18 Waza wathi: “Yiyiphi le miyalelo?”UYesu wathi: “Yile ithi: Uze ungabulali, uze ungakrexezi, uze ungebi, uze ungangqini buxoki,
19 beka uyihlo nonyoko, uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.”
20 Ke umfana lowo wathi kuYesu: “Zonke ezi zinto ndazigcina. Ngaba kusafuneka ndenze ntoni na?”
21 UYesu wathi kuye: “Ukuba ufuna ukufeza konke ngokupheleleyo, hamba uye kuzithengisa zonke izinto onazo, wabele amahlwempu imali leyo; woba nobutyebi ezulwini; uze kum ke, undilandele.”
22 Ekuvilé oku, umfana lowo wemka ebuhlungu, kuba wayesisinhanha.
23 Waza uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ndithi kuni, inene, kunzima kakhulu ukuba isityebi sibuxhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.
24 Kananjalo ndithi kuni, kungálula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba isityebi sixhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.”