25 Nā, ka whakatika tētahi kaiwhakaako o te ture, ka whakamātautau i a ia, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, me aha ahau ka whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu?"

26 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "He aha te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture? Ka pēhea tāu kōrero?"

27 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, " ‘Kia whakapaua tōu ngākau, tōu wairua, tōu kaha, tōu hinengaro, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tōu Atua; me aroha hoki ki tōu hoa tata ānō ko koe.’ "

28 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Ka tika tāu kōrero; meinga tēnei, ā, ka ora koe."

29 Otirā, ka mea ia ki te whakatika i a ia, ka kī atu ki a Īhu, "Ko wai rā tōku hoa tata?"

30 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, "E haere iho ana tētahi tangata i Hiruhārama ki Heriko, ā, ka tūtaki ki ngā kaipāhua, nā, ka huia ōna e rātou, ka tukitukia ia, ā, haere ana, whakarērea iho ia, me te mea kua mate. 31 Nā, ko tētahi tohunga e haere noa ana i taua ara, ā, i tōna kitenga i a ia, ninihi kē ana nā tahaki. 32 I pēnā hoki tētahi Rīwaiti, tae kau ki taua wāhi, ka haere, ka titiro, ninihi kē ana nā tahaki. 33 Otirā, ko tētahi Hamari e haere ana ki ngā whenua, i te taenga ki a ia, ka kite i a ia, ka aroha. 34 Nā, ka haere, ka takai i ōna patunga, ringihia iho ki te hinu, ki te wāina, ka whakanoho i a ia ki tōna ake kararehe, ā, kawea ana ia ki te whare tira, atawhaitia ana ia. 35 I te aonga ake, i tōna haerenga, ka tangohia e ia e rua ngā pene, hoatu ana ki te tangata i te whare, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Māu ia e tiaki; ā, ki te maha atu āu mea e pau, māku koe e utu ina hoki mai ahau.’

36 "Nā, ki tōu whakaaro, ko wai o tēnei tokotoru te hoa ōna i tūtaki nei ki ngā kaipāhua?"

37 Ka mea ia, "Ko tērā i atawhaitia ai ia."

Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Haere, kia pērā anō tāu mahi."