Kwathi ngesabatha lesibili ngesabatha lokuqala, wadabula amasimu; abafundi bakhe bakha izikhwebu, badla, bezihlikihla ngezandla.
Abanye babaFarisi bathi kubo: “Nenzelani okungavunyelwe ukwenziwa ngesabatha na?
UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Anifundanga yini nalokhu akwenzayo uDavide mhla elambile yena nababe naye;
Ukuthi wangena endlini kaNkulunkulu, wathatha izinkwa zokubukwa, wadla, wanika nababe naye; okungavunyelwe ukudliwa ngaphandle kwabapristi bodwa?
Wasesithi kubo: INdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi leyesabatha.
Kwathi futhi ngelinye isabatha wangena esinagogeni, wafundisa; kwakukhona umuntu osandla sakhe sokunene sasishwabene.
Ababhali nabaFarisi bamqaphela ukuthi uyakwelapha ngesabatha; ukuze bathole ukumbeka icala.
Kodwa yena wayeyazi imicabango yabo, wathi endodeni enesandla esishwabeneyo: “Sukuma, ume phakathi.” Wasukuma wema.
UJesu wasesithi kubo: Ngizalibuza ilizwi libe linye; Kuvunyelwe ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi na? ukusindisa ukuphila, noma ukukubhubhisa?
Wasebaqalaza bonke, wathi endodeni: Yelula isandla sakho. Wenze njalo: saphiliswa isandla sakhe, saba njengesinye.
Base begcwala ukuhlanya; basebekhulumisana bodwa ukuthi bangamenzani uJesu.
Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku waphuma waya entabeni ukuyokhuleka; wahlala ubusuku bonke ekhuleka kuNkulunkulu.
Kwathi sekusile, wabizela kuye abafundi bakhe, wakhetha kubo abayishumi nambili, wabaqamba futhi ngokuthi abaphostoli;
uSimoni owaqamba laye ngokuthi nguPetro, loAndreya umfowabo, uJakobe, loJohane, loFiliphu, loBartolomewu,
uMathewu loTomasi, uJakobe kaAlfewu, loSimoni othiwa nguZelote,
noJuda umfowabo kaJakobe, noJuda Iskariyothe owamkhaphelayo.
Wehla nabo, wema ethafeni, nesixuku sabafundi bakhe, nesixuku esikhulu sabantu abavela kulo lonke elaseJudiya neJerusalema, nasogwini lolwandle lwaseTire neSidoni, abeza ukuzomuzwa, bamlalele. Ukuphulukiswa ezifweni zabo;
Lababekhathazwa omoya abangcolileyo, basiliswa.
Isixuku sonke safuna ukumthinta, ngokuba kwaphuma amandla kuye, abaphulukisa bonke.
Waphakamisela amehlo akhe kubafundi bakhe, wathi: “Manibusiswe nina bampofu, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowenu.
Nibusisiwe nina enilambile manje, ngokuba niyakusuthiswa. Nibusisiwe nina enikhalayo manje, ngokuba nizakuhleka.
Nibusisiwe, nxa abantu benizonda, nalapho benihlukanisa, benithuka, belahla igama lenu ngokungathi libi, ngenxa yeNdodana yomuntu.
Thokozani ngalolo suku, nigxumagxume, ngokuba bhekani, umvuzo wenu mkhulu ezulwini; ngokuba benze njalo oyise kubaprofethi.
Kodwa maye kini lina elicebileyo! ngokuba seniyitholile induduzo yenu.
Maye kini enisuthi! ngoba nizakulamba. Maye kinina enihlekayo manje! ngokuba niyakulila, nikhale.
Maye kini, nxa bonke abantu bekhuluma kahle ngani! ngoba oyise babo benza njalo kubaprofethi bamanga.
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