9 Kwathi nabehla entabeni, uJesu wabayala wathi kibo: “Ningatjeli namunye ngenikubonileko bekube kumhlana iNdodana yoMuntu ivukileko ekufeni!”
Wabayelelisa bonyana bangavezi nakoyedwa bonyana ungubani.
Kodwana ngiyanitjela bonyana u-Eliya wafika kodwana abantu azange bamazi. Bamphatha ngokuthanda kwabo. NeNdodana yoMuntu izose ihlupheke njalo-ke ezandleni zabo.”
UJesu waphendula wathi: “Kungombana ninokukholwa okubogabogako. Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona ingathana beninokukholwa okulingana nembewu yemastadi, beningathi entabeni le, ‘Suka lapha uye laphaya,’ beyizakuvele isuke. Akunalitho ebelizanibhalela!
Kwathi lokha nabahlangana boke eGalile, uJesu wathi kibo: “INdodana yoMuntu izokukhatjhelwa ezandleni zabantu.
Bazoyibulala, kodwana elangeni lesithathu izakuvuswa.” Abafundi badabuka khulu ngalokho.
Bathi nabaphakamisa amehlo, azange babone umuntu ngaphandle koJesu.
UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Iimpungutjha zinemigodi, iinyoni zineenhlakana, kodwana iNdodana yoMuntu ayinandawo yokubeka ihloko.”
Yeke uJesu wathi kiyo: “Qinisekisa bona awutjeli muntu namunye, kodwana khamba unqophe kumphristi, ukhuphe isipho njengokomyalo kaMosi, kube bufakazi kibo.”
UJesu wabayala bona bangatjeli namunye ngaye.
Ababelethi bakhe barareka khulu, kodwana uJesu wabayala bona bangatjeli namunye ngokwenzekileko.
Ngemva kobana ilizwelo likhulumile, bafunyana uJesu ayedwa. Abafundi bayigcina kibo indaba le, akhange batjele muntu ngalokho abakubonileko.