9 “For this micht hae been sellʼt for muckle, and gien to the puir.”
But Jesus, takin tent, says to them, “Why fash ye the wumman? For a wark that is bonnie has she wrocht on me.
And the disciples, seein it, war put aboot, and quoʼ they, “For what is siccan a wastrie?
“For it micht hae been sellʼt for mair nor three‐hunner pennies, and hae been gien tae the puir!” And they compleened oʼ her.
Gaun a‐gley frae the straught way, and are forewanderʼt; traikin eftir the gate oʼ Balaam son oʼ Bosor, wha socht the fees oʼ unrichtousness.