UMARKO 7:1-13

*AbaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho abathile bahlanganisana ngakuYesu, bevela eJerusalem, baza babona abathile kubafundi bakhe besitya isonka ngezandla ezinomlaza, ezingahlanjwanga. Kaloku abaFarasi namaJuda onke abatyi bengazihlambanga izandla ngokwesiko, begcine isithethe samanyange. Naxa bevela emarikeni abatyi bengahlambanga. Zikho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi abazamkele ukuba bazigcine, ezinjengokutshizwa kweendebe, neebhekile, nezitya. AbaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho bambuza ke uYesu, besithi: “Kutheni na ukuba abafundi bakho bangenzi ngokwesithethe samanyange, le nto batya isonka ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga?” Wabaphendula esithi: “UIsaya wayenyanisile ukushumayela ngani, bahanahanisindini, njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: “ ‘Aba bantu bandibeka ngomlomo, kanti yona intliziyo ikude lee kum,’ itsho iNkosi. ‘Bafumana bendihlonela, kuba bafundisa iimfundiso eziyimithetho nje yabantu.’ “Kaloku niwuyekile umyalelo kaThixo, nasuka nagcina isithethe sabantu.” Kwakhona wathi kubo: “Ningamachule ekuwutshitshiseni umyalelo kaThixo, nokuze niphakamise esenu isithethe. Andithi uMosis wathi: ‘Beka uyihlo nonyoko;’ watsho nokuthi: ‘Othuka uyise, nokuba ngunina, makabulawe’ ? Kanti ukuba ubani unento angámnceda ngayo uyise nokuba ngunina, aze asuke athi uzimisele ukuyenza umnikelo kuThixo loo nto, nina ngokwesithethe senu nithi akasavumelekanga ukumenzela nto ngaloo nto uyise nokuba ngunina. Ngokwenjenjalo nilenza into engento ilizwi likaThixo, nilandele isithethe senu enisifundisayo. Zikho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi ezilolu hlobo enizenzayo.”