UJesu wayeseqala ukukhuluma kubo ngemizekeliso, ethi: “Umuntu watshala isivini, wasibiyela, wemba isikhamo, wakha isiqongo sokulinda. Wasiqashisa kubalimi, wahamba waya kwelinye izwe. Ngesikhathi sokuvuna, wathumela inceku kubalimi ukuba ilande kubalimi izithelo zesivini. Bayibamba, bayishaya, bayibuyisela emuva ilambatha. Waphinda wathumela enye inceku kubo; yona bayilimaza ekhanda, futhi bayichapha ngenhlamba. Wabuye wathumela enye futhi; yona bayibulala nezinye eziningi. Ezinye bazishaya, ezinye bazibulala.
“Kwase kusele umuntu oyedwa, indodana yakhe ethandekayo. Ekugcineni wathumela yona kubo, ethi: ‘Bazakuyihlonipha indodana yami.’
“Kepha labo balimi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, khona ifa kuzakuba ngelethu.’ Base beyibamba bayibulala, bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini.
“Uzakwenzenjani umninisivini na? Uzofika, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asiqashise kwabanye. Aniwufundanga yini lo mbhalo othi:
“ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi,
selaba yinhloko yegumbi.
Lona lavela eNkosini
liyisimangaliso emehlweni ethu’ na?”
Base beceba ukumbamba, kodwa besaba isixuku, ngokuba babazi ukuthi ukhulume ngalowo mzekeliso ewuqondise kubo. Base bemshiya, bahamba.
Abanye babaFarisi nabalandeli bakaHerode bathunyelwa kuye ukuba bamhile ngezwi. Bafika kuye, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso, futhi awuzikhathazi ngokuthi abantu bathini. Ngokuba awukhethi buso bamuntu, kodwa ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso. Ngabe kuvunyelwe yini ukuthela intela kuKhesari noma qha na? Sithele yini noma singatheli?”
Kepha Yena ekwazi ukuzenzisa kwabo wathi kubo: “Ningilingelani na? Lethani kimi udenariyu, ngiwubone.”
Bawuletha. Wayesethi kubo: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso nalo mbhalo na?”
Bathi kuye: “NgokaKhesari.”
UJesu wathi kubo: “Nikani uKhesari okukaKhesari, noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”
Bamangala ngaye.
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