21 Jesus saed bak tae hïm, “If ye hae a mine tae be perfait, awa an sell aa ye hae got, an gie ït awa tae tha puir, an ye'll hae walth ïn heiven. Then cum bak, an follae me.”
Then Jesus saed tae hïs follaers, “If oniebodie wants tae follae eftèr me, he maun ferget aboot hissel aathegither, tak up hïs cross an stïck clase tae me.
Jesus saed tae thaim, “A tell ye tha truith, whaniver tha new warl cums aboot, an tha Sinn o Man sïts on hïs throne o glorie, yous that hae follaed me wull sït doon on twal thrones as weel, judgin tha twal clans o Israel.
Whan Jesus wus trevelin on frae thair, he saa a tex man bi tha name o Mattha sïttin ïn hïs hut. “Follae me,” he toul hïm, an Mattha ris up an follaed hïm.
Jesus lukt at tha man wi love, an he toul hïm, “Yin thïng ye hinnae daen. Gae awa an sell aa ye hae, an gie tha siller tae tha puir. An ye'll hae walth ïn heiven. [An then tak up yer cross] an cum eftèr me.”
Then he caad tha crood thegither alang wi hïs follaers an saed, “If oniebodie's lukkin tae follae me, he maun ferget aboot hissel aathegither, tak up hïs cross an stïck clase tae me.
Sell aff whut ye hae an gie tha siller tae tha puir, an thïs wull coont as treysure stored up ïn strang safe moneybaags ïn heiven, whar ït'll nether be stole bi thiefs ner et wi moths.
An A'm tellin ye, yis shud uise yer warlie siller tae mak freens ïn tha warl; an sae, whan money's nae mair use tae ye, yis wull be gien a walcum ïntae yer iverlastin hame.
Whan Jesus heerd thïs, he saed tae tha man, “Thair's jist yin thïng ye still hae tae dae. Sell aa ye hae an gie tae thaim that haesnae much, an ye'll hae walth ïn heiven. An then cum bak an follae me!”
An he saed tae thaim aa, “If oniebodie wants tae follae eftèr me, he maun ferget aboot hissel aathegither, tak up hïs cross iverie day, an stïck clase tae me.
Oniebodie that wants me as thair maistèr maun follae me; an whar A'm at, ye'll fin ma sarvint thonner forbye. Ma Faither wull gie honour tae hïm that sarves me.