NgokukaLuka 15:18-24

Ngiyakusuka, ngiye kubaba, ngithi kuye: baba, ngonile kuNkulunkulu nakuwe; angisafanele ukubizwa ngendodana yakho; ngenze ngibe njengomunye wezisebenzi zakho.’ Yayisisuka, yaya kuyise. Kepha kuthe isekude, uyise wayibona, waba nesihe, wagijima, wayisingatha entanyeni, wayanga. “Indodana yayisithi kuye: ‘Baba, ngonile kulo izulu nakuwe; angisafanele ukubizwa ngendodana yakho.’ “Kepha uyise wathi ezincekwini zakhe: ‘Sheshani nilethe ingubo yakwanokusho, niyembathise, niyifake indandatho esandleni sayo nezicathulo ezinyaweni, nilethe ithole elikhuluphalisiweyo, nilihlabe, sidle, sijabule. Ngokuba le ndodana yami ibifile, yabuye yaphila; ibilahlekile, isitholakele,’ base beqala ukujabula.