22 UJesu wathi kuye: “Angisho kuwe ukuthi kuze kube kasikhombisa kodwa kuze kube kamashumi ayisikhombisa aphindwe kasikhombisa.
23 “Ngalokho umbuso wezulu ufaniswa nomuntu oyinkosi obethanda ukubalisana nezinceku zakhe.
24 Kwathi eseqale ukubala, kwalethwa kuye enye enecala lamatalenta* ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi.
25 Kepha ingenalutho lokukhokha, inkosi yayala ukuba kuthengiswe ngayo, nangomkayo, nangabantabayo, nangakho konke enakho, kukhokhwe.
26 Ngalokho inceku yawa phansi, yakhuleka kuyo, yathi: ‘Ake ungibekezelele, ngizakukukhokhela konke.’
27 Inkosi yaleyo nceku inesihe yayikhulula, yayithethelela icala.
28 “Kepha kwathi isiphuma leyo nceku, yafumana enye yezinceku ezikanye nayo enecala kuyo lawodenariyu* abayikhulu, yayibamba, yayiklinya, yathi: ‘Khokha icala lakho.’