23 UJesu wayehamba ethempelini emphemeni kaSolomoni.
24 Base bemhaqa abaJuda bethi kuye: “Koze kube nini ulibazisa izinhliziyo zethu na? Uma wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokuchachileyo.”
25 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Nganitshela, kodwa anikholwanga; imisebenzi engiyenzayo egameni likaBaba yiyona efakaza ngami.
26 Kodwa nina anikholwa, ngokuba anisibo abezimvu zami.
27 Izimvu zami ziyalizwa izwi lami; nami ngiyazazi, ziyangilandela;
28 ngizinika ukuphila okuphakade, azisoze zabhubha naphakade; akakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sami.
29 UBaba onginikileyo mkhulu kunabo bonke; akakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sikaBaba.