Khona abaFarisi basuka benza icebo lokumthiya ekukhulumeni kwakhe.
Bathuma kuye abafundi babo kanye nabakaHerode, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi uqinisile, ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso, awukhathali ngamuntu, ngokuba awubheki ubuso babantu.
Ngakho sitshele ukuthi wena uthini? Kuvunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha?
Kodwa uJesu ebazi ububi babo wathi: Bazenzisi, lingilingelani?
Ngiboniseni imali yokuthela. Basebeletha kuye udenariyo.
Wasesithi kubo: Ngokabani lomfanekiso lombhalo?
Bathi kuye: KaKesari. Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari; nakuNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.
Sebezwile lawo mazwi bamangala, bamshiya, bahamba.
Ngalolo suku kweza kuye abaSadusi, abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, bambuza.
Besithi: Mfundisi, uMozisi wathi: Uba indoda isifa ingelamntwana, umfowabo kamngene umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo.
Kwakukhona kithi izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala esethethe umfazi, wafa, engenanzalo, watshiya umkakhe kumfowabo.
Kanjalo nowesibili, nowesithathu, kwaze kwaba kowesikhombisa.
Ekugcineni kwabo bonke owesifazane wafa naye.
Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni uyakuba ngumkabani kwabayisikhombisa na? ngoba bonke babenaye.
UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: Nidukile, ningayazi imibhalo namandla kaNkulunkulu.
Ngoba ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabathathanga, kabendiswa, kodwa banjengezingilosi zikaNkulunkulu ezulwini.
Kodwa mayelana lokuvuka kwabafileyo, kalifundanga yini okwakhulunywa kini nguNkulunkulu, esithi:
Mina nginguNkulunkulu kaAbrahama, loNkulunkulu kaIsaka, loNkulunkulu kaJakobe? UNkulunkulu kasiye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo.
Kwathi amaxuku ekuzwa lokho, amangala ngokufundisa kwakhe.