NGOKUKALUKA 20

₁Kwathi ngolunye lwezinsuku lezo esafundisa abantu ethempelini, eshumayela ivangeli, abapristi abakhulu nababhali bekanye namalunga bamvukela.

₂Bakhuluma, bathi kuye: Sitshele ukuthi lokhu ukwenza ngagunya lini, nokuba ngubani okuniké leligunya na?

₃Waphendula, wathi kubo: Nami ngizakunibuza izwi, nize ningitshele.

₄Ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kwavela ezulwini noma kubantu na?

₅Bazindlisana bodwa, bathi: Uma sithi: Ezulwini, uzakuthi: Anikholwanga nguye ngani na?

₆Kepha uma sithi: Kubantu, abantu bonke bazakusikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi.

₇Base bephendula ukuthi abazi lapho evela khona.

₈UJesu wayesethi kubo: Nami-ke anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.

₉Wayeseqala ukulandisa lomfanekiso, ethi kubantu: Umuntu watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye izwe isikhathi eside.

₁₀Ngenkathi efaneleyo wayesethumela inceku kubalimi ukuba bamnike ezithelweni zesivini; kepha abalimi bayishaya, bayimukisa-ze.

₁₁Waphinda wathuma enye inceku; naleyo bayishaya, bayidumaza, bayimukisa-ze.

₁₂Wayesephinda ethuma neyesithathu; nalena bayilimaza, bayiphonsa ngaphandle.

₁₃Khona wathi umninisivini: Ngizakwenze-njani na? Ngizakuthuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe lena bazakuyazisa.

₁₄Kepha abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana bathi: Lo uyindlalifa; masiyibulale ukuba ifa libe-ngelethu.

₁₅Bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala; ngakho-ke umninisivini uzakwenze-njani kubo na?

₁₆Uzakuza, ababhubhise labobalimi, isivini asinike abanye. Bekuzwa bathi: Qha, makungabi-njalo.

₁₇Kepha wababheka, wathi: Yini, pho, lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi:

₁₈Yilowo nalowo owayo phezu kwalelotshe uyakuphohlozwa; kepha lowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe liyakumcolisa.

₁₉Ababhali nabapristi bafuna ukumbamba khona-lapho, kepha besaba abantu, ngokuba bazi ukuthi uwukhulumile lomfanekiso ngabo.

₂₀Bamqaphela, bathuma izinhloli ezizishaya abalungileyo ukuba bamhile ngezwi lakhe, baze bamkhaphele emandleni nasegunyeni lombusi wezwe.

₂₁Bambuza-ke bathi: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma, ufundisa ngokuqondileyo, awukhethi-buso bamuntu, kepha ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokuqinisileyo.

₂₂Sivunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha?

₂₃Kepha eqonda ubuqili babo wathi kubo:

₂₄Ngiboniseni udenariyu*; unomfanekiso nombhalo kabani? Bathi: OkaKesari.

₂₅Wayesethi kubo: Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.

₂₆Abaze baba-namandla ukumhila ngezwi lakhe phambi kwabantu; bamangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula.

₂₇Kwase kufika kuye abathile babaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo;

₂₈bambuza bathi: Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma kufa umfowabo womuntu enomfazi kepha engenamntwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo.

₂₉Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wathatha umfazi; wafa engenamntwana,

₃₀nowesibili;

₃₁nowesithathu wamthatha; kanjaloke abayisikhombisa; bafa bengashiyangabantwana.

₃₂Ukugcina wafa nomfazi.

₃₃Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni owesifazane uyakuba-ngumfazi wamuphi kubo, lokhu abayisikhombisa babenaye engumkabo, na?

₃₄UJesu wathi kubo: Abantwana balenkathi bayaganwa, bayendiswa.

₃₅Kepha labo abazakuthiwa bafanele ukufinyelela kuleyonkathi nasekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabaganwa, kabendiswa;

₃₆ngokuba bangebuye bafe, banjengezingelosi; bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu bengabantwana bokuvuka.

₃₇Kepha ukuthi bayavuswa abafileyo, noMose wakubonakalisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu kaIsaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.

₃₈UNkulunkulu kasiye owabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke baphila kuye.

₃₉Abathile bababhali baphendula bathi: Mfundisi, ukhulumé kahle.

₄₀Ngokuba babengasenasibindi sokumbuza-lutho.

₄₁Wayesethi kubo: Basho kanjani ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavide na?

₄₂lokhu uDavide uqobo uthi eNcwadini yamaHubo:

₄₄Ngakho uDavide umbiza ngokuthi iNkosi; pho, uyindodana yakhe kanjani na?

₄₅Besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

₄₆Xwayani ababhali abafuna ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, bethanda ukubingelelwa ezigcawini nokuhlala phambili emasinagogeni* nasezindaweni ezingenhla ekudleni,

₄₇abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa; laba bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.