Eseshilo lokho waqhubekela phambili, wakhuphukela eJerusalema.
Kwathi esondele eBetfage naseBethaniya ngasentabeni ethiwa eYeminqumo, wathuma ababili kubafundi bakhe, ethi: “Hambani niye emzaneni obhekene nani, nothi ukuba ningene kuwo, nizakufumana ithole lembongolo likhulekiwe, okungazange kuhlale muntu kulo; lithukululeni, nililethe. Uma umuntu enibuza ethi: ‘Nilithukululelani na?’ anothi: ‘INkosi iyalidinga.’ ”
Ababethunyiwe bahamba-ke, bafumana kunjengokusho kwakhe kubo. Kuthe besalithukulula ithole, abaninilo bathi kubo: “Nilithukululelani ithole na?”
Bathi: “INkosi iyalidinga.”
Base beliletha kuJesu; babeka izingubo zabo phezu kwethole, bamkhwelisa uJesu. Esahamba, babendlala izingubo zabo endleleni.
Esesondela ekwehleleni kweNtaba Yeminqumo, isixuku sonke sabafundi saqala ukuthokoza nokumdumisa uNkulunkulu ngezwi elikhulu ngemisebenzi yonke yamandla esiyibonileyo, sithi:
“Ubusisiwe uMbusi ozayo egameni leNkosi,
ukuthula ezulwini nenkazimulo kweliphezulu!”
Abanye babaFarisi besesixukwini bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, bakhuze abafundi bakho.”
Waphendula wathi: “Ngithi kini: Uma bethula laba, amatshe azakumemeza.”
Kwathi esondela, ewubona umuzi, wawukhalela. Wathi: “Sengathi nga wazi nawe ngalolu suku okokuthula. Kepha kalokhu kufihlakele emehlweni akho. Ngokuba uyakufikelwa yizinsuku, lapho izitha ziyakukukaka ngodonga lwempi, zikuhaqe, zikuvimbezele nxazonke, zikuwise phansi, wena nabantwana abakuwe, zingashiyi itshe phezu kwetshe phakathi kwakho, ngokuba ungasazanga isikhathi sokuhanjelwa kwakho.”
Wangena ethempelini, waqala ukuxosha abathengisayo, wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakuba yindlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenze ‘umhume wabaphangi’.”
Wayefundisa ethempelini imihla ngemihla. Kepha abapristi abakhulu, nababhali, nezikhulu zabantu bafuna ukumbulala. Kodwa babengatholi ukuthi bangenzani, ngokuba abantu bonke babebambelela kuye bemuzwa.
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