NgokukaMathewu 9:1-8

Wayesengena emkhunjini, wawela, weza emzini wakubo. Bheka, baletha kuye umuntu ofe uhlangothi elele ohlakeni. UJesu ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Yima isibindi, ndodana; uthethelelwe izono zakho.” Bheka, abathile kubabhali bathi phakathi kwabo: “Lo uyahlambalaza.” UJesu ezazi izizindlo zabo wathi: “Nizindlelani okubi ezinhliziyweni zenu na? Ngokuba yikuphi okulula ukuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho,’ noma ukuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe,’ na? Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono –” khona wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Vuka, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.” Wavuka, waya endlini yakhe. Kepha izixuku zikubona zethuka, zamdumisa uNkulunkulu onikile abantu amandla anjalo.