20 Labanye baFarisi babuta Jesu batsi: “Umbuso waNkulunkulu uyawufika nini?” Wabaphendvula watsi: “Umbuso waNkulunkulu awuti ngendlela lebonakalako.
“Ngesikhatsi salawo makhosi, Nkulunkulu welizulu uyawumisa umbuso longasoze wabhujiswa lutfo, futsi ngeke unikwe labanye bantfu. Uyawupitjita yonkhe leminye imibuso uyicedze, kodvwa wona uyawukuma kuze kube phakadze.
Ngako yakhuluma kimi, yatsi: “Leli livi laSimakadze leliya kuZerubhabheli, litsi: ‘Akuyi ngetikhwepha nangemandla, kodvwa kuya ngaMoya wami,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
‘Nelutfuli lwelidolobha lenu lolunamatsele etinyaweni tetfu silutsintsitsela kini, kodvwa khumbulani kutsi umbuso waNkulunkulu sewusondzele kini!’
Ngalelinye liSabatha Jesu abeyewudla emtini walesinye siphatsimandla selicembu lebaFarisi, bantfu bebacaphelisisile kutsi Jesu utakwentani.
“Umtsetfo netimfundziso tebaphrofethi kwasebenta kwaze kwefika sikhatsi saJohane uMbhabhatisi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhatsi sekushunyayelwa liVangeli ngembuso waNkulunkulu, wonkhe umuntfu ulwela kungena kuwo,
Basalalele loko, Jesu wachubeka wabatjela lomunye umfanekiso, ngobe abesasondzele eJerusalema, nangobe bantfu base bacabanga kutsi umbuso waNkulunkulu wawutawuvela ngaleso sikhatsi.
Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Umbuso wami awusiwo wakulelive. Kube bewuwakulelive, ngabe balandzeli bami bangilwele, kuze ngingetiwuniketwa kumaJuda. Kepha noko umbuso wami awusiwo wakulelive.”