21 Ngaso leso sikhatsi Jesu waphilisa labanyenti labebaphetfwe ngimikhuhlane, netifo, nemadimoni, wavula emehlo etimphumphutse letinyenti.
“Nangabe bahlaselwa yindlala kulelive labo, nome sifo lesibulalanako, nome sona, nome sikhutsa, nome sikhonyane, nome tintsetse, nome sitsa sibavimbetela nome ngukuliphi lalamadolobha abo, nome ngabe ngusiphi sehlakalo, nome sifo lesingabehlela,
“Kodvwa nangabe umphristi utsite nakahlolisisa, wakhandza kutsi lesifo asikandzi nalolubondza emvakwekwakhiwa kabusha, kufanele ayetfule kutsi ihlambulukile, ngobe phela lesifo sesiphelile.
Jesu walihamba lonkhe laseGalile, afundzisa emasinagogeni abo, ashumayela liVangeli lembuso, aphilisa bantfu kuto tonkhe tifo nasekuguleni kwabo.
Ludvumo ngaye lwandza nalo lonkhe laseSiriya, kangangekutsi kwaletfwa kuye bonkhe bantfu lababegula, baphetfwe tinhlobonhlobo tekufa, nalababekhatsatwe tinhlobonhlobo tetinhlupheko: lababenemadimoni, nalababenesitfutfwane, nalababefe tinhlangotsi; Jesu wabaphilisa bonkhe.
Loko wakwenta emvakwekuphilisa labanyenti. Bonkhe lababenetifo babephangelana kuye batewumtsintsa.
Kopha kwancamuka khona lapho, wativa asaphilile esifeni lebesimphetse.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Ndvodzakati yami, kukholwa kwakho kukuphilisile. Hamba ngekuthula, uphile esifeni sakho.”
Nase befikile kuJesu, befika batsi: “Johane uMbhabhatisi usitfumile kutsi sitewubuta kutsi: ‘Unguye yini lona lotawufika, nome kusafanele silindzele lomunye?’ ”
ngobe iNkhosi iyabayala lebatsandzako, ibajezise labo labemukeleka kuyo njengemadvodzana”?