3 Kaloku abaFarasi namaJuda onke abatyi bengazihlambanga izandla ngokwesiko, begcine isithethe samanyange.
4 Naxa bevela emarikeni abatyi bengahlambanga. Zikho ke nezinye izinto ezininzi abazamkele ukuba bazigcine, ezinjengokutshizwa kweendebe, neebhekile, nezitya.
5 AbaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho bambuza ke uYesu, besithi: “Kutheni na ukuba abafundi bakho bangenzi ngokwesithethe samanyange, le nto batya isonka ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga?”
6 Wabaphendula esithi: “UIsaya wayenyanisile ukushumayela ngani, bahanahanisindini, njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa:“ ‘Aba bantu bandibeka ngomlomo,kanti yona intliziyo ikude lee kum,’ itsho iNkosi.
7 ‘Bafumana bendihlonela,kuba bafundisa iimfundiso eziyimithetho nje yabantu.’
8 “Kaloku niwuyekile umyalelo kaThixo, nasuka nagcina isithethe sabantu.”
9 Kwakhona wathi kubo: “Ningamachule ekuwutshitshiseni umyalelo kaThixo, nokuze niphakamise esenu isithethe.