Marku 2:1-17

Wabuye wangena eKapernawume emva kwezinsuku ezithile; kwezwakala ukuthi usendlini. Kwase kubuthana abaningi, akwabe kusabakho ndawo nangasemnyango; wakhuluma izwi kubo. Beza kuye bethwele umuntu ofe uhlangothi, ephethwe ngabantu abane. Bengenakusondela kuye ngenxa yesixuku baqaqa uphahla lapho ekhona, bathi sebebhobozile behlisa uhlaka alele kulo ofe uhlangothi. UJesu ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Ndodana, uthethelelwe izono zakho.” Kepha kwakukhona ababhali abathile behlezi khona, bezindla ezinhliziyweni zabo ngokuthi: “Lo ukhulumelani kanje na? Uyahlambalaza. Ngubani ongathethelela izono, kungeyena uNkulunkulu yedwa na?” UJesu ekwazi masinyane emoyeni wakhe ukuthi bazindla kanjalo phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “Nizindlelani ngalokhu ezinhliziyweni zenu na? Yikuphi okulula ukuthi kofe uhlangothi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho,’ noma ukuthi: ‘Vuka, uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uhambe,’ na? Kodwa ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono,” esho kofe uhlangothi. Ngithi kuwe: Vuka, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho. Wasesukuma masinyane, wathatha uhlaka, waphuma phambi kwabo bonke; baze bamangala bonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: Kasizange sikubone okunje. Wabuye waphuma waya ngaselwandle; ixuku lonke laselisiza kuye, wabafundisa. Esadlula, wabona uLevi ka-Alfewu ehlezi endaweni yokuthela, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele. Wasukuma wamlandela. Kwathi ehlezi ekudleni endlini yakhe, nabathelisi abaningi nezoni babehlezi noJesu nabafundi bakhe, ngokuba babebaningi, bamlandela. Kwathi ababhali labaFarisi bembona esidla labathelisi lezoni, bathi kubafundi bakhe: Kungani esidla lokusela labathelisi lezoni? UJesu ekuzwa wathi kubo: “Abaphilayo abamdingi umelaphi, kodwa abagulayo kuphela.