That it soud come to pass what was said by the prophet, “I will open my mouʼ in parables; I will gie oot things keepit hidin frae the warldʼs fundation.”
And he said to them, “Thir are the words I spak tʼye, bein yet wiʼ ye; that they maun needs be fulfilled — aʼ things putten‐doon iʼ the law oʼ Moses, and the Prophets, and Psalms, anent me.”
“The time I was wiʼ them iʼ the warld, I keepit them iʼ thy name; thae thou gied me I keepit, and nane oʼ them is tint, savin only the son oʼ the pit: that the Scriptur micht be carryʼt oot.