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| 1. | Kwasekusithi ngolunye lwalezonsuku, efundisa abantu ethempelini etshumayela ivangeli, ba m fikela abapristi abakhulu lababhali kanye labadala, |
| 2. | basebekhuluma laye, besithi: Sitshele, ukuthi izinto lezi uzenza ngaliphi igunya, kumbe ngubani okunike leligunya? |
| 3. | Wasephendula wathi kubo: Lami ngizalibuza umbuzo ube munye, njalo lingitshele: |
| 4. | Ubhabhathizo lukaJohane lwavela ezulwini, kumbe ebantwini? |
| 5. | Basebezindlisana, besithi: Uba sisithi: Ezulwini, uzakuthi: Kungani-ke lingamkholwanga? |
| 6. | Kodwa uba sisithi: Ebantwini; abantu bonke bazasikhanda ngamatshe; ngoba baleqiniso lokuthi uJohane wayengumprofethi. |
| 7. | Basebephendula ngokuthi kabazi lapho o lwa vela khona. |
| 8. | UJesu wasesithi kubo: Lami kangilitsheli ukuthi ngenza lezizinto ngaliphi igunya. |
| 9. | Waseqala ukutshela abantu lumfanekiso, esithi: Umuntu othile wahlanyela isivini, wasiqatshisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye ilizwe okwesikhathi eside; |
| 10. | kwathi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo wathuma inceku kubalimi, ukuze bayinike okwesithelo sesivini; kodwa abalimi bayitshaya ba yi thumeza ize. |
| 11. | Wasethuma njalo enye inceku; layo bayitshaya ba yi yangisa, ba yi thumeza ize. |
| 12. | Wasephinda ethuma leyesithathu; layo leyo ba yi limaza ba yi phosela ngaphandle. |
| 13. | Umninisivini wasesithi: Ngizakwenza njani? Ngizathuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe bebona yona baza yi hlonipha. |
| 14. | Kodwa abalimi beyibona bazindlisana, besithi: Le yindlalifa; wozani, siyibulale, ukuze ilifa libe ngelethu. |
| 15. | Bayiphosela ngaphandle kwesivini, ba yi bulala. Kambe uzakwenzani kubo umninisivini? |
| 16. | Uzakuza, ababhubhise labobalimi, anikele isivini kwabanye. Be ku zwa basebesithi: Akungabi njalo ! |
| 17. | Kodwa wabakhangela wathi: Pho kuyini lokhu okulotshiweyo, okuthi: Ilitshe abakhi abalalayo, yilo eseliyinhloko yengonsi? |
| 18. | Wonke owela phezu kwalelolitshe, uzaphahlazwa; kodwa loba ngubani eliwela phezu kwakhe, lizamchoboza. |
| 19. | Abapristi abakhulu lababhali basebedinga ukumbamba ngezandla ngalelohola, kodwa besaba abantu; ngoba baqedisisa ukuthi wayekhuluma lumfanekiso emelane labo. |
| 20. | Basebe m qaphela, bethuma inhloli, ezazitshaya ezilungileyo, ukuze bambambe ekukhulumeni, ukuze bamnikele egunyeni lemandleni ombusi. |
| 21. | Bambuza-ke, besithi: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi wena ukhuluma ufundise ngokuqondileyo, kawemukeli buso, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso. |
| 22. | Sivunyelwe yini ukuthela kuKesari, kumbe hatshi? |
| 23. | Kodwa wabubona ubuqili babo, wathi kubo: Lingilingelani? |
| 24. | Ngitshengisani udenariyo*; ulomfanekiso lombhalo kabani? Basebephendula besithi: OkaKesari. |
| 25. | Wasesithi kubo: Ngakho nikani uKesari okukaKesari, loNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu. |
| 26. | Basebesehluleka ukumbamba ngelizwi lakhe phambi kwabantu; basebemangaliswa yimpendulo yakhe, bathula. |
| 27. | Kwasekusiza kuye abathile babaSadusi, abaphika besithi kakukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza, |
| 28. | besithi: Mfundisi, uMozisi wasibhalela ukuthi: Uba kusifa umfowabo womuntu elomkakhe, lo abesesifa engelamntwana, umfowabo kamthathe umfazi, abesemvusela inzalo umfowabo. |
| 29. | Ngakho kwakulezelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wasethatha umfazi, wafa engelamntwana; |
| 30. | lowesibili wamthatha umfazi, laye lo wafa engelamntwana; |
| 31. | lowesithathu wamthatha. Kwaba njalo-ke lakwabayisikhombisa; abatshiyanga abantwana, bafa. |
| 32. | Ekucineni kwabo bonke kwafa lomfazi. |
| 33. | Ngakho ekuvukeni kwabafileyo, uzafika abe ngumkabani kubo? Ngoba abayisikhombisa babelaye engumkabo. |
| 34. | UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Abantwana balumhlaba bayathatha, bendiswe; |
| 35. | kodwa labo okuzathiwa bafanele ukuzuza lowomhlaba lokuvuka kwabafileyo kabathathani, kabendiswa; |
| 36. | ngoba bengelakuphinda bafe; ngoba banjengezingilosi, njalo bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, bengabantwana bokuvuka. |
| 37. | Kodwa ukuthi abafileyo bayavuswa, loMozisi wakutshengisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu kaAbrahama loNkulunkulu kaIsaka loNkulunkulu kaJakobe. |
| 38. | Futhi kayisuye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa owabaphilayo; ngoba bonke baphilela yena. |
| 39. | Abathile bababhali basebephendula bathi: Mfundisi, ukhulume kuhle. |
| 40. | Njalo kababanga lesibindi sokuphinda bambuze ulutho. |
| 41. | Wasesithi kubo: Batsho njani ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaDavida? |
| 42. | Ngoba uDavida uqobo lwakhe uthi encwadini yeziHlabelelo: INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: Hlala ngakwesokunene sami, |
| 43. | ngize ngenze izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo senyawo zakho. |
| 44. | Ngakho uDavida umbiza ngokuthi yiNkosi, pho uyindodana yakhe njani? |
| 45. | Kwathi besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe: |
| 46. | Xwayani ababhali abathanda ukuhamba bembethe izembatho ezinde, njalo bethanda ukubingelelwa emidangeni, lezihlalo eziqakathekileyo emasinagogeni, lezihlalo zabahloniphekayo ezilayelweni; |
| 47. | abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa. Laba bazakwemukela ukulahlwa okukhulu. |
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