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| 1. | Kwathi ngalolosuku uJesu waphuma endlini wahlala phansi elwandle. |
| 2. | Kwasekubuthana kuye amaxuku amakhulu, waze wangena emkhunjini wahlala phansi; lexuku lonke lema ekhunjini. |
| 3. | Wasekhuluma labo izinto ezinengi ngemifanekiso, wathi: Khangelani, kwaphuma umhlanyeli ukuyahlanyela. |
| 4. | Kwathi ekuhlanyeleni kwakhe, enye inhlanyelo yawela eceleni kwendlela; kwasekufika inyoni, zayidla zayiqeda. |
| 5. | Kodwa enye yawela emadwaleni, lapho eyayingelamhlabathi omnengi khona; futhi yahle yamila, ngoba kwakungelakutshona komhlabathi; |
| 6. | kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga yahangulwa; njalo ngoba yayingelampande yabuna. |
| 7. | Kodwa enye yawela emeveni; ameva asekhula ayiminyanisa. |
| 8. | Kodwa enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yathela isithelo, enye ikhulu, lenye amatshumi ayisithupha, lenye amatshumi amathathu. |
| 9. | Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe. |
| 10. | Kwasekufika abafundi bathi kuye: Ukhulumelani kubo ngemifanekiso? |
| 11. | Wasephendula wathi kubo: Ngoba kuphiwe kini ukwazi imfihlo zombuso wamazulu, kodwa bona kabakunikwanga. |
| 12. | Ngoba loba ngubani olakho uzaphiwa, abe lokwengezelelweyo; kodwa lowo ongelakho, uzakwemukwa lalokho alakho. |
| 13. | Ngakho ngikhuluma labo ngemifanekiso, ngoba bebona kababoni, njalo besizwa kabezwa, futhi kabaqedisisi. |
| 14. | Kubo besekugcwaliseka isiprofetho sikaIsaya, esithi: Ukuzwa lizakuzwa, kodwa kalisoze liqedisise; lokubona lizabona, kodwa kalisoze libonisise; |
| 15. | ngoba inhliziyo yalababantu seyaba lukhuni, njalo bezwa kanzima ngendlebe, lamehlo abo bawacimezile; hlezi loba nini babone ngamehlo, njalo bezwe ngendlebe, futhi baqedisise ngenhliziyo, njalo baphenduke, besengibasilisa. |
| 16. | Kodwa abusisiwe amehlo enu, ngoba ayabona; lendlebe zenu, ngoba ziyezwa. |
| 17. | Ngoba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Abaprofethi abanengi labalungileyo babethanda ukubona izinto elizibonayo, kodwa kaba zi bonanga; lokuzwa izinto elizizwayo kodwa kaba zi zwanga. |
| 18. | Ngakho lina zwanini umfanekiso womhlanyeli. |
| 19. | Kuthi wonke ozwayo ilizwi lombuso kodwa engaqedisisi, omubi afike, ahluthune okuhlanyelwe enhliziyweni yakhe. Lo nguye ohlanyelwe eceleni kwendlela. |
| 20. | Kodwa ohlanyelwe emadwaleni, nguye olizwayo ilizwi, ahle alemukele ngentokozo; |
| 21. | kodwa kalampande phakathi kwakhe, kodwa uhlala isikhathi; kuthi sekufika inkathazo kumbe ukuzingelwa ngenxa yelizwi, ahle akhubeke. |
| 22. | Lohlanyelwe emeveni, nguye olizwayo ilizwi, kodwa impisekelo yalumhlaba lenkohliso yenotho kuyaliminyanisa ilizwi, futhi lingatheli isithelo. |
| 23. | Kodwa ohlanyelwe emhlabathini omuhle, nguye olizwayo ilizwi aliqedisise; athele izithelo, aveze, omunye ikhulu, lomunye amatshumi ayisithupha, lomunye amatshumi amathathu. |
| 24. | Wabeka phambi kwabo omunye umfanekiso, esithi: Umbuso wamazulu ufananiswa lomuntu owahlanyela inhlanyelo enhle ensimini yakhe. |
| 25. | Kodwa abantu besalele, kwafika isitha sakhe sahlanyela umfaba phakathi kwamabele, sahamba. |
| 26. | Kodwa kwathi selumilile usungulo lwathela isithelo, lomfaba wasubonakala. |
| 27. | Zasezisondela inceku zomninimuzi zathi kuye: Nkosi, kawuhlanyelanga yini inhlanyelo enhle ensimini yakho? Pho iwuthethe ngaphi umfaba? |
| 28. | Wasesithi kuzo: Umuntu oyisitha ukwenzile lokhu. Inceku zasezisithi kuye: Uthanda ukuthi siyewubutha yini? |
| 29. | Kodwa wathi: Hatshi, hlezi, ekubutheni kwenu umfaba, lisiphune amabele kanye lawo. |
| 30. | Yekelani kukhule kokubili ndawonye kuze kube yisivuno; langesikhathi sokuvuna ngizakuthi kwabavunayo: Buthani kuqala umfaba, liwubophe izinyanda ukuze liwutshise; kodwa amabele liwabuthele esiphaleni sami. |
| 31. | Wasebabekela omunye umfanekiso, esithi: Umbuso wamazulu unjengohlamvu lwemasitedi, aluthatha umuntu waluhlanyela ensimini yakhe; |
| 32. | lona kambe luncinyane kulazo zonke inhlamvu; kodwa nxa selukhulile, lukhulu kulezilimo zonke, njalo luba yisihlahla, kuze kufike inyoni zezulu, zakhele engatsheni zaso. |
| 33. | Wabatshela omunye umfanekiso, wathi: Umbuso wamazulu unjengemvubelo, ayithathayo owesifazana wayifaka emagokokweni amathathu empuphu, kwaze kwabila konke. |
| 34. | Lezizinto zonke uJesu wazikhuluma emaxukwini ngemifanekiso, futhi ngaphandle komfanekiso kakhulumanga kubo; |
| 35. | ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi, esithi: Ngizavula umlomo wami ngemifanekiso, ngizaveza izinto ezifihlakeleyo kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba. |
| 36. | Kwathi uJesu esewayekele amaxuku ahamba wangena endlini; basebesondela kuye abafundi bakhe, besithi: Sichasisele umfanekiso womfaba ensimini. |
| 37. | Wasephendula wathi kibo: Ohlanyela inhlanyelo enhle yiNdodana yomuntu; |
| 38. | lensimu ngumhlaba; lenhlanyelo enhle, yona ingabantwana bombuso; kodwa umfaba ungabantwana bomubi; |
| 39. | lesitha esawuhlanyelayo nguSathane; lesivuno siyikuphela kwesikhathi; labavunayo bazingilosi. |
| 40. | Ngakho-ke njengalokhu umfaba uyabuthwa utshiswe emlilweni, kuzakuba njalo ekupheleni kwalesisikhathi. |
| 41. | INdodana yomuntu izathuma ingilosi zayo, besezibutha zikhuphe embusweni wayo konke okukhubekisayo lalabo abenza okubi, |
| 42. | besezibaphosela esithandweni somlilo; lapho kuzakuba khona ukukhala lokugedla amazinyo. |
| 43. | Khona abalungileyo bezakhanya njengelanga embusweni kaYise. Olendlebe zokuzwa akezwe. |
| 44. | Futhi umbuso wamazulu unjengempahla eligugu efihliweyo ensimini, okuthi umuntu eseyificile wa yi fihla; entokozweni yakhe uyahamba, athengise konke alakho, athenge leyonsimu. |
| 45. | Futhi umbuso wamazulu unjengomuntu ongumthengi odinga amapharele* amahle; |
| 46. | esethole elinye ipharele eliligugu kakhulu, wasuka wathengisa konke alakho, walithenga. |
| 47. | Futhi umbuso wamazulu unjengembule elaphoswa olwandle, laselibutha zonke inhlobo; |
| 48. | lona, lithe seligcwele, balidonsela ekhunjini, bahlala phansi, babuthela ezilungileyo ezitsheni, kodwa ezimbi bazilahlela ngaphandle. |
| 49. | Kuzakuba njalo ekupheleni kwesikhathi; ingilosi zizaphuma, zehlukanise ababi zibasuse phakathi kwabalungileyo, |
| 50. | besezibaphosela esithandweni somlilo; lapho kuzakuba khona ukukhala lokugedla amazinyo. |
| 51. | UJesu wathi kubo: Seliziqedisisile zonke lezizinto yini? Bathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi. |
| 52. | Wasesithi kubo: Ngakho wonke umbhali ofundiselwe umbuso wamazulu unjengomuntu ongumninimuzi, okhupha empahleni yakhe eligugu okutsha lokudala. |
| 53. | Kwasekusithi uJesu eseqedile limifanekiso, wasuka lapho. |
| 54. | Wathi esefikile emzini wakibo wabafundisa esinagogeni labo, baze bamangala bathi: Ivela ngaphi kuyenalo linhlakanipho lalimisebenzi yamandla? |
| 55. | Lo kayisiyo yini indodana yombazi? Unina kathiwa nguMariya yini, labafowabo oJakobe loJose loSimoni loJudasi? |
| 56. | Labodadewabo kabakho yini bonke kithi? Pho, zivela ngaphi zonke lezizinto kuye? |
| 57. | Basebekhubeka ngaye. Kodwa uJesu wathi kubo: Umprofethi kasweli ukudunyiswa ngaphandle kwelizweni lakibo lendlini yakwabo. |
| 58. | Njalo kenzanga lapho imisebenzi yamandla eminengi, ngenxa yokungakholwa kwabo. |
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