3 Kwafika amadoda amane ethwele eyayome umhlubulo. 4 Kwathi ngoba bengafinyeleli kuJesu ngenxa yexuku, bavula isikhala ephahleni malungana loJesu, emva kokuphendla ngaso, behlisela umendlalo owawulele indoda eyome umhlubulo. 5 Kwathi uJesu ebona ukholo lwawo wathi endodeni eyome umhlubulo, "Ndodana, izono zakho sezithethelelwe."
6 Khonapho kwakuhlezi abanye abafundisi bomthetho, benakana besithi, 7 "Umuntu lo ukhulumeleni kanjalo? Uyahlambaza! Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa?"
8 Masinyane uJesu wakwazi emoyeni wakhe ukuthi yilokho ababekucabanga ezinhliziyweni zabo, wasesithi kubo, "Kungani linakana izinto ezinje ezinhliziyweni zenu? 9 Yikuphi okulula: ukuthi kowome umhlubulo: ‘Izono zakho sezithethelelwe,’ loba ukuthi, ‘Phakama, thatha icansi lakho uhambe’? 10 Kodwa ukuze lazi ukuthi iNdodana yoMuntu ilamandla emhlabeni ukuthethelela izono." Wathi kowome umhlubulo, 11 "Ngiyakutshela, phakama, thatha icansi lakho uye ekhaya." 12 Waphakama wathatha icansi lakhe waphuma wahamba bonke bemkhangele. Lokho kwamangalisa umuntu wonke, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu besithi, "Kasikaze sikubone okunje!"