24 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: "Ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi tangata i rui i te purapura pai ki tāna māra. 25 Ā, i ngā tāngata e moe ana, ka haere mai tōna hoariri, ruia iho he taru kino ki waenga wīti, ā, haere ana. 26 Ā, nō ka pihi ake te rau, ka hua, kātahi ka kitea hoki ngā taru. 27 Nā, ka haere mai ngā pononga a taua rangatira, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E mara, kīhai ianei koe i rui i te purapura pai ki tāu māra? Nō hea rā ōna taru?’ 28 Nā, ka kī atu ia ki a rātou, ‘Nā te hoariri tēnei i mea.’ Kātahi, ka mea ngā pononga ki a ia, ‘E pai rānei koe kia haere mātou ki te whakawhāiti i aua taru?’ 29 Ā, ka mea ia, ‘Kāhore; kei hūtia ngātahitia te wīti ina whakawhāititia ngā taru. 30 Tukua kia tupu tahi, ā taea noatia te kotinga; ā, i te wā o te kotinga ka mea ahau ki ngā kaikokoti, Mātua whakawhāiti i ngā taru, ka paihere ai hei paihere kia tahuna; ko te wīti ia me kohi ki tōku whare wīti.’ "