And he begude to speak to them in parables. “A man set oot a vine‐yaird, and biggit a waʼ aboot it, and howkit a vat, and set up a tooer, and let it oot to crofters, and gaed aff intil anither kintra.
And they ettled to lay haud oʼ him; but they war fleyʼt oʼ aʼ the folk; for they saw he had spoken this parable anent them: and leavin him, they gaʼed aff.
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.
“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.