Kwasekufika kuJesu ababhali nabaFarisi ababevela eJerusalema, bathi:
Kungani abafundi bakho beqe isiko labadala na? ngoba abagezi izandla zabo nxa bedla isinkwa.
Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: Lani kungani leqe umlayo kaNkulunkulu ngesiko lenu?
Ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayala ngokuthi: “Yazisa uyihlo nonyoko,” nokuthi: “Othuka uyise noma unina makafe nokufa.
Kodwa lina lithi: Loba ngubani othi kuyise kumbe kunina: Kungumnikelo;
ingahloniphi uyise noma unina; Kanjalo nenze umyalo kaNkulunkulu ube yize ngesiko lenu.
Bazenzisi, waprofetha kahle ngani uIsaya, ethi:
Lababantu basondela kimi ngomlomo wabo, bangidumisa ngezindebe zabo; kepha inhliziyo yabo ikude nami.
Kepha bangikhonza ngeze, befundisa izifundiso eziyimiyalo yabantu.
Wasebiza amaxuku, wathi kuwo: Lalelani, liqedisise;
Akusikhona okungena emlonyeni okungcolisa umuntu; kodwa okuphuma emlonyeni, yikho okumngcolisayo umuntu.
Base besondela abafundi bakhe, bathi kuye: “Uyazi yini ukuthi abaFarisi bakhubeka sebezwile leli zwi na?
Kepha waphendula wathi: “Zonke izithombo ezingatshalwanga nguBaba osezulwini ziyakusishulwa.
Bayekeni; bangabaholi abayizimpumputhe. Uma impumputhe ihola impumputhe, ziyakuyela emgodini zombili.
UPetro wasephendula wathi kuye: Sichasisele lumfanekiso.
UJesu wathi: “Kanti nani anikaqondi na?
Anikaqondi yini ukuthi konke okungena emlonyeni kuya esiswini, futhi kulahlelwa ogwini na?
Kepha okuphuma emlonyeni kuphuma enhliziyweni; futhi ziyamngcolisa umuntu.
Ngokuba enhliziyweni kuphuma imicabango emibi, ukubulala, ukuphinga, ubufebe, ukweba, ukufakaza amanga, ukuhlambalaza;
Lezi zizinto ezingcolisa umuntu, kodwa ukudla ngezandla ezingagezwanga akumngcolisi umuntu.
Wamuka lapho uJesu, waya emikhawulweni yaseTire naseSidoni.
Bheka, kwavela kuleyo mikhawulo owesifazane waseKhanani, wakhala kuye, wathi: “Ngihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide; Indodakazi yami ikhwelwe kabi yidemoni.
Kodwa akamphendulanga ngazwi. Abafundi bakhe beza bamncenga bathi: Mmukise; ngokuba uyakhala emva kwethu.
Kodwa waphendula wathi: Kangithunywanga kuphela ezimvini ezilahlekileyo zendlu kaIsrayeli.
Wasesiza wakhuleka kuye, wathi: Nkosi, ngisize.
Kepha waphendula wathi: “Akukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sabantwana, siphonse ezinjaneni.
Wathi: “Yebo, Nkosi, nokho nezinjana ziyadla imvuthuluka ewa etafuleni labaninizo.
UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: O mame, kukhulu ukukholwa kwakho; Indodakazi yakhe yasinda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Wamuka lapho uJesu, weza ngaselwandle lwaseGalile; wenyukela entabeni, wahlala phansi khona.
Kwasekusiza kuye izixuku ezinkulu zinezinyonga, nezimpumputhe, nezimungulu, nezilima, nabanye abaningi, zababeka ngasezinyaweni zikaJesu; wabaphulukisa;
baze bamangala izixuku zibona izimungulu zikhuluma, izilima zisindile, izinyonga zihamba, nezimpumputhe zibona, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
UJesu wayesebizela kuye abafundi bakhe, wathi: “Ngiyasihawukela isixuku, ngokuba sekuyizinsuku ezintathu behlezi nami, bengenalutho lokudla;
Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Singazitholaphi izinkwa ezingaka ehlane ukuba sisuthise isixuku esingaka na?
UJesu wathi kubo: Zingaki izinkwa eninazo? Basebesithi: Eziyisikhombisa, lezinhlanzana ezimbalwa.
Waselaya amaxuku ukuthi ahlale phansi emhlabathini.
Wazithabatha izinkwa eziyisikhombisa nezinhlanzi, wabonga, wazihlephula, wanika abafundi bakhe, abafundi baphakela izixuku.
Badla bonke, basutha, babutha imvuthuluka eseleyo, amaqoma ayisikhombisa agcwele.
Abadlayo babe ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezine ngaphandle kwabesifazane nabantwana.
Wayesezimukisa izixuku, wangena emkhunjini, waya emikhawulweni yaseMagdala.
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