20. Ngakho bathi abaJuda: “Leli thempeli kwaba yiminyaka engamashumi amane nesithupha lakhiwa, wena-ke uzakulivusa ngezinsuku ezintathu na?”
21. Kepha wayekhuluma ngethempeli lomzimba wakhe.
22. Kuthe esevukile kwabafileyo, abafundi bakhe bakhumbula ukuthi washo njalo kubo; bakholwa ngumbhalo nezwi abelishilo uJesu.
23. Kwathi eseJerusalema ngePhasika emkhosini, abaningi bakholwa egameni lakhe bebona izibonakaliso zakhe azenzayo;
24. kepha uJesu yena kabethembanga ukuba abhobokelane nabo, ngokuba wayebazi bonke,
25. nangokuba engaswele nobani amfakazele ngomuntu; wayekwazi yena okuphakathi komuntu.