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| 1. | Wasebatshela lomfanekiso esenzela ukuthi bafanele ukukhuleka isikhathi sonke, njalo bengadinwa, |
| 2. | wathi: Kwakukhona emzini othile umahluleli othile, owayengesabi uNkulunkulu, njalo engahloniphi muntu; |
| 3. | kwakukhona futhi kulowomuzi umfelokazi othile, njalo wayefika kuye, esithi: Ngiphindiselele esitheni sami. |
| 4. | Kodwa kavumanga okwesikhathi; kodwa emva kwalezizinto wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe: Lanxa ngingamesabi uNkulunkulu, ngingahloniphi muntu, |
| 5. | kodwa ngoba lumfelokazi engikhathaza, ngizamphindiselela, hlezi angaze ekucineni angidinise. |
| 6. | INkosi yasisithi: Zwanini umahluleli ongalunganga akutshoyo. |
| 7. | Kanti uNkulunkulu kayikwenza impindiselo yabakhethiweyo bakhe abakhalayo kuye emini lebusuku, lanxa ebekezela ngabo? |
| 8. | Ngithi kini, uzahle enze impindiselo yabo. Kodwa-ke nxa iNdodana yomuntu ifika, izathola ukholo yini emhlabeni? |
| 9. | Wasekhuluma lumfanekiso lakwabathile ababezithemba ukuthi balungile, futhi bedelela abanye, wathi: |
| 10. | Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini ukuyakhuleka; omunye engumFarisi, lomunye engumthelisi. |
| 11. | UmFarisi wema wazikhulekela kanje wathi: Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ukuthi kanginjengabanye abantu, abaphangi, abangalunganga, izifebe, loba lanjengalumthelisi. |
| 12. | Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki, nginikela ingxenye yetshumi yakho konke engilakho. |
| 13. | Kodwa umthelisi emi khatshana wayengathandi lokuphakamisela amehlo ezulwini, kodwa watshaya isifuba sakhe, esithi: Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni. |
| 14. | Ngithi kini: Lo wehlela endlini yakhe elungisisiwe kulalowayana; ngoba wonke oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, kodwa ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa. |
| 15. | Basebeletha kuye lensane, ukuze azibambe; kodwa abafundi be ku bona babakhuza. |
| 16. | Kodwa uJesu wazibizela kuye wathi: Vumelani abantwana abancane beze kimi, lingabenqabeli, ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanje. |
| 17. | Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Loba ngubani ongemukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana omncane, kasoze angene kuwo. |
| 18. | Umbusi othile wasembuza, esithi: Mfundisi olungileyo, ngenzeni ukuze ngidle ilifa lempilo elaphakade? |
| 19. | Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: Ungibizelani ngokuthi olungileyo? Kakho olungileyo, ngaphandle koyedwa, uNkulunkulu. |
| 20. | Uyayazi imilayo ethi: Ungafebi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko. |
| 21. | Yena wasesithi: Konke lokhu ngikugcinile kusukela ebutsheni bami. |
| 22. | Kodwa uJesu esizwa lezizinto wathi kuye: Usaswele ulutho olulodwa; thengisa konke olakho, wabele abayanga, njalo uzakuba lempahla eligugu ezulwini; njalo uze lapha ungilandele. |
| 23. | Kodwa yena esizwa lezizinto wadana kakhulu; ngoba wayenothile kakhulu. |
| 24. | Kwathi uJesu ebona ukuthi usedane kakhulu wathi: Abalenotho bazangena ngokulukhuni kangakanani embusweni kaNkulunkulu. |
| 25. | Ngoba kulula ukuthi ikamela lingene ngentunja yenalithi, kulokuthi umuntu onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. |
| 26. | Aba ku zwayo basebesithi: Pho kungasindiswa bani? |
| 27. | Kodwa yena wathi: Izinto ezingenzekiyo ebantwini ziyenzeka kuNkulunkulu. |
| 28. | UPetro wasesithi: Khangela, thina sitshiye konke, sakulandela. |
| 29. | Wasesithi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kakho umuntu otshiye indlu, kumbe abazali, kumbe abafowabo, kumbe umka khe, kumbe abantwana, ngenxa yombuso kaNkulunkulu, |
| 30. | ongayikwemukela okuphindwe kanengi kulesisikhathi, lesikhathini esizayo impilo elaphakade. |
| 31. | Wasezithathela abalitshumi lambili, wathi kubo: Khangelani, senyukela eJerusalema, futhi konke okulotshiweyo ngabaprofethi ngeNdodana yomuntu kuzagcwaliseka. |
| 32. | Ngoba izanikelwa kwabezizwe, iyangiswe, ithukwe, ikhafulelwe ngamathe, |
| 33. | ba yi tshaye ngesiswepu bayibulale; njalo ngosuku lwesithathu izabuya ivuke. |
| 34. | Kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga lutho ngalezizinto, lalinkulumo yayifihlakele kubo, njalo kabaziqedisisanga izinto ezazitshiwo. |
| 35. | Kwasekusithi esesondela eJeriko, isiphofu esithile sasihlezi eceleni kwendlela siphanza; |
| 36. | sathi sisizwa ixuku lisedlula, sabuza ukuthi kuyini lokho. |
| 37. | Basebesitshela bathi: UJesu weNazaretha uyedlula. |
| 38. | Sasesimemeza, sisithi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavida, ngihawukela! |
| 39. | Ababehamba phambili basebesikhuza ukuthi sithule; kodwa samemeza kakhulukazi, sisithi: Ndodana kaDavida, ngihawukele ! |
| 40. | UJesu wema-ke walaya ukuthi silethwe kuye; sathi sesisondele wasibuza, |
| 41. | esithi: Ufuna ukuthi ngikwenzeleni? Sasesisithi: Nkosi, ukuthi ngemukele ukubona. |
| 42. | UJesu wasesithi kuso: Yemukela ukubona! Ukholo lwakho lukusindisile. |
| 43. | Njalo sahle semukela ukubona, samlandela, sidumisa uNkulunkulu; labantu bonke be ku bona badumisa uNkulunkulu. |
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