m9:9, 3:1
Matthew 14:1-12
1Ngalesosikhathi uHerodi a umtetrarki* wezwa indumela kaJesu b, 2wasesithi ezincekwini zakhe c: Lo nguJohane uMbhabhathizi; yena uvukile kwabafileyo d, kungakho-ke imisebenzi yamandla isebenza kuye. 3Ngoba uHerodi wayembambile uJohane wambopha wamfaka entolongweni e, ngenxa kaHerodiyasi umkaFiliphu umfowabo f; 4ngoba uJohane wayethe kuye: Kawuvunyelwa ukuba laye. 5Njalo efuna ukumbulala g, wesaba ixuku h, ngoba lalimphatha njengomprofethi i. 6Kodwa kwathi kugcinwa usuku lokuzalwa kukaHerodi, indodakazi kaHerodiyasi yagida phakathi kwabo, yamthokozisa uHerodi. 7Ngakho wathembisa ngesifungo ukuyinika loba yini ezayicela. 8Kodwa yona, isilayiwe ngunina, yathi j: Ngiphe lapha emganwini k ikhanda likaJohane uMbhabhathizi. 9Inkosi yasisiba losizi, kodwa ngenxa yezifungo langalabo ababehlezi layo ekudleni yalaya ukuthi inikwe. 10Yasithuma yamquma uJohane ikhanda entolongweni. 11Ikhanda lakhe laselilethwa ngomganu l, lanikwa intombi; njalo yona yalisa kunina. 12Kwasekusiza abafundi bakhe bathatha isidumbu, basingcwaba; basebesuka bambikela uJesu. Luke 9:7-9
Ukubulawa kukaJohane uMbhabhathizi
7UHerodi umtetrarki* m wasekuzwa konke okwenziwa nguye n; wasedideka o, ngoba kwatshiwo ngabanye ukuthi uJohane uvukile kwabafileyo; 8langabanye ukuthi uElija ubonakele; langabanye ukuthi kuvukile omunye wabaprofethi abadala. 9Kodwa uHerodi wathi: UJohane ngamquma ikhanda mina; kodwa ngubani lo, mina engizwa ngaye izinto ezinje? Wasefunisisa ukumbona p.
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