إنجيل القدّيس لوقا .48-42:12
قَالَ الرَّبُّ يِسُوع: «مَنْ تُرَاهُ ٱلوَكِيلُ ٱلأَمِينُ ٱلحَكِيمُ الَّذي يُقِيمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى خَدَمِهِ لِيُعْطِيَهُم حِصَّتَهُم مِنَ الطَّعَامِ في حِينِهَا؟
طُوبَى لِذلِكَ العَبْدِ الَّذي، مَتَى جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ، يَجِدُهُ فَاعِلاً هكذَا
حَقًّا أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُقْتَنَياتِهِ
أَمَّا إِذَا قَالَ ذلِكَ العَبْدُ في قَلْبِهِ: سَيَتَأَخَّرُ سَيِّدِي في مَجِيئِهِ، وَبَدأَ يَضْرِبُ الغِلْمَانَ وَالجَوَارِي، يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَر
يَجِيءُ سَيِّدُ ذلِكَ العَبْدِ في يَوْمٍ لا يَنْتَظِرُهُ، وَفي سَاعَةٍ لا يَعْرِفُها، فَيَفْصِلُهُ، وَيَجْعلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ الكَافِرين
فَذلِكَ العَبْدُ الَّذي عَرَفَ مَشِيئَةَ سَيِّدِهِ، وَمَا أَعَدَّ شَيْئًا، وَلا عَمِلَ بِمَشيئَةِ سَيِّدِهِ، يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبًا كَثِيرًا
أَمَّا العَبْدُ الَّذي مَا عَرَفَ مَشِيئَةَ سَيِّدِهِ، وَعَمِلَ مَا يَسْتَوجِبُ الضَّرْب، فَيُضْرَبُ ضَرْبًا قَلِيلاً. وَمَنْ أُعْطِيَ كَثيرًا يُطْلَبُ مِنْهُ الكَثِير، وَمَنِ ٱئْتُمِنَ عَلَى الكَثِيرِ يُطالَبُ بِأَكْثَر
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 2:1-11.
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
(And) Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it.
And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom
and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.