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| 1. | Kwasekusithi uJesu eseqedile ukulaya abafundi bakhe abalitshumi lambili, wasuka lapho ukuyafundisa lokutshumayela emizini yabo. |
| 2. | Kwathi uJohane esentolongweni esezwile imisebenzi kaKristu, wathuma ababili babafundi bakhe, |
| 3. | wathi kuye: Wena unguye ozayo yini, kumbe silindele omunye? |
| 4. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Hambani limtshele uJohane izinto elizizwayo lelizibonayo: |
| 5. | Iziphofu zemukela ukubona, leziqhuli ziyahamba, amalephero ayahlanjululwa, lezacuthe ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, labayanga bayatshunyayezwa ivangeli; |
| 6. | njalo ubusisiwe loba ngubani ongakhubekiyo ngami. |
| 7. | Kwathi bona besuka uJesu waqala ukukhuluma emaxukwini ngoJohane wathi: Laphuma laya enkangala ukuyabonani? Umhlanga onyikinywa ngumoya yini? |
| 8. | Kanti laphumela ukuyabonani? Umuntu owembethe izembatho ezibuthakathaka yini? Khangelani, abembethe ezibuthakathaka basezindlini zamakhosi. |
| 9. | Pho laphumela ukuyabonani? Umprofethi yini? Yebo, ngithi kini: Loba owedlula umprofethi; |
| 10. | ngoba lo nguye okulotshwe ngaye ukuthi: Khangela, mina ngiyathuma isithunywa sami phambi kobuso bakho, esizalungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho. |
| 11. | Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kakuvelanga phakathi kwabazelwe ngabesifazana omkhulu kuloJohane uMbhabhathizi. Kodwa omncinyane embusweni wamazulu mkhulu kulaye. |
| 12. | Njalo kusukela ensukwini zikaJohane uMbhabhathizi kuze kube khathesi umbuso wamazulu uphathwa ngodlakela, labalodlakela bawuthatha ngamandla. |
| 13. | Ngoba abaprofethi bonke lomlayo baprofetha kwaze kwaba nguJohane; |
| 14. | njalo uba livuma uku kw emukela, lo unguElija obezakuza. |
| 15. | Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe. |
| 16. | Kodwa ngizasifananisa lani lesisizukulwana? Sifanana labantwana abahlezi emamakethe, bememeza kubangane babo, |
| 17. | besithi: Salitshayela umhlanga, kodwa kalisinanga; salililela, kodwa kalikhalanga. |
| 18. | Ngoba uJohane wafika engadli enganathi, basebesithi: Uledimoni. |
| 19. | INdodana yomuntu yafika isidla inatha, basebesithi: Khangelani, umuntu oligovu lesinathi sewayini, umngane wabathelisi lezoni. Kodwa inhlakanipho ithiwa ilungile ngabantwana bayo. |
| 20. | Waseqala ukusola imizi okwakwenziwe phakathi kwayo ubunengi bemisebenzi yakhe yamandla, ngoba ingaphendukanga, wathi: |
| 21. | Maye kuwe, Korazini ! Maye kuwe, Bethisayida ! Ngoba uba kwakwenziwe eTire leSidoni imisebenzi yamandla eyenziwe kini, ngabe kade baphenduka bembethe amasaka lemlotheni. |
| 22. | Kodwa ngithi kini: Kuzakuba ngcono eTire leSidoni ngosuku lwesigwebo kulakini. |
| 23. | Lawe, Kapenawume, ophakanyiselwe ezulwini, uzaphoselwa phansi esihogweni; ngoba uba yayenziwe eSodoma imisebenzi yamandla eyenziwe kuwe, ngabe isekhona kuze kube lamuhla. |
| 24. | Kodwa ngithi kini: Kuzakuba ngcono kulizwe leSodoma ngosuku lwesigwebo, kulakuwe. |
| 25. | Ngalesosikhathi uJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiyakubonga, Baba, Nkosi yezulu lomhlaba, ngoba uzifihlile lezizinto kwabahlakaniphileyo labaqedisisayo, kodwa wazembulela izingane; |
| 26. | yebo Baba, ngoba ngokunjalo kwaba kuhle phambi kwakho. |
| 27. | Konke kwanikelwa kimi nguBaba; njalo kakho oyaziyo iNdodana, ngaphandle kukaYise; kakho futhi omaziyo uYise ngaphandle kweNdodana, njalo loba ngubani iNdodana ethanda ukumembulela. |
| 28. | Wozani kimi lonke elikhatheleyo lelisindiweyo, njalo mina ngizaliphumuza. |
| 29. | Thathani ijogwe lami lilibeke phezu kwenu lifunde kimi, ngoba ngimnene ngithobekile enhliziyweni; njalo lizathola ukuphumula emiphefumulweni yenu; |
| 30. | ngoba ijogwe lami libutshelezi, lomthwalo wami ulula. |
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