3 Abanye ababhali bathi ezinhliziyweni zabo: “Umuntu lo uthuka uNkulunkulu.” 4 UJesu esazi ababekucabanga wathi: “Kungani licabanga izinto ezimbi ezinhliziyweni zenu?+ 5 Yikuphi okulula phakathi kokuthi, ‘Izono zakho sezithethelelwe,’ lokuthi, ‘Sukuma uhambe’?+ 6 Kodwa ukuze likwazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla okuthethelela izono emhlabeni—” wasesithi endodeni eyayome umhlubulo: “Sukuma uthathe uhlaka* lwakho uye emzini wakho.”+ 7 Yasisukuma yaqonda emzini wayo. 8 Ixuku lathi likubona lokhu lesaba lakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu owayenike abantu amandla anjalo.

21 Yikho abaFarisi baqalisa ukukhuluma bodwa besithi: “Ngubani lo othuka uNkulunkulu? Kambe ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu kuphela?”+ 22 Kodwa uJesu wakwazi ababekucabanga, wasesithi kubo: “Kanti linakana ngani ezinhliziyweni zenu? 23 Yikuphi okulula phakathi kokuthi, ‘Izono zakho sezithethelelwe,’ lokuthi, ‘Sukuma uhambe’? 24 Kodwa ukuze likwazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu ilamandla okuthethelela izono emhlabeni—” wathi endodeni eyayome umhlubulo: “Ngithi kuwe, sukuma uthathe uhlaka* lwakho uye emzini wakho.”+ 25 Yathi isizwa lokhu yasukuma beyikhangele, yathatha uhlaka* yaqonda emzini wayo ikhazimulisa uNkulunkulu. 26 Bonke bamangala babamba owangaphansi futhi besaba, bakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu besithi: “Lamuhla sibone izimanga!”