23 Ke ngoko eluvukweni lwabafileyo uya kuba ngumfazi wawuphi kubo? Kuba kaloku bosixhenxe babemthathile.”
24 Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Nilahlekiswa kukuba ningaziqondi *iziBhalo, ningawazi namandla kaThixo.
25 Kaloku xa abafileyo bathe babuya bavuka, àbazeki, àbendiswa; banjengezithunywa ezisezulwini.
26 Ngokusingisele kukuvuswa kwabafileyo, anifundanga na encwadini kaMosis, kwisiqendu esithetha ngetyholo elivuthayo, okokuba uThixo wathetha naye esithi: ‘Mna ndinguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi’?
27 AkaThixo wabafileyo; unguThixo wabaphilayo. Ke nina nilahleke kakhulu.”
28 Kwafika omnye wabachazi-mthetho, wabeva bebambene ngemibuzo, waqonda ukuba uYesu ubaphendule kakuhle. Wambuza ke esithi: “Owona myalelo mkhulu kunayo yonke nguwuphi?”
29 UYesu wamphendula esithi: “Owona myalelo mkhulu ngulo uthi: ‘Yiva, Sirayeli, iNkosi uThixo wethu yiNkosi ényé.