Verse 1: ngolunye lwezinsuku lezo esafundisa abantu ethempelini, eshumayela ivangeli, abapristi abakhulu nababhali bekanye namalunga bamvukela.
Verse 2: Bakhuluma, bathi kuye: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu ukwenza ngagunya lini, nokuba ngubani okunike leli gunya na?”
Verse 3: Waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nami ngizakunibuza izwi, nize ningitshele.
Verse 4: Ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kwavela ezulwini noma kubantu na?”
Verse 5: Bazindlisana bodwa, bathi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi: ‘Anikholwanga nguye ngani na?’
Verse 6: Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ abantu bonke bazakusikhanda ngamatshe, ngokuba bakholiwe ukuthi uJohane ungumprofethi.”
Verse 7: Base bephendula ukuthi abazi lapho evela khona.
Verse 8: UJesu wayesethi kubo: “Nami-ke anginitsheli ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.”
Verse 9: Wayeseqala ukulandisa lo mfanekiso, ethi kubantu: “Umuntu watshala isivini, wasiqashisa kubalimi, waya kwelinye izwe isikhathi eside.
Verse 10: Ngenkathi efaneleyo wayesethumela inceku kubalimi ukuba bamnike ezithelweni zesivini; kepha abalimi bayishaya, bayimukisa ze.
Verse 11: Waphinda wathuma enye inceku; naleyo bayishaya, bayidumaza, bayimukisa ze.
Verse 12: Wayesephinda ethuma neyesithathu; nalena bayilimaza, bayiphonsa ngaphandle.
Verse 13: “Khona wathi umninisivini: ‘Ngizakwenze njani na? Ngizakuthuma indodana yami ethandekayo; mhlawumbe lena bazakuyazisa.’
Verse 14: “Kepha abalimi beyibona bakhulumisana bathi: ‘Lo uyindlalifa; masiyibulale ukuba ifa libe ngelethu.’
Verse 15: Bayiphonsa ngaphandle kwesivini, bayibulala; ngakho-ke umninisivini uzakwenze njani kubo na?
Verse 16: Uzakuza, ababhubhise labo balimi, isivini asinike abanye.” Bekuzwa bathi: “Qha, makungabi njalo.”
Verse 17: Kepha wababheka, wathi: “Yini, pho, lokhu okulotshiweyo ukuthi: “ ‘Itshe abalinqabayo abakhi lona laba yinhloko yegumbi’?
Verse 18: “Yilowo nalowo owayo phezu kwalelo tshe uyakuphohlozwa, kepha lowo eliyakuwela phezu kwakhe liyakumcolisa.”
Verse 19: Ababhali nabapristi bafuna ukumbamba khona lapho, kepha besaba abantu, ngokuba bazi ukuthi uwukhulumile lo mfanekiso ngabo.
Verse 20: Bamqaphela, bathuma izinhloli ezizishaya abalungileyo ukuba bamhile ngezwi lakhe, baze bamkhaphele emandleni nasegunyeni lombusi wezwe.
Verse 21: Bambuza-ke bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ukhuluma, ufundisa ngokuqondileyo, awukhethi buso bamuntu, kepha ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokuqinisileyo.
Verse 22: Sivunyelwe ukuthela kuKesari noma qha?”
Verse 23: Kepha eqonda ubuqili babo wathi kubo:
Verse 24: “Ngiboniseni udenariyu; unomfanekiso nombhalo kabani?” Bathi: “OkaKesari.”
Verse 25: Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari noNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.”
Verse 26: Abaze baba namandla ukumhila ngezwi lakhe phambi kwabantu; bamangala ngokuphendula kwakhe, bathula.
Verse 27: Kwase kufika kuye abathile babaSadusi abathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo;
Verse 28: bambuza bathi: “Mfundisi, uMose wasilobela ukuthi, uma kufa umfowabo womuntu enomfazi kepha engenamntwana, umfowabo makamthathe umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo.
Verse 29: Kwakukhona izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wathatha umfazi; wafa engenamntwana,
Verse 30: nowesibili;
Verse 31: nowesithathu wamthatha; kanjalo-ke abayisikhombisa; bafa bengashiyanga bantwana.
Verse 32: Ukugcina wafa nomfazi.
Verse 33: Ngakho-ke ekuvukeni owesifazane uyakuba ngumfazi wamuphi kubo, lokhu abayisikhombisa babe naye engumkabo.”
Verse 34: UJesu wathi kubo: “Abantwana bale nkathi bayaganwa, bayendiswa.
Verse 35: Kepha labo abazakuthiwa bafanele ukufinyelela kuleyo nkathi nasekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabaganwa, kabendiswa;
Verse 36: ngokuba bangebuye bafe, banjengezingelosi; bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu bengabantwana bokuvuka.
Verse 37: Kepha ukuthi bayavuswa abafileyo, noMose wakubonakalisa esihlahleni, lapho eyibiza iNkosi ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
Verse 38: UNkulunkulu kasiye owabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo, ngokuba bonke baphila kuye.”
Verse 39: Abathile bababhali baphendula bathi: “Mfundisi, ukhulume kahle.”
Verse 40: Ngokuba babengasenasibindi sokumbuza lutho.
Verse 41: Wayesethi kubo: “Basho kanjani ukuthi uKristu uyindodana kaDavide na?
Verse 42: lokhu uDavide uqobo uthi eNcwadini yamaHubo: “ ‘INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: “Hlala ngakwesokunene sami,
Verse 43: ngize ngibeke izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo sezinyawo zakho.” ’
Verse 44: “Ngakho uDavide umbiza ngokuthi iNkosi; pho, uyindodana yakhe kanjani na?”
Verse 45: Besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe:
Verse 46: “Xwayani ababhali abafuna ukuhamba bembethe izingubo ezinde, bethanda ukubingelelwa ezigcawini nokuhlala phambili emasinagogeni nasezindaweni ezingenhla ekudleni,
Verse 47: abadla izindlu zabafelokazi, bekhuleka isikhathi eside ngokuzenzisa; laba bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.”