NgokukaLuka 18:9-14

UJesu wakhuluma nabanye ababezigabisa ngokuthi balungile, bedelela abanye; wabatshela lo mzekeliso, wathi: “Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini ukuyokhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi. UmFarisi wema, wakhuleka wathi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ngingenjengabo abanye abantu: izigebengu, izikhohlakali, iziphingi, nanjengalo mthelisi. Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki, nginikela ngokweshumi kwakho konke engikutholayo.’ “Kepha umthelisi wema kude engafuni ngisho nokuphakamisela amehlo akhe ngasezulwini, kodwa wazithoba ezisola, ethi: ‘Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni.’ “Ngithi kini: lo wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe kunomFarisi. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo, uzakuthotshiswa; kodwa ozithobayo, uzakuphakanyiswa.”