Fer Herod haed a guid regaird fer Jhone; he kent he wus a strecht an halie man, sae he kep hïm oot o hairm's wye. Whan he heerd Jhone, ït bothert hïm, but aa tha same he aye lïstened tae hïm wi a gled hairt.
Tha seed on tha roak stans fer tha yins that gie ear til God's wurd an tak ït ïn wi a gled hairt, but ït haes nae ruit an daesnae houl wi thaim. Fer whan haird times cum alang, the' gie up an the' hae nae mair mine o ït.