36. “Ke, ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo abantu baya kuziphendulela ngelizwi ngalinye eliphuthileyo abathe balithetha.
37. Umntu uya kugwetywa, okanye akhululwe, ngokwamazwi akhe.”
38. Abathile kubachazi-mthetho *nabaFarasi bathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, sicela ukuba usibonise umqondiso.”
39. Wabaphendula wathi kubo: “Sisizukulwana esikhohlakeleyo, esikrexezayo ngokunganyaniseki kuThixo, esifuna umqondiso; kanti asiyi kunikwa mqondiso, ingenguwo umqondiso kaJona;
40. kuba njengokuba uJona wayemihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu esiswini sesilo esikhulu solwandle, wothi naye *uNyana woLuntu abe mihla mithathu nabusuku buthathu emathunjini omhlaba.