‘Mthambi uli-wense omwe umbabala lini bzisapo mwa ine, [Baba wangu] ambaucosa, ndipo uli-wense omwe umbabala bzisapo, iye ambautunthula kuti ubale bzisapo bzizinji. . . . Ninga momwe mthambi ungabalembo lini cisapo mwa iwo okha ukasaya kupitiriza kukhala wakuphatirira mpesayo. Ine ndine mpesa; imwepo ndimwe mithambi yace.’—Juwau 15:2-5.

Jezu adalewa kuti: ‘Omwe an’pitiriza kukhala wakuphatana nande, ndipo inembo ndicipitiriza kuphatana naye, munthu umweyo an’dzabala bzisapo bzizinji, pakuti mukalekana nande palibe comwe mungacite.’ Anyakupfunza wa Jezu omwe akhali ninga ‘mithambi’ ya muti wa mpesa, angadabala bzisapo mwa kutewezera makhalidwe ya Jezu, kupalizira bzipsa bzabwino na nyongo, pabodzi na kuthandiza wanthu kukhala anyakupfunza wace. Tsono, n’ciyani cingadacitika penu munthu angadasiya kukhala wakuphatana na Jezu acisiyambo kubala bzisapo? Jezu adalewa kuti: ‘Penu munthu an’khala lini wakuphatana nande, an’dzathusidwa kunja.’ Ndipo Jezu adathumizira kuti: ‘Mukapitiriza kukhala wakuphatana nande, mucipitirizambo kukoya mafala yangu, imwepo mungakumbire ciri-cense comwe mungafuneco, ndipo cin’dzakucitikirani.’—Juwau 15:5-7.