18 Jizọs wee baara mmụọ ọjọọ ahụ mba, ya esi n’ime nwatakịrị nwoke ahụ pụta. E wee gwọọ ya n’oge ahụ.+

23 N’oge ahụ, e nwere otu nwoke mmụọ ọjọọ* ji nọ n’ụlọ nzukọ ha. O tiri mkpu, sị: 24 “Jizọs onye Nazaret, gịnị jikọrọ anyị na gị?+ Ị̀ bịara ibibi anyị? Ama m gị nke ọma, Onye Nsọ nke Chineke.”+ 25 Ma Jizọs baara ya mba, sị: “Mechie ọnụ, sikwa n’ime ya pụta!”

34 “Jizọs onye Nazaret,+ gịnị jikọrọ anyị na gị? Ị̀ bịara ibibi anyị? Ama m gị nke ọma, Onye Nsọ nke Chineke.”+ 35 Ma Jizọs baara ya mba, sị: “Mechie ọnụ, sikwa n’ime ya pụta.” N’ihi ya, mgbe mmụọ ọjọọ ahụ tụchara nwoke ahụ n’ala n’etiti ha, o si n’ime ya pụta n’emerụghị ya ahụ́.

38 Onye ahụ a na-ekwu banyere ya bụ Jizọs onye Nazaret. Chineke ji mmụọ nsọ tee ya mmanụ+ ma nye ya ike. Ebe Chineke nọnyeere ya,+ ọ gazuru ala ahụ na-eme ihe ọma ma na-agwọ ndị niile Ekwensu na-emekpọ ọnụ.+