“But he sawn on the gude grunʼ, this is he wha baith hears and understauns the word; wha eʼen brings forth frute; and gies, this a hunner, that saxty, and the ither thretty.”
“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.
“And ither some fell intil the gude grunʼ; and brairdin, brocht forth frute, a hunner‐fauld.” Thir things sayin, he cryʼt alood, “He wha has lugs to hear, let him hear!”
“I am the Vine‐stock; ye are the Branches. He wha bides in me, and I bide in him, that man brings forth rowth oʼ frute: for wantin me ye naething can do.
But thir men war nobler than the anes in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the message wiʼ aefauld minds, day by day looking weel to the word, gin thir things war sae or no.
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: