1Esebuye wangena eKapenawume emva kwensuku ezithile; kwezwakala ukuba usendlini.
2Kwahle kwabuthana abanengi, akwazabe kusaba lendawo langasemnyango; watshumayela ilizwi kubo.
3Beza kuye beletha oyisilima, ethwelwe ngabantu abane.
4Babengelakusondela kuye ngenxa yexuku, bavula uphahla lapho ayekhona, bathi sebebhobozile behlisa ithala alele kulo oyisilima.
5UJesu ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi koyisilima: Ndodana, uthethelelwe izono zakho.
6Kodwa abanye bababhali ababehlezi lapho, banakana enhliziyweni zabo bathi:
7Ukhulumelani okunje lumuntu na? Uyahlambaza. Ngubani ongathethelela izono, ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa na?
8Wahle wakwazi uJesu ngomoya wakhe ukuthi babenakana lokhu phakathi kwabo, wathi kibo: Linakanelani izinto lezi enhliziyweni zenu na?
9Yikuphi okulula ukuthi koyisilima: Izono zakho zithethelelwe, ingabe ukuthi: Sukuma, uthathe ithala lakho, uhambe, na?
10Kodwa ukuze lazi ukuba iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla okuthethelela izono emhlabeni — wathi koyisilima —
11Ngithi kuwe: Sukuma, uthathe ithala lakho uye endlini yakho.
12Wasukuma, wahle wathatha ithala lakhe, waphuma phambi kwabo bonke, baze bamangala bamdumisa uNkulunkulu besithi: Kasizanga sikubone okunje.
Ukubizwa kukaLevi(Mat 9:9–13; Luka 5:27–32)13Wabuya waya ngasolwandle, Ixuku lonke leza kuye, wabafundisa.
14Wathi edlula, wabona uLevi indodana kaAlfewu, ehlezi endaweni yokuthelisela, wathi kuye: Ngilandela. Wasuka, wamlandela.
15Kwathi ehlezi ekudleni endlini yakhe, abathelisi abanengi lezoni babesekudleni loJesu labafundi bakhe; ngoba babebanengi, bemlandela.
16Ababhali babaFarisi bembona esidla lezoni labathelisi bathi kubafundi bakhe: Kungani esidla labathelisi lezoni na?
17UJesu esizwa lokhu wathi kubo: Abaphilayo kabadingi inyanga, kodwa abagulayo; kangizanga ukubiza abalungileyo kodwa ngize ukubiza izoni.
Ukuzila ukudla(Mat 9:14–17; Luka 5:33–39)18Abafundi bakaJohane labaFarisi babezila ukudla; abantu beza kuye bathi: Kungani ukuba abafundi bakaJohane labafundi babaFarisi bazile ukudla, kodwa abakho bengazili na?
19UJesu wathi kubo: Abakwabo kamyeni bangazila ukudla umyeni eselabo na? Bangezile umyeni eselabo.
20Kodwa zizakufika insuku, lapho umyeni ezakususwa kubo; kung’khonake bezakuzila ngalolosuku.
21Kakho othungela isichibi esingakafinyeli engutsheni endala, funa okubekelweyo kudabuke kwendala, siqhele isikhala.
22Kakho othela iwayini elitsha emigodleni emidala, funa iwayini lidabule imigodla, lichitheke iwayini, lemigodla yonakale; kodwa iwayini elitsha lithelwa emigodleni emitsha.
UJesu uchasisa umlayo weSabatha(Mat 12:1–8; Luka 6:1–5)23Kwathi edabula emasimini ngeSabatha, abafundi bakhe baqala ukukha izikhwebu behamba.Dute 23:25
24AbaFarisi basebesithi kuye: Khangela, kungani besenza okungavunyelwayo ngeSabatha na?
25Wathi kibo: Kalizanga lifunde yini okwenziwa nguDavida mhla eswele, elambile yena lababelaye,1 Sam 21:1–6
26ukuthi wangena endlini kaNkulunkulu, esikhathini uAbiyatha engumpristi omkhulu, wadla izinkwa ezahlukaniselwe uNkulunkulu ezingavunyelwanga ukudliwa ngumuntu, ngaphandle kwabapristi bodwa, wabanika lababelaye na?Levi 24:9
27Wathi kibo: ISabatha lenzelwa umuntu, umuntu kenzelwanga iSabatha.
28Kunjaloke iNdodana yomuntu iyiNkosi leyeSabatha.
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