NgokukaMakhu 3:1-12

UJesu wabuye wangena esinagogeni. Kwakukhona lapho umuntu owayenesandla esishwabeneyo. Babembheke ngeso lokhozi ukuthi ngabe uzomphilisa yini lowo muntu ngesabatha, ukuze bamthwese icala. UJesu wathi kumuntu onesandla esishwabeneyo: “Sukuma, ume phakathi nendawo.” Wayesethi kubo: “Kuvunyelwe yini ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi na? Ukusindisa noma ukubulala na?” Kepha bathula du. UJesu waqalaza nxazonke ebabuka, ethukuthele, edabukile kakhulu ngenxa yobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo. Wayesethi kulowo muntu: “Yelula isandla sakho.” Waselula, saphiliswa isandla sakhe. AbaFarisi baphuma ngokushesha bayohlanganisa amakhanda ngaye nabakaHerodi ukuthi bangambhubhisa kanjani. UJesu nabafundi bakhe basuka baya ngasolwandle. Izixuku zamlandela, zivela eGalile naseJudiya, eJerusalema nase-Idumiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani, naseThire naseSidoni. Isixuku esikhulu seza kuye lapho sesizwile ngakho konke ayekwenza. UJesu wayesebatshela abafundi bakhe ukuba bamlungisele isikebhe ngenxa yesixuku, ukuze singamminyanisi. Ngokuba waphulukisa abaningi, kangangokuthi bonke ababegula babedudulana, bewela phezu kwakhe, ukuze bamthinte. Nomoya abangcolileyo lapho bembona, babewa phansi phambi kwakhe, bamemeze, bathi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” UJesu wabayalisisa omoya ababi ukuba bangalokothi bakudalule ukuthi ungubani.