12 Nokuba umfazi uthe wayala indoda yakhe, wendela kwenye, uyakrexeza.”
13 Kwathi xa kwakuziswa abantwana kuYesu ukuba abachukumise, basuka abafundi babakhalimela abo babazisayo.
14 Ke kaloku ekubonile oku uYesu, wakhathazeka, wathi kubo: “Bayekeni abantwana beze kum, ningabanqandi, kuba ábalawulwa nguThixo ngabanjengabo.
15 Ndithi kuni, inene, othe akakuthobela njengomntwana ukulawulwa nguThixo, soze abuve ubuncwane bolo lawulo.”
16 Waza wabasingatha abantwana, wabasikelela ebabeka izandla.
17 Xa wayephuma uYesu ehamba, umntu othile weza ebaleka, waguqa phambi kwakhe, wambuza esithi: “Mfundisi olungileyo, ndingenza ntoni ukuze ndibudle ilifa ubomi obungunaphakade?”
18 UYesu ke wathi kuye: “Kutheni usithi ndilungile nje? Akukho mntu ulungileyo. Mnye kuphela olungileyo: nguThixo.