NgokukaLuka 15:1-7

Kwase kusondela kuye bonke abathelisi nezoni ukumuzwa. AbaFarisi nababhali base bakhonona bethi: “Lo muntu wamukela izoni, adle nazo.” Wayesebalandisa lo mfanekiso, ethi: “Ngumuphi umuntu kini onezimvu eziyikhulu, alahlekelwe ngenye kuzo, angazishiyi ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye ehlane, aye kwelahlekileyo, aze ayithole, na? Athi eseyitholile, ayetshathe ethokoza. Esefike ekhaya ameme abahlobo nabakhelwane, athi kubo: ‘Thokozani nami, ngokuba ngiyitholile imvu yami ebilahlekile.’ Ngithi kini: Kanjalo kuyakuba khona ukuthokoza ezulwini ngesoni sisinye esiphendukayo, kunabalungileyo abangamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye abangasweli ukuphenduka.