uMarko 4:1-20

Wabuya waqala ukufundisa ngaselwandle. Kwahlanganisana kuye indimbane enkulu, wada yena wangena emkhombeni, wahlala elwandle; saye sonke isihlwele siphezu kolwandle emhlabeni. Wayebafundisa iindawo ezininzi ngemizekeliso. Wayesithi kubo ekufundiseni kwakhe, Phulaphulani; Yabona, umhlwayeli waphuma waya kuhlwayela; kwathi ekuhlwayeleni kwakhe, inxalenye yembewu yawa ngasendleleni, zeza iintaka zezulu zayidla zayigqiba. Enye yawa endaweni elulwalwa, apho ibingenamhlaba mninzi; yantshula ke kwaoko, ngenxa yokuba ingenabunzulu bamhlaba; Kuthe ke, lakuba shushu ilanga, yatsha; yathi ngenxa yokuba ingenangcambu, yoma kwaphela. Yimbi yawa phakathi kwemithana enameva, yaza imithana enameva yakhula, yayiminxa, ayaba nasiqhamo. Embi yawa kuwo wona umhlaba olungileyo, yavelisa isiqhamo, yahluma, yaqhama; yavelisa enye amashumi amathathu, enye amashumi amathandathu, nekhulu enye. Wathi kubo, Lowo uneendlebe zokuva makeve. Ke kaloku, xa abeyedwa, abo babemphahlile, ndawonye nabalishumi elinababini, bambuza umzekeliso lowo. Uthe ke kubo, Nikuphiwe nina ukuyazi imfihlelo yobukumkani bukaThixo; ukuze bebona babone, bangaqiqi; besiva ke beve, bangaqondi; hleze babuye baguquke, baxolelwe izono zabo. Wathi kubo, Aniwazi na lo mzekeliso? Nothini na ke ukuyazi imizekeliso yonke? Uhlwayela imbewu yelizwi. Aba ke basendleleni, apho ilizwi lihlwayelwa khona, ngaba basendleleni, xa bathe beva, afike kwaoko uSathana, alithabathe ilizwi elihlwayelweyo ezintliziyweni zabo. Ngokukwanjalo ngaba abo bahlwayelwa ezindaweni ezilulwalwa; abathi, bakuliva ilizwi, balamkele kwaoko bevuya; babe bengenangcambu ngaphakathi kwabo, beme umzuzwana kodwa; bathi kamva, kwakuhla imbandezelo, nokuba yintshutshiso, ngenxa yelizwi, bakhutyekiswe kwaoko. Aba bahlwayelweyo emithaneni enameva ngaba; abo balivayo ilizwi, Aze amaxhala eli phakade, nokulukuhla kobutyebi, neenkanuko zezinye izinto, zingene ziliminxe ilizwi, lisuke lingabi nasiqhamo. Abo bahlwayelwe kuwo umhlaba omhle ngaba; bathi bona balivayo ilizwi, balamkele, baxakathe isiqhamo, omnye amashumi amathathu, omnye amashumi amathandathu, nomnye ikhulu.