1. Wayesengena emkhunjini, wawela, weza emzini wakubo.
2. Bheka, baletha kuye umuntu ofe uhlangothi elele ohlakeni. UJesu ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Yima isibindi, ndodana; uthethelelwe izono zakho.”
3. Bheka, abathile kubabhali bathi phakathi kwabo: “Lo uyahlambalaza.”
4. UJesu ezazi izizindlo zabo wathi: “Nizindlelani okubi ezinhliziyweni zenu na?
5. Ngokuba yikuphi okulula ukuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho,’ noma ukuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe,’ na?
6. Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono --” khona wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Vuka, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.”
7. Wavuka, waya endlini yakhe.
8. Kepha izixuku zikubona zethuka, zamdumisa uNkulunkulu onikile abantu amandla anjalo.
9. Esadlula lapho uJesu wabona umuntu othiwa uMathewu ehlezi endaweni yokuthela, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.” Wasuka-ke, wamlandela.