Ngalolo suku kusihlwa, ngolokuqala lweviki, iminyango ivaliwe lapho ababebuthene khona abafundi ngokwesaba abaJuda, uJesu wafika wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kinina.
Eseshilo lokho wababonisa izandla nohlangothi lwakhe. Khona-ke abafundi bajabula lapho bebona iNkosi.
Khona uJesu wabuye wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kinina, njengalokho uBaba engithumile, nami ngiyanithuma nina.
Esekushilo lokho wabaphefumulela, wathi kubo: “Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele;
Enibathethelela izono zabo, bathethelelwe; lalabo enibabambayo izono zabo, zibanjiwe.
Kepha uTomase, omunye wabayishumi nambili, othiwa uDidimu, wayengekho kubo mhla efika uJesu.
Ngakho abanye abafundi bathi kuye: Siyibonile iNkosi. Kodwa wathi kubo: Ngaphandle kokuthi ngibone ezandleni zayo inxeba lezipikili, ngifake umunwe wami enxebeni lezipikili, ngifake isandla sami ohlangothini lwayo, ngeke ngikholwe.
Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili abafundi bakhe bengaphakathi futhi, noTomase enabo; uJesu wafika, iminyango ivaliwe, wema phakathi kwabo, wathi: “Ukuthula makube kinina.
Khona wathi kuTomase: Letha lapha umunwe wakho, ubone izandla zami; letha isandla sakho, usifake ohlangothini lwami, ungabi ngongakholwayo, kodwa okholwayo.
UTomase waphendula, wathi kuye: Nkosi yami, Nkulunkulu wami.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngokuba ungibonile, Tomasi, ukholiwe;
Lezinye izibonakaliso ezinengi uJesu wazenza phambi kwabafundi bakhe, ezingalotshiweyo kulugwalo.
Kodwa lezi zilotshiwe, ukuze likholwe ukuthi uJesu unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu; ukuze ngokukholwa nibe nokuphila ngegama lakhe.