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| 1. | Lingehluleli, ukuze lingehlulelwa, |
| 2. | ngoba ngokwehlulela elehlulela ngakho lizakwahlulelwa ngakho; langesilinganiso elilinganisa ngaso, lizalinganiselwa ngaso lani. |
| 3. | Kanti ukhangelelani ucezwana oluselihlweni lomfowenu, kodwa ungalunanzeleli ugodo olukwelakho ilihlo? |
| 4. | Kumbe ungatsho njani kumfowenu ukuthi: Kahle ngikhuphe ucezwana oluselihlweni lakho; khangela kanti ugodo luselihlweni lakho? |
| 5. | Mzenzisi, qala ukhuphe ugodo elihlweni lakho, khona-ke uzabona kuhle ukukhupha ucezwana elihlweni lomfowenu. |
| 6. | Linganiki izinja okungcwele; lingaphoseli amapharele* enu phambi kwezingulube, hlezi ziwanyathele ngenyawo zazo, besezitshibilika ziliklebhule. |
| 7. | Celani, lizaphiwa; dingani, lizathola; qoqodani, lizavulelwa. |
| 8. | Ngoba wonke ocelayo uyemukela, lodingayo uyathola, loqoqodayo uzavulelwa. |
| 9. | Kumbe nguwuphi kini ongathi, nxa indodana yakhe icela isinkwa, ayinike ilitshe? |
| 10. | Uba-ke icela inhlanzi, ayinike inyoka yini? |
| 11. | Ngakho uba lina, elingababi, likwazi ukupha abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, uYihlo osemazulwini uzabapha kakhulu kangakanani izinto ezinhle abacela kuye? |
| 12. | Ngakho konke elithanda ukuthi abantu bakwenze kini, kwenzeni lani ngokunjalo kubo; ngoba lokhu kungumlayo labaprofethi. |
| 13. | Ngenani ngesango elincinyane; ngoba isango likhulu, lendlela ibanzi eya ekubhujisweni, njalo banengi abangena ngalo; |
| 14. | ngoba isango lincinyane, lendlela ilukhonjwana eya empilweni, njalo balutshwana abayitholayo. |
| 15. | Kodwa nanzelelani abaprofethi bamanga, abeza kini bembathise okwezimvu, kodwa ngaphakathi bazimpisi eziphangayo. |
| 16. | Lizabazi ngezithelo zabo; bayazikha yini izithelo zevini emeveni, kumbe imikhiwa ekhuleni oluhlabayo? |
| 17. | Ngokunjalo sonke isihlahla esihle siyathela izithelo ezinhle; kodwa isihlahla esibi siyathela izithelo ezimbi; |
| 18. | isihlahla esihle singethele izithelo ezimbi, lesihlahla esibi singethele izithelo ezinhle. |
| 19. | Sonke isihlahla esingatheli isithelo esihle siyaganyulwa siphoselwe emlilweni. |
| 20. | Ngakho-ke lizabazi ngezithelo zabo. |
| 21. | Kakusibo bonke abatshoyo kimi ukuthi: Nkosi, Nkosi, abazangena embusweni wamazulu; kodwa lowo oyenzayo intando kaBaba osemazulwini. |
| 22. | Abanengi bazakuthi kimi ngalolosuku: Nkosi, Nkosi, kasiprofethanga yini ngelakho ibizo, sakhupha amadimoni ngelakho ibizo, senza imisebenzi elamandla eminengi ngelakho ibizo? |
| 23. | Njalo khona ngizakutsho obala kubo ukuthi: Angizanga ngilazi; sukani kimi lina benzi bobubi. |
| 24. | Ngakho wonke owezwayo la amazwi ami njalo awenze, ngizamfananisa lendoda ehlakaniphileyo, eyakha indlu yayo phezu kwedwala; |
| 25. | laselisina izulu, kwasekufika impophoma, kwasekuvunguza imimoya yayitshaya leyondlu; kodwa kayiwanga; ngoba yayisekelwe phezu kwedwala. |
| 26. | Njalo wonke owezwayo la amazwi ami njalo angawenzi, uzafananiswa lendoda eyisithutha, eyakha indlu yayo phezu kwetshebetshebe; |
| 27. | laselisina izulu, kwasekufika impophoma, kwasekuvunguza imimoya yayitshaya leyondlu; yawa; kwaba kukhulu ukuwa kwayo. |
| 28. | Kwasekusithi uJesu eseqedile lawomazwi amaxuku ababaza ngemfundiso yakhe; |
| 29. | ngoba wabafundisa njengolamandla, njalo kungenjengababhali. |
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