3 Waza ke uYesu wabuza kubachazi-mthetho nabaFarasi, esithi: “Ngaba kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngoMhla woPhumlo?”
4 Bathi cwaka ke bona. Wayithatha ke indoda leyo, wayiphilisa, wayindulula,
5 wathi kubo: “Ngaba ngubani na kuni ongayi kuthi, yakweyela equleni inkwenkwe yakhe okanye inkomo yakhe, angayikhuphi kwangoko, nokuba kungoMhla wokuPhumla?”
6 Bakhohlwa kukumphendula kwezo zinto.
7 Akuyibona indlela abamenyiweyo abazisukela ngayo izihlalo eziphambili, uYesu uthethe umzekeliso kubo, esithi:
8 “Xa uthe wamenyelwa emsithweni ngumntu, uze ungayi kuhlala kwesona sihlalo siphambili, hleze kuthi kanti ohloniphekileyo kunawe naye umenyiwe,
9 eze ke lowo unimemileyo aze athi kuwe: ‘Khawudedele lo mntu.’ Ke wena uya kunyoshoza, uye kuhlala kwindawo esekugqibeleni.