إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .25-20:21
إِلتَفَتَ بُطْرُس، فَرَأَى التِّلْمِيذَ الَّذي كَانَ يَسُوعُ يُحِبُّهُ يَتْبَعُهُمَا، وهُوَ الَّذي مَالَ عَلى صَدْرِ يَسُوعَ وَقْتَ العَشَاءِ وقَالَ لَهُ: يَا رَبّ، مَنْ هُوَ الَّذي يُسْلِمُكَ
فَلَمَّا رَآهُ بُطْرُسُ قَالَ لِيَسُوع: يَا رَبّ، وهذَا، مَا يَكُونُ لَهُ؟
قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوع: إِنْ شِئْتُ أَنْ يَبْقَى حَتَّى أَجِيء، فَمَاذَا لَكَ؟ أَنْتَ، ٱتْبَعْنِي
وشَاعَتْ بَيْنَ الإِخْوَةِ هذِهِ الكَلِمَة، وهِيَ أَنَّ ذلِكَ التِّلْمِيذَ لا يَمُوت. لكِنَّ يَسُوعَ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِنَّهُ لا يَمُوت، بَلْ: إِنْ شِئْتُ أَنْ يَبْقَى حَتَّى أَجِيء، فَمَاذَا لَكَ
هذَا التِّلْمِيذُ هُوَ الشَّاهِدُ عَلى هذِهِ الأُمُور، وهُوَ الَّذي دَوَّنَهَا، ونَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ شَهَادَتَهُ حَقّ
وصَنَعَ يَسُوعُ أُمُورًا أُخْرَى كَثِيْرَة، لَوْ كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدًا فَوَاحِدًا، لَمَا أَظُنُّ أَنَّ العَالَمَ نَفْسَهُ يَسَعُهَا أَسْفَارًا مَكْتُوبَة
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10:11-18.
Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”