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.”
Kuthe uJesu esakhuluma, kwafika abanye bevela endlini kaJayiru, umphathi wesinagoge, bathi: “Indodakazi yakho isifile; usamkhathazelani uMfundisi na?”
Kwathi ukuba uJesu akuzwe lokho abakushoyo, wathi kumphathi wesinagoge: “Ungesabi, kholwa nje kuphela.”