Bamletha kubaFarisi lowo owayeyimpumputhe ngaphambili.
Kwakuyisabatha mhla uJesu enza udaka, evula amehlo akhe.
Khona futhi nabaFarisi futhi bambuza ukuthi ukuthole kanjani ukubona. Wathi kubo: “Waninda udaka emehlweni ami, ngageza, sengiyabona.
Ngakho abanye kubaFarisi bathi: Lo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, ngoba kagcini isabatha. Abanye bathi: Umuntu oyisoni angenza njani izibonakaliso ezinje? Kwaba khona ukuhlukana phakathi kwabo.
Baphinda bathi kuyo impumputhe: “Wena uthini ngaye, lokhu evule amehlo akho na? Wathi: Ungumprofethi.
Kepha abaJuda abakholwanga ngaye, ukuthi ubeyimpumputhe, usebuye wabona, aze abiza abazali bakhe lowo osethole ukubona.
Bababuza bathi: “Lo uyindodana yenu enithi ngayo yazalwa iyimpumputhe na? pho, isibona kanjani manje na?
Abazali bakhe babaphendula bathi: Siyazi ukuthi lo uyindodana yethu, nokuthi wazalwa eyimpumputhe;
Kodwa ukuthi usebona njani khathesi asazi; nokuthi ngubani ovule amehlo akhe, asazi; mbuze: uzakuzikhulumela yena.
Abazali bakhe bakusho lokho, ngokuba besaba abaJuda, ngokuba abaJuda base bevumelene ngokuthi, uma umuntu ovuma ukuthi unguKristu, akhishwe esinagogeni.
Ngakho abazali bakhe bathi: “Usekhulile; buza kuye.
Base bephinda bembiza lowo muntu owayeyimpumputhe, bathi kuye: “Dumisa uNkulunkulu;
Yena waphendula wathi: Noma uyisoni angazi; kunye engikwaziyo, ukuthi bengiyimpumputhe, manje sengiyabona.
Base bephinda bathi kuye: “Wenzeni kuwe na? uwavule kanjani amehlo akho na?
Wabaphendula wathi: “Senginitshelile, kepha anezwa; nifunelani ukuzwa futhi na? nithanda ukuba ngabafundi bakhe nani na?
Base bemthuka, bathi: “Nguwe ongumfundi wakhe; kepha thina singabafundi bakaMose.
Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuMose;
Umuntu waphendula, wathi kubo: Kungani kulokhu kuyisimangaliso, ukuthi nina anazi lapho avela khona, nokho uvule amehlo ami.
Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazizwa izoni;
Selokhu kwaqala akuzange kuzwakale ukuthi ukhona owavula amehlo ozelwe eyimpumputhe.
Uma lo ebengaveli kuNkulunkulu, ubengenakukwenza lutho.
Baphendula, bathi kuye: Wena wazalelwa ezonweni kanye, wena usifundisa yini? Basebemkhiphela phandle.
UJesu wezwa ukuthi bamkhiphele ngaphandle; kwathi esemtholile wathi kuye: Wena uyakholwa yini eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu?
Yena waphendula wathi: Ungubani, Nkosi, ukuze ngikholwe kuye?
UJesu wathi kuye: “Usuyibonile, nguye okhuluma nawe.
Wathi: Ngiyakholwa, Nkosi. Wakhuleka kuye.
UJesu wasesithi: Mina ngizele ukwahlulela kulumhlaba, ukuze abangaboniyo babone; nokuthi ababonayo babe yizimpumputhe.
Abanye kubaFarisi ababe naye bezwa lokho, bathi kuye: “Kanti nathi siyizimpumputhe na?
UJesu wathi kubo: “Uma beniyizimpumputhe, ngabe aninasono; ngakho isono senu sihlezi.
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