إنجيل القدّيس متّى .16-1:20
قالَ الربُّ يَسوعُ: يُشْبِهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ رَبَّ بَيْتٍ خَرَجَ مَعَ الفَجْرِ لِيَسْتَأْجِرَ فَعَلَةً لِكَرْمِهِ
وٱتَّفَقَ مَعَ الفَعَلَةِ عَلى دِينَارٍ في اليَوْمِ فَأَرْسَلَهُم إِلى كَرْمِهِ
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ فَرَأَى فَعَلَةً آخَرِينَ واقِفِينَ في السَّاحَةِ بَطَّالِين
فقَالَ لَهُم: إِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُم أَيْضًا إِلى الكَرْم، وسَأُعْطِيكُم مَا يَحِقُّ لَكُم
فَذَهَبُوا. وعَادَ فَخَرَجَ نَحْوَ الظُّهْر، ثُمَّ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْر، وفَعَلَ كَذلِكَ
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الخَامِسَةِ مَسَاءً فَوَجَدَ فَعَلَةً آخَرِينَ واقِفِين، فَقَالَ لَهُم: لِمَاذَا تَقِفُونَ هُنَا طُولَ النَّهَارِ بَطَّالِين؟
قَالُوا لَهُ: لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْتَأْجِرْنَا أَحَد! قَالَ لَهُم: إِذْهَبُوا أَنْتُم أَيضًا إِلى الكَرْم
ولَمَّا كَانَ المَسَاء، قَالَ رَبُّ الكَرْمِ لِوَكِيلِهِ: أُدْعُ الفَعَلَة، وٱدْفَعْ لَهُم أَجْرَهُم مُبْتَدِئًا بِالآخِرِيْن، مُنْتَهِيًا بِالأَوَّلِين
وجَاءَ فَعَلَةُ السَّاعَةِ الخَامِسَةِ مَسَاءً فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم دينَارًا
ولَمَّا جَاءَ الأَوَّلُون، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم سَيَأْخُذُونَ أَكْثَر. فَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُم أَيْضًا دينَارًا
ولَمَّا أَخَذُوا الدِّيْنَارَ بَدَأُوا يَتَذَمَّرُونَ على رَبِّ البَيْتِ
قَائِلين: هؤُلاءِ الآخِرُونَ عَمِلُوا سَاعَةً واحِدَة، وأَنْتَ سَاوَيْتَهُم بِنَا نَحْنُ الَّذينَ ٱحْتَمَلْنا ثِقَلَ النَّهَارِ وحَرَّهُ
فأَجَابَ وقَالَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُم: يَا صَاحِب، أَنَا مَا ظَلَمْتُكَ! أَمَا ٱتَّفَقْتَ مَعِي على دِينَار؟
خُذْ مَا هُوَ لَكَ وٱذْهَبْ. فَأَنَا أُريدُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَ هذَا الأَخِيْر، كَمَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ
أَمَا يَحِقُّ لي أَنْ أَتَصَرَّفَ بِأَمْوَالي كَمَا أُريد؟ أَمْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةٌ لأَنِّي أَنَا صَالِح؟
هكَذَا يَصِيرُ الآخِرُونَ أَوَّلِين، والأَوَّلُونَ آخِرِين
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 8:4-15.
When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable.
A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up.
Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” After saying this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”
Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.
He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’
This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.
Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts that they may not believe and be saved.
Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial.
As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit.
But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.”