Wabuye wabatshela omunye umzekeliso, wathi: “Umbuso wezulu ufaniswa nomuntu owahlwanyela imbewu enhle ensimini yakhe; kuthe abantu besalele, kwafika isitha sakhe, sahlwanyela ukhula phakathi kwamabele, qede sashaya sachitha. Kwathi lapho amabele esekhahlela, kwavumbuka ukhula.
“Izisebenzi zaya kumninindlu, zathi kuye: ‘Nkosi, awuhlwanyelanga yini imbewu enhle ensimini yakho na? Pho luvelaphi ukhula na?’
“Wathi kuzo: ‘Lokhu kwenziwe ngumuntu oyisitha.’
“Izisebenzi zathi kuye: ‘Uyathanda yini ukuba sihambe siyolusiphula na?’
“Kepha wathi: ‘Qha, funa nithi nxa nisiphula ukhula, nisiphule namabele kanye nalo. Kuyekeni kukhule kokubili ndawonye, kuze kuvunwe. Ngesikhathi sokuvuna ngiyakuyala abavuni ngithi: buthani kuqala ukhula, nilubophe izinyanda ukuze lushiswe, bese nibuthela amabele enqolobaneni yami.’ ”
Wabuye wabatshela omunye umzekeliso, wathi: “Umbuso wezulu ufana nohlamvu lwesinaphi aluthatha umuntu waluhlwanyela ensimini yakhe; lona luthi lungoluncane kunazo zonke izimbewu, kodwa lukhule lube lukhulu kunakho konke okumilayo, lube yisihlahla esikhulukazi; zize izinyoni zezulu, zakhele emagatsheni aso.”
Wabuye wabatshela omunye umzekeliso, wathi: “Umbuso wezulu ufana nomuntu wesifazane, owathatha imvubelo wayifaka emicengezini emithathu yempuphu, kwaze kwabila konke.”
UJesu wakukhuluma konke lokhu ezixukwini ngemizekeliso, akukho lutho olunye ake walukhuluma kubo ngaphandle kwemizekeliso, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwashiwo ngomphrofethi ukuthi:
“Ngizakuvula umlomo wami,
ngikhulume ngemizekeliso.
Ngikhulume izinto ezifihlakeleyo,
selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba.”
UJesu wayesezihlakaza izixuku, waya endlini. Abafundi bakhe basondela kuye, bathi: “Sichazele ngomzekeliso wokhula ensimini.”
Wayesebaphendula, ethi: “Ohlwanyela imbewu enhle yiNdodana yomuntu. Insimu yizwe, imbewu enhle yilabo abangabantwana bombuso; ukhula ngabantwana bomubi. Kepha isitha esaluhlwanyelayo nguSathane, ukuvuna kungukuphela kwesikhathi, abavuni yizingelosi. Ngakho-ke njengalokhu ukhula lubuthwa lushiswe emlilweni, kuyakuba kanjalo ekupheleni kwezwe. INdodana yomuntu iyakuthuma izingelosi zayo, zibuthe, zikhiphe embusweni wayo konke okukhubekisayo nabenza okubi, zibaphonse esithandweni somlilo; lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo. Kepha abalungileyo bayakukhanya njengelanga embusweni kaYise. Onezindlebe makezwe.
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