NgokukaLuka 16:1-13

UJesu wayesekhuluma futhi kubafundi bakhe, ethi: “Kwakukhona umuntu othile oyisicebi, owayenenduna; yamangalelwa kuye ngokuthi isaphaza impahla yakhe. Wayibiza wathi kuyo: ‘Yini le engiyizwayo ngawe na? Ngilandise ngobunceku bakho, ngokuba ngeke usaqhubeka ukuba yinduna.’ “Yayisicabanga induna, ithi: ‘Ngizakwenzenjani, lokhu inkosi yami ingiyekisa ukuba yinduna na? Anginamandla okulima, futhi nginamahloni okunxiba. Ngiyakwazi engiyakukwenza ukuze lapho sengikhishiwe ebuduneni, bangamukele ezindlini zabo.’ “Yababiza ngamunye ababekweleta inkosi yayo, yathi kowokuqala: ‘Uyikweleta okungakanani inkosi yami na?’ “Wathi: ‘Amabhati ayikhulu amafutha.’ “Yayisithi kuye: ‘Thatha incwadi yakho yesikweletu, usheshe uhlale phansi, ubhale angama-50.’ “Yayisithi komunye: ‘Wena-ke ukweleta okungakanani na?’ “Wathi: ‘Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zikakolo.’ “Yathi kuye: ‘Thatha incwadi yakho yesikweletu, ubhale ezingama-80.’ “Inkosi yayibabaza induna engathembekile, ngokuba yenza ngokuhlakanipha, ngokuba abantu balesi sikhathi esizukulwaneni sabo bahlakaniphile kunabantwana bokukhanya. Nami ngithi kini: zenzeleni nina abangani ngomamona ongalungile, ukuze kuthi nxa esephelile, banemukele emakhaya aphakade. “Othembekile kokuncinyane, uthembekile nakokukhulu; ongalungile kokuncinyane, kalungile nakokukhulu. Ngakho uma ningathembekile ekuphatheni umcebo ongalungile, pho ngubani oyakuniphathisa umcebo woqobo na? Uma futhi ningathembekile kokomunye, ngubani oyakuninika okungokwenu na? “Akukho nceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili, ngokuba iyakuzonda enye, ithande enye; noma ibambelele kwenye, iyeyise enye. Ningeze nakhonza uNkulunkulu nengcebo.”