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UJesu usilisa umuntu oyisigoga
1 Wasengena emkhunjini wachapha wafika emzini wakibo.
2 Futhi khangela, baletha kuye umuntu oyisigoga elele ethaleni; uJesu esebona ukholo lwabo wathi koyisigoga: Mana isibindi, mntanami; izono zakho zithethelelwe wena. 3 Njalo khangela, abanye bababhali bakhulumela ngaphakathi bathi: Lo uyahlambaza. 4 Njalo uJesu ebona imicabango yabo wathi: Linakanelani okubi enhliziyweni zenu? 5 Ngoba yikuphi okulula, ukuthi: Izono zakho zithethelelwe kuwe; kumbe ukuthi: Sukuma uhambe? 6 Kodwa ukuze lazi, ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono wasesithi koyisigoga: Sukuma uthathe ithala lakho, uye endlini yakho. 7 Wasesukuma waya endlini yakhe. 8 Kwathi amaxuku esebonile amangala, amdumisa uNkulunkulu, onike abantu amandla anje.
Ukubizwa kukaMathewu
9 Esedlula lapho uJesu wabona umuntu, othiwa nguMathewu, ehlezi endlini yokuthelisela, wasesithi kuye: Ngilandela. Wasesukuma wamlandela.
10 Kwasekusithi ehlezi ekudleni endlini, futhi khangela, abathelisi abanengi lezoni beza bahlala ekudleni loJesu labafundi bakhe. 11 AbaFarisi sebebonile bathi kubafundi bakhe: Kungani umfundisi wenu esidla labathelisi lezoni? 12 Esizwa uJesu wasesithi kubo: Abaphilayo kabasweli melaphi, kodwa abagulayo. 13 Kodwa hambani lifunde ukuthi kutshoni ukuthi: Ngifuna isihawu, njalo hatshi umhlatshelo; ngoba angizanga ukubiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni ekuphendukeni.
Ukuzila ukudla
14 Khona kwafika kuye abafundi bakaJohane, besithi: Kungani thina labaFarisi sizila ukudla kanenginengi, kodwa abafundi bakho bengazili ukudla? 15 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Abantwana bendlu yomthimba bangalila yini, selokhu umyeni elabo? Kodwa zizafika insuku lapho umyeni ezasuswa kubo; kubeng'khona-ke bezazila ukudla. 16 Futhi kakho obekela isichibi selembu elingakafinyeli esembathweni esidala; ngoba lokho okubekelwe kuyo kuzadabuka esembathweni, besesiqhela isikhala. 17 Njalo kabafaki iwayini elitsha emigodleni emidala; kodwa uba kungenjalo, imigodla ingadabuka, lewayini lichitheke, lemigodla yonakale; kodwa iwayini elitsha balifaka emigodleni emitsha, besekulondolozeka kokubili.
Indodakazi kaJayirosi ivuswa ekufeni. Owesifazana owayelomopho uyasiliswa
18 Kwathi esakhuluma lezizinto kubo, khangela, kwafika umphathi waguqa phambi kwakhe, wathi: Indodakazi yami isandukufa; kodwa woza ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo, njalo izaphila. 19 Wasesukuma uJesu wamlandela labafundi bakhe.
20 Njalo khangela, owesifazana owayelomopho okweminyaka elitshumi lambili, wasondela ngemva kwakhe, wathinta umphetho wesembatho sakhe. 21 Ngoba wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe: Aluba ngithinta nje isembatho sakhe, ngizasindiswa. 22 Kodwa uJesu etshibilika embona, wathi: Mana isibindi, ndodakazi; ukholo lwakho lukusindisile. Owesifazana wasesila kusukela ngalelohola.
23 UJesu wasefika endlini yomphathi, wabona abakhalisa imihlanga lexuku liphithizela, 24 wathi kubo: Sukani; ngoba intombazana kayifanga, kodwa ilele. Basebemhleka usulu. 25 Kodwa ixuku selikhitshiwe, wangena wabamba isandla sayo, intombazana yasivuka. 26 Indumela yalokho yasiphumela kulelolizwe lonke.
UJesu uhawukela iziphofu lesimungulu labakhathazekileyo
27 Kwathi uJesu esedlula lapho, iziphofu ezimbili zamlandela, zimemeza zisithi: Sihawukele, Ndodana kaDavida! 28 Esengenile endlini, iziphofu zeza kuye, uJesu wasesithi kuzo: Liyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu? Zathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi. 29 Wasethinta amehlo azo, wathi: Akwenzeke kini njengokholo lwenu. 30 Asevulwa amehlo azo; uJesu wasezilayisisa kakhulu wathi: Qaphelani ukuthi kungaziwa muntu. 31 Kodwa zaphuma zaxoxa ngaye kulo lonke lelolizwe.
32 Kwathi ekuphumeni kwazo, khangela, kwalethwa kuye umuntu oyisimungulu owayengenwe lidimoni; 33 kwathi idimoni selikhitshiwe, isimungulu sakhuluma; amaxuku asemangala, athi: Kakuzanga kubonwe okunje koIsrayeli. 34 Kodwa abaFarisi bathi: Ukhipha amadimoni ngenkosi yamadimoni.
35 UJesu wasebhoda emizini yonke lemizaneni, efundisa emasinagogeni abo, etshumayela ivangeli lombuso, esilisa izifo zonke lobuthakathaka bonke ebantwini.
36 Kwathi ebona amaxuku, waba lesihelo ngawo, ngoba ayekhathele ehlakazekile njengezimvu ezingelamelusi. 37 Wasesithi kubafundi bakhe: Isivuno sikhulu, kodwa izisebenzi zinlutshwana; 38 ngakho ncengani eNkosini yesivuno, ukuze ithume izisebenzi esivunweni sayo.