5. Babephuma besiya kuye abantu baseJerusalem, nabakulo lonke elakwaJuda, nabommandla wonke waseJordan.
6. Babezixela izono zabo, aze ababhaptize emlanjeni iJordan.
7. Ke kaloku, akubona into eninzi *yabaFarasi *nabaSadusi besiza ekubhaptizeni kwakhe, uYohane wathi kubo: “Nzalandini yamarhamba, ngubani na onilumkisileyo ukuba niyibaleke ingqumbo ezayo?
8. Ke ngoko velisani iziqhamo ezifanele inguquko.
9. Ze ningafane nithi: ‘Siyinzala ka-Abraham.’ Ndiyanixelela mna, uThixo unako kuwo la matye ukumvelisela abantwana uAbraham.