¹ Zwakaitika kuti, paimwe tsiku, Djesu waifundisa anhu muTemberi uye waiparidza vangeri; akaguma akuru emapirisita uye newatari, pamwepo neatchenjebvu ² uye akamubvunzisa: "Tibvunze, unoita zwiro izwi neutongi upi? Uye ndiani wakupasa utongiwo?". ³ Iyena wakaadhaira: "Ininiwo ndino mupasaiwo umwe mubvunzo: Indibvunzei ⁴ rubabatidzo raDjohani ranga riri rekudhenga kana reanhu?". ⁵ Iwona waireketedzana oga-oga, etchiti: "Tikadhaira" 'rekudhenga, 'Iyena utchati: 'ngei imwimwi amuna kutenda kwari?' ⁶ Asi tikabuya: 'reanhu, 'anhu ese anotifura nemapuwe, ngekuti akagutsikana kuti Djohani Mubhabhatidzi ainge ari muporofita". ⁷ Hino iwona wakadhaira kuti atizwizi kuti ngerekupi. ⁸ Uye Djesu wakaabvunza: "Kana ininiwo andikubvunzii neutongi upi wandinoita nawo zwiro izwi". ⁹ Djesu wakatanga kupanganidza kuanhu umwe muezaniso: "Umwe mwanarume wakasima munda wemizambiringa , akaushongedza kuwamwe warimi wemizambiringa uye akabhudha munyikemo panguwa yakakura. ¹⁰ Panguwa yatcho, iyena wakatuma umwe musenzi kwenda kuno arimi emizambiringa, kuitira kuti apaswe mutchero wemunda yemuzambiringa. Asi iwona akamuponda akamuwhirinza asina tchiro. ¹¹ Nekudharo wakatumirazwe musenzi umweni uye uyu akamupondawo, akamushoropodza uye akamuwhirinza asina tchiro. ¹² Iyena wakatumirazwe umwe wotchitatu, asi iwona akamukuwadzawo uye akamudzingira. ¹³ Hino muridzi wemunda wemuzambiringa wakati: 'Ndodhini? Nditchatuma mwana wangu mudhiwa. Dhangani kunaiyena atchamuremekedza'. ¹⁴ Asi warimi wemizambiringa pawakamuwona, wakapangana ogaoga, etchiti: 'Uyu ndinyanhaka. Ngatimuuraye, kuitira kuti nhaka izowe yedu'. ¹⁵ Iwona akamudzingira mumunda wemuzambiringa uye akamuuraya. Nokudharo, muridzi wemunda wemuzambiringa, unozowaitei? ¹⁶ Iyena unozowiya uye unozoparadza arimi aya emizambiringa uye unozopasa munda wemizambiringa kuanhu amweni". Pawakazwa izwi, wakati: "Izwi ngazwisaitike!" ¹⁷ Asi Djesu wakaaringira, akati: Zwinodha kutsei izwi zwakatarwa: 'Bhuwe rakarambwa newawaki rakazowa bhuwe rakakosha'? ¹⁸ Wese wiya unozombwera pamusoro pebhuwe iri unozogara zwidhimbu; wiya unozombwererwa naro unozoita bhukuta". ¹⁹ Panguwa imweimweyo, watari nemapirista makuru waiswaga imwe kaindi yekumusunga nayo, nekuti akange azwibhata kuti muezaniso wainge atsanangura waibuya ngendaa yawo. Asi waitya anhu. ²⁰ Uye akamuringisisa nembhore, akatuma waringiri, waizwiita wakarurama, kuti wawone ngapapi pawangamubhatira napo pamazwi ake, uye kuti wamuperekere kuwatonge nekuutongi waguvunadhori. ²¹ Hino iwona Wakamubvunzisa, wetchiti: "Mufundisi, tinozia kuti munobhuya uye munofundisa zwezwirokwazwo, uye amupingaidziki ngetchimiro tchemundo , asi munofundisa gwandza raMwari muzwirokwazwo. ²² Zwakanaka kuti tiripe musoho kuna Kesar?" ²³ Asi Djesu wakaubhata hupendzi wawo uye akati: ²⁴ "Ndipangidzei mushukudhu umwe. Meso aya nezwitarwa izwi apa ngezwani?" Uye iwona akadhaira: "NgezwaKesari". ²⁵ Djesu wakabvunza: "Hino pasai Kesari zwiya zwaKesari uye Mwari zwiya zwaMwari". ²⁶ Uye awana Kumubhata kana pamazwi api hawo pamberi peanhu, asi akashamisika nembhinduro Yake, akanyarara. ²⁷ Pakukwedhera duze kwemasadusi, wanoti akuna kumuka kwewakafa, ²⁸ Akamubvundzisa etchiti: Mufundisi, Mozesi wakatisira zwatarwa kuti: Kana hama yeimwe munhu ikafa, yakange yakatchata asi isine ana, iyena unodhikana kuti atore shirikadzi kuti aite mukadzi uye abhare dzinza kuhama yake. ²⁹ Kwainge kune hama nomwe. Yokutanga yakatchata ikafa isina kubhara ana; ³⁰ yotchipiri zwimwe zwimwezwo ³¹ uye pedzepo yotchitatu yakatchata ne shirikadzi, uye ese anomwe, azi kusiawo ana, akafa. ³² Pakupedzisira, mwanakadzi wakafawo. ³³ Zwadharo, pakumuka kwewakafa, utchazonge ari mukadzi wani paese? Nekuti ese ainge ari amunaake". ³⁴ Uye wakaabvunza Djesu: "Ana enyikaino anororana nekutchata. ³⁵ Asi wanowoneka kuti wakafanira kuwona nguwa iyo uye nokuna wanyakumuka kwewakafa awazororani kana kutchata. ³⁶ Iwona awazofizwe, nekuti akaezana nengirozi uye ndiana aMwari, ngewa ana ekumuka kweakafa. ³⁷ Zwakadharo wakafa watchazomuka, sezwo Mozesi wakapangidzira pambuto paitswa gwendzi, iyena paanodhainza Ishe Mwari waAbrahama, Mwari waIzaki uye Mwari waDjakobo. ³⁸ Mwari asi Mwari weakafa, asi weapenyu, nokuti kuna Iyena wese wanorarama". ³⁹ Wamweni watari wakati: "Mufundisi madhaira zwakanaka". ⁴⁰ Wainge asikaedzizwe kumupasazwe mibvunzo. ⁴¹ Asi Djesu wakabvunzisa: "Mungabuya kudhini kuti Kirisitu ndimwana waDavidi? ⁴² Nekuti Davidi tchaizwo unoti mubuku reMapisarema: "Ishe wakabuya kunaIshe wangu: Garai kudhii kwaro rekwangu, ⁴³ dzamara Inini ndakanda wawengi wako pasi petsoka dzako. ⁴⁴ Kana Davidi etchidhainza Kirisitu 'Ishe' Iyena ungaita sei mwana wake?" ⁴⁵ Uye nekuti anhu ese aimuzwa, Iyena wakati kuno wafundi ake: ⁴⁶ "Itai mbhore-mbhore noatari, wanodhakarira kuhamba nemagremenzi, wanodhisisa kutchungamizwa mumakwanza, zwigaro zwikuru mumasinagoge uye nembuto dzokutanga mumabhiko, ⁴⁷ wanopedza nyumba dzeshirikadzi, nekunyepa minamato dzakarebha. Aya atchatambira kumwe kutongwa kukurisisa".