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إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا 43-37:12
صَنَعَ يَسُوعُ أَمَامَ اليَهُودِ تِلْكَ الآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا، فَمَا كَانُوا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ،
لِتَتِمَّ الكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا آشَعْيَا النَّبِيّ: «يَا رَبُّ، مَنْ آمَنَ بِمَا سَمِعَ مِنَّا؟ ولِمَنْ أُعْلِنَتْ ذِرَاعُ الرَّبّ؟».
لِهذَا لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لأَنَّ آشَعْيَا قَالَ أَيْضًا:
«لَقَدْ أَعْمَى عُيُونَهُم، وقَسَّى قُلُوبَهُم، لِئَلاَّ يَرَوا بِعُيُونِهِم، ويَفْهَمُوا بِقُلُوبِهِم، ويَتُوبُوا فَأَشْفِيَهُم».
قَالَ آشَعْيَا هذَا، لأَنَّهُ رَأَى مَجْدَ يَسُوعَ وتَحَدَّثَ عَنْهُ.
غَيرَ أَنَّ كَثيرينَ مِنَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ أَنْفُسِهِم آمَنُوا بِهِ، ولكِنَّهُم بِسَبَبِ الفَرِّيسِيِّينَ لَمْ يَجْهَرُوا بِإِيْمَانِهِم، لِئَلاَّ يُفْصَلُوا عَنِ المَجْمَع.
فَقَدْ فَضَّلُوا مَجْدَ النَّاسِ عَلى مَجْدِ الله
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 17:20-26.
I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”