Luka 15:25-32

Indodana yakhe enkulu yayisensimini; yathi isiza isondela endlini, yezwa ukuhlabelela nokusina. Yabiza enye yezinceku, yabuza ukuthi ziyini lezi zinto. Wathi kuye: “Umfowenu ufikile; uyihlo uhlabile ithole elikhuluphalisiwe, ngokuba umamukele ephilile. Wathukuthela, akavumanga ukungena; wayesephuma uyise, wamncenga. Wasephendula wathi kuyise: Khangela, leminyaka eminengi ngikukhonza, kangizange ngeqe umlayo wakho; Kodwa kuthe ifika le ndodana yakho, edle ukudla kwakho lezifebe, uyihlabele ithole elikhuluphalisiweyo. Wathi kuye: “Mntanami, wena uhlezi unami, nakho konke enginakho kungokwakho. Bekufanele ukuthi sijabule sithokoze, ngokuba umfowenu lo ubefile, wabuye waphila; yayilahlekile, yafunyanwa.