13. Kwakuvakaliswa izibhalo zabo bonke *abashumayeli *nomthetho kaMosis, de kwafika uYohane.
14. UYohane nguye uEliya olindelweyo – ukuba ngaba niyavuma ukukwamkela oko.
15. Oneendlebe zokuva makeve.
16. “Ndiya kubafanisa nantoni na ke abantu besi sizukulwana? Bafana nabantwana abahleli ebaleni lembutho, abanye bebhekisa kwabanye besithi:
17. “ ‘Sanombelela, naza nina anaxhentsa;sanihlabelela ingoma yesililo, naza nina analila!’
18. “Kuba kaloku wafika uYohane umbhaptizi, ezila ukutya, engaseli wayini, kwaza kwathiwa: ‘Unendimoni.’
19. Wafika yena uNyana woLuntu esidla esela; kwaza kwathiwa: ‘Khanibone, umntu onyolukileyo, indlamanzi, umhlobo wabaqokeleli-rhafu naboni!’ Noko ke ubulumko bukaThixo bubonakala buyinyaniso ngayo yonke imisebenzi esisiqhamo sabo.”
20. Waza uYesu wazisola ngokungaguquki kwazo iidolophu apho wayesenza khona inkoliso yemimangaliso yakhe, esithi:
21. “Mawoo, wena Korazin! Mawoo, wena Bhetesayida! Ukuba imimangaliso eyenzeke kuni yayenzeke eTire naseSidon, abemi bakhona ngebaguqukayo kwakudala, bambatha ezirhwexayo, bazigalela uthuthu.