إنجيل القدّيس متّى .27-17:21
تَرَكَ يَسُوعُ الجُمُوعَ وخَرَجَ مِنَ المَدِيْنَةِ إِلى بَيْتَ عَنْيَا وبَاتَ هُنَاك
وبَيْنَمَا هُوَ رَاجِعٌ عِنْدَ الفَجْرِ إِلى المَدِيْنَة، جَاع
ورَأَى تِينَةً عَلى جَانِبِ الطَّريق، فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهَا، ولَمْ يَجِدْ علَيهَا إِلاَّ وَرَقًا فَقَط، فَقَالَ لَهَا: «لا يَكُنْ فَيكِ ثَمَرٌ إِلى الأَبَد!». فَيَبِسَتِ التِّينَةُ حَالاً
ورَأَى التَّلامِيذُ ذلِكَ فَتَعَجَّبُوا وقَالُوا: كَيْفَ يَبِسَتِ التِّينَةُ حَالاً؟
فأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وقَالَ لَهُم: أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنْ كُنْتُم تُؤْمِنُونَ ولا تَشُكُّون، فَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا مَا فَعَلْتُ أَنا بِالتِّينَةِ فَحَسْب، بَلْ إِنْ قُلْتُم أَيْضًا لِهذَا الجَبَل: إِنْقَلِعْ وَٱهْبِطْ في البَحْر، يَكُونُ لَكُم ذلِكَ
وكُلُّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ في الصَّلاةِ بِإيْمَان، تَنَالُونَهُ
وجَاءَ يَسُوعُ إِلى الهَيْكَل، وبَينَمَا هُوَ يُعَلِّم، دَنَا مِنهُ الأَحْبَارُ وشُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ وقَالُوا لَهُ: بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ تَفْعَلُ هذَا ؟ ومَنْ أَعْطَاكَ هذَا السُّلْطَان؟
فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وقَالَ لَهُم: وأَنَا أَيْضًا أَسْأَلُكُم سُؤَالاً وَاحِدًا، فَإِنْ أَجَبْتُمُونِي قُلْتُ لَكُم أَنا أَيْضًا بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هذَا
مَعْمُودِيَّةُ يُوحَنَّا مِنْ أَيْنَ كَانَتْ؟ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَمْ مِنَ النَّاس؟ . فَأَخَذُوا يُفَكِّرُونَ في أَنْفُسِهِم قَائِلين: إِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ السَّمَاء، يَقُولُ لَنَا:فَلِمُاذَا لَم تُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ؟
وإِنْ قُلْنَا: مِنَ النَّاس، نَخَافُ مِنَ الجَمْع، لأَنَّهُم كُلَّهُم يَعْتَبِرُونَ يُوحَنَّا نَبِيًّا
فَأَجَابُوا وقَالُوا لِيَسُوع: «لا نَعْلَم!». قَالَ لَهُم هُوَ أَيْضًا: ولا أَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُم بِأَيِّ سُلْطَانٍ أَفْعَلُ هذَا
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 12:1-11.
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Then Judas the Iscariot, one (of) his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said,
Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?
He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.
So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial.
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
(The) large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,
because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.