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."