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| 1. | Wasesuka lapho, waya emzini wakibo; abafundi bakhe basebemlandela. |
| 2. | Sekufike isabatha, waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni; labanengi aba mu zwayo bamangala, bathi: Zivela ngaphi lezizinto kuye? Njalo yinhlakanipho bani ayinikiweyo, ukuthi lalimisebenzi yamandla enje yenziwe ngezandla zakhe? |
| 3. | Lo kayisuye umbazi yini, indodana kaMariya, lomfowabo kaJakobe loJose loJudasi loSimoni? Labodadewabo kabakho yini lapha kithi? Basebekhubeka ngaye. |
| 4. | Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Umprofethi kasweli ukudunyiswa, ngaphandle kwelizweni lakibo, lezihlotsheni zakhe lendlini yakwabo. |
| 5. | Futhi wayengelakho ukwenza lowodwa umsebenzi wamandla lapho, ngaphandle kokubeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo abalutshwana, wa ba silisa. |
| 6. | Wasemangala ngokungakholwa kwabo. Wabhodabhoda imizana efundisa. |
| 7. | Wasebizela kuye abalitshumi lambili, waqala ukubathuma ngababili, wabanika amandla phezu kwabomoya abangcolileyo. |
| 8. | Wabalaya ukuthi bangaphathi lutho lwendlela, ngaphandle kodondolo kuphela; lasikhwama, lamphako, lamali ezwezweni; |
| 9. | kodwa bafake amanyathela; futhi bangembathi izembatho ezimbili. |
| 10. | Wasesithi kubo: Lapho elingena khona endlini, hlalani kiyo lize liphume khona. |
| 11. | Njalo loba ngobani abangayikulemukela, kumbe balizwe, nxa liphuma lapho, thintithani uthuli olungaphansi kwenyawo zenu kube yibufakazi kubo. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Kuzakuba lula eSodoma kumbe laseGomora ngosuku lwesigwebo, kulakulowomuzi. |
| 12. | Sebephumile batshumayela ukuthi baphenduke; |
| 13. | bakhupha amadimoni amanengi, bagcoba abanengi abagulayo ngamagcobo ba ba silisa. |
| 14. | Inkosi uHerodi wasesizwa ngakho, ngoba ibizo lakhe laba sobala, wasesithi: UJohane owabhabhathizayo uvukile kwabafileyo, futhi kungakho lamandla esebenza kuye. |
| 15. | Abanye bathi: UnguElija; labanye bathi: Ungumprofethi, kumbe u njengomunye wabaprofethi. |
| 16. | Kodwa uHerodi esizwa wathi: Lo nguJohane, mina engamquma ikhanda; yena uvukile kwabafileyo. |
| 17. | Ngoba yena uHerodi wayethumele wambamba uJohane, wambopha entolongweni, ngenxa kaHerodiyasi umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngoba wayemthethe. |
| 18. | Ngoba uJohane wayethe kuHerodi: Kawuvunyelwa ukuba lomkamfowenu. |
| 19. | UHerodiyasi wasembambela inhliziyo, wafuna ukumbulala; kodwa kenelisanga; |
| 20. | ngoba uHerodi wayemesaba uJohane, esazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo lengcwele, wamlondoloza; lalapho emuzwa, wenza izinto ezinengi, wamuzwa ngokuthokoza. |
| 21. | Kwathi selufikile usuku oluhle, uHerodi ngelanga lakhe lokuzalwa wenzela izikhulu zakhe lenduna zenkulungwane labalisa beGalili ukudla kwantambama, |
| 22. | kwathi indodakazi kaHerodiyasi lo isingenile yagida, yamkholisa uHerodi lalabo ababehlezi ekudleni laye, inkosi yathi entombini: Cela kimi loba kuyini okuthandayo, njalo ngizakupha; |
| 23. | wafunga kuyo esithi: Loba kuyini ongakucela kimi, ngizakunika, kuze kube yingxenye yombuso wami. |
| 24. | Yasiphuma isithi kunina: Ngizacelani? Yena wasesithi: Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhabhathizi. |
| 25. | Njalo yahle yangena enkosini ngokuphangisa, yacela, yathi: Ngifuna ukuthi unginike khathesinje emganwini ikhanda likaJohane uMbhabhathizi. |
| 26. | Inkosi yasidabuka kakhulu, kodwa ngenxa yezifungo langalabo ababehlezi layo ekudleni kayithandanga ukuyilandulela. |
| 27. | Njalo inkosi yahle yathuma ibutho yalaya ukuthi kulethwe ikhanda lakhe. Wasehamba wamquma ikhanda entolongweni, |
| 28. | waletha ikhanda lakhe ngomganu, walinika intombi; intombi yasilinika unina. |
| 29. | Kwathi abafundi bakhe sebezwile beza, bathatha isidumbu sakhe, basibeka engcwabeni. |
| 30. | Abaphostoli basebebuthana kuJesu, bambikela konke, lababekwenzile kanye lababekufundisile. |
| 31. | Wasesithi kubo: Wozani lina lodwa endaweni eyinkangala, liphumule kancinyane. Ngoba babebanengi abafikayo labahambayo, futhi bengelathuba lokudla. |
| 32. | Bakhuphuka ngomkhumbi baya endaweni eyinkangala bebodwa. |
| 33. | Amaxuku asebabona besuka, labanengi bamazi, bagijimela khona ndawonye ngenyawo bevela emizini yonke, basebebadlula, bahlangana kuye. |
| 34. | Kwathi uJesu esephuma wabona ixuku elikhulu, waba lesihelo ngabo, ngoba babenjengezimvu ezingelamelusi; waseqala ukubafundisa izinto ezinengi. |
| 35. | Kwathi isikhathi sesihambile, abafundi bakhe beza kuye bathi: Lindawo iyinkangala, lesikhathi sesihambile; |
| 36. | bayekele, ukuze baye ezigabeni ezizingelezeleyo lemizaneni bazithengele izinkwa. Ngoba bengelalutho abangaludla. |
| 37. | Wasephendula wathi kubo: Banikeni lina ukuthi badle. Basebesithi kuye: Sihambe yini siyethenga izinkwa ngabodenariyo* abangamakhulu amabili, sibaphe badle? |
| 38. | Wasesithi kubo: Lilezinkwa ezingaki? Hambani liyebona. Sebesazi bathi: Zinhlanu, lenhlanzi ezimbili. |
| 39. | Wasebalaya ukuthi babahlalise bonke phansi ngezigaba ngezigaba etshanini obuluhlaza. |
| 40. | Basebehlala phansi ngamaviyo ngamaviyo, ngamakhulu langamatshumi amahlanu. |
| 41. | Wasethatha izinkwa ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili, ekhangela phezulu ezulwini, wabonga, wazihlephula izinkwa, wa zi nika abafundi bakhe ukuthi ba zi beke phambi kwabo; lenhlanzi ezimbili wazabela bonke. |
| 42. | Basebesidla bonke, basutha. |
| 43. | Basebedobha izitsha ezilitshumi lambili ezagcwala imvuthu ezazisele, l okuseleyo kwenhlanzi. |
| 44. | Lalabo abadlayo izinkwa, babengaba ngamadoda azinkulungwane ezinhlanu. |
| 45. | Njalo wahle wacindezela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bangene emkhunjini, njalo ba m qalele ukuya ngaphetsheya eBethisayida, yena esayekela ixuku lihamba. |
| 46. | Esebavalelisile, wasuka waya entabeni ukuyakhuleka. |
| 47. | Sekuhlwile, umkhumbi wawuphakathi kolwandle, futhi yena wayeyedwa emhlabathini. |
| 48. | Wababona behlupheka kakhulu ekugwedleni, ngoba umoya wawuphambene labo, wasesiza kubo sokungaba yisikhathi somlindo wesine wobusuku, ehamba phezu kolwandle; wasefuna ukubadlula. |
| 49. | Sebembonile ehamba phezu kolwandle, basebecabanga ukuthi lithonga, bakhala kakhulu; |
| 50. | ngoba bambona bonke, bethuka. Kodwa wahle wakhuluma labo, wathi kubo: Manini isibindi; yimi, lingesabi. |
| 51. | Wasesenyukela kubo emkhunjini, umoya wasuthula; basebesanganiseka kakhulu okwedlula amalawulo ngaphakathi, bamangala. |
| 52. | Ngoba babengaqedisisanga ngezinkwa; ngoba inhliziyo yabo yayilukhuni. |
| 53. | Kwathi sebechaphile bafika elizweni leGenesaretha, babophela umkhumbi ekhunjini. |
| 54. | Bathi sebephumile emkhunjini, bahle bamazi, |
| 55. | bagijimela kuso sonke lesosigaba esizingelezeleyo, baqala ukubhoda bethwala abagulayo ngamathala bebasa lapho abebesizwa ukuthi ukhona. |
| 56. | Njalo loba ngaphi angena khona emizaneni loba emizini, loba emaphandleni, babeka abagulayo emidangeni, bamncenga ukuthi bathinte umphetho wesembatho sakhe nje; njalo bonke abamthintayo basindiswa. |
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