Luka 5:18-25

Bheka, amadoda ethwele ngohlaka umuntu ofe uhlangothi, efuna ukumngenisa, ambeke phambi kwakhe. Kuthe bengafumani indlela yokumngenisa ngenxa yesixuku, bakhwela phezu kwendlu, bamehlisa othayela ngohlaka, bamehlisa phakathi phambi kukaJesu. Ebona ukukholwa kwabo wathi kuye: “Ndoda, uthethelelwe izono zakho. Ababhali nabaFarisi baqala ukuzindla, bathi: “Ngubani lo okhuluma inhlamba na? Ngubani ongathethelela izono ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu yedwa? Kepha uJesu eyazi imicabango yabo waphendula wathi kubo: “Nizindlani ezinhliziyweni zenu na? Yikuphi okulula, ukuthi: ‘Uthethelelwe izono zakho; noma ukuthi: Vuka uhambe? Kepha ukuze nazi ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu inamandla emhlabeni okuthethelela izono,” wathi kofe uhlangothi: “Ngithi kuwe: Vuka, uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uye endlini yakho. Wasukuma masinyane phambi kwabo, wathatha lokho abelele kukho, wamuka waya endlini yakhe, ekhazimulisa uNkulunkulu.