18 “Andibhekisi kuni nonke. Ndiyabazi abo ndibanyulileyo, kodwa imelwe kukuzaliseka le ndawo eziBhalweni ithi: ‘Lowo utyayo kunye nam undivukele.’
19 Ndinixelele kungekenzeki, ukuze kuthi, kwakuba kwenzekile, nikholwe okokuba ndinguye endinguye.
20 Inene, lowo umamkelayo endimthumileyo, wamkela mna; ke owamkela mna, wamkela lowo undithumileyo.”
21 Akuba uYesu etshilo, wakhathazeka kakhulu, waza wabaqononondisa esithi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, omnye kuni apha uza kundingcatsha.”
22 Baza bajongana abafundi bakhe, bengazi mpela okokuba ngubani na lowo athetha ngaye.
23 Ke omnye umfundi kaYesu, lowo wayethandwa nguye, wayehleli ecaleni kwakhe,
24 waza uSimon Petros wanqwala kuye ukuba abuze ukuba ngaba uYesu uthetha bani na.