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Abafuna isibonakaliso
1 AbaFarisi labaSadusi basebesiza bacela kuye ukuthi abatshengise isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini bemlinga. 2 Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: Kusihlwa lithi: Umkhathi muhle; ngoba isibhakabhaka sibomvu; 3 lekuseni lithi: Umkhathi mubi lamuhla; ngoba isibhakabhaka sinyukubele sibomvu. Bazenzisi, liyakwazi ukwehlukanisa umumo wesibhakabhaka, kodwa izibonakaliso zezikhathi lingeke. 4 Isizukulwana esibi lesifebayo sidinga isibonakaliso; kodwa kasiyikunikwa isibonakaliso, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso sikaJona umprofethi. Wasebatshiya, wahamba.
UJesu ukhuza abafundi ngokungaqedisisi kwabo
5 Sebefikile ngaphetsheya abafundi babekhohliwe ukuthatha izinkwa. 6 UJesu wasesithi kubo: Qaphelisisani linanzelele imvubelo yabaFarisi labaSadusi. 7 Basebekhulumisana besithi: Ngoba singathathanga izinkwa. 8 UJesu esekwazi wathi kubo: Lina elilokukholwa okuncinyane, kungani likhulumisana ngokuthi alithathanga izinkwa? 9 Kalikaqedisisi yini, futhi kalikhumbuli izinkwa ezinhlanu zenkulungwane ezinhlanu, lokuthi labutha izitsha ezingaki? 10 Futhi lezinkwa eziyisikhombisa zenkulungwane ezine, lokuthi labutha izitsha ezingaki? 11 Kaliqedisisi njani, ukuthi bekungemayelana lesinkwa ebengisitsho kini bengisithi linanzelele imvubelo yabaFarisi labaSadusi? 12 Basebeqedisisa ukuthi katshongo ukuthi bananzelele imvubelo yezinkwa, kodwa ukufundisa kwabaFarisi labaSadusi.
Isivumo sokholo sikaPetro
13 Kwathi uJesu esefikile kungxenye zeKesariya yeFiliphu wababuza abafundi bakhe, esithi: Abantu bathi, mina, iNdodana yomuntu, ngingubani? 14 Basebesithi: Abanye bathi: NguJohane uMbhabhathizi; labanye bathi: NguElija; labanye bathi: NguJeremiya, kumbe ngomunye wabaprofethi. 15 Wathi kubo: Lina-ke lithi ngingubani? 16 USimoni Petro wasephendula wathi: Wena unguKrestu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo. 17 UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe, Simoni ndodana kaJona, ngoba inyama legazi kakukwembulelanga lokhu, kodwa uBaba osemazulwini. 18 Lami-ke ngithi kuwe: Wena unguPetro; laphezu kwalelidwala ngizalakha ibandla lami, lamasango esihogo kawayikulehlula. 19 Futhi ngizakunika amakhiye ombuso wamazulu; njalo loba yini ozayibopha emhlabeni, izakuba ibotshiwe lemazulwini; njalo loba yini ozayithukulula emhlabeni, izakuba ithukululwe lemazulwini. 20 Wasebalayisisa abafundi ukuthi bangatsheli muntu ukuthi yena unguJesu onguKrestu.
UJesu ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka kwakhe
21 Kusukela kulesosikhathi uJesu waqala ukubatshengisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi umele ukuya eJerusalema, njalo ahlupheke okunengi ngabadala labapristi abakhulu lababhali, abulawe, avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu. 22 UPetro wasesiya laye eceleni waqala ukumkhuza esithi: Kakungabi kuwe, Nkosi; lokhu kakusoze kwenziwa kuwe. 23 Kodwa yena watshibilika wathi kuPetro: Suka ngemva kwami, Sathane, uyisikhubekiso kimi; ngoba kawucabangi izinto zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa ezabantu.
Ukuhlutshwa kukaJesu lokwabamlandelayo
24 UJesu wasesithi kubafundi bakhe: Uba umuntu ethanda ukuza ngemva kwami, kazidele, athathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. 25 Ngoba loba ngubani othanda ukusindisa impilo yakhe izamlahlekela; kodwa loba ngubani olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzayithola; 26 ngoba kuzamsizani umuntu nxa ezuza umhlaba wonke, kodwa alahlekelwe ngumphefumulo wakhe? Kumbe umuntu uzanikani kube yinhlawulo yomphefumulo wakhe? 27 Ngoba iNdodana yomuntu izakuza ngenkazimulo kaYise kanye lengilosi zakhe, kung'khona izakuvuza ilowo lalowo njengokwenza kwakhe. 28 Qiniso ngithi kini: Bakhona abanye kwabemiyo lapha, abangasoze bezwe ukufa, baze bayibone iNdodana yomuntu isiza embusweni wayo.