7 lokubingelelwa emidangeni, lokubizwa ngabantu ngokuthi Rabi.
7 bathanda ukubingelelwa emisikeni lokuthi abantu bababize ngokuthi ‘Rabi.’
Kodwa ngizakusifanisa lani lesisizukulwana na? Sifana labantwana abahlezi emidangeni bememeza abanye besithi:
Kodwa lina kalingabizwa ngokuthi Rabi, ngoba munye ongumfundisi wenu, lina lonke lingabazalwane.
Wasephendula uJudasi owamnikelayo, wathi: Impela kungebe yimi, Mfundisi? Wathi kuye: Kutsho wena.
Wasondela kuJesu masinyane wathi: Okuhle, Mfundisi! Wamanga.
UJesu wathi kuso: Ufuna ukuba ngikwenzeleni na? Isiphofu sathi kuye: Mfundisi, ukuba ngibone.
UPetro wakhumbula, wathi kuye: Mfundisi, khangela, umkhiwa owuthukileyo ubunile.
Ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi: Xwayani ababhali abathanda ukuhamba bembethe ingubo ezinde, lokubingelelwa emidangeni,
Esefikile wasondela kuye masinyane, wathi: Mfundisi! Wamanga.
UPetro wathi kuJesu: Mfundisi, kuhle ukuba sibe lapha; asakhe amadumba amathathu, elinye libe ngelakho, elinye libe ngelikaMose, lelinye libe ngelikaElija.
Maye kini baFarisi! ngoba lithanda izihlalo ezingaphambili emasinagogeni lokubingelelwa emidangeni.
Kwathi uJesu enyemukula, wababona bemlandela, wathi kubo: Lifunani na? Bathi kuye: Rabi, okuyikuthi Mfundisi, uhlalaphi na?
UNathanyeli waphendula wathi: Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu; uyiNkosi kaIsrayeli.
Abafundi bathi kuye: Mfundisi, abaJuda basand’ukufuna ukukukhanda ngamatshe, usaya futhi khona na?
UJesu wathi kuye: Mariya! Yena waphendula wathi kuye ngesiHeberu: Raboni! okuyikuthi: Mfundisi.
Yena weza kuye ebusuku, wathi kuye: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba kakho ongenza lezizibonakaliso ozenzayo uba uNkulunkulu engelaye.
Basebesiza kuJohane, bathi kuye: Mfundisi, lowo owawulaye ngaphetsheya kweJordani, owamfakazelayo, khangela, uyabhaphathiza, bayeza kuye bonke.
Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga besithi: Mfundisi, dlana.
Bathi sebemfumene ngaphetsheya kolwandle bathi kuye: Mfundisi, ufike nini lapha na?
Abafundi bakhe bambuza bathi: Mfundisi, ngubani owonayo, lumuntu ingabe abazali bakhe aze azalwe eyisiphofu na?