إنجيل القدّيس متّى .28-21:16
بَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يُبَيِّنُ لِتَلامِيْذِهِ أَنَّهُ لا بُدَّ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلى أُورَشَلِيْم، ويَتَأَلَّمَ كَثِيْرًا عَلى أَيْدِي الشُّيُوخِ والأَحْبَارِ والكَتَبَة، ويُقْتَل، وفي اليَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يَقُوم
فَأَخَذَهُ بُطْرُسُ عَلى حِدَة، وبَدَأَ يَنْتَهِرُهُ قَائِلاً: حَاشَا لَكَ، يَا ربّ! لَنْ يَحْدُثَ لَكَ هذَا
فَأَشَاحَ يَسُوعُ بِوَجْهِهِ وقَالَ لِبُطْرُس: إِذْهَبْ وَرَائِي، يَا شَيْطَان! فَأَنْتَ لِي حَجَرُ عَثْرَة، لأَنَّكَ لا تُفَكِّرُ تَفْكِيْرَ اللهِ بَلْ تَفْكِيْرَ البَشَر
حينَئِذٍ قَالَ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيْذِهِ: مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي، فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيْبَهُ ويَتْبَعْنِي
لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا
فَمَاذَا يَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانَ لَوْ رَبِحَ العَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ ؟ أَو مَاذَا يُعْطِي الإِنْسَانُ بَدَلاً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟
فَإِنَّ ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي في مَجْدِ أَبِيْه، مَعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ، وحينَئِذٍ يُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِ
أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنَ القَائِمِينَ هُنَا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا المَوت، حَتَّى يَرَوا ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِيًا في مَلَكُوتِهِ
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15:1-8.
Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”