NgokukaMarku 12:1-27

Wayeseqala ukukhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso, ethi: “Umuntu watshala isivini, wasibiyela ngothango, wemba isikhamo, wakha isiqongo sokulinda, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye izwe. Ngenkathi efaneleyo wayesethuma inceku kubalimi ukuba ithathe kubalimi ezithelweni zesivini. Bayibamba, bayishaya, bayimukisa ze. Waphinda wathuma kubo enye inceku; yona bayilimaza ekhanda, bayithuka. Wathuma enye futhi; yona bayibulala, nezinye eziningi: ezinye bazishaya, ezinye bazibulala. “Kwase kusele umuntu munye, indodana ethandekayo; yona wayithuma kubo ekugcineni, ethi: ‘Bayakuyazisa indodana yami.’ “Kepha labo balimi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ifa libe ngelethu.’ Base beyibamba bayibulala, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini. “Uzakwenzani umninisivini na? Uzakuza, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asinike abanye. Aniwufundanga yini lo mbhalo othi: “ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi lona laba yinhloko yegumbi; lona lavela eNkosini; liyisimangaliso emehlweni ethu,’ na?” Base befuna ukumbamba, kepha besaba isixuku; ngokuba bazi ukuthi ukhulume lo mfanekiso ngabo. Base bemshiya bamuka. Khona abanye babaFarisi nabakaHerode bathunyelwa kuye ukuba bamhile ngezwi. Beza bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi uqinisile nokuthi awukhathali ngamuntu, ngokuba awubheki ubuso babantu, kodwa indlela kaNkulunkulu uyifundisa ngeqiniso. Kuvunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha? Sithele nokuba singatheli na?” Kepha yena ekwazi ukuzenzisa kwabo wathi kubo: “Ningilingelani na? Lethani kimi udenariyu,* ngimbone.” Bamletha. Wayesethi kubo: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso nalo mbhalo na?” Bathi kuye: “NgokaKesari.” UJesu wathi kubo: “Nikani uKesari okukaKesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.” Bamangala ngaye. Khona kwafika kuye abaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma kufa umfowabo womuntu, eshiya umkakhe engashiyi mntwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo. Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa, owokuqala wathatha umfazi; wafa engashiyanga nzalo. Nowesibili wamthatha; naye wafa engashiyanga nzalo; kanjalo nowesithathu. Abayisikhombisa kabashiyanga nzalo. Ekugcineni kwabo bonke kwafa nomfazi. Ekuvukeni mhla bevukayo uyakuba ngumkabani kubo, lokhu abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo, na?” UJesu wathi kubo: “Angithi nidukile ngenxa yokuba ningayazi imibhalo namandla kaNkulunkulu na? Ngokuba mhla bevuka kwabafileyo abaganwa, abendiswa, kodwa banjengezingelosi ezulwini. Kepha maqondana nabafileyo ukuthi bayavuswa anifundanga yini encwadini kaMose ngesihlahla ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuye, wathi: ‘NginguNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe,’ na? Akasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo. Nidukile kakhulu.”