantin frute, twice deid, rived up by the rutes;