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| 1. | Kwasekusithi ekungeneni kwakhe ngesabatha endlini yomunye wabakhulu kubaFarisi ukuthi adle isinkwa, bona basebemqaphela. |
| 2. | Njalo khangela, kwakukhona umuntu othile phambi kwakhe owayelombizankulu. |
| 3. | UJesu wasephendula wakhuluma lezazumthetho labaFarisi, wathi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukusilisa ngesabatha? |
| 4. | Kodwa bathula. Wase m bamba wamsilisa wa m yekela ukuthi ahambe. |
| 5. | Wasebaphendula esithi: Nguwuphi kini ongathi elobabhemi kumbe inkabi yakhe ewele emgodini, futhi angahle ayikhuphe ngosuku lwesabatha? |
| 6. | Abasazange babuyisele impendulo kuye ngalezizinto. |
| 7. | Wasekhuluma umfanekiso kubo abanxusiweyo, ebona ukuthi bakhetha njani izihlalo zabahloniphekayo, wathi kubo: |
| 8. | Nxa unxusiwe ngumuntu emtshadweni, ungahlali esihlalweni sabahloniphekayo; hlezi kukhona omkhulu kulawe onxusiweyo nguye, |
| 9. | futhi okunxusileyo wena laye eze athi kuwe: Mxekele lo; khona uzaqala ukuhlala endaweni esekucineni usulenhloni. |
| 10. | Kodwa nxa unxusiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni; ukuze, nxa efika okunxusileyo, athi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela ngaphezulu; khona kuzakuba ludumo kuwe phambi kwabo abahlezi ekudleni lawe. |
| 11. | Ngoba wonke oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, lozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa. |
| 12. | Wasesithi lakulowo owayemnxusile: Nxa usenza ukudla kwemini loba ukudla kwantambama, unganxusi abangane bakho, loba abafowenu, loba izihlobo zakho, loba omakhelwane abanothileyo; hlezi labo babuye bakunxuse, futhi ukwenananiswa kwenziwe kuwe. |
| 13. | Kodwa nxa usenza idili, nxusa abayanga, izilima, iziqhuli, iziphofu; |
| 14. | njalo uzabusiswa, ngoba abalalutho lokukwenanisa; ngoba uzakwenaniselwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo. |
| 15. | Kwathi omunye kwababehlezi laye ekudleni esezwile lezizinto wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe lowo ozakudla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu. |
| 16. | Kodwa wathi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza ukudla kwantambama okukhulu, wanxusa abanengi. |
| 17. | Ngesikhathi sokudla kwantambama wasethuma inceku yakhe ukuthi ithi kwabanxusiweyo: Wozani, ngoba sekulungisiwe konke. |
| 18. | Kodwa bonke baqala omunye lomunye ukuzixolisela. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge insimu, ngimele ukuhamba ngiyeyibona; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele. |
| 19. | Lomunye wathi: Sengithenge izipane ezinhlanu zenkabi, ngiya ukuzilinga; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele. |
| 20. | Lomunye wathi: Sengithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze ngeza. |
| 21. | Isibuyile leyonceku yayibikela lezizinto inkosi yayo. Wasethukuthela umninindlu wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma ngokuphangisa uye emigwaqweni lendleleni zomuzi, ulethe abayanga lezilima leziqhuli leziphofu ubangenise lapha. |
| 22. | Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, njalo indawo isesekhona. |
| 23. | Yasisithi inkosi encekwini: Phuma uye ezindleleni lezintangweni u ba cindezele ba ngene, ukuze igcwaliswe indlu yami. |
| 24. | Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulamadoda ayenxusiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwantambama. |
| 25. | Kwakuhamba laye amaxuku amanengi; wasetshibilika wathi kuwo: |
| 26. | Uba umuntu esiza kimi, futhi engazondi uyise, lonina, lomkakhe, labantwana, labafowabo, labodadewabo, yebo ngitsho leyakhe impilo, angebe ngumfundi wami. |
| 27. | Njalo loba ngubani ongathwali isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angebe ngumfundi wami. |
| 28. | Ngoba nguwuphi kini, othi efuna ukwakha umphotshongo, ongaqali ahlale phansi, abale indleko, ukuthi ulakho yini okokuqedisa? |
| 29. | Ukuze hlezi, kuthi esebekile isisekelo kodwa angabi lamandla okuqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka, |
| 30. | besithi: Lumuntu waqala ukwakha, kodwa kabanga lamandla okuqeda. |
| 31. | Loba yiyiphi inkosi ezakuya empini imelene lenye inkosi engaqali ihlale phansi inakane ngokuthi ilamandla yini ngenkulungwane ezilitshumi okuhlangabezana laleyo eza ilenkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili ukumelana layo? |
| 32. | Kodwa uba kunge njalo, ingathi isekhatshana leyo, ithume amanxusa icele okokuthula. |
| 33. | Ngakho kunjalo wonke kini ongadeli konke alakho, angeke aba ngumfundi wami. |
| 34. | Itswayi lihle; kodwa uba itswayi seliduma, lizavuselelwa ngani? |
| 35. | Kalifanele lamhlabathi ledundulu lomquba; kodwa liyalahlwa ngaphandle. Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe. |
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