20 And it was said to him, “Yere mither and yere brethren are staunin oot‐by, and wad see ye!”
“Is this no the carpenter, Maryʼs son, brither to James and Joses, and Judas and Simon? And are na his sisters here wiʼ us?” And they took a scunner at him.
Noo thar cam seekin him his mither and his brethren; but they coudna win nar him for the thrang.
But he answerʼt, and quoʼ he to them, “My mither and my brethren are thir — wha hear the Word oʼ God, anʼ do it!”
Thae aʼ bade wiʼ ae mind in prayer; wiʼ certain weemen; and Mary, Jesusʼ mither, and wiʼ his brithers.
Hae‐we‐na richt to be leadin aboot a wife wha is a believer, as weel as the lave oʼ the Apostles, and the Lordʼs brethren, and Peter?
But oʼ the lave oʼ the Apostles saw I nane, but James, the brither oʼ the Lord.