UMateyu oNgcwele, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-21 Septemba

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Ibali likaSan Matteo
UMateyu wayengumJuda owayesebenzela umkhosi waseRoma, eqokelela irhafu kwamanye amaJuda. AmaRoma ayengenangxaki malunga nokuba "abalimi berhafu" bazifumanele ntoni. Yiyo loo nto eyokugqibela, eyaziwa ngokuba "ngabaqokeleli berhafu", babethiyiwe ngokubanzi njengabangcatshi ngamanye amaYuda. AbaFarisi bazidibanisa "naboni" (jonga uMateyu 9: 11-13). Kwabothusa kakhulu ukuva uYesu ebiza umntu onje ngomnye wabalandeli bakhe.

UMateyu wamfaka engxakini uYesu ngokulungiselela itheko lokuvalelisa ekhayeni lakhe. IVangeli isixelela ukuba abaqokeleli berhafu abaninzi kunye "nabo baziwa njengaboni" beza kwisidlo sangokuhlwa. Bothuka ngakumbi abaFarisi. Leliphi ishishini awayenalo utitshala omkhulu owayezibandakanya nabantu abaziphethe kakubi? Impendulo kaYesu yathi: “Abo baphilileyo abafuni gqirha, kodwa kwabagulayo uyafuneka. Yiya ufunde intsingiselo yamagama: "Ndifuna inceba, hayi umbingelelo". Andize kubiza malungisa, ndize kubiza aboni ukuba baguquke ”(Mateyu 9: 12b-13). UYesu akabeki bucala amasiko kunye nonqulo; uthi ukuthanda abanye kubaluleke ngakumbi.

Akukho siqendu sinye malunga noMateyu esifumaneka kwiTestamente eNtsha.

Ukucingisisa
Kwimeko enjalo, uYesu wakhetha isiseko seCawe, indoda leyo, ngokugweba ngomsebenzi wayo, yayicinga ukuba ayingcwele ngokwaneleyo kwesi sikhundla. Kodwa uMateyu wayenyanisekile ngokwaneleyo ukuba angavuma ukuba wayengomnye waboni uYesu awayeze kubabiza. Wayevulekile ngokwaneleyo ukuba ayiqonde inyani akumbona. "Kwaye waphakama wamlandela" (Mateyu 9: 9b).