6. Wathi ngoko, kusele mntu mnye angámthumayo, unyana oyintanda, wamthuma kubo ekugqibeleni, esithi: ‘Baya kumhlonela yena unyana wam.’
7. Ke bona abo balimi bathi omnye komnye: ‘Yindlalifa le. Masiyibulale, ilifa libe lelethu.’
8. Bambamba ke unyana lowo, bambulala, bamphosa ngaphandle kwesidiliya.
9. “Uya kwenza ntoni na ke ngoko umnini-sidiliya? Wofika abatshabalalise abo balimi, asinikele bantu bambi eso sidiliya.
10. Niyifundile kaloku *eziBhalweni indawo ethi:“ ‘Ilitye abalidelayo abakhililo elaba lelona libalulekileyo lesiseko.
11. Oku kwênzeka kuvela eNkosini;kungummangaliso emehlweni ethu.’”
12. Ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho namadoda amakhulu babefuna ukumbamba ke uYesu, kuba kwakuqondakele ukuba uzekelisa ngabo. Kodwa babesoyika isihlwele, baza bamyeka bemka.
13. Kwathunyelwa ke kuYesu abathile *babaFarasi nabathile beqela *lamaHerode, ukuze bambambise ngamazwi.
14. Befikile ke bona, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthembekile, ungenamkhethe, kuba akucengi bani, kodwa uyifundisa ngenyaniso indlela kaThixo. Khawutsho ke, ngaba kuvumelekile na ukurhafa *kuKhesare, okanye akuvumelekanga; masiyirhole irhafu, singayirholi, kusini na?”
15. Ke yena, ekwazi ukuhanahanisa kwabo, wathi kubo: “Nindilingelani na? Ndiziseleni imali ndiyibone.”
16. Bayizisa ke, waza wathi kubo: “Ngokabani na lo mfanekiso neli gama?”Bathi kuye: “NgokaKhesare.”
17. Waphendula ke uYesu, wathi kubo: “Ke, nikani uKhesare okufanele uKhesare, ninike uThixo okufanele uThixo.”Bamangaliseka yimpendulo yakhe.
18. Kweza *nabaSadusi kuYesu (bona bathi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo), bambuza besithi: