8. Iningi lesixuku lendlala izingubo zalo endleleni, kepha abanye bagawula amahlamvu emithini, bawendlala endleleni.
9. Izixuku ezazihamba phambili nezazimlandela zamemeza zathi:“Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide!Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.Hosiyana kweliphezulu!”
10. Kwathi esangena eJerusalema, umuzi wonke wanyakaza, wathi: “Ngubani lo?”
11. Izixuku zathi: “Lo ungumprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha laseGalile.”
12. UJesu wayesengena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbuqela amatafula abashintshelana imali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba.
13. Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenza ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”
14. Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe nezinyonga ethempelini, waziphulukisa.
15. Kepha abapristi abakhulu nababhali, bebona izimangaliso azenzayo nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: “Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,” bacasuka,
16. bathi kuye: “Uyakuzwa lokhu abakushoyo laba na?”UJesu wathi kubo: “Yebo, anizange nifunde yini ukuthi: ‘Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo uzilungisele indumiso,’ na?”
17. Wayesebashiya, waphuma emzini, waya eBethaniya, walala khona.
18. Kepha ekuseni esebuyela emzini walamba.
19. Wabona umkhiwane owodwa ngasendleleni, weza kuwo; akafumananga lutho kuwo, amaqabunga odwa. Wayesethi kuwo: “Akungabe kusavela sithelo kuwe naphakade.” Umkhiwane wabuna khona lapho.
20. Bekubona lokho abafundi bamangala bathi: “Umkhiwane ubune kanjani masinyane na?”
21. UJesu wayesephendula, ethi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma ninokukholwa, ningangabazi, aniyikwenza okomkhiwane kuphela, kodwa noma nithi kule ntaba: ‘Nqukuleka, uphonseke elwandle,’ kuyakwenzeka;
22. nakho konke eningakucela ngokukhuleka nikholwa niyakukwamukeliswa.”
23. Kuthe engena ethempelini, kweza kuye abapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe, esafundisa, bathi: “Ukwenza lokhu ngagunya lini na? Futhi ngubani okunike leli gunya na?”
24. UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nami ngizakunibuza izwi libe linye; uma ningitshela lona, nami ngizakunitshela ukuthi ngenza lokhu ngagunya lini.
25. Ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kwavelaphi, ezulwini nokuba kubantu, na?”Bakhulumisana bodwa, bathi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi kuthi: ‘Pho, anikholwanga nguye ngani na?’
26. Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ siyasesaba isixuku; ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumprofethi.”