7. “Khona wathi komunye: ‘Wena-ke unecala elingakanani na?’“Wathi: ‘Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zikakolweni.’“Wathi kuye: ‘Thatha incwadi yakho, ulobe amashumi ayisishiyagalombili.’
8. “Inkosi yambabaza umphathi ongalungile ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha, ngokuba abantwana balesi sikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni sabo kunabantwana bokukhanya.
9. Nami ngithi kini: Zenzeleni nina abahlobo ngokukaMamona* ongalungile, ukuze kuthi, nxa kuphelile, banamukele ezindlini eziphakade.
10. “Othembekile kokuncinyane uthembekile nakokukhulu; ongalungile kokuncinyane kalungile nakokukhulu.
11. Ngakho uma beningathembeki kokukaMamona* ongalungile, ubani oyakuniphathisa okuyikhonakhona na?
12. Futhi uma beningathembeki kokomunye, ubani oyakuninika okungokwenu na?
13. “Akukho nceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili, ngokuba kokunye iyakuzonda enye, ithande enye, noma ibambelele kwenye, iyeyise enye. Ningeze nakhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona.*”
14. AbaFarisi ababethanda imali bakuzwa konke lokho, bamklolodela.
15. Wayesethi kubo: “Nina ningabazishaya abalungileyo emehlweni abantu; kepha uNkulunkulu uyazazi izinhliziyo zenu, ngokuba lokho okuphakemeyo phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso emehlweni kaNkulunkulu.
16. “Umthetho nabaprofethi kwakukhona kwaze kwafika uJohane; kusukela kuleso sikhathi ivangeli lombuso kaNkulunkulu liyashunyayelwa, wonke umuntu uphika ngokufuzula kuwo.
17. Kepha kulula ukuba kudlule izulu nomhlaba kunokuba kuwe ibalana elilodwa lomthetho.