45. Kodwa bona babengaliqondi eli lizwi; laye lifihliwe kubo, ukuze bangaliboni. Babesoyika nokumbuza ngalo eli lizwi.
46. Ke kaloku kwangena ukucamanga phakathi kwabo kokuthi, angaba ngubani na omkhulu phakathi kwabo.
47. Ekubonile ke uYesu ukucamanga kwentliziyo yabo, uthabathe umntwanana, wammisa ngakuye.
48. Wathi kubo, Othe wamamkela lo mntwanana egameni lam, wamkela mna; nothe wamkela mna, wamkela lowo wandithumayo. Kuba lowo umncinane phakathi kwenu nonke, ngoyena mkhulu.
49. Waphendula uYohane wathi, Mongameli, sabona othile ekhupha iidemon egameni lakho; samalela, ngokuba engalandelani nathi.
50. Wathi uYesu kuye, Musani ukumalela; kuba ongachasene nathi, ungecala lethu.
51. Ke kaloku kwathi, yakuzaliseka imihla yokunyuselwa kwakhe phezulu, wazimisela ngokuqinileyo ukuya eYerusalem.
52. Wathuma abathunywa phambi kobuso bakhe; behambile ke, bangena emzaneni wamaSamariya ukuba bamlungiselele.
53. Akamamkela, ngokuba ubuso bakhe bebubheke eYerusalem.
54. Bekubonile ke oko abafundi bakhe, ooYakobi noYohane bathe, Nkosi, uyafuna na ukuba sitsho, kuhle umlilo ezulwini, ubatshise kuphele, njengoko noEliya wenjenjalo?
55. Wathi guququ, wabakhalimela wathi, Anazi ukuba ningabomoya onjani na;
56. kuba uNyana woMntu engàze kutshabalalisa miphefumlo yabantu, uzé kusindisa. Baza baya mzaneni wumbi.
57. Kwathi ke, bakubon' ukuba bayahamba ngendlela, wathi othile kuye, Ndiya kukulandela, apho uthe waya khona, Nkosi.
58. Waza uYesu wathi kuye, Iimpungutye zinemingxuma, neentaka zezulu zineendawo zokuhlala; ke yena uNyana woMntu akanayo nendawo angalalisa kuyo intloko yakhe.