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            <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">UJesu Ungena EJerusalema</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> Kwathi sebesondele eJerusalema, sebefike eBhethifage ngaseNtabeni Yeminqumo, uJesu wathuma abafundi ababili, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">wathi kubo: &#8220;Hambani niye emzaneni oqondene nani; nxa nifika nizakufumana imbongolo ikhulekiwe nethole linayo. Zithukululeni nizilethe kimi. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Uma kukhona umuntu osho utho kini, niyakuthi: &#8216;INkosi iyazidinga;&#8217; uyakuzibuyisa ngokushesha.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke okwashiwo ngomphrofethi ukuthi:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Yishoni kuyo indodakazi yaseZiyoni,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">nithi: Bheka, iNkosi yakho</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">iza kuwe ithobekile,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">igibele embongolweni;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">yebo, etholeni,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">inkonyane yesilwane esiboshelwayo.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> Abafundi bahamba, benza njengokuba uJesu ebatshelile. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> Bayiletha imbongolo nethole, base bebeka izingubo zabo phezu kwazo, uJesu wayesehlala phezu kwezingubo. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> Isixuku esikhulu sendlala izingubo zaso endleleni, abanye bagawula amagatsha emithi, bawendlala endleleni. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> Izixuku ezazihamba phambili nezazimlandela zazimemeza zithi:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">Ubusisiswe ozayo egameni leNkosi.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">Hosana kweliphezulu!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Kwathi esangena eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakaza, uthi: &#8220;Ngubani lo na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> Izixuku zazithi: &#8220;Lo ngumphrofethi,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="content">uJesu waseNazaretha laseGalile.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">UJesu Uhlanza Ithempeli</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Mak. 11:15</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luk. 19:45</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> UJesu wangena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbukuqela amatafula abashintshisa ngemali, nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> Wathi kubo: &#8220;Kulotshiwe ukuthi: &#8216;Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,&#8217; kepha nina niyenza umhume wabaphangi.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe, nezinyonga esesethempelini, waziphulukisa. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Kepha abaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho, sebezibonile izimangaliso ayezenza, nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: &#8220;Hosana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,&#8221; bacasuka, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> bathi kuye: &#8220;Uyakuzwa yini lokhu abakushoyo laba na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">UJesu wathi kubo: &#8220;Yebo, anifundanga yini ukuthi: &#8216;Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo, uzilungisele indumiso&#8217; na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Wahamba, waphuma emzini, waya eBhethaniya, walala ubusuku lapho.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ukuqalekiswa Komkhiwane</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Mak. 11:12</span><span class="heading">,</span><span class="heading">20</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> Kepha ekuseni, ekhuphukela emzini, walamba. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Wabona umkhiwane owodwa ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa akatholanga lutho kuwo, ngaphandle kwamaqabunga kuphela. Wayesethi kuwo: &#8220;Akungabe kusavela sithelo kuwe naphakade.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.21.19"><span class="content">Umkhiwane wabuna ngaso leso sikhathi. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Bekubona lokho abafundi bamangala, bathi: &#8220;Umkhiwane ubune kanjani masinyane kanje na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content"> UJesu wabaphendula, wathi kubo: &#8220;Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma nikholwa ningangabazi, aniyukwenza kuphela lokhu okwenzeke emkhiwaneni, kodwa noma nithi kule ntaba: &#8216;Zimbuka, uphonseke olwandle,&#8217; lokho kuyakwenzeka. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> Konke eniyakukucela emkhulekweni, nikholwa, niyakukwamukeliswa.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Igunya LikaJesu</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Mak. 11:27</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luk. 20:1</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content"> Kuthe esengene ethempelini, esafundisa, kweza kuye abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe, bathi: &#8220;Ukwenza ngagunya lini lokhu na? Futhi ngubani okunike leli gunya?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">UJesu wabaphendula wathi: &#8220;Nami ngizakunibuza izwi libe linye vo; uma ningiphendula, nami ngizakunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Umbhabhadiso kaJohane wawuvelaphi, ezulwini noma kubantu na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.21.25"><span class="content">Babonisana bodwa, base bethi: &#8220;Uma sithi: &#8216;Ezulwini,&#8217; uzakuthi kithi: &#8216;Pho kungani ningakholwanga nguye na?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content"> Kepha uma sithi: &#8216;Kubantu,&#8217; siyasesaba isixuku, ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumphrofethi.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Base bemphendula uJesu, bethi: &#8220;Asazi.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">Wayesethi naye kubo: &#8220;Nami angizukunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Umzekeliso Ngamadodana Amabili</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Nina-ke nithini na? Umuntu wayenamadodana amabili; waya kweyokuqala wathi: &#8216;Mntanami, hamba uyosebenza namuhla esivinini.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kepha yaphendula yathi: &#8216;Angithandi,&#8217; kodwa kamuva yaguqula umqondo wayo, yaya.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Waya nakwenye, washo okufanayo kuyo. Yona yaphendula yathi: &#8216;Ngizoya, nkosi,&#8217; kepha kayiyanga.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Iyiphi kula madodana amabili eyenza intando kayise na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">Bathi kuye: &#8220;Eyokuqala.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.21.31"><span class="content">UJesu wathi kubo: &#8220;Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: abathelisi nezifebe bangena ngaphambi kwenu embusweni kaNkulunkulu. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content"> Ngokuba uJohane weza kini ngendlela yokulunga, anikholwanga nguye, kodwa abathelisi nezifebe bakholwa nguye. Kepha nina, nakuba nikubona akwenzileyo, aniguqukanga nakamuva ukuba nikholwe nguye.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Umfanekiso Wabalimi Besivini</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Mak. 12:1</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">Luk. 20:9</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.21.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Lalelani nanku omunye umzekeliso. Kwakukhona umuntu ongumninindlu. Lo muntu watshala isivini, wasibiyela ngothango, wemba lapho isikhamo, wakha isiqongo sokulinda, wayeseqashisa ngaso kubalimi; waya kwelinye izwe. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Kwathi sekusondele isikhathi sokuvuna, wathumela izinceku zakhe kubalimi ukuba zilande izithelo zakhe.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.21.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;Abalimi bazibamba izinceku zakhe, enye bayishaya, enye bayibulala, enye bayikhanda ngamatshe. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Waphinda wathumela ezinye izinceku eziningi kunezakuqala. Nakulezo benza okufanayo. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Ekugcineni wathumela kubo indodana yakhe, ethi: &#8216;Bazakuyihlonipha indodana yami.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.21.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Kepha abalimi, beyibona indodana yakhe, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: &#8216;Le yindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, sidle ifa layo.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.21.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bayibamba, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.21.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pho-ke mhla kufika umninisivini, uzakubenzenjani labo balimi na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.21.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Bathi kuye: &#8220;Uzakubabhubhisa kabi labo benzi bokubi. Isivini sakhe asiqashise kwabanye abalimi abayakumnika isivuno ngesikhathi saso.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.21.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content"> UJesu wathi kubo: &#8220;Anizange nifunde yini emibhalweni ukuthi:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="content">&#8220; &#8216;Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="content">yilona elaba yinhloko yegumbi.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="content">Lona lavela eNkosini;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="content">liyisimangaliso emehlweni ethu&#8217; na?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.21.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.21.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ngalokho-ke ngithi kini: niyakwamukwa umbuso kaNkulunkulu, uphiwe isizwe esiyakuveza izithelo zawo. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Owela phezu kwaleli tshe uyakuphohlozwa, kodwa yilowo nalowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe liyakumcolisa.&#8221; </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.21.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.21.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi sebeyizwile imizekeliso yakhe, baqonda ukuthi ukhuluma ngabo. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.21.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Bafuna ukumbamba, kodwa besaba izixuku, ngokuba zazithi ungumphrofethi.</span></span></div>
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Kwathi sebesondele eJerusalema, sebefike eBhethifage ngaseNtabeni Yeminqumo, uJesu wathuma abafundi ababili, wathi kubo: “Hambani niye emzaneni oqondene nani; nxa nifika nizakufumana imbongolo ikhulekiwe nethole linayo. Zithukululeni nizilethe kimi. Uma kukhona umuntu osho utho kini, niyakuthi: ‘INkosi iyazidinga;’ uyakuzibuyisa ngokushesha.”
Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke okwashiwo ngomphrofethi ukuthi:

“Yishoni kuyo indodakazi yaseZiyoni,
nithi: Bheka, iNkosi yakho
iza kuwe ithobekile,
igibele embongolweni;
yebo, etholeni,
inkonyane yesilwane esiboshelwayo.”

Abafundi bahamba, benza njengokuba uJesu ebatshelile. Bayiletha imbongolo nethole, base bebeka izingubo zabo phezu kwazo, uJesu wayesehlala phezu kwezingubo. Isixuku esikhulu sendlala izingubo zaso endleleni, abanye bagawula amagatsha emithi, bawendlala endleleni. Izixuku ezazihamba phambili nezazimlandela zazimemeza zithi:

“Hosana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide!
Ubusisiswe ozayo egameni leNkosi.
Hosana kweliphezulu!”

Kwathi esangena eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakaza, uthi: “Ngubani lo na?”

Izixuku zazithi: “Lo ngumphrofethi,
uJesu waseNazaretha laseGalile.”


UJesu wangena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbukuqela amatafula abashintshisa ngemali, nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba. Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenza umhume wabaphangi.”
Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe, nezinyonga esesethempelini, waziphulukisa. Kepha abaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho, sebezibonile izimangaliso ayezenza, nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: “Hosana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,” bacasuka, bathi kuye: “Uyakuzwa yini lokhu abakushoyo laba na?”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Yebo, anifundanga yini ukuthi: ‘Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo, uzilungisele indumiso’ na?”
Wahamba, waphuma emzini, waya eBhethaniya, walala ubusuku lapho.


Kepha ekuseni, ekhuphukela emzini, walamba. Wabona umkhiwane owodwa ngasendleleni, waya kuwo, kodwa akatholanga lutho kuwo, ngaphandle kwamaqabunga kuphela. Wayesethi kuwo: “Akungabe kusavela sithelo kuwe naphakade.”
Umkhiwane wabuna ngaso leso sikhathi. Bekubona lokho abafundi bamangala, bathi: “Umkhiwane ubune kanjani masinyane kanje na?”
UJesu wabaphendula, wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma nikholwa ningangabazi, aniyukwenza kuphela lokhu okwenzeke emkhiwaneni, kodwa noma nithi kule ntaba: ‘Zimbuka, uphonseke olwandle,’ lokho kuyakwenzeka. Konke eniyakukucela emkhulekweni, nikholwa, niyakukwamukeliswa.”


Kuthe esengene ethempelini, esafundisa, kweza kuye abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe, bathi: “Ukwenza ngagunya lini lokhu na? Futhi ngubani okunike leli gunya?”
UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Nami ngizakunibuza izwi libe linye vo; uma ningiphendula, nami ngizakunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini. Umbhabhadiso kaJohane wawuvelaphi, ezulwini noma kubantu na?”
Babonisana bodwa, base bethi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi kithi: ‘Pho kungani ningakholwanga nguye na?’ Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ siyasesaba isixuku, ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumphrofethi.”
Base bemphendula uJesu, bethi: “Asazi.”
Wayesethi naye kubo: “Nami angizukunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini.”

“Nina-ke nithini na? Umuntu wayenamadodana amabili; waya kweyokuqala wathi: ‘Mntanami, hamba uyosebenza namuhla esivinini.’
“Kepha yaphendula yathi: ‘Angithandi,’ kodwa kamuva yaguqula umqondo wayo, yaya.
“Waya nakwenye, washo okufanayo kuyo. Yona yaphendula yathi: ‘Ngizoya, nkosi,’ kepha kayiyanga.
“Iyiphi kula madodana amabili eyenza intando kayise na?”
Bathi kuye: “Eyokuqala.”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: abathelisi nezifebe bangena ngaphambi kwenu embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba uJohane weza kini ngendlela yokulunga, anikholwanga nguye, kodwa abathelisi nezifebe bakholwa nguye. Kepha nina, nakuba nikubona akwenzileyo, aniguqukanga nakamuva ukuba nikholwe nguye.”


“Lalelani nanku omunye umzekeliso. Kwakukhona umuntu ongumninindlu. Lo muntu watshala isivini, wasibiyela ngothango, wemba lapho isikhamo, wakha isiqongo sokulinda, wayeseqashisa ngaso kubalimi; waya kwelinye izwe. Kwathi sekusondele isikhathi sokuvuna, wathumela izinceku zakhe kubalimi ukuba zilande izithelo zakhe.
“Abalimi bazibamba izinceku zakhe, enye bayishaya, enye bayibulala, enye bayikhanda ngamatshe. Waphinda wathumela ezinye izinceku eziningi kunezakuqala. Nakulezo benza okufanayo. Ekugcineni wathumela kubo indodana yakhe, ethi: ‘Bazakuyihlonipha indodana yami.’
“Kepha abalimi, beyibona indodana yakhe, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: ‘Le yindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, sidle ifa layo.’
“Bayibamba, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala.
“Pho-ke mhla kufika umninisivini, uzakubenzenjani labo balimi na?”
Bathi kuye: “Uzakubabhubhisa kabi labo benzi bokubi. Isivini sakhe asiqashise kwabanye abalimi abayakumnika isivuno ngesikhathi saso.”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Anizange nifunde yini emibhalweni ukuthi:

“ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi
yilona elaba yinhloko yegumbi.
Lona lavela eNkosini;
liyisimangaliso emehlweni ethu’ na?

“Ngalokho-ke ngithi kini: niyakwamukwa umbuso kaNkulunkulu, uphiwe isizwe esiyakuveza izithelo zawo. Owela phezu kwaleli tshe uyakuphohlozwa, kodwa yilowo nalowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe liyakumcolisa.”
Abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi sebeyizwile imizekeliso yakhe, baqonda ukuthi ukhuluma ngabo. Bafuna ukumbamba, kodwa besaba izixuku, ngokuba zazithi ungumphrofethi.

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