“Whilk oʼ thae twa did his faitherʼs wull?” They say till him, “The first ane.” Jesus says to them, “Truly say I tʼye, that the tax‐men and the harlots gang intil the Kingdom oʼ Heeven afore ye!
“I say tʼye, that in siclike sal thar be joy in heeven ower ae sinner repentin, mair nor ower ninety‐and‐nine gude oʼ the folk wha needit nae repentance.
And wham he afore appointit, the same anes he bade; and wham war bidden, the same anes he appruved; and wham he appruved, the same he declarʼt richtous; and wham he declarʼt richtous, the same he made glorious.
What, than, are we to say? This: that the nations, thae wha warna cairryin on richtousness, nane‐the‐less laid haud oʼ a richtousness; a richtousness aʼ the same that it was by faith —
And for this too we are aye giean thanks to God, that whan ye had frae us the word oʼ the message, eʼen Godʼs message, ye took it to ye, no as manʼs word, but eʼen as it is truly, Godʼs word, whilk is eʼen workin inwardly in you wha believe.