NgokukaLuka 19:1-10

UJesu wangena eJerikho, wadabula kulo. Kwakukhona indoda okuthiwa nguZakewu, ingumthelisi omkhulu, futhi icebile. Yayifuna ukumbona uJesu ukuthi ungubani, kodwa yehluleka ngenxa yesixuku sabantu, ngokuba yayimfushane. Yagijimela phambili, yagibela esihlahleni somthombe, ukuze imbone, ngokuba wayezakwedlula ngalapho. UJesu esefikile kuleyo ndawo, wabheka phezulu, wathi kuyo: “Zakewu, shesha wehle, ngokuba namuhla kufanele ngingenise endlini yakho.” UZakewu washesha wehla, wamemukela ngokuthokoza. Kuthe lapho bekubona lokho, bakhononda bonke, bathi: “UJesu ungenise endlini yendoda eyisoni.” Kepha uZakewu wasukuma, wathi eNkosini: “Nkosi, ngipha abampofu ingxenye yempahla yami; kuthi uma ngimqolile umuntu okuthile, ngikubuyisele kuye sekuphindwe kane.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Namuhla insindiso ifikile kule ndlu, lokhu naye uyindodana ka-Abhrahama. Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu ize ukuzofuna nokusindisa okulahlekileyo.”