24 Labanye kuletitfunywa bekubaFarisi.
MFarisi loyimphumphutse! Geza kucala lingekhatsi lendzebe, kuze kutsi nelingephandle ligezeke.
Nasesuka kuleyo ndzawo, tati temtsetfo nebaFarisi bacala kumchukuluta bacondze kumcansula ngekumbuta imibuzo leminyenti ngetintfo letinyenti.
BaFarisi nabakuva loku, bamphukuta Jesu, ngobe phela babeyitsandza imali.
Kodvwa baFarisi netati temtsetfo atiyemukelanga injongo yaNkulunkulu ngato, bala kubhajatiswa nguJohane.
Yena watsi: “Ngilivi lalomemeta ehlane, atsi: ‘Lungisani indlela yeNkhosi,’ njengobe asho Isaya, umphrofethi.”
Bambuta-ke batsi: “Pho, ubhabhatiselani nangabe awusiye Khristu, nome Elija, nome umphrofethi?”
Phela baSadusi bebatsi kute kuvuka kulabafile, kute tingilosi, nekutsi kute nemimoya; kodvwa baFarisi babekholwa kutsi kokutsatfu kukhona.
Ngihleti sikhatsi lesidze nabo bayangati; futsi bangakufakaza loko, nabatsandzako, kutsi ngekwenkholo ngangiphila ngililunga lebaFarisi, licembu lelikhonta Nkulunkulu ngekulandzela tibopho temiyalo nemitsetfo.
