إنجيل القدّيس لوقا 30-18:7
دَعَا يُوحَنَّا ٱثنَينِ مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ
وَأَرْسَلَهُما إِلى الرَّبِّ يَقُول: أَنْتَ هُوَ الآتِي، أَمْ نَنْتَظِرُ آخَر؟
فَأَقْبَلَ الرَّجُلانِ إِلَيهِ وَقَالا: يُوحَنَّا المَعْمَدانُ أَرْسَلَنا إِلَيْكَ قَائِلاً: أَنْتَ هُوَ الآتِي، أَمْ نَنْتَظِرُ آخَر؟
في تِلْكَ السَّاعَة، شَفَى يَسُوعُ كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ أَمْرَاضٍ وَعاهَاتٍ وَأَرْوَاحٍ شِرِّيرَة، وَوَهَبَ البَصَرَ لِعُمْيانٍ كَثِيرِين
ثُمَّ أَجابَ وقالَ لِلرَّجُلَين: «إِذْهَبَا وَأَخْبِرا يُوحَنَّا بِمَا رَأَيْتُما وَسَمِعْتُما: أَلعُمْيَانُ يُبْصِرُون، وَالعُرْجُ يَمْشُون، وَالبُرْصُ يَطْهُرُون، والصُّمُّ يَسْمَعُون، والمَوتَى يَقُومُون، والمَسَاكِينُ يُبَشَّرُون
وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ لا يَشُكُّ فِيَّ
وٱنْصَرَفَ رَسولاَ يُوحَنَّا فَبَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يَقُولُ لِلجُمُوعِ في شَأْنِ يُوحَنَّا: «مَاذا خَرَجْتُم إِلَى البَرِّيَّةِ تَنْظُرُون؟ أَقَصَبَةً تُحَرِّكُها الرِّيح؟
أَوْ مَاذا خَرَجْتُم تَرَون؟ أَرَجُلاً في ثِيَابٍ نَاعِمَة؟ هَا إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ المَلابِسَ الفَاخِرَة، وَيَعِيشُونَ في التَّرَف، هُمْ في قُصُورِ المُلُوك
أَوْ مَاذا خَرَجْتُم تَرَون؟ أَنَبِيًّا؟ أَقُولُ لَكُم: نَعَم! بَلْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ نَبِيّ
هذَا هُوَ الَّذي كُتِبَ عَنْهُ: هَا أَنَا مُرسِلٌ مَلاكِي أَمَامَ وَجْهِكَ لِيُمَهِّدَ الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَكَ
أَقُولُ لَكُم: لَيْسَ في مَوالِيدِ النِّسَاءِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُوحَنَّا، وَلكِنَّ الأَصْغَرَ في مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ والعَشَّارُون، الَّذِينَ ٱعْتَمَدُوا بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا، إِعْتَرَفُوا بِبِرِّ ٱلله
أَمَّا الفَرِّيسِيُّونَ وَعُلَمَاءُ التَّوْرَاة، الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْتَمِدُوا، فَرَفَضُوا مَشِيئَةَ ٱلله
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 6:34-44.
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already very late.
Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
He said to them in reply, “Give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Are we to buy two hundred days’ wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out they said, “Five loaves and two fish.”
So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to (his) disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.
Those who ate (of the loaves) were five thousand men.