a9:28, 13:36
bMark 4:1-12
cLuka 8:4-10
dLuka 5:3
eMark 3:9
fJer 4:3
gJoha 15:5
hGen 26:12
i11:15
j19:11, 11:25; 1 Kor 2:10; 1 Joha 2:27
k25:29; Mark 4:25; Luka 8:18, 19:26; Joha 15:2
lLuka 8:18
mIsa 6:9,10; Joha 12:40; Seb 28:26,27; Dute 29:4; Isa 43:8; Jer 5:21; Hez 12:2; Roma 11:8; 2 Kor 3:14, 4:4
nHeb 5:11
oLuka 22:32
pMat 13:2-11:14; Mark 4:1-12
qIsa 6:9

Matthew 13:1-15

1Kwathi ngalolosuku uJesu waphuma endlini a wahlala phansi elwandle b. 2Kwasekubuthana kuye amaxuku amakhulu c, waze wangena d emkhunjini wahlala phansi; lexuku lonke lema ekhunjini e.

3Wasekhuluma labo izinto ezinengi ngemifanekiso, esithi: Khangelani, kwaphuma umhlanyeli ukuyahlanyela. 4Kwathi ekuhlanyeleni kwakhe, enye inhlanyelo yawela eceleni kwendlela; kwasekufika inyoni, zayidla zayiqeda. 5Kodwa enye yawela emhlabathini olamatshe, lapho eyayingelamhlabathi omnengi khona; futhi yahle yamila, ngoba kwakungelakutshona komhlabathi; 6kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga yahangulwa; njalo ngoba yayingelampande yabuna. 7Kodwa enye yawela emeveni; ameva asekhula ayiminyanisa f. 8Kodwa enye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yathela isithelo g, enye ikhulu, lenye amatshumi ayisithupha, lenye amatshumi amathathu h. 9Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe i.

Umsebenzi wemifanekiso

10Kwasekufika abafundi bathi kuye: Ukhulumelani kubo ngemifanekiso? 11Wasephendula wathi kubo: Ngoba kuphiwe kini j ukwazi imfihlo zombuso wamazulu, kodwa bona kabakunikwanga. 12Ngoba loba ngubani olakho uzaphiwa, abe lokwengezelelweyo; kodwa lowo ongelakho, uzakwemukwa k lalokho alakho l. 13Ngakho ngikhuluma labo ngemifanekiso, ngoba bebona kababoni, njalo besizwa kabezwa, futhi kabaqedisisi. 14Kubo besekugcwaliseka isiprofetho sikaIsaya, esithi: Ukuzwa lizakuzwa, kodwa kalisoze liqedisise; lokubona lizabona, kodwa kalisoze libonisise; 15ngoba inhliziyo yalababantu seyaba lukhuni m, njalo bezwa kanzima ngendlebe, lamehlo abo bawacimezile; hlezi loba nini babone ngamehlo, njalo bezwe ngendlebe, futhi baqedisise ngenhliziyo n, njalo baphenduke, besengibasilisa o.

Luke 8:4-10

Umfanekiso womhlanyeli

4Kwathi sekubuthene ixuku elikhulu, njalo bevela emizini ngemizi besiza kuye, wakhuluma ngomfanekiso, 5wathi: Umhlanyeli waphuma ukuyahlanyela inhlanyelo yakhe; kwathi ekuhlanyeleni kwakhe, enye yawela eceleni kwendlela; yasinyathelwa ngenyawo, lenyoni zezulu zayidla zayiqeda. 6Lenye yawela edwaleni, kwathi ekukhuleni yabuna, ngoba yaswela ubumanzi. 7Lenye yawela phakathi kwameva, ameva asemila layo ayiminyanisa. 8Lenye yawela emhlabathini omuhle, yakhula yathela ikhulu. Esetshilo lezizinto wamemeza wathi: Olendlebe zokuzwa akezwe p.

Ukuchasiswa komfanekiso womhlanyeli

9Abafundi bakhe basebembuza besithi: Ungaba yini lumfanekiso? 10Wasesithi: Kuphiwe kini ukwazi imfihlo zombuso kaNkulunkulu; kodwa kwabanye ngemifanekiso, ukuze bebona bangaboni, njalo besizwa bangaqedisisi q.

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