NgokukaMathewu 9:18-38

Esakhuluma lokho kubo; kwafika umphathi othile, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: “Indodakazi yami isanda kufa khona manje, kodwa woza, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo, izakuphila.” UJesu wayesesuka-ke, wamlandela, ekanye nabafundi bakhe. Kwakukhona owesifazane owayenesifo somopho iminyaka eli-12, wasondela emuva kukaJesu, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe. Ngokuba wayezindla, ethi: “Uma nje ngingathinta ingubo yakhe, ngizakusindiswa.” UJesu waphenduka, wambona, wathi: “Yima isibindi, ndodakazi; ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.” Owesifazane wasinda ngaleso sikhathi. UJesu esefikile endlini yomphathi, ebona khona ababethi bemitshingo nesixuku esethukile, wathi kubo: “Dedani, ngokuba intombazane ayifile, kodwa ilele.” Bamhleka usulu. Kuthe isixuku sesikhishiwe, wangena, wayibamba ngesandla; yavuka intombazana. Umbiko ngalokhu wasabalala kulo lonke lelo lizwe. Ngenkathi uJesu edlula lapho, walandelwa yizimpumputhe ezimbili ezazimemeza zithi: “Ndodana kaDavide, sihawukele!” Esefikile endlini, izimpumputhe zeza kuye. UJesu wathi kuzo: “Niyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu na?” Zathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi.” Wayesethinta amehlo azo, wathi: “Makwenzeke kini njengokukholwa kwenu.” Ayesevuleka amehlo azo. UJesu wazidonsa ngendlebe, wathi: “Qaphelani ukuba lokhu kungaziwa muntu.” Kepha zathi ziphuma nje, zamdumisa kulo lonke lelo lizwe. Ngesikhathi ziphuma, kwalethwa kuye umuntu oyisimungulu enamadimoni. Kuthe selikhishiwe idimoni, isimungulu sakhuluma. Izixuku zamangala, zathi: “Hawu, akukaze kubonwe okunje kwa-Israyeli!” Kepha abaFarisi, bathi: “Ukhipha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni.” UJesu wahamba imizi yonke nemizana efundisa emasinagogeni abo, eshumayela ivangeli lombuso, ephulukisa bonke abanezifo ezahlukene, nokugula konke. Kwathi lapho ebona izixuku, waba nesihe ngazo, ngokuba zazikhathazekile, zithithibele njengezimvu ezingenamalusi. Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: “Isivuno sikhulu, kodwa izisebenzi ziyingcosana. Ngakho-ke nxusani iNkosi yokuvuna ukuba ithume izisebenzi, ziye ekuvuneni kwayo.”