Kwathi uJesu esesondele eBhethifage naseBhethani, ngasentabeni okuthiwa eYeminqumo, wathuma abafundi ababili, ethi: “Hambani niye emzaneni oqondene nani, kuzakuthi lapho ningena, nifumane ithole lembongolo likhulekiwe, okungazange kuhlale muntu kulo. Lithukululeni, nililethe lapha.
“Uma kukhona umuntu onibuzayo, ethi: ‘Nilithukulelani na?’ anothi: ‘INkosi iyalidinga.’ ”
Ababethunyiwe bahamba, bathola kunjengalokhu ayebatshelile. Kuthe besalithukulula ithole, abaninilo bathi kubo: “Nilithukululelani ithole na?”
Bathi: “INkosi iyalidinga.”
Base beliletha kuJesu, babeka izingubo zabo phezu kwalo, bamgibelisa kulo uJesu. Esahamba, bendlala izingubo zabo endleleni.
Kuthe esesondele emehlelweni weNtaba Yeminqumo isixuku sonke sabafundi saqala ukuthokoza nokudumisa uNkulunkulu ngezwi elikhulu ngazo zonke izimangaliso esizibonileyo, 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 lapho esondela, ewubona umuzi, wawukhalela. Wathi: “Sengathi ngabe nawe ubuwazi ngalolu lusuku, lokho okungakulethela ukuthula. Kepha manje kufihlakele emehlweni akho. Ngokuba uyakufikelwa yizinsuku lapho izitha zakho ziyakwakha ugange, zikuhaqe, zikuvimbezele macala wonke. Zikuqumbe phansi othulini, wena nabantu abanawe; aziyukushiya litshe phezu kwelinye phakathi kwakho. Ngokuba awusazanga isikhathi sokuhanjelwa kwakho.”
UJesu wangena ethempelini, waqala ukuxosha abathengisayo, wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakuba yindlu yokukhuleka,’ kodwa nina niyenze ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”
Wayefundisa ethempelini imihla ngemihla. Kepha abaphristi abakhulu, izazimthetho, nezikhulu zabantu, zafuna ukumbulala. Kepha babengazi ukuthi bazokwenza kanjani, ngokuba bonke abantu babenamathele kuye, bemlalele.
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