45 Kwathi lokha abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi nabezwa umfanekiso kaJesu lo, kwabakhanyela bona ukhuluma ngabo.
Umuntu uqakatheke khulu kunemvu! Ngalokho-ke kumthetho ukwenza okuhle ngeSabatha.”
Wabatjela okunengi asebenzisa imifanekiso, wathi: “Kwaphuma umtjali wayokutjala imbewu.
Owela phezu kwelitjeli uzakuphuka abe ziinquqwana; kodwana loyo elizakuwela phezu kwakhe yena uzakutshidlheka.”
Yeke balinga ukufumana indlela yokumbamba. Kodwana bebesaba isiqubuthu ngombana abantu bebathatha uJesu njengomphorofidi.
Omunye wezazimthetho wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, nawutjho njalo uyasethuka!”
Abafundisi bomthetho nabaphristi abakhulu bafuna indlela yokumbamba khonokho ngombana bebasazi bona ukhulume umfanekiso lo alunganise kibo. Kodwana bebesaba abantu.