NgokukaMakhu 5:22-34

Kwafika omunye wabaphathi besinagoge, ogama lakhe nguJayiru. UJayiru wathi angambona uJesu, waziphonsa phansi ngasezinyaweni zakhe, wamncenga kakhulu, ethi: “Indodakazi yami isiyalayela, ake uze, ubeke izandla phezu kwayo ukuba isinde, iphile.” UJesu wahamba naye. Isixuku esikhulu samlandela, samminyanisa. Kwakukhona owesifazane owayenomopho iminyaka eli-12. Wayehluphekile kakhulu, ehla enyuka ezinyangeni eziningi, futhi esechithe konke ayenakho, kodwa kunhlanga zimuka nomoya; kubhebhetheka okwakumphethe. Esezwile ngoJesu, waya esixukwini ngasemuva, wathinta ingubo kaJesu, ngokuba wathi: “Uma nje ngingathinta izingubo zakhe, ngizakusindiswa.” Masinyane, umthombo wegazi lakhe wanqamuka, wezwa emzimbeni wakhe ukuthi usesindile esifeni ebesimhlupha. Kwathi uJesu angezwa kuye ukuthi amandla aphumile, waphendukela esixukwini, wathi: “Ngubani othinte izingubo zami na?” Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Ingani uyabona ukuthi isixuku sikuminyanisile. ‘Pho ubuzelani ukuthi ngubani okuthintileyo na?’ ” Waqalaza ukuba abone ukuthi ngubani owayenze lokho. Kepha owesifazane ekwazi okwakwenzekile kuye, wesaba, wathuthumela, weza waziphonsa phansi phambi kukaJesu, wamtshela lonke iqiniso. UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Ndodakazi, ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile, hamba ngokuthula; uphulukisiwe enhluphekweni yakho.”