12 anantara.m yii"sustaan avaadiit yuuyamaagatya bhu.mgdhva.m; tadaa saeva prabhuriti j naatatvaat tva.m ka.h? iti pra.s.tu.m "si.syaa.naa.m kasyaapi pragalbhataa naabhavat|
13 tato yii"suraagatya puupaan matsyaa.m"sca g.rhiitvaa tebhya.h paryyave.sayat|
14 ittha.m "sma"saanaadutthaanaat para.m yii"su.h "si.syebhyast.rtiiyavaara.m dar"sana.m dattavaan|
15 bhojane samaapte sati yii"su.h "simonpitara.m p.r.s.tavaan, he yuunasa.h putra "simon tva.m kim etebhyodhika.m mayi priiyase? tata.h sa uditavaan satya.m prabho tvayi priiye.aha.m tad bhavaan jaanaati; tadaa yii"surakathayat tarhi mama me.sa"saavakaga.na.m paalaya|
16 tata.h sa dvitiiyavaara.m p.r.s.tavaan he yuunasa.h putra "simon tva.m ki.m mayi priiyase? tata.h sa uktavaan satya.m prabho tvayi priiye.aha.m tad bhavaan jaanaati; tadaa yii"surakathayata tarhi mama me.saga.na.m paalaya|
17 pa"scaat sa t.rtiiyavaara.m p.r.s.tavaan, he yuunasa.h putra "simon tva.m ki.m mayi priiyase? etadvaakya.m t.rtiiyavaara.m p.r.s.tavaan tasmaat pitaro du.hkhito bhuutvaa.akathayat he prabho bhavata.h kimapyagocara.m naasti tvayyaha.m priiye tad bhavaan jaanaati; tato yii"suravadat tarhi mama me.saga.na.m paalaya|
18 aha.m tubhya.m yathaartha.m kathayaami yauvanakaale svaya.m baddhaka.ti ryatrecchaa tatra yaatavaan kintvita.h para.m v.rddhe vayasi hasta.m vistaarayi.syasi, anyajanastvaa.m baddhvaa yatra gantu.m tavecchaa na bhavati tvaa.m dh.rtvaa tatra ne.syati|
19 phalata.h kiid.r"sena mara.nena sa ii"svarasya mahimaana.m prakaa"sayi.syati tad bodhayitu.m sa iti vaakya.m proktavaan| ityukte sati sa tamavocat mama pa"scaad aagaccha|
20 yo jano raatrikaale yii"so rvak.so.avalambya, he prabho ko bhavanta.m parakare.su samarpayi.syatiiti vaakya.m p.r.s.tavaan, ta.m yii"so.h priyatama"si.sya.m pa"scaad aagacchanta.m