37 Ke kaloku, akuba ethethile, umFarisi othile wayemcela ukuba aye komulela kuye. Ungenile ke wahlala phantsi.
38 Uthe ke akubona oku, umFarisi wamangaliswa kukuba engathanga kuqala ahlambe, phambi kokuba adle.
39 Yathi ke iNkosi kuye, Kaloku nina baFarisi nihlambulula umphandle wendebe nesitya, ukanti wona umbilini wenu uzele kukuphanga nokungendawo.
40 Basweli-kuqonda, owakwenzayo okungaphandle akakwenzanga na nokungaphakathi?
41 Kanye ke izinto ezingaphakathi, lizani ngazo; niyabona, zosuka zonke izinto zihlambuluke kuni.
42 Yeha, nina baFarisi! Ngokuba ninikela izishumi zetyeleba nezenxina nezemifuno yonke, nize nidlule kuwo umgwebo nokuthanda uThixo; ezi ndawo ke benimelwe kukuthi nizenze, nithi neziya ningazishiyi.
43 Yeha, nina baFarisi! Ngokuba nithanda isihlalo sobukhulu ezindlwini zesikhungu, nemibuliso ezindaweni zembutho.