18 Kwathi uJesu asakhuluma lokhu, kweza umphathi wesinagogi wafese waguqa phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Indodakazami iqeda ukuhlongakala, yewuze uzoyibeka izandla khona izakuphila.”
UNamani wanyenya khulu bewakhamba wathi: “Uyazi, bengicabanga bona uzazizela afese ajame kimapha abize ibizo lakaSomnini uZimakhe, akhambise isandla sakhe ngehla kwamabala enginawo aphilise ikhwekhwe lami.
Labo ebegade bangemkhunjini bathandaza uJesu bathi: “Kwamambala uyiNdodana kaZimu!”
Khonapho umfazi weza waguqa phambi kwakhe wathi: “Kosi, yewungisize!”
Kwathi bona bafike esiqubuthwini, kwavela umuntu weza kuJesu, waguqa phambi kwakhe,
Yeke umkaZebediya namadodanakhe amabili baya kuJesu, bafese baguqa phambi kwakhe bakhombela isisa kuye.
Kwathi nabambonako, bamkhothamela kodwana abanye bazaza.
Indoda enekhwekhwe yeza kuye, yafese yaguqa phambi kwakhe, yathi kuye: “Kosi, nawuthandako ungangihlambulula.”
Abafundi baya kuye bamvusa bathi: “Kosi! Yewusisindise, safa!”
Godu akuthelwa iwayini elitjha ngeenkhwameni ezidala zewayini, nakungasinjalo iinkhwama zizakurathuka, iwayini liphalake, konakale iinkhwamezo. Kunalokho iwayini elitjha lithelwa ngeenkhwameni ezitjha, kulondeke kokubili.”
Yeke uJesu wasikima wamlandela nabafundi bakhe bakhamba naye.
wathi: “Phumani noke! Umntazana akakafi, ulele.” Kodwana bamhleka.
Umphathi wesinagogi wasilingeka ngombana uJesu bekapholise ngeSabatha, yeke wathi ebantwini: “Kukhona amalanga amathandathu ekufanele sisebenze ngawo.Yeke yizani nizokupholiswa emalangeni lawo, ingasi ngeSabatha!”
Umbusi othileko wambuza wathi: “Mfundisi olungileko, ngingenza njani ukuze ngizuze ukuphila okungapheliko na?”
Ikhoboka lomphathimabutho weRoma ebelithandeka khulu kuye beligulela ukufa.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngingukuvuka nokuphila, loyo okholwa kimi uzakuphila, ngitjho nanyana angafa.
Kwathi bona uMariya afike lapha kunoJesu khona ambone, waguqa eenyaweni zakhe wathi: “Kosi, ngathana gade ulapha umfowethu ngangakafi!”
Emva kokufunda umthetho kaMosi nemitlolo yabaphorofidi, abaphathi besinagogi baphosa ilizwi ngakibo bathi: “Bafowethu, nakube kukhona umlayezo wokukhuthaza ebantwini, sibawa nikhulume.”
Uyise lakaPhubhliyusi gade alele agula aphethwe mgomani nendeni. UPowula waya kuye wathandaza, wambeka izandla wampholisa.