“And gin aiblins he winna hear them, tell it to the kirk; and gin he winna hear the kirk, than lat him be to ye as a fremʼd ane, or ane oʼ the tax‐men.
And as Jesus gaed on frae that, he saw a man caʼd Matthew, sittin whaur the dues were paid; and he says till him, “Follow ye me!” And he raise, and followʼt him.
“The Pharisee, takin his staun, prayed sae by his sel — ‘Lord! I thank thee I am‐na like the lave oʼ men, extortioners, ill‐deedie anes, adulterers — or eʼen as this tax‐man!
“But the tax‐man, staunin far yont, fearʼt to lift up sae mickle as his een till Heeven, but strack his breist, cryin, ‘Lord! be mercifuʼ toward me, the sinner!’
Jesus says to him, “Hae I been sae lang wʼye, and eʼen yet ye haena kent me, Philip? Wha sees me, sees the Faither. And hoo dʼye say, ‘Schaw us the Faither?’
And whan they enterʼt, they gaed up intil the laft, whaur they bade; baith Peter, and John, and James, and Andro, Philip and Tammas, Bartholomie and Matthew, James (he oʼ Alpheus), and Simon the Zealot, and Judas oʼ James.
But, motionin to them wiʼ the haun to be whishʼt, he tellʼt them aʼ hoo the Lord had led him frae the prison; and said as weel, “Tell thir things to James and the brethren!” And, gaun on, he cam intil anither place.
And seein the favor whilk was gien to me, James and Peter and John, wha war reputit pillars, gied to me and Barnabas a richt haun oʼ britherhood, that we soud gang to the heathen, and they to the circumceesion.