15 INkhosi yasiphendvula yatsi: “Nine batentisi! Lomunye wenu angete ayikhipha yini inkhabi nome imbongolo esibayeni ayeyinatsisa ngeliSabatha?
kuze avimbe longenaNkulunkulu angabusi, angabekeli bantfu tingibe.
Umuntfu longesabi Nkulunkulu ubulala makhelwane wakhe ngekukhuluma kwakhe; kodvwa bantfu labalungile bavikelwa lwati lwabo.
Labanelunya bayawunyamalala, baphukuti bayawuphela, bonkhe labaneliso lengulube bayawuncanyulwa,
Bayekeleni, ngobe ngibo baholi labatimphumphutse; kepha nangabe imphumphutse ihola lenye imphumphutse, totimbili tiyawuwela emgodzini.”
Batentisi, waphrofetha kahle ngani Isaya nakatsi:
“Maye kini, bafundzisi bemtsetfo nebaFarisi! Batentisi! Nivimbela bantfu umbuso welizulu, nibe nine ningangeni, nebantfu labafuna kungena anibavumeli kutsi bangene. [
Kanjalo nani nibonakala nilungile emehlweni ebantfu, kodvwa ngekhatsi nigcwele kutentisa nekuphambana nemtsetfo.”
Mtentisi, cala kucala ukhiphe lugodvo lolusesweni lakho, emvakwaloko-ke utakubonisisa kahle kutsi ukhiphe lutsi lolusesweni lwemzalwane wakho.
Tatsi lapho ticumbi tebantfu tisondzela madvutane, bantfu banyatselana ngenca yebunyenti, Jesu wase utsi kubafundzi bakhe kucala: “Caphelani imvubelo yebaFarisi yekutentisa.
Wase utsi kubo: “Ngubani emkhatsini wenu lokungatsi imbongolo yakhe nome inkhabi yakhe ibhajwe eludzakeni angete ayikhipha ngobe kuliSabatha?”
Ungasho kanjani kumzalwane wakho kutsi: ‘Awu, mzalwane, ase ngikukhiphe nalu lutsi esweni lakho’? Mtentisi! Cala kucala ukhiphe lugodvo lolusesweni lakho, khona utabe sewuyakwati kukhipha lutsi lolusesweni lemzalwane wakho.”
INkhosi yamdzabukela nayimbona lomfelokati yatsi kuye: “Ungakhali!”
Wabatfumela eNkhosini kuyawubuta kutsi: “Unguye yini lona lofanele kufika, nome kusafanele silindzele lomunye?”