¹ Zwakaitika kuti, nerimwe zuwa Jesu watchidzidzisa wanhu muthemberi atchiparidza vangeri; wakaswika wakuru wakuru wema prista uye ne wanyori, pamwetchete ne wakuru ² uye wakamuvundza: ''Titaurire, ne simba ripi raunoita zvinhu izwi? Uye ndiyani akupa simba iri?''. ³ Iye akawadhaira: ''Neniwo ndinokupai muvundzo: Nditaurirei kuti ⁴ rubabatidzo ra Johani raiwa rekudhenga kana kuti re wanhu?''. ⁵ Iwo waitaurirana patchawo, watchiti: '' Kana tikamundaira kuti 'nderekudhenga', Iye atchati: ' nei musina kutenda kwaari?' ⁶ Asi tikati: 'kuwanhu,' wanhu wese watchatitema, nekuti iwo wanotenda kuti Johani Mubabatidzi waiwa muporofita''. ⁷ Ipapo iwo wakawadhaira kuti tanga tisinga nziwi kuti ndewekupi. ⁸ Uye Jesu akawati: ''Neniwo andinga tauriwo kuti ndinoita nesimba ripi''. ⁹ Jesu akatanga kutaura kuwanhu mufananidzo uyu: ''umwe murume akasima muzambiringa, akawusia kuwarimi uye akabudha kuna baba wake panguwa repfu. ¹⁰ Munguwa yekukowa, akatuma umwe muranda kuwarimi, kuti amupe mitchero ye muzambiringa. Asi warimi akamutchaya uye akamuita kuti adzokere ne maoko asina tchinhu. ¹¹ Ipapo akatuma wamwe waranda na iwowo akawa roowa, akawa ninipisa akawadzokesa namaoko asina tchinhu. ¹² Iye akatuma mumwe wetchitatu, asi iwo zwekare akamukwadza akamudzinga. ¹³ Zwino muridzi wemuzambiringa akati: 'Tchi tchandinga ita?Nditchatuma mwana komana wangu wandinodha. Pamwe watchamuremekendza'. ¹⁴ Asi warimi pawakazizua,wakatanga kutaurirana patchawo, atchiti: Uyu ndie mungari wenhaka.Ngatimu uraye, kuti nhaka iwe yedhu.' ¹⁵ Iwo wakamumbhundisa mumunda wemuzambiringa wakamuwuraya.Zwino, tchi, tchitchaita murindzi wemunda? ¹⁶ Iye atchauya kunzoparadza iwo warimi uye watchapa munda wamwe warimi.'' Pawakatswa izwo, akati: ''izwi ngazwisaitike! ¹⁷ Asi Jesu watchitarisisa, akawati: ''Zwiri kurewei zwinhu izwi zwakanyorwa: 'Igwe rakaraswa newawaki,? ¹⁸ Munhu wese atchadhonha pambhuwe iri atchaita zwidhimbu; ari munhu atchawirwa naro ritchamukuya''. ¹⁹ Munguwa imwetchete ,wanyori newapirisita wakuru waitswaka tchikodzero tchekumusunga, asi nekuti akaziwa mufananidzo wewakataurirwa waitaura iwo. ²⁰ Asi waithia wanhu. wakamutcheretchedza ,wakatuma wanyori, waihita se wanhu wakarurama,kuti wamumbate pamachoko ake, kuti wamuise kuwuche nesimba rewatongi. ²¹ Zwinho iwo wakamubvudza, atchiti: ''Mudzidzisi, tinozwizia kuti munotaura uye munodzidzisa zwakarurama, musingatendi zwinowonekwa ne wanhu, asi munodzidzisa ndzira yaMwari maererano netchokwadi. ²² isu takatenderwa here kumbadara mutero kuna Kesari?'' ²³ Asi Jesu atchizia kunyengera kwawo akawati: ²⁴ Ndiratidzei dhenari. Rine mufananidzo weunhoro reani?'' Uye iwo akawadaira: ''Ya Sezari''. ²⁵ Jesu akawati: ''Zwino ipai Sezari zva Sezari uye zvaMwari kuna Mwari''. ²⁶ Zvino Wakatadza kumubhata pakutaura kwake pamberi pewanhu, asi nekushamisika kweminduro Yake, iwo wakanyarara. ²⁷ Atchiswedhera wamwe waSadhusi, wanoti akuna kumuka, ²⁸ wakabvudza watchiti: ''Mudzidzisi, Mozisi akatinyorera kuti, kana hama yemunhu ikafa, asi yakarorwa uye isina mwana, iye anofanira kutora chirikadzi oitcheketa pachikamu che hama yake. ²⁹ Paiwa nhe hama dzaikwana manomwe. Wekutanga akarorwa akafa asina mwana; ³⁰ Wetchiwiri zwekare ³¹ wetchitatu akarora chirikadzi, uye wese wari wanomwe, zvekare awana kusia wana,uye wakafa. ³² Mukuguma, mukadzi akafawo. ³³ zwino, mukumuswa, ndiani atchawa murume watcho? nekuti wese waiwa warorwa''. ³⁴ Jesu akawataurira: ''Wana wemunhika munho wanorora uye wanopana mutchato: ³⁵ asi iwo atchataurirwa na Mwari wakafanira kuwana nyika iyo ne kumuka kuwakafa, awawani uye awawaniswi. ³⁶ iwo Iwo awafanir kufazwe,uye wakaedzana nekuti wakaedzana ne watumwa uye awe wanawaMwari,watchiwa wana wekumuka.