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| 1. | Wasebuya waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle; kwasekubuthana kuye ixuku elikhulu, waze wangena emkhunjini wahlala olwandle; njalo ixuku lonke lalisemhlabathini ngaselwandle. |
| 2. | Wasebafundisa izinto ezinengi ngemifanekiso, lekufundiseni kwakhe wathi kubo: |
| 3. | Lalelani; khangelani, kwaphuma umhlanyeli ukuyahlanyela. |
| 4. | Kwasekusithi ekuhlanyeleni, enye yawela eceleni kwendlela, kwasekufika inyoni zezulu zayidla zayiqeda. |
| 5. | Kodwa enye yawela edwaleni, lapho eyayingelamhlabathi omnengi khona; futhi yahle yamila, ngoba yayingelakutshona komhlabathi; |
| 6. | kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga yahangulwa yabuna ngoba yayingelampande. |
| 7. | Enye yasiwela emeveni, ameva asekhula, ayiminyanisa, futhi ayithelanga isithelo. |
| 8. | Njalo enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle; yathela isithelo esakhulayo sanda, yazala enye amatshumi amathathu, lenye amatshumi ayisithupha, lenye ikhulu. |
| 9. | Wasesithi kubo: Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe. |
| 10. | Kwathi eseyedwa, labo ababemphahlile kanye labalitshumi lambili bambuza ngemifanekiso. |
| 11. | Wasesithi kubo: Kuphiwe kini ukwazi imfihlo yombuso kaNkulunkulu; kodwa labo abangaphandle benzelwa izinto zonke ngemifanekiso; |
| 12. | ukuze bebona babone, bangabonisisi; njalo besizwa bezwe, bangaqedisisi; hlezi loba nini baphenduke, bathethelelwe izono zabo. |
| 13. | Wasesithi kubo: Kaliwazi lumfanekiso yini? Pho lizayazi njani imifanekiso yonke? |
| 14. | Umhlanyeli uhlanyela ilizwi. |
| 15. | Njalo abaseceleni kwendlela, yilabo lapho okuhlanyelwa khona ilizwi, futhi nxa belizwa, uSathane ahle afike alisuse ilizwi elihlanyelwe enhliziyweni zabo. |
| 16. | Lalabo ngokunjalo abahlanyelwe edwaleni, abathi, lapho besizwa ilizwi, bahle balemukele ngentokozo, |
| 17. | njalo kabalampande phakathi kwabo, kodwa bahlala okwesikhathi; kuthi sekufika inkathazo kumbe ukuzingelwa ngenxa yelizwi, bahle bakhubeke. |
| 18. | Lalaba yilabo abahlanyelwe emeveni, abalizwayo ilizwi, |
| 19. | kodwa impisekelo yalumhlaba, lenkohliso yenotho, lenkanuko yezinye izinto kungene kuminyanise ilizwi, futhi ibe ingasatheli. |
| 20. | Lalaba yilabo abahlanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle, abathi belizwile ilizwi, ba le mukele, bathele, enye amatshumi amathathu, lenye amatshumi ayisithupha, lenye ikhulu. |
| 21. | Wasesithi kubo: Kanti isibane silethwa ukuze sibekwe ngaphansi kwesitsha kumbe ngaphansi kombheda? Angithi ukuze sibekwe esiqobaneni sesibane? |
| 22. | Ngoba kakukho okufihliweyo okungayikubonakaliswa; akukho okwenzeka kube yimfihlo, kodwa ukuze kube sobala. |
| 23. | Nxa umuntu elendlebe zokuzwa akezwe. |
| 24. | Wasesithi kubo: Qaphelisani elikuzwayo. Ngesilinganiso elilinganisa ngaso lizalinganiselwa ngaso, njalo lina elizwayo lizaphiwa ngokwengezelelweyo. |
| 25. | Ngoba loba ngubani olakho, uzaphiwa; kodwa loba ngubani ongelakho, uzakwemukwa lalokho alakho. |
| 26. | Wasesithi: Unjalo umbuso kaNkulunkulu, njengokuba nxa umuntu ephosa inhlanyelo emhlabathini, |
| 27. | njalo alale abesevuka ebusuku lemini, lenhlanyelo imile njalo ikhule, yena kakwazi ukuthi njani. |
| 28. | Ngoba umhlabathi uyathela ngokwawo, kuqala usungulo, kulandele isikhwebu, kulandele amabele apheleleyo esikhwetshini. |
| 29. | Kodwa nxa sesivuthiwe isithelo, uhle athumeze isikela, ngoba ukuvuna sekufikile. |
| 30. | Wathi futhi: Sizawufananisa lani umbuso kaNkulunkulu? Kumbe sizawufananisa ngomfanekiso bani? |
| 31. | Unjengohlamvu lwemasitedi, oluthi nxa seluhlanyelwe emhlabathini, luncinyane kulazo zonke inhlamvu ezisemhlabeni; |
| 32. | njalo nxa seluhlanyelwe, lukhule, lube lukhulu lwedlule izilimo zonke, lwenze ingatsha ezinkulu, kuze kuthi inyoni zezulu zingakhela ngaphansi komthunzi wazo. |
| 33. | Waselikhuluma kubo ilizwi ngemifanekiso eminengi enjalo, njengamandla abo okuzwa; |
| 34. | kodwa ngaphandle komfanekiso kakhulumanga kubo; kodwa sebebodwa wabachasisela abafundi bakhe izinto zonke. |
| 35. | Ngalolosuku sekuhlwile, wasesithi kubo: Asichapheleni ngaphetsheya. |
| 36. | Sebeyekele ixuku lahamba, bamthatha bahamba laye njengoba enjalo emkhunjini. Futhi leminye imikolo yayilaye. |
| 37. | Kwasekuvuka isiphepho esikhulu somoya; lamagagasi aphoseka emkhunjini, waze wagcwala khathesi. |
| 38. | Njalo yena wayengemuva emkhunjini elele emqamelweni; basebemvusa, bathi kuye: Mfundisi, kawukhathali yini ukuthi siyabhubha? |
| 39. | Wasevuka wakhuza umoya, wathi kulo ulwandle: Thula, uthi zwi! Umoya wasuqamuka, kwasekusiba khona ukuthula okukhulu. |
| 40. | Wasesithi kubo: Kungani lisesaba kangaka? Kalilakholo ngani? |
| 41. | Basebesesaba ngokwesaba okukhulu, bathi omunye komunye: Kanti ungubani lo, ukuthi lomoya lolwandle kumlalele? |
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