UMARKO 12:13-27

Kwathunyelwa ke kuYesu abathile *babaFarasi nabathile beqela *lamaHerode, ukuze bambambise ngamazwi. Befikile ke bona, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthembekile, ungenamkhethe, kuba akucengi bani, kodwa uyifundisa ngenyaniso indlela kaThixo. Khawutsho ke, ngaba kuvumelekile na ukurhafa *kuKhesare, okanye akuvumelekanga; masiyirhole irhafu, singayirholi, kusini na?” Ke yena, ekwazi ukuhanahanisa kwabo, wathi kubo: “Nindilingelani na? Ndiziseleni imali ndiyibone.” Bayizisa ke, waza wathi kubo: “Ngokabani na lo mfanekiso neli gama?” Bathi kuye: “NgokaKhesare.” Waphendula ke uYesu, wathi kubo: “Ke, nikani uKhesare okufanele uKhesare, ninike uThixo okufanele uThixo.” Bamangaliseka yimpendulo yakhe. Kweza *nabaSadusi kuYesu (bona bathi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo), bambuza besithi: “Mfundisi, uMosis wasibhalela umthetho esithi: ‘Ukuba ubani uthe wafa, eshiya umfazi engekabi nabantwana, makathi umntakwabo amngene umfazi lowo, baze bamzalele abantwana umfi lowo.’ Ke kaloku kwakukho oonyana bomntu abasixhenxe, yaza inkulu yazeka umfazi, yasweleka ingenabantwana. Wathi ke owesibini wamngena, kodwa naye wasweleka engenabantwana. Benjenjalo ke bosixhenxe, kodwa abashiya mntwana. Emva kwabo bonke wasweleka naye umfazi. Ke ngoko eluvukweni lwabafileyo uya kuba ngumfazi wawuphi kubo? Kuba kaloku bosixhenxe babemthathile.” Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Nilahlekiswa kukuba ningaziqondi *iziBhalo, ningawazi namandla kaThixo. Kaloku xa abafileyo bathe babuya bavuka, àbazeki, àbendiswa; banjengezithunywa ezisezulwini. Ngokusingisele kukuvuswa kwabafileyo, anifundanga na encwadini kaMosis, kwisiqendu esithetha ngetyholo elivuthayo, okokuba uThixo wathetha naye esithi: ‘Mna ndinguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi’ ? AkaThixo wabafileyo; unguThixo wabaphilayo. Ke nina nilahleke kakhulu.”