12 Kepha ngithi kini: U-Eliya sewafika; abamazanga nokho, kodwa benza kuye abakuthandayo. Kanjalo neNdodana yomuntu iyakuhlushwa yibo.”
13 Khona abafundi baqonda ukuba ubekhuluma kubo ngoJohane uMbhapathizi.
14 Sebefikile esixukwini, kweza kuye umuntu, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe,
15 wathi: “Nkosi, hawukela indodana yami, ngokuba inesithuthwane, ihlupheka kabi, lokhu iwela kaningi emlilweni, kaningi emanzini.
16 Ngiyilethe kubafundi bakho, kepha bahluleka ukuyiphulukisa.”
17 UJesu waphendula wathi: “O! sizukulwane esingakholwayo nesiphambeneyo, koze kube nini nginani na? Koze kube nini nginibekezelela na? Yiletheni lapha kimi.”
18 UJesu wayeseyikhuza, idemoni laphuma kuyo; umfana waphulukiswa kusukela kuleso sikhathi.