23. UJesu esefikile endlini yomphathi, ebona khona ababethi bemitshingo nesixuku esixokozelayo,
24. wathi kubo: “Dedani, ngokuba intombazana ayifile, kodwa ilele.” Bamhleka usulu.
25. Isixuku sesikhishiwe, wangena, wayibamba ngesandla; yavuka intombazana.
26. Udumo lwalokho lwezwakala ezweni lonke langakhona.
27. Esadlula lapho uJesu, izimpumputhe ezimbili zamlandela, zamemeza zathi: “Sihawukele, ndodana kaDavide!”
28. Esengenile endlini, izimpumputhe zeza kuye. UJesu wathi kuzo: “Niyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu na?” Zathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi.”
29. Khona wathinta amehlo azo, wathi: “Makwenzeke kini njengokukholwa kwenu.”
30. Ayesevuleka amehlo azo. UJesu waziyalisisa, wathi: “Qaphelani ukuba kungaziwa muntu.”
31. Kepha zaphuma, zamdumisa kulo lonke lelo zwe.
32. Ekuphumeni kwazo, bheka, kwalethwa kuye isimungulu esinedemoni.
33. Idemoni selikhishiwe, isimungulu sakhuluma. Izixuku zamangala, zathi: “Akuzange kubonwe okunje kwa-Israyeli.”
34. Kepha abaFarisi bathi: “Ukhipha amademoni ngenkosi yamademoni.”
35. UJesu wayihamba imizi yonke nemizana efundisa emasinagogeni* abo, eshumayela ivangeli lombuso, ephulukisa izifo zonke nokugula konke.
36. Kepha ebona izixuku wabanesihe ngazo, ngokuba zazikhathazekile, zihlakazekile njengezimvu ezingenamalusi.
37. Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: “Ukuvuna kukhulu, kodwa izisebenzi ziyingcosana.
38. Ngakho-ke nxusani eNkosini yokuvuna ukuba ithume izisebenzi, ziye ekuvuneni kwayo.”