Jesus says to them, “Did ye nevir read iʼ the word, ‘The stane rejeckit oʼ the masons, the same was made the heid oʼ the corner. Frae the Lord was this: and an unco ferlie in oor eʼen!’
“But anent the Risin‐frae‐the‐deid, did ye never read iʼ the buik oʼ Moses — ‘Anent the Buss’ — how God spak till him, sayin, ‘I am the God oʼ Abraʼm, and God oʼ Isaac, and God oʼ Jaucob!’
“And to loʼe him wiʼ aʼ the heart, and wiʼ aʼ the understaunin, and wiʼ aʼ the saul, and wiʼ aʼ aneʼs micht — and to loʼe aneʼs neebor as aneʼs selʼ, is far mair than aʼ the hail?-?brunt offerans and sacrifeeces!”
And hearin it, Jesus says to them, “The strang and the weel hae nae need oʼ the leech, but the anes that are ill. I cam no to bid holie anes, but sinners.”
And Peter said, “Repent ye, and be bapteezʼt iʼ the name oʼ Jesus Christ — for the pittin‐awaʼ oʼ yere sins; and ye sal win the gift oʼ the Holie Spirit.
The Lord isna sweir anent his promise, as some men speak oʼ sweirness; but is lang‐tholin wiʼ you, no bein willin that ony soud be destroyʼt, but that aʼ soud airt their ways to repentance.