NgokukaMathewu 11:1-6

Kwathi ukuba uJesu aqede ukuyala abafundi bakhe abayishumi nambili, wamuka lapho ukuyofundisa nokushumayela emizini yabo. Kwathi-ke uJohane esetilongweni, ezwile ngemisebenzi kaKristu, wathumela ngabafundi bakhe, wathi kuye: “Wena unguye ozayo, noma sobheka omunye na?” UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Hambani nimlandise uJohane lokhu enikuzwayo nenikubonayo ukuthi: Izimpumputhe ziyabona, izinyonga ziyahamba, abanochoko bayahlanjululwa, izithulu ziyezwa, abafileyo bayavuswa, abampofu bayashunyayezwa ivangeli; ubusisiwe ongayikukhubeka ngami.”