23 An Jesus wus roon aboot thurtie yeir oul whan he stairtit hïs praichin an taichin. He wus - fowk thocht - tha sinn o Joseph, that wus tha sinn o Heli.
Is thïs no jist tha cairpentèr? An he's Mary's sinn, ïsn't he, an tha brither o Jeames, Joseph, Judas an Simon? Is hïs sïstèrs no here wi iz?” An the' tuk umrage at hïm.
Whan Mary an Joseph saen hïm the' wur dumfoonèrt, an hïs mither saed, “Wean dear, why hae ye daen thïs tae iz? Me an yer faither haes bin worriet seeck lukkin fer ye.”
Phïlip fun Thannie an toul hïm, “We hae fun tha yin Moses writ aboot ïn tha Laa, hïm that tha proaphits writ aboot forbye - Jesus o Nazareth, tha sinn o Joseph.”