إنجيل القدّيس متّى .32-28:21
قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوع لِلأَحبارِ وشُيوُخِ الشَعب: كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ ولَدَان. فَدَنَا مِنَ الأَوَّلِ وقَال: يَا وَلَدِي، إِذْهَبِ ٱليَومَ وَٱعْمَلْ في الكَرْم
فَأَجَابَ وقَال: لا أُرِيْد! وبَعْدَ ذلِكَ نَدِمَ وذَهَب
ثُمَّ دَنَا مِنَ الثَّاني، وقَالَ لَهُ مَا قَالَ لِلأَوَّل. فَأَجَابَ وقَال: أَنَا ذَاهِب، سَيِّدِي! ولَمْ يَذْهَب
فَأَيُّ الٱثْنَيْنِ عَمِلَ مَشِيْئَةَ الأَب؟». قَالُوا: «أَلأَوَّل». قَالَ لَهُم يَسُوع: أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ العَشَّارِيْنَ والزَّوَانِي يَسْبِقُونَكُم إِلى مَلَكُوتِ الله
فقَدْ جَاءَكُم يُوحَنَّا يَسْلُكُ طَرِيقَ البِرّ، ولَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ. أَمَّا العَشَّارُونَ والزَّوَانِي فَآمَنُوا بِهِ. وأَنْتُم رَأَيْتُم ذلِكَ ولَمْ تَنْدَمُوا ولَو مُتَأَخِّرِين، لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 14:1-6.
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.
In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”
But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him.
Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”
But they were unable to answer his question.