NgokukaLuka 5:18-25

Kwafika amadoda ethwele ngohlaka umuntu ofe uhlangothi. Ayefuna ukungena naye endlini, ambeke phambi kukaJesu. Kepha lapho engayitholi indlela yokumngenisa ngenxa yesixuku, agibela ophahleni lwendlu, aluqaqa, amehlisela phansi ngohlaka phambi kukaJesu. UJesu ekubona ukukholwa kwawo, wathi: “Mngani, uthethelelwe izono zakho.” Izazimthetho nabaFarisi baqala ukuphikisana, bethi: “Ngubani lo muntu ohlambalazayo na? Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu kuphela na?” Kepha uJesu eyazi imidlinzo yabo, waphendula, wathi kubo: “Nidlinzelani ezinhliziyweni zenu na? Yikuphi okulula ukukusho, ukuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho,’ noma ngukuthi: ‘Vuka uhambe na?’ Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inegunya lokuthethelela izono emhlabeni,” wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Ngithi kuwe: vuka uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho.” Wasukuma masinyane bebuka, wathatha uhlaka ayelele kulo, wahamba waya endlini yakhe, emdumisa uNkulunkulu.