NgokukaMathewu 21:23-32

Kuthe esengene ethempelini, esafundisa, kweza kuye abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe, bathi: “Ukwenza ngagunya lini lokhu na? Futhi ngubani okunike leli gunya?” UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Nami ngizakunibuza izwi libe linye vo; uma ningiphendula, nami ngizakunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini. Umbhabhadiso kaJohane wawuvelaphi, ezulwini noma kubantu na?” Babonisana bodwa, base bethi: “Uma sithi: ‘Ezulwini,’ uzakuthi kithi: ‘Pho kungani ningakholwanga nguye na?’ Kepha uma sithi: ‘Kubantu,’ siyasesaba isixuku, ngokuba bonke bathi uJohane ungumphrofethi.” Base bemphendula uJesu, bethi: “Asazi.” Wayesethi naye kubo: “Nami angizukunitshela ukuthi lokhu ngikwenza ngagunya lini.” “Nina-ke nithini na? Umuntu wayenamadodana amabili; waya kweyokuqala wathi: ‘Mntanami, hamba uyosebenza namuhla esivinini.’ “Kepha yaphendula yathi: ‘Angithandi,’ kodwa kamuva yaguqula umqondo wayo, yaya. “Waya nakwenye, washo okufanayo kuyo. Yona yaphendula yathi: ‘Ngizoya, nkosi,’ kepha kayiyanga. “Iyiphi kula madodana amabili eyenza intando kayise na?” Bathi kuye: “Eyokuqala.” UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: abathelisi nezifebe bangena ngaphambi kwenu embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba uJohane weza kini ngendlela yokulunga, anikholwanga nguye, kodwa abathelisi nezifebe bakholwa nguye. Kepha nina, nakuba nikubona akwenzileyo, aniguqukanga nakamuva ukuba nikholwe nguye.”