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Umfanekiso wedili lomtshado
1 UJesu wasephendula wabuya wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso, wathi: 2 Umbuso wamazulu ufananiswa lomuntu oyinkosi, owenzela indodana yakhe idili lomtshado; 3 wasethuma inceku zakhe ukuthi zibize abanxusiweyo emtshadweni, kodwa kabavumanga ukubuya. 4 Wabuya wathuma ezinye inceku, esithi: Batsheleni abanxusiweyo ukuthi: Khangelani, sengilungisile ukudla kwami, inkabi zami lokunonileyo sekuhlatshiwe, konke sekulungile; wozani emtshadweni. 5 Kodwa kabananzanga bazihambela, omunye ensimini yakhe, omunye ekuthengiselaneni kwakhe; 6 abaseleyo basebezibamba inceku zakhe baziphatha kubi bazibulala. 7 Kodwa kwathi inkosi ikuzwa lokho yathukuthela, yathuma amabutho ayo yabhubhisa labobabulali, yatshisa umuzi wabo. 8 Yasisithi encekwini zayo: Umtshado usulungile, kodwa abanxusiweyo bebengafanelanga. 9 Ngakho yanini emahlanganweni ezindlela, njalo bonke elingabathola, libabizele emtshadweni. 10 Lezonceku zaseziphuma zaya ezindleleni zabutha bonke ezabatholayo, ababi kanye labalungileyo; indlu yomtshado yasigcwala abahleziyo. 11 Kwathi inkosi ingena ukukhangela ababehlezi ekudleni yabona khona umuntu owayengembethe isembatho somtshado; 12 yasisithi kuye: Mngane, ungene njani lapha ungembathanga isembatho somtshado? Kodwa yena waqunywa umlomo. 13 Inkosi yasisithi ezincekwini: Mbopheni inyawo lezandla, limsuse limphosele emnyameni ongaphandle; lapho kuzakuba khona ukukhala lokugedla amazinyo. 14 Ngoba abanengi babiziwe, kodwa abalutshwana bakhethiwe.
Umthelo kaKesari
15 Kwang'khona abaFarisi besuka bacebisana ngokuthi bangamthiya njani ekukhulumeni. 16 Basebethuma kuye abafundi babo kanye labakaHerodi, besithi: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi wena uqotho, ufundisa indlela kaNkulunkulu ngeqiniso, kawukhathaleli muntu, ngoba kawunanzi isimo somuntu. 17 Ngakho sitshele, wena ucabangani? Kuvunyelwe yini ukuthela kuKesari, kumbe hatshi? 18 Kodwa uJesu ebazi ububi babo wathi: Bazenzisi, lingilingelani? 19 Ngitshengisani imali yokuthela. Basebemlethela udenariyo*. 20 Wasesithi kubo: Ngokabani lumfanekiso lalumbhalo? 21 Bathi: NgokaKesari. Wasesithi kubo: Ngakho mnikeni uKesari izinto zikaKesari; loNkulunkulu izinto zikaNkulunkulu. 22 Kwathi sebezwile bamangala; bamtshiya bahamba.
Ukuvuka kwabafileyo
23 Ngalolosuku kweza kuye abaSadusi, abathi kakukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, basebembuza, 24 besithi: Mfundisi, uMozisi wathi: Uba umuntu esifa engelabantwana, umfowabo uzamthatha umkakhe, amvusele umfowabo inzalo. 25 Kwakukhona phakathi kwethu izelamani eziyisikhombisa; owokuqala wasethatha umfazi wafa; futhi engelanzalo, watshiya umkakhe kumfowabo. 26 Kwaba njalo lowesibili, lowesithathu, kwaze kwaba kowesikhombisa. 27 Kwathi emva kwabo bonke kwafa lomfazi. 28 Ngakho ekuvukeni kwabafileyo, uzakuba ngumkabani kwabayisikhombisa? Ngoba bonke babelaye. 29 Kodwa uJesu waphendula wathi kubo: Liduhile, lingayazi imibhalo, lamandla kaNkulunkulu; 30 ngoba ekuvukeni kwabafileyo kabathathani, njalo kabendiswa, kodwa banjengengilosi zikaNkulunkulu ezisezulwini. 31 Kodwa mayelana lokuvuka kwabafileyo, kalibalanga yini okwakhulunywa kini nguNkulunkulu, esithi: 32 Mina nginguNkulunkulu kaAbrahama, loNkulunkulu kaIsaka, loNkulunkulu kaJakobe? UNkulunkulu kayisuye uNkulunkulu wabafileyo, kodwa wabaphilayo. 33 Kwathi amaxuku ekuzwa amangala kakhulu ngokufundisa kwakhe.
Umlayo wokuqala
34 Kwathi abaFarisi, sebezwile ukuthi uJesu ubaqume umlomo abaSadusi, babuthana ndawonye. 35 Lomunye wabo isazimthetho sambuza, simlinga, sisithi: 36 Mfundisi, yiwuphi umlayo omkhulu emthethweni? 37 UJesu wasesithi kuso: Uzathanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, langomphefumulo wakho wonke, langengqondo yakho yonke; 38 yiwo lowo umlayo owokuqala lomkhulu. 39 Lowesibili ufanana lawo uthi: Uzathanda umakhelwane wakho njengawe. 40 Kuleyomilayo emibili kumisiwe umthetho wonke labaprofethi.
UKrestu losendo lwakhe
41 Kwathi sebebuthene abaFarisi, uJesu wababuza, 42 esithi: Licabangani ngoKrestu? Uyindodana kabani? Bathi kuye: NgekaDavida. 43 Wathi kubo: Pho uDavida wambiza njani ekuMoya ukuthi yiNkosi, esithi: 44 INkosi yathi eNkosini yami: Hlala ngakwesokunene sami, ngize ngibeke izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo senyawo zakho? 45 Ngakho uba uDavida embiza ngokuthi yiNkosi, uyindodana yakhe njani? 46 Njalo kwakungekho owayengamphendula ilizwi; kusukela ngalolosuku kakwabe kusaba khona umuntu olesibindi sokumbuza.