AbaFarisi bekubona lokho bathi kubafundi bakhe : Yini ukuba umfundisi wenu adle nabathelisi nezoni na?

Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe : Ukuvuna kukhulu , kodwa izisebenzi ziyingcosana.

Kwathi ukuba uJesu aqede ukuyala abafundi bakhe abayishumi nambili , wamuka lapho ukuyofundisa nokushumayela emizini yabo. Ukufakaza kukaJesu kubafundi bakaJohane nakubantu (Luk. 7:18)

Khona uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe : Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emva kwami, makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele.

Ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, kepha bahluleka ukuyiphulukisa.

Kepha uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe : Ngiqinisile ngithi kini : Onothileyo uyakungena kalukhuni embusweni wezulu.

Kwathi uJesu eseqedile onke lawo mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

Khona uJesu wafika nabo endaweni ethiwa iGetsemane, wathi kubafundi: Hlalani lapha, ngisaya kukhuleka laphaya.

Wayeseza kubafundi , wabafumana belele ; wathi kuPetru : Kanti beningelinde nami ihora libe linye na?

Khona wafika kubafundi , wathi kubo : Nisalele namanje niphumula ; bhekani, ihora selisondele, iNdodana yomuntu isiyakhashelwa ezandle ni zezoni.

Khona aba bhali babaFarisi bembona edla nezoni nabathelisi bathi kubafundi bakhe: Yini ukuba adle nabathelisi nezoni na?

Kwathi sebeza kubafundi , babona isixuku esikhulu sibahaqile nababhali bebuzana nabo.

UJesu waqalaza , wathi kubafundi bakhe : Kulukhuni kangakanani kwabanomnotho ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

Kwathi ukuba basondele eJerusalema , naseBetfage, naseBethaniya ngaseNtabeni Yeminqumo, wathuma ababili kubafundi bakhe,

Wayesethuma ababili kubafundi bakhe , wathi kubo: Hambani niye emzini; khona nizakuhlangana nomuntu othwele imbiza yamanzi; mlandeleni.

Bafika endaweni ethiwa iGetsemane; wathi kubafundi bakhe: Hlalani lapha, ngisaya kukhuleka.

AbaFarisi nababhali bakhonona kubafundi bakhe, bathi: Yini ukuba nidle niphuze nabathelisi nezoni na?

Kwaphumela leli zwi ngaye kulo lonke iJudiya nakulo lonke langakhona. Ukufakaza kukaJesu kubafundi bakaJohane nakubantu (Math. 11:2)

UJohane wayesebiza ababili kubafundi bakhe , wabathumela eNkosini , wathi: Wena unguye ozayo, noma sobheka omunye na?

Ngokuba kwakukhona amadoda okungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu . Wathi kubafundi bakhe: Bahlaliseni ngezigaba ngamashumi ayisihlanu.

Bethuka bonke ngamandla amakhulu kaNkulunkulu. UJesu ukhuluma futhi ngokuhlupheka kwakhe (Math. 17: 22; Mark. 9: 30) Besamangele bonke ngakho konke akwenzileyo, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

Waphendukela kubafundi bebodwa , wathi: Abusisiwe amehlo abona enikubonayo.

Kwathi sezibuthene izigidi zabantu baze banyathelana, waqala ukukhuluma, ikakhulu kubafundi bakhe, ethi: Xwayani imvubelo yabaFarisi engukuzenzisa.

Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe : Ngakho-ke ngithi kini : Ningakhathazeki ngokuphila kwenu ukuthi niyakud lani, nangomzimba wenu ukuthi niyakwembathani.

Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe : Kungeze kwenzeka ukuba kungaveli izikhubekiso; kodwa maye kulowo ezivela ngaye!

Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: Kuzakufika izinsuku, lapho niyakufisa ukubona lube lunye lwezinsuku zeNdodana yomuntu, kepha aniyikulubona.

Kwathi esondele eBetfage naseBethaniya ngasentabeni ethiwa eYeminqumo, wathuma ababili kubafundi bakhe,

Besalalele abantu bonke, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

Esesukume ekukhulekeni weza kubafundi bakhe , wabafumana belele ngokudabuka.

Base belanda nabo okwenzekileyo endleleni , nokuthi yaziwa kanjani yibo ekuhlephuleni isinkwa. Ukuzibonakalisa kukaJesu kubafundi bonke (Mark. 16:14; Joh. 20:19)

Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe.

Kuthe sebesuthi , wathi kubafundi bakhe : Buthani imvuthuluka eseleyo , kungachitheki lutho.

Ngakho-ke abaningi kubafundi bakhe bekuzwa lokho bathi : Lilukhuni leli zwi; ngubani ongalizwa na?

Emva kwalokho wathi kubafundi bakhe: Asibuye, siye eJudiya.

Khona uTomase , othiwa uDidimu , wathi kubafundi abakanye naye : Asihambe nathi, ukuze sife kanye naye.

Emva kwalokho uJesu wabuye wazibonakalisa kubafundi ngaselwandle lwaseTiberiya; wazibonakalisa kanje:

kwakukhona ndawonye oSimoni Petru , noTomase othiwa uDidimu , noNathanayeli waseKhana laseGalile , nabakaZebedewu, nabanye ababili kubafundi bakhe.

UJesu wathi kubo : Wozani nidle . Kepha akwabakho kubafundi o waba nesibindi sokumbuza ngokuthi: Ungubani wena na? Bazi ukuthi yiyo iNkosi.

Lokho sekungokwesithathu uJesu ebonakaliswa kubafundi , esevukile kwabafileyo. Ukuvivinywa kukaPetru

kwahamba nathi abanye kubafundi baseKesariya, besiyisa kuMnasoni othile waseKhupro, umfundi omdala, ebesizakungenisa kwakhe.