But he gaed oot, and begude to spread abreid the tale, sae that Jesus coud‐na gang intil ony citie, but was oot‐by in desert‐places: and they war comin till him frae aʼ pairts.
And at a time whan the folk war that thick thegither that they war trampin ower ane anither, he begude to say to his disciples first — “Tak tent to yersels, and be ye ʼware oʼ the barm oʼ the Pharisees, whilk in sooth is pretence.
And it cam aboot on ane oʼ thae days, that he was teachin, and thar war sittin Pharisees and Writers, wha war come oot oʼ ilka toun oʼ Galilee and Judea, and Jerusalem; and the Lordʼs pooer was thar to heal them.
And it cam aboot that in due coorse he gaed throwe aʼ cities and villages preachin, and bringin the Gude‐tidins oʼ the Kingdom oʼ God, and the Twalʼ war wiʼ him;
Noo they that war scatterʼt abreid by the persecution that raise anent Stephen, gaed the length oʼ Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch; speakin the word allenar to the Jews.
And they, whan they had testifyʼt and gien oot the word oʼ the Lord, gaed back to Jerusalem, preachin the Gude‐word in a hantle oʼ the wee touns oʼ the Samaritans.
But what says it? “That whilk is spoken oʼ is nar‐haund ye; in yere mooth, and in yere heart”: that is, the thing oʼ the faith spoken oʼ; whilk thing we mak kent —