Luke 8:15 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)
15 “But that iʼ the gude grun are they wha, in an honest and leal heart, hear the word and grip it fast; and, tholin aʼ, bring their frute to perfeteness.
“The gude man, oot oʼ the gude gear oʼ his ain heart, brings oot what is gude; and the ill man, oot oʼ the ill, what is ill; for, oot oʼ the owercome oʼ his heart his mouʼ speaks.
“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.
Sae than, my brethren, ye too war brocht to death throwe the body oʼ Christ; to the end ye micht become anitherʼs — his wha was raised frae the deid; that we soud bring forth frute to God.
That has come to you, eʼen as it is bearin frute and growin iʼ aʼ the warld, sae amang you as weel, frae whatna day ye first heard the sough oʼt, and cam to ken the tender‐love oʼ God in truth: