40 kodwa kona ukwaba izikhundla akulolungelo lam. Ezo zikhundla zezâbo bazilungiselelweyo nguThixo.”
41 Bakuyiva le nto ithethwa nguYakobi noYohane, abanye abafundi abalishumi bakhathazeka.
42 UYesu ke, ebabizele kuye, wathi kubo: “Niyazi ukuba ezintlangeni abo bathi bayalawula banobukhosi kuzo; nâbo bazizikhulu zazo benza ngegunya kuzo.
43 Kodwa ke akunjalo phakathi kwenu. Ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumkhonzi wenu;
44 nofuna ukuba ngowokuqala, makabe sisicaka sabo bonke.
45 Kuba kaloku *noNyana woLuntu akezanga kukhonzwa, weza kukhonza, nokuncama ubomi bakhe, bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.”
46 Bafika ke eJeriko. Xa uYesu nabafundi bakhe nesihlwele esikhulu babephuma apho eJeriko, unyana kaTimeyu, uBhartimeyu, imfama, wayehleli ngasendleleni engqiba.