إنجيل القدّيس متّى .5-1:18
في تِلْكَ السَّاعَة، دَنَا التَّلامِيذُ مِنْ يَسُوعَ وقَالُوا: مَنْ هُوَ الأَعْظَمُ في مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَات؟
فَدَعَا يَسُوعُ طِفْلاً، وأَقَامَهُ في وَسَطِهِم
وقَال: أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنْ لَمْ تَعُودُوا فَتَصِيرُوا مِثْلَ الأَطْفَال، لَنْ تَدْخُلُوا مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَات
فَمَنْ وَاضَعَ نَفْسَهُ مِثْلَ هذَا الطِّفْلِ هُوَ الأَعْظَمُ في مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَات
ومَنْ قَبِلَ بِٱسْمِي طِفْلاً وَاحِدًا مِثْلَ هذَا فَقَدْ قَبِلَني
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 3:31-35.
The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him.
A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers (and your sisters) are outside asking for you.”
But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and (my) brothers?”
And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
(For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”