“For sic things as ye tellʼt iʼ the mirk, sal be heard iʼ the licht; and what to the secret hearin ye spak iʼ the chaumer, sal be cryʼt on the hoose‐taps.
And he said, “To you it is giʼen to win the knowledge oʼ the mysteries oʼ Godʼs Kingdom: but to the lave in parables: sae seein they see‐na, and hearin they understaun‐na.
“But whan he is come, the Spirit oʼ aʼ truth, he wull airt ye intil aʼ the truth: for he speaks‐na oʼ his sel allenarlie; but what he hears he sal speak: and he sal open tʼye things no yet come.
“Thir things hae I gien ye, as it war, in parables; but the time is at haun that I speak nae mair to ye in parables, but sal schaw ye plainly oʼ the Faither.
“Did we no chairge ye stricklie no to be teachin iʼ this name? And see! ye hae fillʼt aʼ Jerusalem wiʼ yere teachin, and ettle to bring this manʼs blude on us!”