“Anifundanga yini akwenzayo uDavide msukwana elambile kanye nababenaye ukuthi . . . wadla izinkwa zokubukwa okwakungavunyelwe ukuba zidliwe nguye nababenaye kodwa ngabapristi kuphela, na? Futhi anifundanga yini emthethweni ukuthi ngesabatha abapristi balona isabatha ethempeleni, bangaba-nacala na? Kodwa ngithi kini: Kukhona lapha okukhulu kunethempeli. Kepha uma benazi ukuthi kuyini lokho ukuthi: Ngifuna isihawu, hayi umhlatshelo, nga ningabalahlanga laba abangenacala. Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iyinkosi yesabatha.”—Mathewu 12:3-8.

Wathi ngisho nabapristi abakhonza ethempelini babengabekwa icala ‘lokungangcwelisi isabatha’ kanjaloke lokwaphula umthetho. Kanjani? Phela abapristi babesebenza kanzima ngesabatha belungiselela iminikelo yezilwane. Ingabe babephula umthetho? UKristu wathi labo bapristi ‘baqhubeka bengenacala.’ Umsebenzi wabo ethempelini, kunokuphazamisana nokukhulekela kwabo, wawukusekela. Njengoba uJesu (‘owayemkhulu kunethempeli’ futhi owayenganikela ngomnikelo omkhulu) ayehamba nabafundi bakhe, babefundisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi kanjalo bethuthukisa ukukhulekela kweqiniso. Ngakho-ke, babengalephuli isabatha ngokukhothoza okuncane kokukudla. Cha, njengoba achaza, kwakungenakuphambana nomoya womthetho wesabatha ‘ukusindisa umphefumulo’ ngokukhipha imvu emgodini, ngisho nakuba kwakuwusuku lokukhulekela.—Mathewu 12:5, 11; Luka 6:9.