39. Akukubona oko umFarasi lowo wayememe uYesu, uthethe yedwa esithi: “Ukuba lo mntu *ebengumshumayeli, ngesazi ukuba ngubani, eluhlobo luni na, lo mfazi umchukumisayo; kuba ungumoni.”
40. Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “He Simon, yiva apha!”Wathi ke yena: “Yitsho, Mfundisi.”
41. Wathi uYesu: “Kwakukho mbolekisi-mali uthile, enabantu ababini abanamatyala kuye. Omnye wayenetyala elingangeerandi ezimakhulu mahlanu, omnye ke zingamashumi amahlanu.
42. Ekubeni bengenanto bangahlawula ngayo, usuke wabaxolela bobabini. Khawutsho ke, nguwuphi kubo oya kumthanda ngakumbi?”