12. UJesu wayesengena ethempelini, waxosha bonke abathengisayo nabathengayo ethempelini, wagumbuqela amatafula abashintshelana imali nezihlalo zabathengisa ngamajuba.
13. Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Indlu yami iyakubizwa ngokuthi indlu yokukhuleka,’ kepha nina niyenza ‘umhume wabaphangi.’ ”
14. Kwase kufika kuye izimpumputhe nezinyonga ethempelini, waziphulukisa.
15. Kepha abapristi abakhulu nababhali, bebona izimangaliso azenzayo nabantwana bememeza ethempelini, bethi: “Hosiyana kuyo iNdodana kaDavide,” bacasuka,
16. bathi kuye: “Uyakuzwa lokhu abakushoyo laba na?”UJesu wathi kubo: “Yebo, anizange nifunde yini ukuthi: ‘Emlonyeni wezingane nowabancelayo uzilungisele indumiso,’ na?”
17. Wayesebashiya, waphuma emzini, waya eBethaniya, walala khona.
18. Kepha ekuseni esebuyela emzini walamba.
19. Wabona umkhiwane owodwa ngasendleleni, weza kuwo; akafumananga lutho kuwo, amaqabunga odwa. Wayesethi kuwo: “Akungabe kusavela sithelo kuwe naphakade.” Umkhiwane wabuna khona lapho.
20. Bekubona lokho abafundi bamangala bathi: “Umkhiwane ubune kanjani masinyane na?”