25 Waza uYesu wababizela kuye, wathi: “Niyazi ukuba ezintlangeni abo balawulayo banobukhosi; nâbo bazizikhulu zazo benza ngegunya.
26 Kodwa ke ze kungabi njalo phakathi kwenu. Ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumkhonzi wenu;
27 nofuna ukuba ngowokuqala kuni, makabe sisicaka senu;
28 abe njengaye *uNyana woLuntu, yena ongezanga kukhonzwa, koko oweza kukhonza nokuncama ubomi bakhe bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.”
29 Ekuphumeni kwabo eJeriko, uYesu walandelwa sisihlwele esikhulu sabantu.
30 Kwakukho iimfama ezimbini zihleli ngasendleleni, ezathi, zakuva ukuba kugqitha uYesu, zadanduluka zisithi: “Nkosi, Nyana kaDavide, senzele inceba!”
31 Isihlwele sazikhalimela ukuba zithi tu, kodwa zadanduluka ngakumbi zisithi: “Nkosi, Nyana kaDavide, senzele inceba!”