And he begude to speak to them in parables. “A man set oot a vine‐yaird, and biggit a waʼ aboot it, and howkit a vat, and set up a tooer, and let it oot to crofters, and gaed aff intil anither kintra.
“But he that didna come to ken, and did deeds caʼin for stripes, sal hae the smaʼ punishment. And ilka ane that gat muckle, sal hae muckle required oʼ him; and frae him wha had muckle committit to him, wull they seek the mair.
“And at the season he sent to the gairdeners a servant, that they soud gie to him of the frute oʼ the vine‐yaird. But the gairdeners sent him awa wiʼ naething.