إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا .21-15:15
قالَ الرَبُّ يَسوعُ لِتلاميذِهِ: لَسْتُ أَدْعُوكُم بَعْدُ عَبِيدًا، لأَنَّ العَبْدَ لا يَعْلَمُ مَا يَعْمَلُ سَيِّدُهُ، بَلْ دَعَوْتُكُم أَحِبَّاءَ، لأَنِّي أَعْلَمْتُكُم بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبي
لَمْ تَخْتَارُونِي أَنْتُم، بَلْ أَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكُم، وأَقَمْتُكُم لِتَذْهَبُوا وتَحْمِلُوا ثَمَرًا، ويَدُومَ ثَمَرُكُم، فَيُعطيَكُمُ الآبُ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ بِٱسْمِي
بِهذَا أُوصِيكُم، أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
إِنْ يُبْغِضْكُمُ العَالَم، فَٱعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ أَبْغَضَنِي قَبْلَكُم
لَوْ كُنْتُم مِنَ العَالَمِ لَكَانَ العَالَمُ يُحِبُّ مَا هُوَ لَهُ. ولكِنْ، لأَنَّكُم لَسْتُم مِنَ العَالَم، بَلْ أَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكُم مِنَ العَالَم، لِذلِكَ يُبْغِضُكُمُ العَالَم
تَذَكَّرُوا الكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي قُلْتُهَا لَكُم: لَيْسَ عَبْدٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ. فَإِنْ كَانُوا قَدِ ٱضْطَهَدُونِي فَسَوْفَ يَضْطَهِدُونَكُم أَيْضًا. وإِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ حَفِظُوا كَلِمَتِي فَسَوْفَ يَحْفَظُونَ كَلِمَتَكُم أَيْضًا
غَيرَ أَنَّهُم سَيَفْعَلُونَ بِكُم هذَا كُلَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِي، لأَنَّهُم لا يَعْرِفُونَ الَّذي أَرْسَلَنِي
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 16:9-15.
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.
And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.”