13 Ke yena wathi kubo: “Bapheni nina ukutya, batye.”Bathi bona: “Sinezonka ezihlanu neentlanzi ezimbini kuphela. Asinakubatyisa ngaphandle kokuba siye kubathengela ukutya bonke aba bantu.”
14 (Kwakukho amadoda akumawaka amahlanu.)Wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Bahlaliseni babe ngamaqela ngamaqela, iqela ngalinye libe ngamashumi amahlanu.”
15 Benjenjalo ke, babahlalisa phantsi bonke.
16 Ezithathile ezo zonka zihlanu nezo ntlanzi zimbini, ukhangele ezulwini, wabulela, waziqhekeza, wamana enika abafundi bakhe ukuba babele isihlwele.
17 Badla ke bahlutha bonke, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini zokutya okuseleyo.
18 Kwathi uYesu ethandaza bucala enabafundi bakhe, wababuza esithi: “Ngaba izihlwele ezi zithi ndingubani?”
19 Baphendula bona bathi: “Kuthiwa unguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi unguEliya. Kanti abanye bathi kubuye kwavuka mshumayeli uthile wamandulo.”