17. ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngo-Isaya umprofethi ukuthi:“Yena wabetshatha ubuthakathaka bethu,wathwala izifo zethu.”
18. Kwathi uJesu ebona isixuku simhaqile, wayala ukuba kuwelelwe ngaphesheya.
19. Kwase kufika umbhali, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, ngizakukulandela, noma uya ngaphi.”
20. UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Izimpungushe zinemigodi, nezinyoni zezulu zinezidleke, kepha iNdodana yomuntu kayinandawo, lapho ingacamelisa khona ikhanda.”
21. Kodwa omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.”
22. Kepha uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandele; yeka abafileyo bembele abafileyo babo.”
23. Wayesengena emkhunjini; abafundi bakhe bamlandela.
24. Bheka, kwavuka isiphepho esikhulu elwandle, umkhumbi waze wagujuzelwa ngamaza; kepha yena wayelele.
25. Basondela, bamvusa, bathi: “Nkosi, sisindise, safa.”
26. Wayesethi kubo: “Nesabelani nina bokukholwa okuncane na?” Khona wavuka wakhuza umoya nolwandle, kwaba khona ukuthula okukhulu.
27. Kepha abantu bamangala, bathi: “Unjani lo ukuba nomoya nolwandle kumlalele na?”
28. Kwathi esefikile ngaphesheya ezweni lamaGadara, kwahlangana naye ababili abakhwelwe ngamademoni, bephuma emathuneni, beyizidlova ezinkulu ngangokuba kwakungedlule muntu ngaleyo ndlela.