Luka 14:1-24

Kwathi ngesabatha engena endlini yomunye wabaphathi babaFarisi ukuba adle isinkwa, bona bamqaphela. Bheka, kwakukhona phambi kwakhe indoda ethile eyayinochoko. UJesu waphendula wakhuluma kuzo izazimthetho nabaFarisi, wathi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukuphulukisa ngesabatha na? Basebethula. Wamthatha, wamphulukisa, wamkhulula; Wabaphendula wathi: “Ngumuphi kini ongathi imbongolo noma inkabi iwele emgodini, angayikhiphi masinyane ngosuku lwesabatha na? Abazange besamphendula ngalezo zinto. Wayesebatshela umfanekiso kwabamenyiweyo, ebona ukuthi babekhetha izindlu eziphambili; ethi kubo. Nxa umenywe ngumuntu emshadweni, ungahlali esigcawini; hlezi omunye ohloniphekayo kulawe abizwe nguye; beseza okumemileyo laye, athi kuwe: Khipha lo; bese uqala ukuhlala endaweni ephansi ngokunamahloni. Kodwa nxa umenyiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni; ukuze kuthi nxa efika okumemileyo athi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela enhla; Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; lalowo ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa. Wayesethi nakumemileyo: “Nxa usenza isidlo sakusihlwa noma sakusihlwa, ungabizi abangane bakho, nabafowenu, noma izihlobo zakho, noma omakhelwane bakho abanothile; funa nabo babuye bakumeme, kube nembuyiselo kuwe. Kepha nxa wenza idili, mema abampofu, nezinyonga, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe; Wena uyakubusiswa; ngokuba abanakukubuyisela, ngokuba uyakuvuzwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo. Kwathi omunye wababehlezi naye ekudleni esizwa lezizinto, wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe odla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Wasesithi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza idili elikhulu, wamema abanengi; Wathuma inceku yakhe ngesikhathi sokudla ukuba ithi kwabamenyiweyo: Wozani; ngoba konke sekulungile. Basebeqala ukuzilandulela bonke nganhliziyonye. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge isiqephu sensimu, ngimelwe ukuyosibona; “Omunye wathi: ‘Ngithenge izinkabi ezingaba yisihlanu, ngisaya ukuzivivinya; ngicela ungixolele. Lomunye wathi: Ngithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze. Yafika leyo nceku, yabikela inkosi yayo lokho. Khona umninindlu wathukuthela, wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma masinyane, uye emigwaqweni nasemigwaqweni yomuzi, ungenise lapha abampofu, nezilima, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe. Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, kodwa indawo isekhona. Yathi inkosi encekwini: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezintangweni, ubacindezele ukuba bangene, ukuze igcwale indlu yami. Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulawomadoda abemenyiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwakusihlwa.