24. Ke abafundi bakhe bamangaliswa ngala mazwi akhe. Waza uYesu waphinda wathetha nabo, wathi kubo: “Bantwana bam, hayi ubunzima bokuxhamla ukulawulwa nguThixo.
25. Kungálula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba isityebi sixhamle ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.”
26. Bamangaliswa kunene, bathi omnye komnye: “Ngubani ke onokusindiswa?”
27. Ondele kubo, uYesu wathi: “Kubantu oku akunakwenzeka, kodwa kuThixo akunakungenzeki, kuba zonke izinto zinokwenzeka kuThixo.”
28. Waza uPetros wathi kuye: “Khangela, thina sishiye zonke izinto sakulandela.”
29. Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho namnye ushiye indlu, nokuba ngabantakwabo, nokuba ngoodade wabo, nokuba ngunina, nokuba nguyise, nokuba ngabantwana, nokuba ngamasimi, ngenxa yam nangenxa yeendaba ezimnandi,
30. ongayi kuthi amkele kalikhulu: izindlu, nabantakwabo, noodade wabo, noonina, nabantwana, namasimi, zikunye neentshutshiso kweli phakade; aze ke athi kwelizayo iphakade amkele ubomi obungunaphakade.
31. Baninzi ke phofu abaya kuthi bengabokuqala babe ngabokugqibela, nabokugqibela abaya kuba ngabokuqala.”