12. Naye, uma elahla indoda yakhe, agane enye, uyaphinga.”
13. Khona baletha kuye abantwanyana ukuba abaphathe; kepha abafundi babakhuza.
14. Kodwa uJesu ekubona wathukuthela, wathi kubo: “Vumelani abantwana beze kimi, ningabenqabeli, ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu ungowabanjalo.
15. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Yilowo nalowo ongamukeli umbuso kaNkulunkulu njengomntwana kasoze angena kuwo.”
16. Wabagona, wababusisa ebeka izandla phezu kwabo.
17. Ekuphumeni kwakhe ukuya endleleni umuntu wagijimela kuye, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, wambuza wathi: “Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?”
18. Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ungibizelani ngokuthi ngimuhle na? Kakho omuhle, munye kuphela, uNkulunkulu.
19. Uyayazi imiyalelo ukuthi: Ungabulali, ungaphingi, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, ungamamuki umuntu utho, yazisa uyihlo nonyoko.”
20. Kepha wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, konke lokho ngikugcinile kwasebusheni bami.”
21. UJesu wayesembheka, emthanda, wathi kuye: “Usasilalelwe into inye; hamba uthengise ngakho konke onakho, uphe abampofu, khona uzakuba negugu ezulwini; uze ungilandele.”
22. Kepha wanyukumala ngalelo zwi, wamuka edabukile, ngokuba wayenengcebo enkulu.
23. UJesu waqalaza, wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Kulukhuni kangakanani kwabanomnotho ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
24. Kepha abafundi bethuka ngamazwi akhe. UJesu wabuye waphendula, wathi kubo: “Bantwana, kulukhuni kangakanani kwabethemba umnotho ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
25. Kulula ukuba ikamela lingene ngentunja yosungulo kunokuba onothileyo angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”
26. Bamangala kakhulu, bathi omunye komunye: “Pho, kungasindiswa bani na?”
27. UJesu ebabheka wathi: “Kubantu akunakwenzeka, kepha kuNkulunkulu akunjalo; ngokuba kuNkulunkulu kungenzeka konke.”
28. UPetru wathatha, wathi kuye: “Bheka, thina sishiye konke, sakulandela.”
29. UJesu wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akukho muntu oshiye indlu, noma abafowabo, noma odadewabo, noma unina, noma uyise, noma abantwana, noma amazwe ngenxa yami nangenxa yevangeli,