1. Jesu akabva ipapo akaenda kuguta rokwake, vadzidzi vake vachimutevera.
2. Sabata rakati rasvika, akatanga kudzidzisa musinagoge, uye vazhinji vakamunzwa vakashamiswa.Vakabvunza vachiti, “Munhu uyu akawanepi zvinhu izvi? Uchenjeri hupi uhu hwaakapiwa hwokuti anotoita zvishamiso?
3. Ko, haasiye muvezi here? Ko, haasiye mwanakomana waMaria here nomukoma waJakobho, Josefa, Judhasi naSimoni? Ko, hanzvadzi dzake hadzisi pano nesu here?” Uye vakagumburwa naye.
4. Jesu akati kwavari, “Muprofita haakudzwi muguta romunyika yokwake, pakati pehama dzake, nomumba make chete.”
5. Haana kugona kuita zvishamiso zvipi zvazvo imomo, kunze kwokuisa maoko ake pamusoro pavanhu vashoma vairwara uye akavaporesa.
6. Uye akashamiswa nokusatenda kwavo.
7. Akadana kwaari vane gumi navaviri akavatuma vari vaviri vaviri uye akavapa simba pamusoro pemweya yakaipa.
8. Akavarayira achiti, “Musatora chinhu parwendo kunze kwetsvimbo; musatora chingwa, kana hombodo, kana mari muzvikwama zvenyu.
9. Mupfeke shangu asi kwete nguo yechipiri.
10. Pose pamunopinda mumba, garai imomo kusvikira mabva muguta iroro.
11. Uye kana pane nzvimbo icharamba kukugamuchirai kana kukuteererai, muzunze guruva retsoka dzenyu pamunenge mobva, chive chapupu pamusoro pavo.”
12. Vakabuda vakaenda kundoparidza kuti vanhu vatendeuke.
13. Vakadzinga madhimoni mazhinji uye vakazodza mafuta vanhu vazhinji vairwara uye vakavaporesa.
14. Mambo Herodhi akanzwa nezvazvo, nokuti zita raJesu rakanga rozivikanwa kwazvo. Vamwe vakanga vachiti, “Johani Mubhabhatidzi akamutswa kubva kuvakafa; uye ndokusaka zviratidzo zvesimba zvichiitika.”
15. Vamwe vakati, “NdiEria.”Uye vamwezve vakati, “Ndiye muprofita, akaita somumwe wavaprofita vekare.”
16. Asi Herodhi akati anzwa izvozvo, akati, “Johani, murume wandakagura musoro, akamutswa kubva kuvakafa!”
17. Nokuti Herodhi pachake akanga arayira kuti Johani asungwe, uye akaita kuti asungwe nengetani uye aiswe mutorongo. Akaita izvi nokuda kwaHerodhiasi mukadzi womunun'una wake Firipi waakanga awana.
18. Nokuti Johani akanga ati kuna Herodhi, “Hazvitenderwi kuti utore mukadzi womunun'una wako.”