27. UYohane ngulowo uThixo atshoyo ngaye eziBhalweni ukuthi:“ ‘Naso isigidimi sam esiya kukwandulela,sikugabulele izigcawu.’
28. “Ndithi kuni, kubo bonke abazelwe kweli hlabathi akukho bani mkhulu kunoYohane; kanti noyena mncinane ùphantsi kolawulo olutsha lukaThixo mkhulu kunaye.”
29. Bakukuva oku, bonke abantu, kwanabaqokeleli-rhafu, bakungqina ukulunga kukaThixo, ekubeni babebhaptiziwe ngobhaptizo lukaYohane.
30. Ke bona *abaFarasi nabachazi-mthetho balidela icebo likaThixo lokubasindisa, kuba babengavumanga ukubhaptizwa nguYohane.
31. UYesu yena wayesithi: “Ndingabafanisa nantoni na ke ngoko abantu besi sizukulwana?