Ekuphumeni kwakhe, esendleleni, kweza kuye umuntu egijima, waguqa phambi kwakhe, wambuza wathi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzenjani ukuze ngizuze ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?”
Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Akekho omuhle, munye kuphela, uNkulunkulu. Uyayazi imiyalelo ethi: Ungabulali, ungaphingi, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, ungaqhwagi muntu, hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko.”
Kepha yena wathi: “Mfundisi, ngikugcinile konke lokho kusukela ebusheni bami.”
UJesu wambheka, wamthanda, wayesethi kuye: “Kunye vo okusakusilele; hamba uthengise ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu, khona-ke uzakuba nengcebo ezulwini, bese uza, ungilandele.”
Kepha lelo lizwi lamnyukubalisa, waphindela emuva ebhocobele, ngokuba wayecebe kakhulu.
UJesu waqalaza, wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: “Maye, kulukhuni kuyitshe kwabanothileyo ukuba bangene embusweni kaNkulunkulu!”
Abethusa abafundi lawo mazwi akhe. UJesu waqhubeka wathi: “Bantwana, kulukhuni kakhulu ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Kulula ukuba ikameli lingene ngembobo yosungulo, kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
Bamangala kakhulu, omunye wathi komunye: “Pho ngubani ongasindiswa na?”
UJesu wababuka, wayesethi kubo: “Lokho akunakwenzeka kubantu, kepha kuNkulunkulu akunjalo, ngokuba kuNkulunkulu konke kungenzeka.”
UPhethro wayesethatha ethi kuye: “Uyabona, thina sikushiye konke, sakulandela.”
UJesu wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akukho muntu oshiye indlu, noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma unina, noma uyise, noma abantwana, noma amasimu ngenxa yami nangenxa yevangeli, ongayukwemukeliswa ngekhulu manje kulesi sikhathi: izindlu, abafowabo, odadewabo, onina, abantwana, amasimu, nokuhlushwa; esikhathini esizayo ukuphila okuphakade.
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