Indoda enesandla esirholopheleko
(Mt 12:9-14; Lk 6:6-11)
1UJesu godu wangena ngesinagogini. Ngaphakathapho gade kukhona indoda enesandla esirholopheleko. 2Khonapho bekunabanye abantu ebebafunana nesizathu sokusola uJesu, yeke bamqala ngelihlo elibukhali ukubona bonyana uzakuphilisa umuntu loyo ije kuliSabatha njalo na. 3UJesu wathi emuntwini orholophele isandla loyo: “Sikima ujame phakathi.” 4UJesu wathi kibo: “Ngikuphi okuvumelekileko ngeSabatha: ukwenza okuhle namkha ukwenza okumbi, ukusindisa ipilo namkha ukubulala na?” Kodwana bathula bathi du.
5Waqala kibo ngapha nangapha ngokuthukuthela nangokukhathazeka okukhulu ngebanga leenhliziyo zabo ezilikhuni, yeke wathi endodeni: “Thabulula isandla sakho.” Yasithabulula, saphola pholi. 6Khonokho abaFarisi baphumela ngaphandle, benza isicathana nabantu bakaHerode sokobana bangambulala njani uJesu.
Iinqubuthu zilandela uJesu
(Mt 12:15-16; Lk 6:17-19)
7UJesu wathatha abafundi bakhe baya elwandle. Isiqubuthu esikhulu esivela eGalile samlandela. 8Kwathi bona bezwe ngakho koke ebegade akwenza, abantu abanengi beza kuye bavela eJudiya, eJerusalema, e-Idumiya neemfundeni ezingaphetjheya kweJordani namagegana neTirosi neTsidoni. 9Ngebanga lesiqubuthu esikhulu, uJesu watjela abafundi bakhe bona bamlungisele umkhumbi khona abantu bangazukghona ukumbungelela. 10Njengombana apholisa abantu abanengi nje, boke abagulako bebasunduzana, balinga ukumkghwatha. 11Bekuthi njalo lokha imimoya emimbi nayimbonako, idusuke phasi phambi kwakhe irhuwelele ithi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaZimu!”
12Kodwana wayidosa ngendlebe bona ingatjeli namunye bona ungubani.
Ukukhethwa kwabapostoli abalitjhumi nambili
(Mt 10:1-4; Lk 6:12-16)
13UJesu wenyukela entabeni, wabizela kuye labo abafunako nje-ke beza kuye. 14Wakhetha abalitjhumi nambili, wababiza bona babapostoli ukuze babe naye, abathume bona bayokutjhumayela, 15begodu babe negunya lokuqotjha amadimoni.
16Laba ngabalitjhumi nambili abakhethako: NguSimoni, amthiya bona nguPitrosi; 17uJakopo nomnakwabo uJwanisi, abamadodana kaZebediya, bona wabathiya bona nguBhowanerigesi, okutjho bona madodana womdumo; 18u-Andrisi; uFlebhe; uBharitholomeyusi; uMatewu; uTomasi; uJakopo umsa ka-Alfiyosi; uTadiyosi; uSimoni umZelothe 19noJudasi Iskariyodi owakhaphela uJesu.
UJesu noBhelzabhulu
(Mt 12:22-32; Lk 11:14-23; 12:10)
20UJesu wangena ngekumbeni, godu isiqubuthu sabuthana kangangoba yena nabafundi bakhe babhalelwa kugoma isikwa. 21Kuthe bona bomndenakhe bezwe ngalokho, beza kobana bamthathe bathi: “Uhlangene ihloko.”
22Abafundisi bomthetho ebebavela eJerusalema nabo bathi: “Ungenwe nguBhelzabhulu. Uqotjha amadimoni ngekosana yamadimoni.”
23Yeke uJesu wababiza wakhuluma nabo ngemifanekiso wathi: “USathana angamqotjha njani uSathana na? 24Nakube umbuso wehlukene ngokwawo, kutjho bona umbuso lowo angeze wajama. 25Nakube umndeni wehlukene ngokwawo, umndeni lowo angeze wajama. 26NoSathana nakube uziphikisa yena ngokwakhe begodu wehlukene phakathi, angeze ajama nesiphetho sakhe sifikile.
27“Emanyeni akakho umuntu ongangena emzini wetsitsirimba afese athathe ipahlayo ngaphandle kobana athome ngokuyibopha qangi, kukhona angadleleza ikumbayo.
28“Kwamambala ngiyanitjela bona zoke izono kanye neenhlamba zabantu bazakulitjalelwa zona. 29Kodwana nanyana ngubani ohlambalaza uMoya oCwengileko angekhe alitjalelwa, unomlandu wokona kwamlibe.” 30UJesu watjho njalo ngombana bebasithi: “Unommoya omumbi.”
Unina nabafowabo kaJesu
(Mt 12:46-50; Lk 8:19-21)
31Yeke unina nabafowabo kaJesu bafika bajama ngaphandle, bathumela othileko ngaphakathi bona ayombiza. 32Bekabungelelwe siqubuthu, abantu bathi kuye: “Unyoko nabafowenu babawa ukukubona ngaphandle.”
33UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ngubani umma nabafowethu na?” 34Waqala labo ebebahlezi bambungelele wathi: “Nangu umma nabafowethu! 35Nanyana ngubani owenza intando kaZimu ungumfowethu, nodadwethu nomma.”
