16. Bathumela abafundi babo kuye, *benamaHerode, bathi: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthembekile, uyifundisa ngenyaniso indlela kaThixo, kuba akucengi bani, ungenamkhethe.
17. Khawutsho ke, ngaba kuvumelekile na ukurhafa *kuKhesare, okanye akuvumelekanga?”
18. Ke uYesu, eyazi inkohlakalo yabo, wathi kubo: “Bahanahanisindini, nindilingelani na?
19. Ndiboniseni imali ekurhafwa ngayo.”Bayizisa ke,
20. waza wathi kubo: “Ngokabani lo mfanekiso neli gama?”Bathi kuye: “NgokaKhesare.”
21. Waza uYesu wathi kubo: “Ke, nikani uKhesare okufanele uKhesare, ninike uThixo okufanele uThixo.”
22. Bakuva bamangaliswa, bamyeka bemka.
23. Kwangaloo mini kweza *abaSadusi kuYesu (bona abo bathi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo), bambuza
24. besithi: “Mfundisi, uMosis wathi: ‘Ukuba ubani uthe wafa engekabi nabantwana, makathi umntakwabo amngene umfazi womfi lowo, azalelwe abantwana.’
25. Ke kaloku, phakathi kwethu kwakukho oonyana bomntu omnye abasixhenxe, yaza inkulu yazeka umfazi, yasweleka ingenabantwana, waza umfazi lowo waba ngowomninawa.
26. Nomninawa lowo wabhubha kungekho mntwana, umfazi waba ngowowesithathu. Kwaba ngokunjalo nakulo mninawa, kwada kwaya kowesixhenxe.
27. Emva kwabo bonke wasweleka naye umfazi.
28. Ke ngoko eluvukweni lwabafileyo uya kuba ngumfazi wawuphi kubo? Kuba kaloku bosixhenxe babenaye.”
29. Waphendula uYesu, wathi kubo: “Nilahlekiswa kukuba ningaziqondi *iziBhalo, ningawazi namandla kaThixo.
30. Kaloku xa abafileyo bathe babuya bavuka àbazeki, àbendiswa; banjengezithunywa ezisezulwini.
31. Ngokusingisele kukuvuswa kwabafileyo, aniyifundanga na into ethethwe kuni nguThixo, esithi:
32. ‘Mna ndinguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi’? UThixo ke akaThixo wabafileyo, ungowabaphilayo.”
33. Zathi izihlwele, zakukuva oku, zamangaliswa yimfundiso yakhe.
34. *AbaFarasi, bakuva ukuba uYesu ubavale umlomo *abaSadusi, bahlanganisana,
35. waza omnye kubo, onolwazi ngomthetho, wambuza emlinga,