18 And Jesus says to him, “Why dae ye caʼ me ‘Gude?’ Thar is but Ane gude — God!
And he says to him, “Why div ye speir aboot that whilk is gude? Ane thar is wha is gude; that is God! But gin ye wad enter intil Life, keep the Commaunments.”
And as he was gaun oot in the way, ane cam rinnin, and loutit doon afore him, and speirʼt at him, “Gude Maister! what maun I do to heir eternal life?”
“Ye ken the commauns — kill‐na, commit‐na avoutrie, steal‐na, mansweir‐na, wrangously seek‐na, cherish faither and mither!”
And Jesus said to him, “Hoo caʼ ye me Gude? Nane is Gude but ane — God!
“They are aʼ gane a‐gley; they are aʼthegither feckless; thar is nane schawin love, no sae muckle as ane.
Ilka gude grant, and ilka perfetit gift is frae Aboon, comin doon frae the Faither oʼ lichts; wiʼ wham is nae unsiccarness, nor shadow oʼ gaun back.
And we hae come to ken and to believe the love that God has to us. God is love; and he wha bides in love, bides in God, and God bides in him.
He that loʼes‐na, neʼer kent God: for God is love.