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| 1. | Ngalezonsuku kwakukhona ixuku elikhulu kakhulu, njalo lalingelakho okokudla, uJesu wabizela kuye abafundi bakhe wathi kubo: |
| 2. | Ngilesihelo ngexuku; ngoba sebehlezi lami insuku ezintathu, bengelalutho lokudla; |
| 3. | njalo uba ngibayekela baye emakhaya abo bengadlanga, bazayatha endleleni; ngoba abanye babo bavela khatshana. |
| 4. | Abafundi bakhe basebemphendula bathi: Zingavela ngaphi izinkwa umuntu angasuthisa ngazo laba lapha enkangala? |
| 5. | Wasebabuza wathi: Lilezinkwa ezingaki? Basebesithi: Eziyisikhombisa. |
| 6. | Waselaya ixuku ukuthi lihlale phansi emhlabathini; wasethatha izinkwa eziyisikhombisa, esebongile wa zi hlephula wa zi nika abafundi bakhe, ukuthi babeke phambi kwabo; basebebeka phambi kwexuku. |
| 7. | Njalo babelenhlanzana ezinlutshwana; esebusisile wathi bazibeke lazo phambi kwabo. |
| 8. | Basebesidla, basutha; basebedobha imvuthu ezazisele, izitsha eziyisikhombisa. |
| 9. | Labasebedlile babengaba zinkulungwane ezine; wasebayekela bahamba. |
| 10. | Njalo wahle wangena emkhunjini labafundi bakhe, weza kungxenye zeDalmanutha. |
| 11. | AbaFarisi basebephuma, baqala ukuphikisana laye, befunisisa kuye isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini, bemlinga. |
| 12. | Wasebubula kakhulu emoyeni wakhe wathi: Lesisizukulwana sidingelani isibonakaliso? Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Qiniso akulasibonakaliso esizanikwa kulesisizukulwana. |
| 13. | Wasebatshiya, wangena emkhunjini futhi, wasuka waya ngaphetsheya. |
| 14. | Njalo abafundi babekhohliwe ukuthatha izinkwa, bengelalutho emkhunjini ngaphandle kwesinkwa esisodwa. |
| 15. | Wasebalaya, wathi: Nanzelelani, liqaphele imvubelo yabaFarisi lemvubelo kaHerodi. |
| 16. | Basebezindlisana, besithi: Ngoba kasilazinkwa. |
| 17. | UJesu esekwazi wathi kubo: Kungani likhulumisana ngokuthi kalilazinkwa? Kalikaboni, njalo kaliqedisisi yini? Lokhe lilenhliziyo ezilukhuni yini? |
| 18. | Lilamehlo kaliboni yini? Futhi lilendlebe kalizwa yini? Njalo kalikhumbuli yini? |
| 19. | Mhla ngahlephulela abazinkulungwane ezinhlanu izinkwa ezinhlanu, ladobha izitsha ezingaki ezigcwele imvuthu? Bathi kuye: Ezilitshumi lambili. |
| 20. | Njalo mhla ziyisikhombisa kwabazinkulungwane ezine, ladobha izitsha ezingaki ezigcwele imvuthu? Basebesithi: Eziyisikhombisa. |
| 21. | Wasesithi kubo: Yinindaba lingaqedisisi? |
| 22. | Wasefika eBethisayida. Basebeletha kuye isiphofu, bamncenga ukuthi asithinte. |
| 23. | Wasesibamba isiphofu ngesandla, wasikhuphela ngaphandle komzana; esekhafulele emehlweni aso, wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwaso, wasibuza ukuthi ngabe sibona ulutho. |
| 24. | Sasesikhangela phezulu sathi: Ngibona abantu behambahamba kungathi yizihlahla. |
| 25. | Emva kwalokhu wabuya wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwamehlo aso, wasenza sakhangela phezulu; sasesisiliswa, sabona bonke ngokucacileyo. |
| 26. | Wasesithuma endlini yaso, wathi: Ungangeni emzaneni, njalo ungatsheli muntu loyedwa emzaneni. |
| 27. | UJesu wasephuma labafundi bakhe baya emizaneni yeKesariya yeFiliphu; besendleleni wababuza abafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: Abantu bathi ngingubani? |
| 28. | Basebephendula bathi: UJohane uMbhabhathizi; labanye: UElija; labanye: Omunye wabaprofethi. |
| 29. | Yena wasesithi kubo: Lina-ke lithi ngingubani? UPetro wasephendula wathi kuye: Wena unguKristu. |
| 30. | Wasebalayisisa ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ngaye. |
| 31. | Waseqala ukubafundisa, ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu imele ukuhlupheka izinto ezinengi, ilahlwe ngabadala labapristi abakhulu lababhali, ibulawe, ibuye ivuke emva kwensuku ezintathu. |
| 32. | Waselikhuluma lelilizwi obala. UPetro wasemthatha waqala ukumkhuza. |
| 33. | Kodwa etshibilika, wabona abafundi bakhe, wamkhuza uPetro, wathi: Suka ngemva kwami, Sathane; ngoba kawucabangi ngezinto zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngezabantu. |
| 34. | Kwathi esebizele kuye ixuku kanye labafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: Uba umuntu ethanda ukuza ngemva kwami, kazidele, athathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. |
| 35. | Ngoba loba ngubani othanda ukusindisa impilo yakhe, izamlahlekela; kodwa loba ngubani olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami levangeli, yena uzayisindisa. |
| 36. | Ngoba kuzamsizani umuntu, nxa ezuza umhlaba wonke, kodwa alahlekelwe ngumphefumulo wakhe? |
| 37. | Kumbe umuntu uzanikani kube lihlawulo lomphefumulo wakhe? |
| 38. | Ngoba loba ngubani olenhloni ngami langamazwi ami kulesisizukulwana esifebayo lesonakeleyo, iNdodana yomuntu layo izakuba lenhloni ngaye, nxa isiza enkazimulweni kaYise kanye lengilosi ezingcwele. |
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