18. Esakhuluma lokhu kubo, bheka, kwafika umphathi othile, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: “Indodakazi yami ifa khona manje; kepha woza, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo, izakuphila.”
19. Wasuka-ke uJesu, wamlandela kanye nabafundi bakhe.
20. Bheka, owesifazane owayenomopho iminyaka eyishumi nambili weza emva kwakhe, wathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe.
21. Ngokuba wayethi phakathi kwakhe: “Uma ngingathinta nje ingubo yakhe, ngizakusindiswa.”
22. UJesu ephenduka wambona, wathi: “Yima isibindi, ndodakazi; ukukholwa kwakho kukusindisile.” Wasinda owesifazane, kusukela kuleso sikhathi.
23. UJesu esefikile endlini yomphathi, ebona khona ababethi bemitshingo nesixuku esixokozelayo,
24. wathi kubo: “Dedani, ngokuba intombazana ayifile, kodwa ilele.” Bamhleka usulu.
25. Isixuku sesikhishiwe, wangena, wayibamba ngesandla; yavuka intombazana.
26. Udumo lwalokho lwezwakala ezweni lonke langakhona.
27. Esadlula lapho uJesu, izimpumputhe ezimbili zamlandela, zamemeza zathi: “Sihawukele, ndodana kaDavide!”
28. Esengenile endlini, izimpumputhe zeza kuye. UJesu wathi kuzo: “Niyakholwa yini ukuthi ngingakwenza lokhu na?” Zathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi.”
29. Khona wathinta amehlo azo, wathi: “Makwenzeke kini njengokukholwa kwenu.”