44 Jesu wakhuluma ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Lowo lokholwa ngimi, akakholwa ngimi kodvwa ukholwa ngulowo longitfumile.
Kuhlakanipha kumemeta etitaladini; kumemeta kakhulu nasetimakethe.
Utsi kambe kuhlakanipha akumemeti yini? Kona kucondza akuliphakamisi yini liphimbo lako?
“Lonemukelako nine, wemukela mine; nalowemukela mine, wemukela longitfumile.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Utsi: ‘Nakukhona longakwenta.’ Phela konkhe kuyenteka kulowo lokholwako.”
“Lowo lowemukela lomunye walabantfwana egameni lami, wemukela mine; nalowo lowemukela mine, akemukeli mine kuphela, kodvwa wemukela nalowo longitfumile.”
Asakushito loko, wamemeta ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Lazaro! Phuma!”
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lowemukela nome ngubani lengimtfumile, wemukela mine; nalowo lowemukela mine, wemukela lowo longitfumile.”
“Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lova livi lami akholwe ngulongitfumile, unekuphila lokuphakadze. Akayi ekwehlulelweni, kodvwa sewuphumile ekufeni, wangena ekuphileni.
Jesu wakhuluma ngelivi lelikhulu afundzisa ethempelini, watsi: “Niyangati, futsi niyati nekutsi ngiphumaphi; mine-ke angikatiteli lapha, kodvwa lowo longitfumile, leningamati nine, ucinisile.
Ngaye loKhristu nakholwa kuNkulunkulu, lowamvusa kulabafile, wamnika bukhosi, kuze kutsi nibheke kuNkulunkulu ngelitsemba nangekukholwa.