23. Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu walethela u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu njengokwethembisa kwakhe;
24. engakafiki yena uJohane wayeseshumayele kuso sonke isizwe sakwa-Israyeli umbhapathizo wokuphenduka.
25. Esegcina ukuhamba kwakhe uJohane wathi: ‘Lokhu enithi ngiyikho angisikho mina. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami engingafanele ukukhumula isicathulo sezinyawo zakhe.’
26. “Madoda, bazalwane, madodana ohlanga luka-Abrahama, nabaphakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kithi.