17. Badla ke bahlutha bonke, kwaza kwaqokelelwa iingobozi ezilishumi elinambini zokutya okuseleyo.
18. Kwathi uYesu ethandaza bucala enabafundi bakhe, wababuza esithi: “Ngaba izihlwele ezi zithi ndingubani?”
19. Baphendula bona bathi: “Kuthiwa unguYohane umbhaptizi. Abanye bathi unguEliya. Kanti abanye bathi kubuye kwavuka mshumayeli uthile wamandulo.”
20. Wathi kubo: “Ke nina nithi ndingubani?”Waphendula uPetros wathi: “Unguye *uKrestu kaThixo.”
21. UYesu wabayala ngqongqo ukuba le nto bangayithethi mntwini.
22. Waza wathi uYesu: “*UNyana woLuntu umelwe kukuba eve ubunzima obukhulu; achaswe ngamadoda amakhulu, nangababingeleli abaziintloko, nangabachazi-mthetho; aze abulawe, athi emva kweentsuku ezintathu abuye avuke.”
23. UYesu ke wabhekisa kubo bonke wathi: “Osukuba ethanda ukundilandela makazincame, awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe imihla ngemihla, andilandele;
24. kuba othe wabukokosa ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kodwa othe wabuncama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, wobusindisa.
25. Kuba kaloku komnceda ntoni na umntu ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, abe yena ezilahlile okanye onakalelwe?
26. Kuba othe waneentloni ngam, nangamazwi am, naye uNyana woLuntu woba neentloni ngaye, xa eza esewongeni lakhe nelikaYise nelezithunywa ezingcwele.
27. Inene, kukho abathile kwabakhoyo apha abangayi kuze beve kufa, bade balubone ulawulo olutsha lukaThixo.”