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Umfanekiso womphathi ongalunganga

1 Wasekhuluma futhi labafundi bakhe esithi: Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo, owayelomphathi; lalo wayemangalelwe kuye njengochitha impahla yakhe. 2 Wasembiza wathi kuye: Kuyini lokhu engikuzwayo ngawe? Landisa ngobuphathi bakho; ngoba ungebe usaba ngumphathi. 3 Umphathi wasesithi ngaphakathi kwakhe: Ngizakwenzani, lokhu inkosi yami isingemuka ubuphathi? Kangilamandla wokugebha, ngilenhloni zokuncenga. 4 Ngiyakwazi engizakwenza, ukuze nxa sengikhitshiwe ebuphathini, bangemukele endlini zabo. 5 Wasebabizela kuye ngamunye abalemilandu enkosini yakhe, wathi kowokuqala: Ulomlandu ongakanani enkosini yami? 6 Wasesithi yena: Izilinganiso ezilikhulu zamagcobo. Wasesithi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, uhlale phansi ubhale masinya amatshumi amahlanu. 7 Wasesithi komunye: Wena-ke ulomlandu ongakanani? Wasesithi: Izilinganiso ezilikhulu zamabele. Wasesithi kuye: Thatha incwadi yakho, ubhale amatshumi ayisificaminwembili. 8 Inkosi yasimbabaza umphathi ongalunganga ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha; ngoba abantwana balesisikhathi bahlakaniphile kulabantwana bokukhanya esizukulwaneni sabo. 9 Lami ngithi kini: Zenzeleni lina abangane ngenotho engalunganga, ukuze kuthi, nxa selehlulekile, balemukele ezindlini eziphakade.

10 Othembekileyo kokuncinyane, uthembekile lakokukhulu, longathembekanga kokuncinyane kathembekanga lakokukhulu. 11 Ngakho uba lingathembekanga enothweni engalunganga, ngubani ozaliphathisa into eqotho? 12 Futhi uba lingathembekanga kokomunye, ngubani ozalinika okungokwenu?

13 Kayikho inceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili; ngoba izazonda enye, ibisithanda enye; kumbe izabambelela kwenye, kodwa ibisidelela enye. Lingekhonze uNkulunkulu lenotho.

Ukusolwa kwabaFarisi

14 Njalo labaFarisi ababethanda imali bazizwa zonke lezizinto, basebemklolodela. 15 Kodwa wathi kubo: Lina yini elizilungisisayo phambi kwabantu, kodwa uNkulunkulu uyazazi inhliziyo zenu; ngoba lokho okuphakemeyo phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

16 Umlayo labaprofethi kukhona kuze kube kuJohane; kusukela lapho umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyavangelwa, njalo wonke uyafohlela kuwo. 17 Kodwa kulula ukuthi kudlule izulu lomhlaba, kulokuthi kuwe ichatshana elilodwa lomlayo.

18 Wonke olahla umkakhe athathe omunye uyafeba; njalo wonke othatha olahlwe yindoda uyafeba.

Umfanekiso wesinothi loLazaro

19 Kwakukhona umuntu othile onothileyo, owayegqoka eziyibubende lamalembu amahle, ephila ngokuthokoza etamasa insuku zonke. 20 Kwakukhona futhi umuntu othile ongumyanga othiwa nguLazaro, owayebekiwe esangweni lakhe egcwele izilonda, 21 wasefisa ukusuthiswa ngemvuthuluka eziwayo etafuleni yesinothi; kanti lezinja zazisiza zikhothe izilonda zakhe. 22 Kwasekusithi wafa ongumyanga, wathwalelwa zingilosi esifubeni sikaAbrahama; lesinothi laso safa, sangcwatshwa. 23 Sisesihogweni saphakamisa amehlo aso, sisebuhlungwini, sabona uAbrahama sikhatshana, loLazaro esesifubeni sakhe. 24 Sona sasesimemeza sisithi: Baba Abrahama, ngihawukela, uthume uLazaro, ukuze acwilise isihloko somunwe wakhe emanzini, apholise ulimi lwami; ngoba ngiyahlutshwa kakhulu kulelilangabi. 25 Kodwa uAbrahama wathi: Ndodana, khumbula ukuthi wemukela okuhle kwakho empilweni yakho, loLazaro ngokunjalo okubi; kodwa khathesi uyaduduzwa lapha, njalo wena uyahlutshwa. 26 Langaphezu kwakho konke lokhu kubekiwe phakathi kwethu lani igebe elikhulu, ukuze kuthi abafuna ukuchapha besuka ngapha beze ngakini bangekwenze, labangapho bangechaphele ngakithi. 27 Sasesisithi: Ngakho ngiyakuncenga, baba, ukuthi umthume endlini kababa, 28 ngoba ngilabafowethu abahlanu, ukuze abaxwayise, hlezi labo beze kulindawo yokuhlupheka. 29 UAbrahama wathi: BaloMozisi labaprofethi; kabezwe bona. 30 Sona sasesisithi: Hatshi bo, baba Abrahama; kodwa uba omunye kwabafileyo esiya kubo, bazaphenduka. 31 Kodwa wathi kuso: Uba bengalaleli uMozisi labaprofethi, bangeke bancengeke futhi, loba kuvuka omunye kwabafileyo.

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