“And wha sal speak a word again the Son oʼ Man, it sal be forgien till him; but wha sal speak again the Holie Spirit, it sanna be forgiʼen him, naither iʼ this warld, nor in that to come!
“For as Jonah was thrie days and thrie nichts iʼ the wame oʼ the sea‐monster, sae sal the Son oʼ Man be iʼ the heart oʼ the yirth thrie days and thrie nichts.
“But sae as ye may ken the Son oʼ Man has authoritie on the yirth to forgie sins, (quoʼ he till the ane wiʼ a stroke,) Rise ye, tak up yere bed, and gang yere ways till yere ain hoose!”
“For whasae sal think shame oʼ me and my words, in this fause and sinfuʼ generation, the Son oʼ Man sal eke be ashamed oʼ him, whan he comes iʼ the glorie oʼ the Faither wiʼ the holie angels.
And aʼ the folk answerʼt him, “We hae heard oot oʼ the Law that the Anointit Ane bides for aye; and hoo say ye, ‘The Son oʼ Manʼs to be upliftit?’ Wha is this Son oʼ Man?”
“Eʼen aboot Jesus oʼ Nazareth; hoo God anointit him wiʼ Holie Spirit and pooer; wha gaed aboot doin gude, and healin aʼ that war in thrall to Sautan; for God was wiʼ him.