Ukuthathana Ekuvukeni Kwabafileyo
23 Ngalelolanga abaSadusi, abathi kakukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, beza kuye belombuzo. 24 Bathi, "Mfundisi, uMosi wasitshela wathi, nxa indoda ingafa ingazalanga mntwana, umfowabo kamthathe umfelokazi amzalele abantwana. 25 Kwakulabafowabo abayisikhombisa phakathi kwethu. Wathatha owakuqala wasesifa, kwathi ngoba engazuzanga mntwana watshiyela umkakhe umfowabo. 26 Kwaphinda lokho kowesibili lowesithathu njalo kwaze kwaba ngowesikhombisa. 27 Ekucineni wafa lowomfazi. 28 Pho-ke, ekuvukeni kwabafileyo uzakuba ngumkabani phakathi kwabayisikhombisa njengoba bonke babemthethe?"
29 UJesu waphendula wathi, "Liyalahleka ngoba kaliyazi imibhalo lamandla kaNkulunkulu. 30 Ekuvukeni kwabafileyo abantu kabayikuthatha loba bendiswe; bazakuba njengezingilosi ezulwini. 31 Kodwa mayelana lokuvuka kwabafileyo, kalibalanga yini lokho uNkulunkulu akutsho kini ukuthi, 32 ‘NginguNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka loNkulunkulu kaJakhobe’22.32 U-Eksodasi 3.6? KasuNkulunkulu wabafileyo kodwa owabaphilayo."
33 Kwathi amaxuku abantu esizwa lokhu amangaliswa yikufundisa kwakhe.