34 Aʼ thae things spak Jesus to the folk in parables; and wantin a parable spak‐he‐na to them,
“Sae, speak I to them by parables: for they, seein, are blinʼ; and they, hearin, are deif; naither div they ken.
And he spak mony things to them in parables; and quoʼ he: “Tak tent: The sawer gaed oot to saw.
This parable spak Jesus to them; but they kent‐na what he spak to them aboot.
“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.
Quoʼ the disciples to him, “Aye, noo ye speak to us plain, and divna speak to us in parables!