17 ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngo-Isaya umprofethi ukuthi:“Yena wabetshatha ubuthakathaka bethu,wathwala izifo zethu.”
18 Kwathi uJesu ebona isixuku simhaqile, wayala ukuba kuwelelwe ngaphesheya.
19 Kwase kufika umbhali, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, ngizakukulandela, noma uya ngaphi.”
20 UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinezidleke, kepha iNdodana yomuntu kayinandawo, lapho ingacamelisa khona ikhanda.”
21 Kodwa omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.”
22 Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandele; yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo.”
23 Wayesengena emkhunjini; abafundi bakhe bamlandela.