30 But tha Pharisees an tha laayers haednae hoult wi God's plan fer thaim. They haednae bin baptised bi Jhone.)
An yin o thaim, a thortie on tha Laa, tried tae ketch hïm oot wi thïs question:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ye kïll tha proaphits an stane thaim that's sent tae ye! Monies tha time A wantit tae gether yer weans thegither, laik a hen gethers hir lachter o wee burds unnèr hir wïngs, but yis wudnae let me!
But ïf we say, ‘Frae men’, aa tha fowk wull clod iz wi stanes, fer the' hae nae doot that Jhone wus a proaphit!”
Jesus axt thaim, “Whut wull A say aboot tha fowk noo-a-days? Whut kine o fowk ir the'?