Than says Jesus till them, “Aʼ ye sal finʼ cause oʼ stumblin in me this nicht; for it is putten‐doon, ‘I wull clour the Shepherd; and the sheep oʼ his hirsel sal be scatterʼt abreid!’
“And gin yere richt ee ensnare ye, oot wʼit, and cast it frae ye! it is for yere gude that ae member soud be destroyʼt, and no that yere hail body soud faʼ intil hell!
“Is this no the carpenter, Maryʼs son, brither to James and Joses, and Judas and Simon? And are na his sisters here wiʼ us?” And they took a scunner at him.
And Simeon blessʼt them, and said to Mary his mither, “Lo! this Ane is set for the faʼin and staunin again oʼ mony in Israʼl: and for a sign to be miscaʼd.
But a man oʼ flesh taks‐na in the things oʼ Godʼs Spirit; for they are daftness to him, and he canna get to ken them, for that they are to be spiritually redd oot.