1. Xa uYesu wayewagqibile onke la mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe:
2. “Niyazi ukuba emva kweentsuku ezimbini iza kuba *yiPasika. Wothi ke *uNyana woLuntu anikelwe ukuba abethelelwe emnqamlezweni.”
3. Ngelo xesha ababingeleli abaziintloko namadoda amakhulu abantu babehlanganisene emzini kaKayafa, umbingeleli omkhulu.
4. Babebhunga iqhinga lokumbamba uYesu, bambulale.
5. Kodwa babesithi: “Oku makungenziwa ngePasika, hleze kubekho isiphithi-phithi.”
6. Kwathi uYesu eseBhetani, endlwini kaSimon uZitshangubana,
7. kwafika umntu obhinqileyo eneqhaga lelitye lelabhastile, linesiqholo esixabiso likhulu kunene. Kwathi, uYesu esetafileni, le ntokazi yamgalela entloko ngesiqholo eso.
8. Bekubona oku, abafundi bakaYesu bakhathazeka, bathi: “Bekutheni ukuze kwenziwe le nkcitho ingaka?
9. Esi siqholo ngesithengiswe ngemali eninzi, kwaphiwa amahlwempu.”