32. Othe wathetha ilizwi elichasene naye *uNyana woLuntu uya kuxolelwa, kodwa othe wathetha elichasene noMoya oyiNgcwele akayi kuxolelwa kweli phakade nakwelizayo.”
33. “Ukuba nithi umthi ulungile, mawuvelise iziqhamo ezilungileyo; ukuba ke nithi ngumthi ombi, mawuvelise iziqhamo ezibi. Kaloku umthi uqondwa ngeziqhamo zawo.
34. Nzalandini yamarhamba, ningáthini na ukuba nako ukuthetha okulungileyo, nikhohlakele nje? Kaloku umlomo womntu uphuphuma oko intliziyo izele kuko.
35. Umntu olungileyo uvelisa ukulunga okukuye. Ke okhohlakeleyo uvelisa inkohlakalo ekuye.
36. “Ke, ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo abantu baya kuziphendulela ngelizwi ngalinye eliphuthileyo abathe balithetha.
37. Umntu uya kugwetywa, okanye akhululwe, ngokwamazwi akhe.”
38. Abathile kubachazi-mthetho *nabaFarasi bathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, sicela ukuba usibonise umqondiso.”
39. Wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, esikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, esifuna umqondiso; kanti asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaJona;
40. kuba njengokuba uJona wayemihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu esiswini sesilo esikhulu solwandle, wothi naye *uNyana woLuntu abe mihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu emathunjini omhlaba.
41. Ngomhla womgwebo abantu baseNiniva bophakama babamangalele abantu besi sizukulwana, kuba bona bâguquka ngentshumayelo kaJona, kanti ke omkhulu kunoJona nanku phakathi kwenu.