42 “Kodwa maye kinina baFarisi, ngokuba nithela okweshumi kwesinkuntshane, nokwentshungu, nokwemifino yonke, ninganaki ukulunga nokumthanda uNkulunkulu! Benimelwe ukwenza lokhu, ningakuyeki nalokho.
43 “Maye kinina baFarisi, ngokuba nithanda izihlalo eziphambili emasinagogeni* nokubingelelwa ezigcawini zokuthengelana!
44 “Maye kinina, ngokuba nifana namathuna angasabonakaliyo, nabantu abahamba ngaphezu kwawo bengawazi!”
45 Wayesephendula omunye wezazimthetho, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, ngokusho lokho uyasijivaza nathi.”
46 Kepha wathi: “Maye nakinina zazimthetho, ngokuba nithwesa abantu imithwalo ethwaleka kalukhuni! Nina-ke uqobo lwenu aniyithinti leyo mithwalo nangowodwa weminwe yenu.
47 “Maye kinina, ngokuba niyawakha amathuna abaprofethi, kanti oyihlo bababulala!
48 Ngalokho ningofakazi, nivuma imisebenzi yawoyihlo; ngokuba bona bababulala, nina-ke niyawakha amathuna abo.