AbaFarisi basuka lapho, babonisana ukuba bamhile ngezwi. Bathumela kuye abafundi babo nabakaHerode, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi uqinisile, ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso, awubunaki ubunjalo bomuntu, ngokuba Wena awubheki buso bamuntu. Ngakho-ke sitshele ukuthi yikuphi okulungile. Kuvunyelwe yini ukukhokha intela kuKhesari noma qha na?”
UJesu, ebazi ububi babo, wathi: “Bazenzisi, ningilingelani na? Ngitshengiseni uhlamvu lwemali yokuthela.”
Base bemkhombisa udenariyu.
Wayesethi: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso nalo mbhalo na?”
Bathi: “NgokaKhesari.”
Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKhesari okukaKhesari noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”
Sebekuzwile lokho bamangala, base bemshiya, bahamba.
Ngalolo lusuku kwafika kuye abaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza, bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wathi: ‘Uma umuntu efa engazele bantwana, umfowabo makamngene umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo umuzi.’ Kwakukhona-ke ngakithi izelamani eziyisikhombisa. Owokuqala waganwa, wafa engenamntwana, umkakhe wangenwa ngumfowabo. Kanjalo nowesibili nowesithathu, kwaze kwaba kowesikhombisa. Ekugcineni, wafa nowesifazane. Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni kwabafileyo uyakuba ngumkabani kulezi zelamani eziyikhombisa; ngokuba zonke zaganwa nguye na?”
UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nidukile, aniyazi imibhalo namandla kaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba ekuvukeni kwabafileyo abaganwa, futhi abendiswa, kodwa banjengezingelosi ezulwini. Maqondana nokuvuka kwabafileyo anifundanga yini okwakhulunywa nguNkulunkulu kini, ethi: ‘Mina nginguNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka noNkulunkulu kaJakobe’ na?
“Akasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa owabaphilayo.”
Kwathi izixuku sezikuzwile lokho, zamangala ngemfundiso yakhe.
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