NgokukaJohane 13:1-10

Kwathi sekuzakuba nguMkhosi wePhasika uJesu azi ukuthi sesifikile isikhathi sakhe sokuba amuke kulo mhlaba aye kuYise, kepha wayebathandile abangabakhe abasemhlabeni kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Sekudliwa isidlo sakusihlwa, usathane wayesekufakile enhliziyweni kaJuda Iskariyothe kaSimoni ukuba amkhaphele. UJesu wayekwazi ukuthi uYise unikele konke ezandleni zakhe, nokuthi Yena wavela kuNkulunkulu, futhi ubuyela kuye. Wasukuma esidlweni, wabeka izingubo zakhe, wathatha ithawula, walibopha okhalo. Wayesethela amanzi emcengezini, waqala ukugeza abafundi bakhe izinyawo, ezesula ngethawula ayelibophele okhalo. Wayesefika kuSimoni Phethro. UPhethro wathi kuye: “Nkosi, Wena, ugeza izinyawo zami na?” UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Engikwenzayo manje awukwazi, kodwa uzakuqonda emva kwalokhu.” UPhethro wathi kuye: “Awusoze wazigeza izinyawo zami naphakade.” UJesu waphendula, wathi: “Uma ngingakugezi, awunasabelo nami.” USimoni Phethro wathi kuye: “Nkosi, makungabi yizinyawo zodwa, kodwa nezandla nekhanda.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ogeziweyo kadingi lutho olunye, kuphela ukugezwa izinyawo, ngalokho umzimba wonke ugezekile. Nina-ke nigezekile, kodwa hhayi nina nonke.”