At that time Jesus spak, and said: “I gie thee thanks, O Faither, Lord oʼ Heeven and Yirth! that thou did hide thir things frae the wyss and the discernin, and did schaw them till weans!
“Then wull the King say to them on his richt haun, ‘Come ye, aʼ blessed oʼ my Faither! Inherit the Kingdom made ready for ye frae the up‐biggin oʼ the warld!
But when Jesus saw it, he was unco displeased, and said to them, “Lat the wee anes come to me: hinner‐them‐na: for oʼ siccan anes is the kingdom oʼ God!
“I tell ye, this ane gaed doon till his hoose acceptit, raither than that ane: for ilk ane that heizes up his sel sal be humblʼt, but he that louts his sel sal be raised up!”
“The Spirit oʼ the Lord is on me, for that he has anointit me to preach gude tidins to the puir; he has sent me to tell oot their release to the prisoners, and to the blinʼ receivin oʼ sicht; to send awa free thae that war wranged.
And he said to me, “Write ye, Happy thae wha are bidden to the mairriage‐supper oʼ the Lamb!” And he says to me, “Thir words are the aefauld words oʼ God.”
“For ye are sayin: ‘Rich am I; and hae rowth oʼ plenishin, and want nocht!’ and divna ken that ye are the waesome ane, and miserable; and in need, and blinʼ, and nakit.