1. *NgoMhla othile wokuPhumla uYesu waya kutya kumzi *womFarasi owayeyinkokheli. Bahlala ke bemlalele.
2. Kwabonakala kukho ndoda ithile phambi kwakhe, inesifo somlambo.
3. Waza ke uYesu wabuza kubachazi-mthetho nabaFarasi, esithi: “Ngaba kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngoMhla woPhumlo?”
4. Bathi cwaka ke bona. Wayithatha ke indoda leyo, wayiphilisa, wayindulula,
5. wathi kubo: “Ngaba ngubani na kuni ongayi kuthi, yakweyela equleni inkwenkwe yakhe okanye inkomo yakhe, angayikhuphi kwangoko, nokuba kungoMhla wokuPhumla?”
6. Bakhohlwa kukumphendula kwezo zinto.
7. Akuyibona indlela abamenyiweyo abazisukela ngayo izihlalo eziphambili, uYesu uthethe umzekeliso kubo, esithi:
8. “Xa uthe wamenyelwa emsithweni ngumntu, uze ungayi kuhlala kwesona sihlalo siphambili, hleze kuthi kanti ohloniphekileyo kunawe naye umenyiwe,