“他总仍旧是偷。这一回，是自己发昏，竟偷到丁举人家里去了。他家的东西，偷得的么？”
“他總仍舊是偷。這一回，是自己發昏，竟偷到丁舉人家裏去了。他家的東西，偷得的麼？”
“ tā zǒng réng jiù shì tōu ． zhè yī huí ， shì zì jǐ fā hūn ， jìng tōu dào dīng jǔ rén jiā lǐ qù le ． tā jiā de dōng xi ， tōu de de me ？ ”
"He was stealing again. This time he was fool enough to steal from Mr. Ting, the provincial scholar! As if anybody could get away with that!"
Mandarin
我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。
我實實在在地告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。
wǒ shí shí zài zài de gào su nǐ men ， yī lì mài zi bù luò zài dì li sǐ le ， réng jiù shì yī lì ； ruò shì sǐ le ， jiù jié chū xǔ duō zǐ lì lái ．
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.