24 Asengakefiki Jesu, Johane washumayela esiveni sonkhe saka-Israyeli kutsi siphendvuke etonweni sibhajatiswe.
LiVangeli ngaJesu Khristu, iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, licala kanje:
Nawe-ke, mntfwana, uyawubitwa ngekutsi ungumphrofethi waNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe; uyakwendvulela iNkhosi kulungisa tindlela tayo,
kusukela embhabhatisweni waJohane kuze kube lilanga lekutsatfwa kwakhe emkhatsini wetfu, abe ngufakazi kanye natsi ngekuvuka kweNkhosi Jesu.”
Niyayati nalendzaba lenkhulu leyenteka eJudiya lonkhe, kusukela eGalile, ngemuva kwembhabhatiso lowawuyinshumayelo yaJohane.